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Virtual School Tips and Recommendations

The Thinking Stick

For example, the iPhone was only 3 years old and smartphones were just taking off in 2010. So here are some lessons I’ve learned as well as recommendations I am currently giving schools when they ask me for advice on preparing for Virtual School in an emergency. Lessons Learned: 1.

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Sal Khan on Expanding Into Early Learning and Launching a Peer-to-Peer Tutoring Platform

Edsurge

Duck Duck Moose was the first company that could come up with really compelling apps that were good—arguably good—for kids, in 2009, 2010, 2011. And I had the whole suite of their apps downloaded for my kids. I showed them my phone, where I had all their apps downloaded. Even as an adult sitting next to them, I would enjoy it.

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3 More Tasks to Teach Yourself to Teach with Technology

Nik Peachey

At the end of 2010 I published the first 5 tasks in a series to help teacher learn how to use technology with their students. Here’s an example to look at before you start: [link] Wallwisher is a really useful tool for giving students a semi restricted choice of online videos or links to other resources from around the Internet.

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Four tips for teaching in uncertain times

Hapara

In “ Assessing Teacher Presence in a Computer Conferencing Context ,” the authors explain that designing an online course “forces teachers to think through the process, structure, evaluation and interaction components of the course.” . 2 (2010): 147—59. Underdown and Martin, “Engaging the Online Student.”.

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Homework in a McDonald’s parking lot: Inside one mother’s fight to help her kids get an education during coronavirus

The Hechinger Report

Since 2010, five rural hospitals have closed in Mississippi alone, and almost half of the state’s rural hospitals are at risk of closing. Some days, the device’s download speed seemed to function at a crawl. They could do a few assignments online each, but not the full curriculum.

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Rural areas have been slow to connect to broadband. More public funding could speed things up

The Hechinger Report

And those who could connect were often plagued by slow download speeds and frequently interrupted service. Under pressure from all sides to finally achieve the goals outlined in the 2010 National Broadband Plan , the FCC continues to roll out programs and funding to get the whole country online. I think they forgot us out here.”

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning. But in 2010, the company, co-founded by Gina Bianchini and Marc Andreessen, announced that it would no longer offer a free version. Deliverology".

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