eSchool News

JUNE 16, 2023

BOSTON – Months after the launch of Lexia Aspire Professional Learning , schools and districts in California, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin have invested in licenses to make the self-paced digital solution available to teachers.

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Edsurge

MAY 15, 2024

Preparing future global innovators takes a district-wide team of facilitators, classroom teachers and school administrators. The BrowardSTEM team leads and supports with experience, expertise and agility in core content standards, STEM implementation, instructional technology and interdisciplinary applied problem-based learning.

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eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2022

SILVER SPRING, MD (Tuesday, June 7, 2022) —Iowa’s Southwest Valley Community School District (SVCSD) today announced it is broadening its partnership with Discovery Education to support science education in elementary school classrooms districtwide. Discovery Education Science Techbooks.

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Edsurge

MAY 8, 2024

Valerie Brock Computer Science Education Manager, NYC Public Schools Computer Science for All Brock: In 2017, after 10 years of teaching in NYC Public Schools, the largest school district in the country, I transitioned to an “out-of-classroom” position. Teachers have informed me that they are forming after-school and lunchtime coding clubs.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 2, 2023

Despite my best efforts, I couldn't visit classrooms as frequently as I would have liked, and the feedback I provided in written reports could have done more to enhance teaching and learning both inside and outside the classroom. For example, elementary will conduct walks in secondary to provide feedback and vice versa.

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eSchool News

JULY 20, 2022

SILVER SPRING, MD (Wednesday, July 20, 2022) —Hawaii’s Kihei Elementary School today announced that it has expanded its partnership with Discovery Education, which has supported the school’s educators in creating engaging digital learning environments since 2015. We are excited to begin the school year with these new resources.”.

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eSchool News

JUNE 26, 2023

Charlotte, NC — When elementary school teachers and students across Kentucky’s Johnson County School District (JCSD) return to their classrooms this Fall, they will find new resources in their high-tech toolkits thanks to an expanded partnership with Discovery Education. We are excited to begin using these great new resources!”

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Tom Murray

AUGUST 28, 2016

As mentioned in my previous post 16 Great NonProfits Working to Support EdTech in Schools , prior to my role as the Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools, I spent 14 years in a public school in Pennsylvania as an elementary and middle school teacher, middle school and elementary principal, and district level technology director.

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eSchool News

MAY 5, 2021

Through this new collaboration, educators and students in 28 CPS elementary schools will receive access to a suite of Discovery Education’s award-winning digital learning resources. Through expanded partnerships with Microsoft Teams, Google Classroom, Schoology, Canvas, and Clever, integrating the platform ?into

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eSchool News

JANUARY 20, 2022

Through this collaboration, educators in all 34 SMSD elementary schools have now joined their peers nationwide in integrating Discovery Education’s award-winning suite of flexible digital resources into science instruction. Those resources are: The Discovery Education platform. Discovery Education Science Techbooks.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

In this edWebinar, the Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) Social Studies team, made up of regional and district leaders, describe how their virtual learning communities on edWeb.net helped them support educators, and their students and parents, during a time of crisis. Georgia is a large state with 159 counties and 181 school districts.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

In this edWebinar, the Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) Social Studies team, made up of regional and district leaders, describe how their virtual learning communities on edWeb.net helped them support educators, and their students and parents, during a time of crisis. Georgia is a large state with 159 counties and 181 school districts.

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Edthena

AUGUST 13, 2021

On this episode of the Teaching Leading Learning K-12 Podcast, Edthena founder and CEO Adam Geller talked with Steve Miletto talked about all things professional learning, including how video is changing the game for giving educators feedback about their teaching. He started his career in education as a science teacher in St.

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eSchool News

MAY 9, 2024

million educators and 45 million students worldwide, Discovery Education helps educators nurture student curiosity through award-winning multimedia content, instructional supports, innovative classroom tools, and corporate partnerships.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Newark Public Schools (NPS) has approved expanding implementation of Lexia Learning’s Lexia® Core5® Reading (Core5) and Lexia® PowerUp Literacy® (PowerUp) throughout its K-5 and K-8 schools. When COVID-19 hit and our schools transitioned to remote learning, we were able to quickly expand Core5 to all our elementary schools.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

In the latest phase of this collaboration, educators and elementary students in 29 schools will receive access to Discovery Education’s flexible K-12 learning platform , as well as an innovative Coding resource designed to provide elementary students a secure understanding of that important discipline’s fundamentals.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Through professional learning opportunities for educators, the program is designed to prepare today’s students for tomorrow’s AI careers. Recently, we spoke with three participants of the AI Explorations program to learn about its impact in K-12 classrooms. Where do you most often see students struggle when learning AI?

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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.

