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How to facilitate meaningful discussions in hybrid or virtual classrooms

Neo LMS

Finally, if you want to motivate all students to speak about a topic, you can try A.J. These are the reasons why it is so important to bookend classroom conversations by asking students to think about what worked and what didn’t and to synthesize their learning. Some more ideas for reflection questions can be found here. Summing it up.

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Sir Ken Robinson: A Brief In Memoriam [guest post]

Dangerously Irrelevant

Like most of you that knew Sir Ken Robinson’s impact on education, I first learned about him through his wildly popular TED Talk in 2006. It is a metaphor he liked to use about a garden and it shows up in a few different videos that do not have a million views. It was, of course, not the first impactful thing he said, nor the last.

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10 Best US Colleges for Computer Science

Ask a Tech Teacher

It offers powerful research opportunities that are all about creativity and innovation. It is an outstanding college that has founded the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy, which has been leading among research universities. It also has alumni that score in success lists like “40 under 40” and the like. 8 Cornell University.

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Who Is Missing From College During the Pandemic? A Lot of Students, Actually

Edsurge

It turns out the largest enrollment drop has happened at the community college level, where numbers are down about 9 percent since last year. That was clear from a recent anonymous survey of about 450 college students across the country conducted by Livia Morris and her identical twin sister Julia. Should I reach out or should I not?

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2021 Bootcamp Trends Report

Learn what the general public and business leaders think about these programs as training/preparation for technical jobs and careers. This report from BestColleges.com explores trends in awareness and acceptance of bootcamps in the U.S.

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Lessons on building community from a pandemic

eSchool News

We handed out fliers, went on the radio to talk about the initiative, and even knocked on doors to let folks know about this resource for students. Related content: Driving student success in the “COVID tech rush” To get that effort off the ground, we had to put our district community to work. And it was a huge success!

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OPINION: Why we need a new pedagogy for our post-Covid future

The Hechinger Report

She now knows a heck of a lot more about clothing design and production than I do and is applying her newfound knowledge to other areas of design. . This story about reorienting American education was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.

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Why Families Leave Schools

Here they are – and what you can do about it. Do you know three of the biggest reasons families leave schools?

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SplashLearn Makes Learning Fun and Creates Fearless Learners

SplashLearn is the fastest growing elementary school math program in the US, used by more than 440,000 teachers in about 77,000 schools across the United States. Loved by more than 30 million kids, SplashLearn is a game-based learning program that creates engaging learning experiences to nurture a generation of fearless learners.

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6 eLearning Trends in Custom eLearning Solutions

It isn’t possible to talk about trends in digital learning without talking about the “digital” part first. It is what everyone expects. Most articles on trends discuss mobile, augmented reality, virtual reality, LMS options, apps, and authoring software.

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How Formative Assessment Supports the Learning Journey

Speaker: Todd Theobald, Noel Gomez, Marcus Painter

Using assessment data to make informed decisions about instructional strategies. Join educators and assessment experts as they discuss the role of formative assessment in student learning, how formative practices can guide the teaching and learning cycle, and the positive impact assessment can make on your classroom.

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Behind the Bell: The Underlying Impact of Tardiness in K-12 Schools

Managing a K-12 campus with constant pressure to meet performance metrics is challenging. And tardiness can significantly limit a school from reaching these goals.

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Today’s Curriculum for the Higher Ed HR Leader

Speaker: Joseph Clay, Business Transformation Strategist at Oracle, and Jeffrey Haynes, Director with Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP

Hear from Jeffrey Haynes, Director with Baker Tilly, and Joseph Clay, Oracle VP HCM Transformation, to learn everything you will need to know about the biggest trends impacting higher education HR professionals today.

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Infographic: Build A Better Virtual Learning Experience

Get the facts about: The exploding market potential of virtual teaching. For every student to reach their full potential, virtual teaching apps have to ensure a great experience for every session, every time, everywhere. This infographic lays out the technology challenges that can impede teachers and students—and how they can be solved.

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Why Genentech Is Transforming the Employee Experience for Mental Health Leave

Speaker: Deborah Olson, Lead Strategist, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group & Smita Das, MD, PhD, MPH, Medical Director, Lyra Health

Join Lyra Health’s Medical Clinical Director of Psychiatry, Smita Das, MD, PhD, MPH, and Deborah Olson, Genentech’s Lead Strategist for Well-Being, for a discussion about why it’s crucial for employers to provide streamlined access to disability leave requests as well as high-quality care with Lyra’s new Clinical Leave Evaluation program.

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The Guide to Accessible Learning for Associations

Speaker: Dan Streeter, Vice President of Learning Strategy & Development at Blue Sky eLearn

This webinar will help you evaluate the accessibility of your current learning efforts and learn about the tools needed to ensure your eLearning is in alignment with the latest Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (proposed WCAG 2.2).

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A CHRO’s Perspective on Substance Use in the Workplace: Supportive Strategies to Help Your Workforce Thrive

Speaker: Smita Das, MD, PhD, MPH, Medical Director, Psychiatry and Naj Wright, MBA, C-Suite HR Executive

How to foster an inclusive and open conversation with your workforce about AUD and SUD, including ways that your organization can help. Join this important webinar that addresses: How to identify employees at risk for - or experiencing - AUD or SUD in your workforce.

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Leveraging Learner Variability to Elevate Equity in EdTech

Speaker: Vic Vuchic, Chief Innovation Officer & Executive Director, Learner Variability Project

You'll discover how much more we know now about how students learn - and how we can use that knowledge to create EdTech-enabled classrooms that can meet the diverse needs of diverse students.

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WW2 to COVID-19: How Remote Tools Help Reinforce Development Post-Program eLearning

Speaker: Pat D'Amico, Founder and CEO of About-Face Development

Join Pat D'Amico, Founder and CEO of About-Face Development, LLC, for this illuminating discussion on how to keep the gears turning. In this session you will learn: Summarize how distance learning evolved from WW2 to today.