EdTech Magazine

JUNE 20, 2019

Two years ago, IT Services Director AJ Phillips needed to persuade her school board to purchase new network infrastructure, so she tapped her prior experience as an elementary school teacher and presented a show-and-tell. He is a regular contributor to the CDW family of technology magazines. Thu, 06/20/2019 - 12:02. by Wylie Wong.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Elementary school classrooms do not naturally lend themselves to a flipped or blended environment for a number of reasons. Blended or flipped environments also are not ideal in an elementary school setting because so much of teaching in these grades is dependent on modelling and direction. Flipping the elementary school classroom?

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 5, 2020

In 2018 Hamish was named a Northern Virginian of the year by Northern Virginia Magazine and the 2018 Principal of the Year for the national publication – Education Dive and Prince William County Public Schools 2019 Principal of the Year. Brewer is currently a doctoral student at Virginia.

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Waterford

MAY 20, 2024

Many of the elementary end-of-year activities shared are available in both English and Spanish. The Best End-of-Year Learning Activities for Elementary Students Hold a picture book show and tell Invite students to bring their favorite picture books they’ve read this year and share them with the class.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 15, 2021

In response to educators’ need for more digital content to support classroom learning, OverDrive Education now offers popular digital magazines to schools around the world via the Sora student reading app. Schools can purchase an affordable bundle of 50 always-available educational and recreational magazines for all students who use Sora.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

K12 budgets across the nation continue to shrink as support from the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund comes to an end, so a conversation about ed tech funding is timely. Its about making sure that students and teachers have what they need to prepare them to thrive in the 21st century.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 12, 2018

It helps explain the step-by-step nature of coding,” says Todd Burleson, resource center director for this Winnetka Public Schools District 36 elementary school. In District 36, “We have makerspaces in the resource centers of each elementary school, that’s where the robotics activities are happening,” Miller says. “We Customer Focused.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 26, 2021

His work was featured in Forbes Magazine and he received the Educator of the Year award from InspireEDU among others. Coach Hicks' work is featured on the Google Applied Digital Skills website and he was blessed with the opportunity to present on behalf of the Tynker Corporation at the ISTE convention in Chicago.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Our elementary schools are almost one-to-one, with a 1-to-2 ratio of devices to students. Elementary students don’t take devices home with them because we don’t see the educational need. We also have robust wireless connections in our 11 elementary schools. He is a regular contributor to the CDW family of technology magazines.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 7, 2022

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The last bucket of Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funding expires in September. The funding cliff is looming over K–12 school districts this year. For some schools, this means scrambling to find ways to sustain the technology they purchased during the pandemic.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 24, 2018

Research from School Library Journal indicates that maker activities at elementary and middle schools increased by 4 percent from 2014 to 2017. He is a regular contributor to the CDW family of technology magazines. Makerspaces — a key element of STEM education — are popping up in classrooms and libraries across the U.S. by Wylie Wong.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Affecting many schools’ budgets this year, the final round of the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funding expires in September. School IT administrators need to be ready to adapt as numerous shifts at the federal level create impacts throughout the education landscape.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 24, 2024

K–12 IT leaders must reflect on what we learned during that time and use that knowledge to guide our approach to refreshing our districts’ devices, especially with the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund cliff approaching.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 24, 2024

For example, several states have adopted Alyssa’s Law, which requires public elementary and secondary schools to have a silent panic alarm that contacts local law enforcement in emergencies. Schools are taking initiative to update their physical security systems for the modern era. In some cases, legislation has spurred the changes.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 26, 2023

The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund proved to be a first step (and a game changer) for many schools. Lockdowns revealed that districts were stuck in a 19th century framework, resulting in deep digital divides and leaving some students struggling to complete school assignments outside of the classroom. Over the past…

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

We are seeing an increase in mental health challenges among our younger students, starting in elementary school. Growing up is hard enough, but kids today live with the added pressure of social media and the aftermath of a global pandemic. “We

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 19, 2023

Elementary and middle school children can read the books or have them read aloud to them. TumbleBookLibrary TumbleBookLibrary is a curated database of over 1100 elementary age ebooks. Kindle –read ebooks, newspapers, magazines, textbooks and PDFs on an easy-to-use interface. Access this collection via the website.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

