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How to teach critical thinking skills online

eSchool News

8 most popular story of 2020. What we hear about less, however, are the most effective techniques for teaching those skills and how teachers can implement them in the classroom—especially now that schools are forced to provide virtual instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic. Check back each day for the next story in our countdown.

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5 ways tech + education can change the world

eSchool News

Twenty years ago, Cisco recognized a shift toward a knowledge-based economy. million full time employees will be needed to deliver application and business services for the Internet of Things (IoT) by 2020, and education programs must prepare students for these changing needs. From this, Cisco Networking Academy was born.

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After the pandemic disrupted their high school educations, students are arriving at college unprepared

The Hechinger Report

From then until the coronavirus hit, when she was a 16-year-old precalculus student, Hernandez shined in the classroom. The standards for online learning during her junior year weren’t just lower than they had been in the classroom, she said, “the standards weren’t even there at all.”. “It This story also appeared in USA Today.

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96 edtech predictions for K12 in 2019

eSchool News

With 2019 here and 2020 in arm’s reach, there’s an ever-growing expectation that next-generation tech tools should do a better job of informing educators on which resources improve learning outcomes. There are also a lot of predictions about improving safety and security. Jacob Bruno, vice president of professional learning, NWEA.

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Lessons and Leadership During the Switch to Online Learning

edWeb.net

Two months after the COVID-19 crisis forced educators across the United States to leave their classrooms and start teaching online, the scope of the changes and challenges have now become clear, and educational leaders have started to identify what’s working and what still needs improvement. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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Assignments with the New ST Math

MIND Research Institute

ST Math is all new for the 2020-2021 school year and we've had a blast revealing what we're most excited about. Teachers can re-order Objectives to meet their classroom's needs. What's New in ST Math for the 2020-2021 School Year. Today, we’re sharing one of the new features that educators have loved the most.

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Looking Past COVID: Science Education Post Pandemic

edWeb.net

The 2020 Teaching K-12 Science and Engineering During a Crisis report said 88% of teachers indicated that students spent less time learning science remotely than in a face-to-face situation; only 38% had been involved in experiments and investigations while learning remotely. What the Pandemic Revealed: Policy-Level Challenges. Assessment.