PCS Edventures

AUGUST 8, 2023

Communicating with computers is fun, engaging and thrilling, and it also has a powerful effect on kids’ futures. Coding boosts academic achievement while simultaneously embedding life-long skills in learners. Elementary-aged learners are capable of providing computers with instructions to achieve a specific outcome through code!

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ED Surge

MARCH 18, 2024

For instance, it may be beneficial for educators to think of their students in terms of a modified version of Bartle’s gamer types: Hunter, Socializer, Explorer and Achiever. The Achiever aims to earn badges and showcase accomplishments. The hunters and achievers enjoyed the game and even stayed after class to keep playing.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Consider this five-step professional learning journey to ensure that your district professional learning experiences boost academic achievement and growth while building collective teacher efficacy. Create the five-year vision for your school. Prioritize student voice. Schools were created for students, not for adults.

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The Maker Mom

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The benefits of online schools for gifted students are worth considering for those outpacing their classmates in traditional schools. Students can access classes they wouldn’t be able to otherwise in a traditional school setting and satisfy their intellectual cravings.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Last year, when Micah Hill was a sophomore in high school, her guidance counselor gave her an application for Mississippi’s student representative program, which allows students to serve on the Mississippi State Board of Education. Hill applied and after two interviews, she was selected as the state’s newest student rep.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Educators and parents started this school year with bated breath. Last year’s stress led to record levels of teacher burnout and mental health challenges for students. states mandated that schools have a mental health curriculum or include mental health in their standards. In response, more than half of all U.S.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

However, as of 2023, the effectiveness of high-dose tutoring has gradually declined due to low student participation rates and skepticism from education authorities regarding the actual educational impact of online high-dose tutoring. Some school districts have opted for in-person high-dose tutoring.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

AI tutors, virtual assistants, and adaptive learning platforms are being adopted by schools, colleges, and universities around the world. In addition, many students are using AI to write coursework and essays, which has caused a lot of outrage. This promotes better student engagement and accelerated learning.

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Middle Web

AUGUST 29, 2023

What teachers do the first weeks of school has a dramatic effect on student engagement and achievement the rest of the year. Building a classroom culture of learning and questioning – co-created with students – paves the road to success. Jackie Walsh and colleagues show us how.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 2, 2023

How do you create one in your class or school? million students with disabilities for the school year 2021 to 2022. Among the services they provide is guidance on assistive technology in schools. Enhances academic performance Assistive technologies help students with disabilities achieve their academic goals.

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ED Surge

APRIL 8, 2022

This can lead to difficulties with retention, but can also affect the quality of teachers in public schools. Not only do teachers earn less than other professionals, but in most school districts their salary increases are not dependent on performance. Student achievement is scored based on test scores and individual improvement.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 13, 2021

The purpose of its videos, hands-on projects, and more is to spark student creativity, empower them to explore their own passions at their own pace. Lessons are given by high school and college-age peers who clearly show their love of the subject. Students engage through tasks, projects, and peer interaction.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The report urges schools away from all-in-one service bundles that outsource design, construction, and sometimes even teaching of online courses, and especially from contractors who promise hugely increased revenue. The content and design of online courses to date has often focused on achieving parity with the in-person experience.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Either way, the reality is that competitiveness starts early and competition shows up in many ways in schools. As an elementary school student, I remember sitting “criss cross applesauce” among my peers during the end-of-the-quarter awards ceremonies, hoping my name would be called. Personally, I have always enjoyed competition.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 9, 2022

Since 2020, three things have become clearer than ever: Our students of color, English learners and students with disabilities have faced a disparate impact on their educational experience from COVID-19. W]hen I think about UDL, that's the question I'm looking for: How am I going to engage all learners?

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CTE Learning

DECEMBER 28, 2023

In the rapidly evolving landscape of education, the integration of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) curriculum at the middle school and high school levels has emerged as a transformative force.

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CTE Learning

DECEMBER 28, 2023

In the rapidly evolving landscape of education, the integration of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) curriculum at the middle school and high school levels has emerged as a transformative force.

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User Generated Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

Kids are learning – but for way too many it occurs outside of the school environment rather than during school. Given today’s technologies, it makes sense and is exciting that learning occurs after schools hours, but for exciting, engaging, and profound learning not to occur during school hours is, simply put, a travesty.

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ED Surge

MAY 31, 2023

Recently, EdSurge met with field experts, all part of the Educating All Learners Alliance (EALA), to discuss how they leverage edtech to provide an inclusive learning environment for all students. Starting from the initial planning stage, they should anticipate different pathways for students in the learning journey.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 19, 2022

Ray Salazar has been teaching high school Journalism and English in Chicago Public Schools for over twenty years. Instead, he crafted an entirely new curriculum that he felt would better resonate with students, a series of reading and writing assignments that looked at the stages of grief. hours before the pandemic.

