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Riverside Insights Launches Battelle Early Childhood Assessment with Updated Data Validity

October 7, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

Riverside Insights®, a leading developer of research-based assessments that provide insights to help elevate potential, announced today the official launch ... Read more

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321 Insight Announces Resources to Help K-12 Staff Navigate Stress, Trauma

October 5, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

An expert shares how to manage stress in the classroom and focus on mindfulness and positive thinking.

321 Insight, an organization empowering all school staff to meet the needs of today’s students, is releasing a content update ... Read more

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Learning.com Includes Essential Skills for Remote Learning in EasyTech

September 25, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

To prepare students for success in a remote learning environment, Learning.com is adding remote learning lessons to its EasyTech content library. Based ... Read more

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McGraw Hill Offers Learners Two-Month Free Trial of ALEKS MathReady to Help Combat ‘COVID Slide’

August 21, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

In an effort to help ensure that students are prepared for fall classes, McGraw Hill is offering new customers a ... Read more

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Lifesize Acquires Kaptivo to Fuel Next Generation of Advanced Collaboration

August 20, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

Lifesize, a global innovator of immersive enterprise communication solutions, today announced the acquisition of Kaptivo, a digital collaboration solutions company.

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Public and Private Organizations Nationwide Choose Rave’s Coronavirus Recovery Solution to Safely Reopen and Keep Communities Informed

August 19, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

Corporations, educational institutions and government agencies across the United States are relying on Rave’s Coronavirus Recovery Solution to equip them ... Read more

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Protect and Recover Your Data with creative.space’s New Snapshot Features

August 19, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

In response to COVID-19, many creatives are being required to work remotely. This often presents technical challenges that can be ... Read more

District Management

You’re invited: Learn how to enhance safety and communications in your school

July 29, 2020July 29, 2020 by ESchool News

District Management

Assessment in 2020: How data will mitigate COVID-related learning losses

July 29, 2020July 29, 2020 by Dr. Katie McClarty and Dr. Gene Kerns

Assessment is critical to providing targeted instruction in any year, but this fall, understanding where learning gaps exist will be essential for schools looking to make up lost ground

In normal times, a discussion about the future of assessment might look five years ahead to talk about the prospects of more authentic computer-aided assessments or potential developments…

Using Mobile and Other Tools to Track Your Workforce During a School Closure

May 6, 2021July 8, 2020 by Jeff Festa

We never thought it would happen. Many schools across the country being closed for the remainder of the school year. ... Read more

ONLINE SURVEY

October 28, 2021June 15, 2020 by Vcarlson

A new school year means new edtech needs, and if you’re planning for fall purchases, you might welcome some guidance ... Read more

School Library Innovations

K-12 Library & Media Technology Guide

January 25, 2023May 29, 2020 by Vcarlson

eSchool News Library & Media Technology Guide Everything You Need to Know. Everyone You Need to Reach. • Why school ... Read more

SEL Trends

K-12 Curriculum, SEL & Instructional Tools Guide

January 25, 2023May 1, 2020 by Vcarlson

eSchool News Curriculum, SEL & Instructional Tools Guide Everything You Need to Know. Everyone You Need to Reach. • Emerging ... Read more

Ancillary

Getting feedback quickly and easily

April 23, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

To help strengthen support to teachers, coaches, and school leaders in this time of need, Insight ADVANCE is providing its ... Read more

Ancillary

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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Remote support for any environment

April 3, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

NetSupport is offering its NetSupport Manager software free for 3 months (on up to 200 devices) allowing you to access ... Read more

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Online and Blended Learning Guide

May 11, 2020March 31, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

eSchool News Online and Blended Learning Guide including the latest tools to learn during COVID-19, full of resources, tips, trends, ... Read more

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Screen recording and asynchronous collaboration tools

March 26, 2020March 25, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

TechSmith is helping organizations and academic institutions who are preparing for prolonged absences and/or campus closures due to COVID-19. TechSmith ... Read more