However, support through the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund came with mandates requiring districts to spend three separate rounds of funding by September 2022, September 2023 and September 2024.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

billion to the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund. Three stimulus bills passed by Congress in 2020 and 2021 provided nearly $190.5 Many district leaders invested extra dollars into devices and connectivity initially, which may leave them searching for a way to allocate remaining funds.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2023

However, by 2022, about 90 percent of middle and high schools reported providing students with devices, and 84 percent of elementary schools said they were doing the same, according to a 2022 EdWeek survey. The digital evolution of K–12 schools…

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

In addition, Liz has published numerous articles and book chapters on new technologies and education in prominent publications such as Education Leadership, School Administrator Magazine, Scholastic, Edutopia, ISTE’s Edtekhub, and Learning and Leading with Technology.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 4, 2017

By Erin Brereton Emerging peer-to-peer technology could help elementary and high school records become more portable.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 27, 2023

At this year’s Future of Education Technology Conference, Alberto and Mario Herraez, also known as the eTwinz, opened with this thought starter in their Thursday session, “Fostering Self-Regulation Skills and Personalized Learning in an Elementary Setting.”

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Neeb, the principal of Williams Elementary School, and Tickle, a digital learning specialist and Google Certified Trainer, presented “The Whole Ball of Wax: A Place for Everything,” on Monday. Amy is managing editor of EdTech Magazine: Focus on Higher Education. That could work on my campus,” she thought. . by Amy Burroughs.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 31, 2023

With Emergency Connectivity Fund and Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds winding down, many schools are returning their focus to the Federal Communications Commission’s E-rate discount program for technology budget support.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 3, 2024

As digital initiatives take off in more schools and the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund windfall winds down this year, school leaders want to know that they’re getting the highest return on their investments. Technology can help K–12 schools create value and contain costs. “The

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

This initiative provides support to local elementary districts to help prepare students for high school and college. . “We For example, third-grade students at the district’s Hynes Elementary School recently used drones to learn about agriculture and the weather in a lesson called “Farmer Grady.” . “We by Alexander Slagg.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 9, 2018

Fleming says whether the district sets up a makerspace in an elementary school library, in a middle school classroom or in a high school cafeteria, each makerspace has a unique quality. One elementary school she worked with took all the offbeat and childish ideas from its students and designed a “whimsey” theme.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The elementary students that Kristin Oropeza teaches sometimes have trouble locating their cursors on the screen. Seemingly innocuous digital tools and features, such as text size and cursor color, can help students learn — or hamper the experience.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 12, 2019

News and World Report Magazine as one of America’s best high schools. Baruti Kafele Milken National Educator, internationally-renowned speaker and best-selling author, Principal Baruti Kafele led the turnaround of four different New Jersey urban public schools including Newark Tech, which was three times recognized by U.S.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 16, 2019

Read a book, blog, or magazine. Hello World magazine from the Raspberry Pi Foundation (a magazine on computing and digital making for educators by educators). See Code.org’s comparisons of CS curricula by grade level: elementary curricula. Teaching CS Fundamentals from Code.org (3-8 hours). middle school curricula.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 18, 2021

The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds allocated in the pandemic relief stimulus packages total about $190 billion. K–12 districts have received numerous rounds of federal funding by way of state governments.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Distributions from the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund helped schools acquire much-needed technologies. With that winding down in 2024, K–12 school leaders are worried about how they will sustain the essential IT upgrades they’ve made. The ESSER funding cliff presents risks.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Reading and writing for fun outside of school are related to success in school, and the upper elementary years are often when these lifelong habits are cemented. A recent Scholastic survey of kids and families’ reading behaviors shows that only 39 percent of children ages nine to 11 read for fun most days of the week.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 9, 2021

Since March 2020, the federal government has provided roughly $190 billion to the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund. The passing of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 on March 11 marks the third designation of federal funding K–12 schools have seen during the pandemic.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Most schools have moved to a one-to-one model, with 90 percent of district leaders reporting a device for every middle and high school student and 84 percent reporting the same for elementary students, according to an Education Week survey. However, student and educator devices aren’t the only ed tech gear clambering for bandwidth.

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