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How to Increase Family Involvement with Connection

Waterford

Check out Waterford’s on-demand webinar page and learn how to implement CARES, a framework for inclusive family communication, genuine relationships, clear and flexible expectations, and concrete support, in your schools. 2004, November). The Effects of Comprehensive Parent Engagement on Student Learning Outcomes. Redding, S.,

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Understanding, Teaching, and Reaching Digital Native Students—and Digital Native Caregivers

Waterford

The great news is that digital natives want to learn. This can be tremendously beneficial—for instance, when scheduling online learning or virtual parent-teacher conferences when in-person learning isn’t possible. And that means schools will have to adapt to the way these new students think and learn.

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Pearson Bets on Adaptive Learning (Again) With $25M Acquisition of Smart Sparrow

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Its accounts on Facebook and Twitter are no longer active, as an education industry analyst noticed. On its website , the company claims it has more than 700 institutional customers across the K-12, higher education and corporate learning space. Already, the Sydney, Australia-based company has pulled back on its social media presence.

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How to Resolve Entrepreneurship’s Split Personality Problem

EdNews Daily

Most entrepreneurship students expect to learn how to become their own bosses during the course of their studies. Similarly, Mark Zuckerberg completely changed the way people interact with friends and family by launching Facebook in 2004. In general, I’d say we meet these needs quite well.

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New Data from Rave Mobile Safety Shows Schools’ Top Safety Concerns About Returning to the Classroom

eSchool News

The report also addresses what learning will look like once everyone does return to classrooms and managing a hybrid learning environment. Additionally, 44% report that their school districts are going back before September, compared to 6% considering a December or later return to in-person learning. Facebook.

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How to Transition from Summer Break to the First Days of School

Waterford

By preparing in advance, you can help your students return to school excited and ready to learn. Some information families may need during back to school night might include: Login information for remote learning and progress reports. You may even want to start a Facebook group or Twitter account for parents. [11] Hernandez, S.,

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Experiences in Self-Determined Learning: Moving from Education 1.0 Through Education 2.0 Towards Education 3.0

User Generated Education

It is titled Experiences in Self-Determined Learning and can be found at [link]. Self-determined learning or heutagogy is fast gaining interest from educators around the world interested in an evidence-based approach to learning. This edited book is the perfect primer on self-determined learning or heutagogy. The Basics.

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