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Free communication, billing and payment tools for schools

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

Curacubby, an end-to-end commerce, billing and integrated payments platform built for the education market and modernizing the business of schools, ... Read more

District Management

A teacher’s 7 tips for remote learning during the coronavirus

March 16, 2020March 16, 2020 by Dennis Grice

Straight from a teacher directly impacted by the coronavirus, these suggestions can help educators prepare themselves and their students for home-based learning

Imagine yourself sitting on a beautiful beach in the Philippines, enjoying a relaxing week off from school when your phone buzzes with messages. Your flight back to China…

5 truths for building a successful data culture

January 25, 2023December 17, 2019 by Content provided by Instructure

School districts that best exemplify excellent data use share some common traits

Whichever assessment practice model you use—be it Response to Intervention (RTI), multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS), or any other—building a positive culture of assessment is the key to…

IT Management

3 districts that battled malware–and won–with endpoint security

August 7, 2019 by Laura Ascione

Endpoint security can mean the difference between an infected network and a clean, reliable network.

It's not exactly a secret that most educational institutions are vulnerable to data breaches and security hacks. All it takes is one attack to freeze school operations and…

Classroom Innovations

30+ new tools and services we saw at ISTE 2019

July 11, 2019July 11, 2019 by Laura Ascione

The Liberty Bell was a must-see at ISTE 2019 in Philadelphia.

Another ISTE has come and gone–were you in Philadelphia for ISTE 2019? If not, don’t worry–we’re highlighting some of the ... Read more

District Management

4 strategies to close the digital equity gap

January 21, 2020June 12, 2019 by Eileen Belastock

A building block connects two separate piles of blocks, symbolizing bridging the digital equity gap.

According to Davis, Fuller, Jackson, Pittman, and Sweet (2007), the definition of digital equity is “equal access and opportunity to ... Read more

District Management

Is it time to say goodbye to textbooks?

March 22, 2019March 22, 2019 by Ellen Ullman

closeup of a dictionary with the word "past" defined

People have been predicting the end of the traditional, paper-based textbook for years.

STEM & STEAM

4 Fresh Approaches to Coding in The Classroom

May 11, 2019January 18, 2019 by Tanner Higgin

Coding is one of the most crowded categories in edtech. And while there are a ton of great tools for students of any ability level, many of these…

SEL & Well-Being

Why we love our SEL tools

December 13, 2018November 28, 2018 by Ellen Ullman

Social and emotional learning (SEL) is an increasingly important part of the curriculum in many schools—and for good reason. SEL helps students develop key skills they’ll use to…

SEL & Well-Being

We all teach SEL: Empathy activities & tools for students

December 13, 2018November 15, 2018 by Danny Wagner

Building social and emotional learning (SEL) skills such as empathy requires face-to-face interactions, meaningful discussion, and reflection.

STEM & STEAM

4 examples of engaging vision-impaired students in STEM

September 24, 2018September 20, 2018 by Laura Ascione

STEM learning is a cornerstone of education in today's K-12 schools, but STEM classrooms often aren't all that inspiring to students who are blind or have low vision.…

District Management

6 tools to support school safety efforts

September 12, 2018 by Laura Ascione

As teachers and students return to school across the country, thoughts range from nervous excitement to worries about how to keep school buildings--and the people in them--secure. Last…

Teaching Trends

Mapping the Universe of Edtech That Connects

January 25, 2023September 10, 2018 by Julia Freeland Fisher

I’m excited to share a tool that my colleagues and I have been working on for the past few years: a market map of what we’re calling Edtech…

Ancillary

Mapping the universe of edtech that connects

April 23, 2024August 28, 2018 by By Julia Freeland Fisher, director of education research at the Christensen Institute

I’m excited to share a tool that my colleagues and I have been working on for the past few years: ... Read more

