EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

I had the chance to chat with Dr. Jared Scherz, the founder of TeacherCoach , and a former elementary school guidance counselor who became a clinical psychologist in New Jersey. TeacherCoach is the first hybrid training platform for educators and parents, generating revenue for the school district.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

On a morning this fall at Washington Elementary, a young boy, sitting at a table with five of his peers, held a tablet while he built a digital snowman — a cool proposition given the 85-degree heat just outside his air-conditioned classroom. With about a day planning, [teachers] shift right into distance learning,” Rooney said.

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EdTechSandyK

AUGUST 30, 2013

Federal funds had brought small sets of iPads to each of our Title I campuses, and we had put together six hours of in-person training on using iPads in teaching and learning for math and reading intervention teachers at 10 campuses. You can see our training agendas for these in person sessions here. They''re intuitive, right?

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Hapara

MAY 9, 2022

I am currently a fifth grade teacher and Digital Learning Coach at Oak Grove Elementary School in Lexington, South Carolina. para, we have evolved by learning about the many aspects of the program into the independent stage of learning with the help of Highlights and Workspace from H?para. We have two teachers that are H?para

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

The more parents learn about student data privacy, the more concerned they become, the survey found. And parents of elementary school-aged children, African-American parents, Hispanic parents and those with higher incomes report higher overall concern for this issue than other parents.

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Waterford

JANUARY 23, 2020

Instead, view it as a tool that can inform and supplement lessons, and even then, only if teachers and administrators are well trained in its use. Lessons that involve digital citizenship can help a student use technology responsibly well beyond their elementary school years. 6 Quick Tips for Using Technology in the Classroom.

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Edsurge

MARCH 23, 2020

Lynch also observed that because current college students who are training to be teachers won’t be able to fulfill their in-person practicum requirements as student-teachers in schools, there will be an increased shortage of K-12 teachers next year. Others may follow suit. Although there are millions of Americans qualified to fill the 3.7

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 17, 2018

Or better yet, why should we integrate online learning into our classrooms ? There are countless strategies and resources at your fingertips, but this article will spotlight the importance of digital teacher support for your blended learning environment. About the Author.

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Digital Promise

MAY 23, 2023

The past several years have seen a rapid rise in the use of edtech in classrooms, accelerated by the pandemic and the sudden shift to remote learning. However, selecting new programs, implementing them with fidelity, and evaluating current tool efficacy has proven to be a daunting task for school and technology leaders.

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Hapara

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Tabernacle Township School District’s 665 elementary and middle school students are one-to-one with devices. para Champion training, is already plotting her next moves. One is using Workspaces to differentiate reading groups and create individual learning paths to challenge students who want more. Within a week, H?para

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

It’s an opportunity for the future teachers who are enrolled at the college to apply what they learn in class in a practical setting, testing out lesson plans with real elementary students. McGhee, assistant clinical professor of elementary education at Auburn University. train future educators to teach online, experts say.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 18, 2020

It is important to note that teachers and schools offered from March through May was, in most cases, not best practice online learning. It was emergency do-the-best-we-can-with-no-notice learning. Math (everything from elementary school arithmetic to calculus and statistics). Science (Even physics!

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2023

It’s 7:00 am, and I’m on my second trek from my car to our centralized district meeting space, lugging snacks, supplies and chart paper as I prepare to lead a workshop on best practices for technology integration for a group of 15 elementary teachers in my district. The adjustment has been difficult for our teachers too.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 21, 2020

Other schools are offering grief training to teachers, counseling them on how to recognize signs of distress, and encouraging them to attend to their own emotional wellbeing. Some school districts, such as Los Angeles Unified and Baltimore City, are running hotlines to provide guidance and connect families to services.

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Edsurge

JULY 2, 2020

(Credit: Mike Zetlow) I know from my year teaching at VIPKid that students can learn online , a conclusion researchers have also reached. This online learning model doesn’t work for every child, but it is right for some. Invest in blended and online learning professional development.

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Edsurge

JUNE 10, 2020

The difference two years ago was that we trained 100 percent of the teachers from PreK to grade 12 at St. Andrew’s Episcopal in Maryland, where we both work, in the science of teaching and learning—which helped our staff realize the schedule we were using did not align well with the most promising research on how students learn best.

