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A national esports effort aims to ‘change the trajectory’ for students

February 21, 2021February 19, 2021 by Dennis Pierce, Contributing Writer, eSchool News

As it grows in popularity, many stakeholders and educators realize esports has great potential to help students connect classroom lessons with real-world possibilities

As a student, video gamer and flight instructor Hudson Davis was often bored in school. He found that many classes provided only a surface-level understanding of key topics—and…

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ManagedMethods Launches Industry-leading Student Cyber Safety Monitoring Powered by Artificial Intelligence

February 11, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

ManagedMethods, the leading Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 cybersecurity, student safety, and compliance platform for K-12 school districts, today announced ... Read more

STEM & STEAM

How to teach coding and robotics from home

December 31, 2020 by Joe Slifka

Coding and robotics can be just as engaging when students learn from home--all it takes is a little planning and some creativity

When our school shut down in March, initially, it was for a two-week period. I thought, “Well, this isn’t too bad, we can do a few coding activities…

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MobileMind Launches ‘MobileMind HQ’ for Customized, Managed Educator Training

December 4, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

Learn how this Arizona district personalized professional development to keep teachers engaged and enthusiastic about instruction.

MobileMind, the most innovative Google professional learning solution for schools, announces the launch of MobileMind HQ, a single hub for creating, ... Read more

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Mentoring Minds Joins Google for Education Partner Program

December 4, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

Mentoring Minds, a leading provider of K–12 instructional and critical thinking materials, today announced it has been certified as ... Read more

STEM & STEAM

Can AR be the antidote to virtual classroom shortcomings?

November 23, 2020November 23, 2020 by Parker McDonough, Head of Seek Education

Distance learning can impede hands-on learning experiences, but AR has potential to increase virtual student engagement

Schools across the country are well into their second go-round of distance learning at this point. Things seem to be running more smoothly than the first attempt last…

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ManagedMethods Launches Google Classroom Monitoring & Reporting

October 13, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

ManagedMethods, a leading Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) and Microsoft 365 cybersecurity, student safety and compliance platform for K-12 school ... Read more

District Management

4 “musts” when vetting third-party vendors

October 5, 2020October 5, 2020 by Ryan Cloutier

Third-party vendors can be invaluable to school districts—but there are some important factors in these partnerships

Cybersecurity continues to be top of mind in new ways that we might not have considered during “normal” times. One area that needed our attention then and now…

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Vernier and SAM Labs Help Teachers Incorporate Science and Coding into Instruction

September 3, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

Middle school teachers can now integrate science lessons with data collection and coding using new packages from Vernier Software & ... Read more

Coding and Robotics

A plan for teaching coding and robotics from home

December 7, 2022August 18, 2020 by Joe Slifka

When our school shut down in March, initially, it was for a two-week period. I thought, “Well, this isn’t too bad, we can do a few coding activities…

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Promethean Joins Google for Education Partner Program

July 29, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

Global education technology provider, Promethean®, announced that it has become a Google for Education Partner, integrating its ClassFlow® software with Google Classroom ... Read more

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Google —Teach from Home

June 30, 2020June 25, 2020 by ESchool News

School closures affect teachers, students, and parents everywhere. In these extraordinary times, technology can help make distance learning easier and ... Read more

COVID-19 Update

6 steps to help children find purpose and resilience from home

June 4, 2020June 4, 2020 by Tara Chklovski

Remote learning can wear on children and parents--here are some great ideas to boost motivation and help children find purpose while they are learning from home

Some days are great. Others are hard. More than two months into stay-at-home orders, parents and kids are getting used to the concept of learning from home via…

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Google Meet is here to host your video meetings, for free

June 30, 2020May 13, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

Google Cloud announced it’s making Google Meet, Google’s premium video-conferencing solution, free for everyone with availability rolling out over the ... Read more

Ancillary

Web-based visual vocabulary tool

April 7, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

Designed by a pair of speech-language pathologists, InferCabulary helps learners infer deep meanings of nuanced words by analyzing and interpreting ... Read more

Ancillary

Stem based PE for students at home

April 7, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

$Two students jumping up and down on a blackboard with math problems$

STEM Sports, a Phoenix-based supplemental curriculum company, is offering free lessons for parents and caregivers to use at home to ... Read more

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Powerful training LMS at no charge

April 6, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Edified is offering it’s powerful training LMS at no charge to any educational institution ... Read more

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New remote learning hub

April 1, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

Buncee recently released their new Remote Learning Hub – a centralized collection of resources to support your remote learning needs! ... Read more

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Create and share story time and read-aloud videos

March 31, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

Digital storytelling gives students a powerful platform for their voices--here's how to do it.

In order to encourage reading and classroom read-aloud experiences, and to support schools and public libraries forced to close by ... Read more

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Google introduces Teach from Home

March 26, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

To support the hundreds of millions of students and educators currently facing school closures, we’re introducing Teach from Home—a hub ... Read more

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Free Family Engagement Tool For Impacted Schools and Districts

March 23, 2020March 23, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

PowerMyLearning, a national nonprofit, is committed to helping school and district leaders who are mobilizing to implement remote learning plans ... Read more

Innovative Teaching

Richardson Independent School District – Texas, USA

January 25, 2023November 5, 2019 by Content provided by Barco

BARCO SOLUTION wePresent KEY BENEFITS Improves student learning & drives engagement Ease of use for teachers & stimulates interactive teaching ... Read more

Game-Based Learning

5 ways you can use Minecraft in the classroom

December 7, 2022August 28, 2019 by Laura Ascione

It's easy to start to use Minecraft in the classroom--here, a young student plays Minecraft on an iPad.