Innovative Teaching

More Than 40 New Things We Saw at ISTE 2018

January 25, 2023June 29, 2018 by Laura Ascione

Creativity, artificial intelligence (AI), and digital competencies were just a few of the many trends at ISTE 2018. This year’s ... Read more

SEL & Well-Being

8 apps and tools for classroom SEL

December 13, 2018May 3, 2018 by Laura Ascione

Social and emotional learning (SEL) has quickly become a cornerstone of K-12 education, because it helps students regulate their own emotions and teaches them to respond kindly to…

School Library Innovations

The New Librarian: How I created a makerspace

January 25, 2023March 20, 2018 by Todd Burleson

As an elementary educator for most of my career, I’ve had the privilege of working with a variety of learners—from inner-city students in North Carolina to university-level students…

District Management

The changing role of literacy today, part 2

March 14, 2018March 8, 2018 by Ed DeLeon

We know we must teach children to read proficiently, yet the age-old challenge of getting a child to read on grade level still persists. Fortunately, science and technology…

21st Century Skills

Can creativity be taught?

January 29, 2018January 29, 2018 by Dianne Pappafotopoulos

I recently attended a conference and enjoyed the sessions and topics ranging from professional-development strategies to the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI). Like everyone else, I am eager…

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…

District Management

Hey educators: Are you trustworthy? Here are 4 vital signs for identifying and assessing trust in schools

November 22, 2017November 20, 2017 by By Jennifer Abrams

Trust is a big word. It may be just one syllable and it’s certainly not a word the Spelling Bee organizers would consider a great challenge (or have…

eClassroom News

Trending: This style of learning has teachers and students re-imagining Future-Ready

September 26, 2017 by Dennis Pierce

While most classrooms have realized the benefit of hands-on activities and real-life applications, this idea can be taken even further by giving students genuine control over what they…

Riverside Insights Launches Battelle Early Childhood Assessment with Updated Data Validity

Learning.com Includes Essential Skills for Remote Learning in EasyTech

McGraw Hill Offers Learners Two-Month Free Trial of ALEKS MathReady to Help Combat ‘COVID Slide’

Public and Private Organizations Nationwide Choose Rave’s Coronavirus Recovery Solution to Safely Reopen and Keep Communities Informed

Protect and Recover Your Data with creative.space’s New Snapshot Features

You’re invited: Learn how to enhance safety and communications in your school

Assessment in 2020: How data will mitigate COVID-related learning losses

ONLINE SURVEY

K-12 Library & Media Technology Guide

K-12 Curriculum, SEL & Instructional Tools Guide

Getting feedback quickly and easily

Powerful training LMS at no charge

Remote support for any environment

Online and Blended Learning Guide

Screen recording and asynchronous collaboration tools

Free communication, billing and payment tools for schools

A teacher’s 7 tips for remote learning during the coronavirus

5 truths for building a successful data culture

3 districts that battled malware–and won–with endpoint security

4 strategies to close the digital equity gap

Is it time to say goodbye to textbooks?

4 Fresh Approaches to Coding in The Classroom

4 examples of engaging vision-impaired students in STEM

6 tools to support school safety efforts

Mapping the Universe of Edtech That Connects

More Than 40 New Things We Saw at ISTE 2018

The New Librarian: How I created a makerspace

The changing role of literacy today, part 2

Can creativity be taught?

4 tools that take blended learning to the next level

Hey educators: Are you trustworthy? Here are 4 vital signs for identifying and assessing trust in schools

Trending: This style of learning has teachers and students re-imagining Future-Ready

Why interactive solutions are a smarter investment for schools

Texas Instruments Announces the TI-Rover BT: Bringing Math to Life with a Calculator-Controlled Robotic Vehicle

Vivacity Launches New Learning Hub for All Your District’s Google Training.

Abre Launches “Vera,” Analytics Agent Built to Retire Static K-12 Dashboards

ClassMate by World Book Recognized with Prestigious ISTE Seal

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

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