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5 tech, AI tools to enhance teacher team success

February 15, 2024 by Steve Ventura

With the right implementation, tech and AI tools can increase the success of teacher teams and professional learning communities.

Technology plays a crucial, and expanding, role in today’s schools. The availability of tech tools, including those with artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, continues to grow.

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…

District Management

Getting the most from collaboration tools

February 13, 2020July 29, 2019 by Stacey Pusey

Collaboration tools can help administrators and educators work better and be more productive.

Communication and collaboration are not the same thing. There are many tools that allow educators and administrators to talk to each other, but to take advantage of edtech’s…

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10 findings about K-12 digital learning

March 27, 2019February 6, 2019 by Laura Ascione

Digital learning in action as smart students study together.

Digital learning itself is expanding in schools, but access to classroom and home technology still remains a major obstacle, according to a new study from Schoology. The State…

District Management

Using technology to embrace the “un-faculty” meeting

October 26, 2018October 25, 2018 by Michael S. Gaskell

I’m not sure if teachers dreaded faculty meetings more than I did, but while standing in an auditorium filled with tired-looking faculty after a long day of teaching,…

District Management

3 tips for maximizing your PLC participation during the new school year

September 5, 2017September 5, 2017 by Lance Rougeux

For educators across the country, it’s time to get back at it. Summer is over, and if we are not yet back in school teaching, we are sorting…

District Management

Are you using your school’s PLC to its fullest?

October 21, 2016October 21, 2016 by Laura Devaney, Director of News, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

When professional learning communities (PLCs) meet frequently to examine and analyze student work and data, higher levels of teacher morale emerge, according to a new report from the…

District Management

How peer video coaching is completely changing how our teachers teach

February 2, 2016 by Diane Lauer

Peer-to-peer video comments are changing how one district's teachers think about their practice.

District Management

Embrace the power of learning communities

March 12, 2014March 12, 2014 by By Lance Rougeux

During my second year of teaching, I learned an invaluable lesson: learning communities have the power to enrich our professional and personal lives. I learned this lesson firsthand…

5 tech, AI tools to enhance teacher team success

5 ways you can use Minecraft in the classroom

Getting the most from collaboration tools

10 findings about K-12 digital learning

Using technology to embrace the “un-faculty” meeting

3 tips for maximizing your PLC participation during the new school year

Are you using your school’s PLC to its fullest?

How peer video coaching is completely changing how our teachers teach

Embrace the power of learning communities

With AI coaching, a math platform helps students tackle tough concepts

Counslr Launches in Texas to Increase Access to Mental Health Support for Staff and Students

Ignite Reading Again Approved as 1:1 High-Dosage Early Literacy Tutoring Provider in Massachusetts

aiEDU and The Rithm Project Partner to Infuse Human Connection into AI Literacy Through High School ELA Curriculum

Catapult Learning is Approved to Provide High-Dosage Tutoring in Massachusetts Elementary and Secondary Schools

Birmingham City Schools Leads Groundbreaking Research on Student Motivation and Math Achievement

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