By now, pretty much everyone knows what Minecraft is. If you're just joining us, however, here's a summary: Minecraft is a "sandbox" game offering open-ended possibilities for building…

STEM & STEAM

Lockhart Ed Tech

May 6, 2019November 26, 2018 by Ellen Ullman

David Lockhart started teaching high school history in 2004. He had to find that thing that made his lessons stand out, and he saw it with technology. For…

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5 resources to help students with information literacy

May 11, 2020July 4, 2018 by Laura Ascione

Information literacy skills top many lists of must-have abilities, especially in the age of fake news. Not all results in a Google search are legitimate--but how many of…

Edtech Trends

App of the Week: Google Applied Digital Skills

January 25, 2023June 11, 2018 by Common Sense Education

Ed. note: App of the Week picks are now being curated by the editors of Common Sense Education, which helps educators find ... Read more

Edtech Trends

App of the Week: Kiddom

January 25, 2023May 28, 2018 by Common Sense Education

Ed. note: App of the Week picks are now being curated by the editors of Common Sense Education, which helps educators ... Read more

Blended Learning

4 tools that take blended learning to the next level

June 8, 2018January 11, 2018 by Alec Sears

In any rush of new technology there comes fresh opportunities for learning and growth that were never possible before. We’ve seen this in the past two decades with…

Coding and Robotics

In the marketplace: Google’s G Suite for Education, coding, grants, and more

January 25, 2023October 12, 2016 by By Laura Devaney, Director of News, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

Remaining a tech-savvy educator means keeping on top of the myriad changes and trends in education, how technology can support those trends, and how teaching and learning can…

Teaching Trends

14 classroom management strategies to increase student learning

January 25, 2023September 28, 2016 by Laura Devaney, Director of News, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

When the right classroom management tools are in place, students are able to learn more as their engagement increases. Focusing on physical classroom management, behavioral management, resources for…

Innovative Teaching

Google adds new features to Classroom, Forms, and more

January 25, 2023August 17, 2016 by Stephen Noonoo

As back-to-school approaches, Google has just released a grab-bag of new features aimed at K-12 educators—mostly upgrades to existing Google ... Read more

Teaching Trends

zSpace creating virtual field trips for Google Expeditions

July 18, 2016 by Stephen Noonoo

zSpace announced they are working with Google to create an end-to-end virtual reality classroom experience that combines the power of ... Read more

IT Management

These students are fixing school Chromebooks — and getting paid

July 15, 2016July 15, 2016 by Brianna Calix, Merced Sun-Star

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IT Management

3 Google Fiber programs that could help ease the digital divide

May 12, 2016May 11, 2016 by Bridget McCrea

Google Fiber has started providing affordable internet in certain communities. Now schools are starting to wonder how it will affect students' internet challenges, both in and out of…

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6 reasons why Chromebooks are the device of the moment

December 16, 2015November 6, 2015 by By Stephen Noonoo, Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/stephenoonoo' target='_blank'>@stephenoonoo</a>

By all accounts, Chromebooks are the device of the moment. But why? We look at the reasons Chromebooks are surging in schools.

Teaching Trends

Students help launch one-to-one Chromebook program

December 31, 2015September 11, 2015 by By Angie Mason, York Daily Record, Pa.

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Apps

12 ways to adopt Google Apps for Education

February 8, 2016May 11, 2015 by By Laura Devaney, Director of News, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

A new resource from Gaggle and Amplified IT offers technology facilitators 12 tips to help ensure that Google Apps for Education safe for teachers and students to use.…

A national esports effort aims to ‘change the trajectory’ for students

ManagedMethods Launches Industry-leading Student Cyber Safety Monitoring Powered by Artificial Intelligence

How to teach coding and robotics from home

MobileMind Launches ‘MobileMind HQ’ for Customized, Managed Educator Training

Mentoring Minds Joins Google for Education Partner Program

Can AR be the antidote to virtual classroom shortcomings?

ManagedMethods Launches Google Classroom Monitoring & Reporting

4 “musts” when vetting third-party vendors

Vernier and SAM Labs Help Teachers Incorporate Science and Coding into Instruction

A plan for teaching coding and robotics from home

Google —Teach from Home

Web-based visual vocabulary tool

Stem based PE for students at home

Powerful training LMS at no charge

New remote learning hub

Create and share story time and read-aloud videos

Google introduces Teach from Home

Free Family Engagement Tool For Impacted Schools and Districts

Richardson Independent School District – Texas, USA

5 ways you can use Minecraft in the classroom

Lockhart Ed Tech

5 resources to help students with information literacy

App of the Week: Google Applied Digital Skills

App of the Week: Kiddom

4 tools that take blended learning to the next level

In the marketplace: Google’s G Suite for Education, coding, grants, and more

14 classroom management strategies to increase student learning

Google adds new features to Classroom, Forms, and more

zSpace creating virtual field trips for Google Expeditions

6 reasons why Chromebooks are the device of the moment

Students help launch one-to-one Chromebook program

Why interactive solutions are a smarter investment for schools

ClassMate by World Book Recognized with Prestigious ISTE Seal

School Specialty Honors Top Educators with 12th Annual Crystal Apple Awards

Follett Content Accelerates Public Library Strategy

Celebrating Teachers: Nominate Outstanding Educators for Crystal Apple Awards

School Specialty Expands Learning Beyond the Screen with New Outdoor Furniture Line

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