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STEM Sport

JUNE 6, 2023

In the constantly evolving education landscape, educators need to design effective STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) curricula that engage and inspire their middle school students. One powerful tool that can help achieve this is a STEM curriculum map.

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ED Surge

APRIL 3, 2024

As a high school history teacher, whenever I meet new adults and we talk about our professions, I often find myself being met with a familiar reaction: "I disliked the subject in school, but now I find it interesting." Students now question and eagerly await answers. I always wonder why that is the case.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 4, 2019

The end of the school year is a time when both students and teachers alike are distracted by thoughts of vacation, sleeping in, and no deadlines. If you’re looking for meaningful lessons to wrap up your school year, here are my top picks: Digital Passport. Students login – no email required. Cool book reports.

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STEM Sport

MAY 9, 2023

To achieve this, schools have recognized the need to incorporate STEM education into their curricula, starting from preschool and continuing all the way through high school. This is crucial for student success. The Benefits of a School-Wide STEM Focus Creating a school-wide STEM focus has many benefits to student success.

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The Trendy Science Teacher

JUNE 13, 2023

In the event that you, too, are wanting to dive into some professional development this summer, I have curated a list of six compelling books that are sure to inspire and empower you for the upcoming school year. It is a comprehensive guide to setting the foundation for a successful school year and you won’t regret reading this one.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 21, 2021

It wasn’t part of their teacher training program so they rely on school PD to fill the many holes in blending tech with education. Institutions cannot achieve the goal without incorporating technology-based learning into the programs themselves.”. We know technology is a challenge for veteran teachers. And here lies the problem.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 9, 2018

It’s the end of school. You want to shake things up so students are excited and motivated and feel interested again. Provide some games, simulations, student presentations–whatever you don’t normally do in your classroom. It takes about 5 weeks to go through the lessons and can be teacher- or student-directed.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 14, 2023

In the dynamic landscape of education, truly personalized learning has been nearly impossible to achieve. Classroom teachers, constrained by limited resources and standardized curricula, often struggle to cater to the diverse learning needs of their students. Our school has a basal reading series, and we also use trade books.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Every week at the Nysmith School in Herndon, Virginia, Philip Baselice breaks out a game to teach his class about key world events. I used a game to teach my students about the causes behind the start of the First World War. The idea is to get them to think about the different relationships between angles,” Nardolilli says.

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ED Surge

APRIL 23, 2024

In April 2020, teachers were beginning to realize that their schools’ closures would not be all that temporary. They’d need to make do with haphazard plans for distance learning through the end of the school year — perhaps longer. years, I have been teaching Algebra I and geometry for grades nine and 10 at Becton Regional High School.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 13, 2015

It’s the end of school. You want to shake things up so students are excited and motivated and feel interested again. Provide some games, simulations, student presentations–whatever you don’t normally do in your classroom. It takes about 5 weeks to go through the lessons and can be teacher- or student-directed.

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CSTEM

APRIL 30, 2024

In 2022, 32 percent of students in the nation performed at or above the NAEP Proficient level, and 61 percent performed at or above the NAEP Basic level. Both percentages were lower than the achievements recorded for 2019. In fact, students in 14 states remain more than a third of a grade level behind in reading.

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Cool Cat Teacher

JUNE 3, 2021

Recently, while discussing the next steps for schools this fall with two instructional designers in the webinar “10 Ways to Move Learning Forward”, we identified ten considerations for school. Courses About Improving Parent Relationships Partnering with Parents for Student Success According to Dr. Susan M.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

UC Santa Cruz sees a lot of underrepresented students disproportionately drip out of that leaky pipeline, Weissman says. That includes a number of Black, American Indian, Alaskan Native and Hispanic students. But there’s also a quieter revolution taking place that applies a different strategy to achieve the same principles.

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Defined Learning

APRIL 5, 2022

Spring presents a great time to explore new ideas or try some new tools, especially as we look to boost student engagement with the content and keep up the momentum. Offering more choices helps us to better meet specific student interests and needs while also preparing them for the careers of the future.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 8, 2021

I chatted with my PLN, browsed forums where I knew efriends hung out, and taught a slew of online grad school classes to teachers who always are willing the discuss their newest favorite social studies tech tool. You incorporate that into your passion for teaching by gamifying your middle- or high school classroom. Timeline JS.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 7, 2016

It’s the end of school. You want to shake things up so students are excited and motivated and feel interested again. Provide some games, simulations, student presentations–whatever you don’t normally do in your classroom. It takes about 5 weeks to go through the lessons and can be teacher- or student-directed.

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