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Districts Pivot Their Strategies to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism During Distance Learning

Edsurge

percent (about 10,000 students) in the 2017-2018 school year, to 15.1 percent (about 11,000 students) in 2018-2019. By comparison, the state of California reported a 12 percent chronic absenteeism rate among students in 2018-2019, representing 676,000 students. About 4,600 people showed up for a recent webinar, Chang says.

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#DLNchat: How Have MOOCs Impacted Approaches to Student Learning?

Edsurge

was the question first posed to the #DLNchat community by Aneesa Davenport, social media and analytics manager for EdSurge. If you learned what you needed to know by reading one chapter of a book, did you “fail” at reading it? DLNchat — Dhawal Shah (@dhawalhshah) April 10, 2018. Sponsored by Salesforce.org.

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#DLNchat: How Could Artificial Intelligence Shape the Future of Higher Education?

Edsurge

Cali Morrison (@calimorrison) March 27, 2018. Or, as Aneesa Davenport, Social Media & Analytics Manager for EdSurge, suggested, perhaps give them a periodic “check-up?” Farrar (@sent1nel) March 27, 2018. DLNchat [link] — Prof Straight (@RyanStraight) March 27, 2018. How do we keep algorithms in check?

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PBL… Blended and eLearning – Part 1: Important Questions for the New School Year

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

I have some powerful online interactive workshops and webinars that can be used to engage learning in this new environment. The sudden shift in the learning environment last year may have provided an obstacle for the way we wanted to see this happen. Read the article or watch the webinar. Thanks so much.

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How Libraries Stretch Their Capabilities to Serve Kids During a Pandemic

MindShift

For schools that closed and moved to online learning due to the coronavirus, digital access became a necessity overnight. School libraries had always been central to digital access for the entire school, and when learning moved online they became tech hubs for both teachers and students. Fellow school librarians!

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Tomorrow, Wednesday June 17th - "Small, Rural, and Independent Libraries" Mini-Conference #library2020

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Participants are encouraged to use #library2020 and #smallruralindependent on their social media posts leading up to and during the event. Kate has worked with the national Association for Rural & Small Libraries since early 2018 and became its first ever Executive Director at the beginning of this year.

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Web 2.0 Tools for Professional Development

Dr. Shannon Doak

As we move more into the world of online learning and teaching for students, it is becoming apparent that teachers are also needing to move online for their own professional learning. This is evidenced by the number of conferences that have exploded online this summer. Social Networks to Try.

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