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eSchool News

JULY 7, 2023

Charlotte, NC — Students and teachers in grades K-8 across Maryland’s Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) will return to their classrooms this Fall to find new resources in their high-tech pencil cases thanks to a deepened collaboration with worldwide edtech leader Discovery Education.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 24, 2021

It also requires a mindset shift away from the teacher as the classroom manager and deliverer of content. Then use the data that you collect about student thinking to inform your instructional decisions moving forward. You design the instructional experience.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 11, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out how these two popular blended learning platforms can improve K–12 classrooms. What Does Blended Learning Mean for K–12? This teacher also mines data at the individual student level to help students become active owners of their learning process. .

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 6, 2018

They built an online professional learning program that uses the edWeb.net platform in combination with webinars and 14 virtual specialists in social studies at all grade levels. Our goal was to find a way to provide professional learning for content and instructional support throughout the state of Georgia.

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eSchool News

MAY 29, 2024

. – Today 95 Percent Group LLC , the trusted source for comprehensive, proven literacy solutions, announced the Missouri Department of Elementary & Secondary Education approved its 95 Phonics Core Program ®, 95 Literacy Intervention System , and Sound Wall Classroom Kit as recommended English Language Arts Supplemental Resources.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Educators have been tasked with pivoting from in-person to remote learning more than once in many districts across the country. Thanks to generous support from community and industry partners, educators saved upwards of $396,150 on PD costs by choosing mindSpark Learning. About mindSpark Learning. About mindSpark Learning.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2024

Following a careful review of available resources, HCS selected the following products for use in district classrooms: Discovery Education Experience. Discovery Education Experience will now be available in all district elementary and middle school classrooms. STEM Connect. Discovery Education Coding.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2020

The “Getting to Know and Love Your Brain” poster on her wall, which read “breathe deep into your belly to stay calm and help your PFC (prefrontal cortex) think clearly,” prompted her first graders to get their brains ready for learning. She wasn’t the only one. I knew it was possible and that my school was ready. So, I put out my feelers.

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TeacherCast

MAY 19, 2022

ORIGO Education is a leading provider of elementary math solutions from Pre-K to Grade 6 committed to helping make learning mathematics meaningful, enjoyable, and accessible to all students and their teachers. students have access to a variety of tools and activities to learn mathematics. What Does ORIGO Offer Teachers?

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Digital Promise

JUNE 16, 2020

Lauren Williams, a fifth grade teacher in California, works in a predominantly Latinx and Black K-5 elementary school, where almost half of the students are designated as English Learners (ELs). These learnings informed the five competencies in the “Transitioning to Digital Learning” stack, outlined below.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 17, 2019

Using available micro-credentials from Digital Promise, each educator can create a personalized professional development plan that builds on the expertise they feel they most need in the classroom and in our schools. Micro-credentials provide personalized professional development opportunities aligned to theory of action plans.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Moreover, since effective AI solutions require large amounts of information, maintaining student data privacy is an ongoing challenge. So far, over one thousand educators and education leaders have participated in the program’s online courses, webinars and professional learning network.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Pittsburgh, PA– Carnegie Learning , a leader in artificial intelligence for K-12 education and formative assessment, announced today that elementary students from Buchanan County, Virginia School District achieved unprecedented reading gains using Carnegie Learning’s Fast ForWord ® reading and language program. That’s major.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2018

As personalized learning becomes a more mainstream pedagogy in K–12 classrooms, teachers have started to adapt assessment processes to get a deeper look at student growth. . Giving feedback to students is an integral part of the teaching process, and both formative and summative assessments have their place in the classroom. .

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 18, 2017

Bill Selak @ billselak shares how he’s using Amazon’s Alexa via the Echo and Dot in the classroom. Bill is currently obsessed with sharing his professional learning on Snapchat. The Amazon Echo in the classroom. Every week day you’ll learn powerful practical ways to be a more remarkable teacher today. [00:02:00].

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Each will receive a grant providing them with no-cost access to the award-winning LETRS (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) professional learning program. We have every confidence that they’ll use what they learn in LETRS to transform their teaching.” For more information, visit www.lexialearning.com.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 18, 2020

Our youngest learners will need some help and guidance, especially if their elementary schools have not been 1:1 or Bring Your Own Device (BYOD). Fully utilize a learning management system (LMS) if one is in place. I also tried to articulate the information above in a video, which you can view below.

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eSchool News

JULY 21, 2023

In addition, district educators will receive in-depth professional learning opportunities that will help them integrate their new resources into instruction and create engaging lessons that prepare students for success beyond the classroom. Discovery Education Science Techbooks.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Schools are thus faced with ensuring students are adept at engaging with digital tools in a manner that is both ethical and informed, regardless of their starting level of digital literacy or the extent of their technology access outside the classroom. “As We interact with technology as a key aspect of our daily activities.

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