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eSchool News

MAY 19, 2021

Boston — May 18, 2021 — VHS Learning, a nonprofit empowering schools with the industry’s best online learning programs, is celebrating its 25 th year helping schools expand curriculum and provide engaging learning experiences for students. In 2021, VHS Learning received a $1.4 Statewide Partnerships.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 27, 2018

Eric: You could definitely use these with your elementary students without a doubt. The idea is that since the words that I chose are the Dolch words, the first about hundred or so are those words — those are definitely words that students are learning in K-1-2. You could definitely use this with your lower elementary students.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 10, 2022

While West-MEC provides career training programs to high school students, it also supports elementary school district members through innovative career literacy initiatives. Each year, West-MEC allocates a significant amount of money to our two elementary school districts.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2020

State and federal agencies have advised schools to create online learning plans to minimize the disruption to student learning. Their students have internet connections at home, laptops they can work from, teachers who know how to design online lessons and a strong foundation of in-school blended learning experience.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2017

The group is taking the idea of online delivery of teacher training and amplifying it, turning it into something that can be custom-fit for individual teachers and leaders. In the case of the schools in the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative, it’s a solution for a threefold problem: attracting, retaining and training teachers. “We

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

A student at Belmont-Cragin Elementary School. Tailoring learning to students’ exact needs takes significant resources, teacher training and, ideally, close collaboration with families — something many schools struggle to pull off. Chicago has embraced personalized learning in a big way.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Amanda Amtmanis, an elementary physical education instructor in Middletown, Connecticut, handed out cards with QR codes to a class of third graders, and told them to start running. Amanda Amtmanis, the PE instructor at Macdonough Elementary, hands a fifth grader a card with a QR code for tracking her mileage. Whoa, look at Dominic!”

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eSchool News

JUNE 10, 2024

Here are three ways school administrators can use remaining ESSER III funds to add or enhance a digital learning program in their school or district. To promptly address these staffing challenges, I propose school and district leaders leverage remaining ESSER III funds by forming partnerships with reputable online learning providers.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 17, 2021

Elementary school education is accumulative, building on whatever instruction came during the prior grade. One year you’re learning polynomials, the next how to graph them, while social studies gradually becomes more nuanced and comprehensive. So, what happens when a break occurs in the educational track?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2021

The situation has almost reversed because what we see now is that there is a vaccine for the older students, but there’s still no vaccine for the elementary age students.” Research suggests that elementary grade students were less likely to receive instruction and feedback than older students while studying remotely.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2023

Child care workers are paid on average a third of what elementary teachers make. We also need the field to innovate how we recruit and train more teachers. We currently rely largely on higher education institutions to graduate qualified, trained candidates.

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Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2021

For districts in need of additional technologies to make hybrid classrooms successful, here's a closer look at the new funding available and how to secure it: ESSER Funds and How to Use Them The original CARES Act included an education stabilization fund called Elementary and Secondary Education Emergency Relief (ESSER).

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 16, 2019

Eric is an authorized Google Education Trainer and a Google Certified Innovator and provides Google Apps training to schools, organizations, and conferences throughout Ohio and across the country.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 7, 2015

“The content side of Sokikom was built based on research from the National Mathematics Advisory Panel (NMAP) that shows a need for more focus on teaching elementary math topics in greater depth and that social and intellectual support from peers results in higher mathematics performance. ” The science! ” The science!

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2022

Trained in the Orton-Gillingham Approach to help struggling readers, Carolyn Welch celebrates a moment with a kindergartener in her reading intervention class at Columbus School in Carteret, N.J. Children dance to learn the letter D, for example, while chanting the sound that goes with the letter. G says guh. Related: $1.5

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Instead of memorizing equations, students develop structural reasoning skills from solving real-life problems (such as a damaged power grid or limited hospital-bed capacity in a pandemic) with guidance from teachers trained in the purpose of the lessons. Ninety percent of our resources are not in VR but in teacher training,” she told me.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2017

The pilot was designed to create and then evaluate the most effective, scalable, and sustainable method of incorporating blended learning. Blended learning is an instructional methodology that combines face to face and online learning to personalize the learning experience to meet the specific needs of each student.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

We had to balance providing teachers time to prepare for 100 percent online instruction with the need to provide PD pertaining to specific areas like SEL, differentiated instruction and technology integration. Moore is the Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment for the East Pennsboro Area School District.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2021

Almost a year later, in February 2021, the results are in: a mere three online learning technologies have clear evidence for improving student achievement. Another improves reading comprehension among older elementary school students. The third is an online algebra course for eighth graders.

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The Jose Vilson

APRIL 5, 2020

They work jobs where they’re thankful for the midnight train. The vast majority of us built what I’ve dubbed “disaster distance learning” from scraps. Many elementary and middle school teachers, students, and parents used the standardized test as an anchor for why schooling mattered.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 20, 2020

A recent survey shows that teachers have a strong desire for professional learning that builds comfort with technology. With the move to online learning, people have been critical of the education system, and how schools, in some cases, have been slow to adapt,” said Jacob Mayhew, CEO of Woz U.

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