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Traits of a Successful Online Teacher

Catlin Tucker

Savery believes that teachers who demonstrate these characteristics in their work with students online are more likely to create a productive and positive learning environment and deal with fewer management issues. BE VOCAL: Characteristics of successful online instructors. Savery, J.

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5 Ways Online Learning Can Open Doors For All Students

EdNews Daily

In 2005, Dr. Bennett was selected as the Polk County Teacher of the Year. Before coming to Southeastern, Dr. Samuel Bennett accumulated over 20 years in public school education, including stints in elementary, middle, community college and adult education.

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Why most schools won’t ‘reinvent’ themselves after the pandemic

Dangerously Irrelevant

As I noted in a recent article that I submitted: “… reflection on organizational possibilities and institutional futures is common during the ‘reconstruction’ phase (Boin & Hart, 2003) of a crisis (see also Coombs, 2000; Heath, 2004; Boin, Hart, Stern, & Sundelius, 2005; Jaques, 2009; Smith & Riley, 2012). Coombs, W.

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Playlists vs. Choice Boards: What is the difference?

Catlin Tucker

When I facilitate training sessions on playlists, I use a backward design approach to guide teachers through the process (Wiggins & McTighe, 2005). I have a module dedicated to each in my Advancing with Blended Learning course. Want more instruction and support designing playlists and choice boards?

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10 edtech experts you should follow

Hapara

After helping teachers transition to online learning during the pandemic, she began writing about her experiences, including a chapter on online learning in Like No Other School Year. She also wrote a full guide to online and digital learning, A Teacher’s Guide to Online Learning. .

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Empatico: A Breakthrough Way to Promote Empathy (And It’s Free)

The CoolCatTeacher

I’ve been collaborating globally since 2006 and have created more than 30 global collaborative projects in that time, co-winning the ISTE Online learning award with that first project in 2006. As I look for opportunities to collaborate, I look for simple, easy ways. See Lease, A. M., & Blake, J. Social Development,14 (1), 20-41.

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Online Learning Does Not Mean Sans Engagement

Fractus Learning

It’s now 2016 and educators still have not discovered the power of infusing a balance of asynchronous and synchronous technologies, as well as engagement into their online classroom. Online learning does not need to be mechanical in nature. Engagement needs to take place in the online learning environment.