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Will Hybrid Teaching Stick Around as the Pandemic Fades?

Edsurge

Now, having gone to the trouble to design course resources that can be accessed remotely and feeling accustomed to turning on a webcam in the classroom, he has continued to embrace a teaching practice that is known as “HyFlex,” a portmanteau of hybrid and flexible. Will their efforts succeed?

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Most Professors Think They're Above-Average Teachers. And That’s a Problem.

Edsurge

Summer is traditionally a time for professors to refresh their courses, or take workshops to learn new teaching techniques. But some in higher education worry about a lack of motivation for such efforts, especially when the vast majority of professors think they’re great in the classroom already.

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The Importance of Developing Spatial Skills for STEM Success

MIND Research Institute

Finally, the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado Boulder has developed an entire workshop-based curriculum aimed at helping engineering students to develop their spatial skills. The resources provided to educators include ways to extend the games and activities into the classroom. References.

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To fight teacher shortages, schools turn to custodians, bus drivers and aides 

The Hechinger Report

There’s untapped potential among people who work in schools right now, as classroom aides, lunchroom workers, afterschool staff and more, the thinking goes, and helping them become teachers could ease the shortage that’s dire in some districts around the country, particularly in rural areas like this one. What if we eliminate the question?”

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Teacher Development Research Review: Keys to Educator Success

Digital Promise

On the other hand, one-shot, “drive-by,” or fragmented, “spray-and-pray” workshops lasting 14 hours or less show no statistically significant effect on student learning ( Darling-Hammond, Wei, Andree, Richardson, and Orphanos, 2009 ). educators, and Catherine Lewis, who conducts academic research on lesson study.

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High school graduation rates for one important group are starting to get better

The Hechinger Report

Since 2006, the share of California Hispanic 19-year-olds with a high school diploma has increased from 74 percent to 86 percent, according to the Campaign for College Opportunity, a California advocacy group. Counselors routinely invite parents to Spanish-language workshops on college applications and financing.

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Helping Others Along – Motivation Theory and the SAMR Model

techlearning

How do we best help them to understand the value of new technology and how it might benefit their students lives (rather than how might it help my fit into their classroom). Attention When we relate the relevance of using emergent technology in the classroom we must describe how adoption is advantageous. & DeAngelis Peace, S.