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How online learning can bridge the math gap

eSchool News

During the initial phase of COVID-19 lockdowns, Generation Alpha (born 2010-2024) and Generation Z (born 1995-2009) had to pivot to virtual-only school platforms. While these students were heavy technology users, they were unskilled remote learners, with many never having the experience of online-only learning.

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How to do online learning well? A California district has some answers.

The Hechinger Report

Lindsay Unified has seen significant improvement in academic achievement, graduation rates and the number of students going to college since it created a performance-based system in the mid-2000s. Lindsay High School junior Gaby León demonstrates Lindsay Unified’s learning management system, Empower. Credit: Courtesy Gaby León.

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4 Ways Edtech Entrepreneurs Can Earn Trust and Unlock New Opportunities With Education Customers

Edsurge

From the earliest stages, as Pre-K parents search for activities and resources to nurture their child's growth, to K-12 schools adopting technology to improve student outcomes and operational efficiencies, the impact of modern learning tools is undeniable. Compatibility with existing systems. Responsible use of AI.

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Free computer training resources and courses

Educational Technology Guy

As technology changes and schools upgrade software, add new apps, change hardware or operating systems, and more, faculty, staff and students need training and support. GCFLearnFree is a program of Goodwill Industries of Eastern NC and provides quality online learning courses for free.

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How tracking academic performance can nip (cyber)bullying in the bud

Neo LMS

The Journal of Early Adolescence published a UCLA study in 2010 involving 2,300 middle school students from eleven public schools in Los Angeles. Psychologists note that children rarely tell teachers about bullying incidents but that the school system can look into the matter once a child’s academic performance is assessed.

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

Waterford

This can be tremendously beneficial—for instance, when scheduling online learning or virtual parent-teacher conferences when in-person learning isn’t possible. The educational system structure was designed for that analog world. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2010, 43(1), pp. Couse, L.J.,

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It’s Time to Digitally Transform Community College

Edsurge

peaked at the end of the last recession in 2010 , and has been declining ever since. A Need for More Strategic Online-Learning Capacity Following the sudden move to online and remote learning across all of American higher education last spring, many community colleges will be operating online this fall.