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Online Learning During COVID-19

edWeb.net

In a recent edWebinar sponsored by Blackboard, Dr. Julie Evans, CEO of Project Tomorrow, and Chris O’Neal, a former teacher and current Blackboard Solutions Engineer, shared front-line stories and tips to provide insight into how to ensure continuity of learning for our students during this unprecedented time. Dr. Julie A.

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Inside One District’s Virtual Snow Days

Digital Promise

The time away from class takes a real toll on student learning, says Jason Hall, an elementary school teacher in the rural Kentucky district. Elementary and middle school students log into the district’s learning management system from their home computers to complete designated snow-day lessons. ” Not anymore, though. .

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Why your young students love e-learning

Neo LMS

Some people even lobby for a right to technology for every student, in the hope of making the presence of laptops and tablets in classrooms as spread as that of blackboards and notebooks. 78% of elementary school students, 69% of middle school students, and 49% of high schoolers now use a tablet in their school life.

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Jumpstart Engagement With Interactive Whiteboard Classroom Technology

ViewSonic Education

Interactive whiteboards are a technological leap similar to the leap to the first blackboard, and is set to revolutionize education. You’ll find them in elementary classrooms and university lecture halls. A new era of teaching that integrates multiple media and information sources has begun. In Praise of The Interactive Whiteboard.

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These schools are leveraging E-Rate for a complete digital transformation

eSchool News

Textbooks and blackboards have become a thing of the past in K-12 schools as educators collaborate with IT teams to shape a full digital core curriculum as part of their educational strategy for 2017 and beyond.

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S'Cool Tools, Teacher Voice Edition: Edthena, Kaltura, Defined STEM

Edsurge

We sought out a private online video platform that integrated with our LMS (Blackboard) and would provide a cohesive experience across all of our users. Our primary use is from within the LMS - Kaltura provides a suite of video and multimedia tools that can be used from virtually any content area within Blackboard. Defined STEM.

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TEACHER VOICE: Why we are being driven straight out of our classrooms

The Hechinger Report

Educators are tired of seeing our efforts erased like a blackboard. Teachers have never minded doing a hard job; but now that we are fighting a losing battle against those who actively seek to destroy the work we care so passionately about, the rewards of teaching are far less discernible.

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