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Four tips for teaching in uncertain times

Hapara

Put everything related to your class in your digital hub, including: Instructions for digital learning activities. Instructions for non-digital activities. Digital learning hubs also benefit teachers because you can schedule assignments and plan for substitute teachers. Virtual meeting links .

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When His Roster Outgrew His Classroom, This Prof Mastered Modular Online Curriculum

Edsurge

Right before the start of the Fall semester in 2002, Robertson learned that the 400-seat movie theater that held his Principles of Marketing class at San Francisco State University would no longer be available. But nowadays, [student learning] is very graphic and video-oriented—which is a different skill set.”

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Shapegrams: Grab-and-Go Google Drawings Lessons

Shake Up Learning

Each contains an instructional video, design hints, and a related activity. Students watch the video and recreate the picture. That’s why I’ve included growth mindset encouragement in each instructional video. Learning in Hand started in 2002 as part of my classroom website. © Shake Up Learning 2020.

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Learning for the Always-On Generation (Part 2)

EdNews Daily

Jukes, Schaaf and Mohan (2015) identified nine key learning attributes of the digital generations. In the next post of this series, readers will explore these new attributes of digital learning and learn about tools and strategies to use in order to align with their students’ learning preferences. .

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

Integrated Studies of Educational Technology: Implementing the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund – Educational Technology State Grants Program (Review Copy) (American Institutes for Research, 2002) **Note: Despite the fact that the report was conducted under the direction of the U.S. Department of Education video.

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1st Grade digital PBL: Does it work?

Neo LMS

Today I will share with you a more specific example of how an elementary school in California, Woodcrest Elementary School, of the Fullerton School District, has created wonderful digital learning environments for its K1 learners, specifically in the area of literacy. Why is digital PBL so rare in foundational and elementary phases?

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Top Hat Raises $55 Million to Take on Big Textbook Publishers

Edsurge

Fountainhead is one of the two publishers Top Hat has an exclusive partnership where only Top Hat can host their digital content—the company also works with other publishers that don't exclusively use Top Hat. Fountainhead was founded in 2002 and is based in Southlake, Texas. Bluedoor was founded in 2005 and is based in Minneapolis.

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