January 2022 | eSchool News

Slooh Brings Space Exploration to Classrooms Worldwide with ‘The Online Telescope for Teachers’

January 18, 2022 by ESchool News Staff

Washington Depot, Connecticut, January 18, 2022 – Slooh, the only organization offering live online telescope feeds to students, is now ... Read more

Sora “Content Bundles” Feature Empowers Educators to Easily Reserve Digital Books for Specific Students

January 18, 2022 by ESchool News Staff

CLEVELAND – January 18, 2022 – Educators who are looking for more efficient ways to support reading outcomes have a ... Read more

Kajeet Announces Launch of 2022 Homework Gap Grant Program for K-12 Schools and Districts, Colleges and Universities, and Public Libraries

January 18, 2022 by ESchool News Staff

MCLEAN, VA. (PRWEB) JANUARY 13, 2022 — Kajeet®, a leading provider of IoT connectivity, software and hardware solutions that deliver safe, ... Read more

3 ways chatbots can support mental health in schools

January 18, 2022 by Joanna Smith-Griffin, CEO and Founder, AllHere

The pandemic heightened the need for virtual communication, and we’re starting to see how chatbots can be of particular use in mental health support

The U.S. Surgeon General has issued an advisory warning about a mental health crisis for children.

Key steps to keep indoor air clean in classrooms

January 18, 2022 by Laura Ascione

Indoor air quality is paramount to a pandemic response plan--learn how a multi-layered approach can help your district

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented education with challenges and opportunities. On one hand, the massive move to digital learning and one-to-one programs has accelerated districts’ plans for edtech…

9 social-emotional learning strategies to use in the new year

January 17, 2022 by Lauren Jackson, Instructional Coach, BetterLesson

The pandemic forced educators across the globe to innovate and be creative—and social-emotional learning became a cornerstone of many virtual classrooms

Following the 2020-2021 school year, educators can look back with pride--and exhaustion--on all we have learned. We have learned to teach in brand new modalities like remote and…

Are learning gaps stabilizing?

January 17, 2022 by Laura Ascione

Findings on the current state of pandemic-induced learning gaps confirm disproportionate impacts and the need to target interventions accordingly

Although wide learning gaps still exist for students across the U.S., those gaps do show signs of somewhat stabilizing, according to new research illustrating the scale and disproportionate…

Don Johnston Incorporated Joins Texthelp Group; Edtech Giants Join Forces to Help Students Across North America and the Globe

January 14, 2022 by ESchool News Staff

WOBURN, Mass., Jan. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Texthelp, a global leader in literacy and accessibility technology, today announced that they will acquire ... Read more

Kiddom Expands Partnership with Kendall Hunt Publishing

January 14, 2022 by ESchool News Staff

SAN FRANCISCO — January 12, 2022 — Kiddom, the first all-in-one education platform for high-quality digital curriculum, today announced an ... Read more

WeVideo Releases WeVideo Classroom for Educational Multimedia Creation

January 14, 2022 by ESchool News Staff

Mountain View, Calif. (January 13, 2021) – WeVideo today launched WeVideo Classroom, a cloud-based multimedia creation platform customized for educators to ... Read more

5 ways to prepare and teach online classes

Online tutoring is becoming more accepted for people every day. With the coronavirus pandemic still affecting the world, there’s never been a better time to work remotely.

How is technology impacting literacy?

We live in a world where learning and technology are intrinsically linked, especially in the minds of our youth. But do today’s students process information differently because it comes on a digital device? Is there a correlation between technology use and plummeting literacy rates? And is the way our young people consume information negatively impacting their growth as learners?

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