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How a Student Held a Virtual Summer Camp in Summer 2020

The CoolCatTeacher

During the 2020 shut down, Sophia wanted to help the children in her neighborhood have a fun learning experience — so she created a virtual summer camp online. We can learn about learning in this example where the teacher and students are kids and everything is optional. Sophia is a student in Oman.

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A Look Back at 2020 Teaching What It Means for 2021

The CoolCatTeacher

Yes, 2020 has been a year like no other, and today’s guest, Pamela Livingston Guadet, interviewed a wide variety of school tech directors to hear their stories of triage teaching during the COVID-19 emergency. Pamela is the author of the book, “ Like No Other School Year: 2020, COVID-19 and the Growth of Online Learning.

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4 Emerging Edtech Trends in 2020

The CoolCatTeacher

From coding to robotics and augmented reality and his favorite (which he saved for last), learn how a leading-edge K-8 program is using technology to teach all students the skills and thinking capacities they need to be successful in the modern era. Never stop learning! Today’s sponsor: Advancement Courses.

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Stem Education in 2020

Ask a Tech Teacher

Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Brianna, has some general observations about STEM education in 2020: Stem Education in 2020. The essential component in 2020 is a T-part of STEM – Technology. For several years now, we observe a rapid growth of online and remote teaching, learning, and even practicing.

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The simplest elementary school science edtech

eSchool News

During the spring of 2020, the global education community faced tremendous disruption as it transitioned to emergency remote teaching in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. During emergency teaching, the innovative educators I work with sought to implement any edtech tool that purported to help keep students engaged in learning.

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AI Webinar: Artificial Intelligence in the Educational and the Learning Landscape

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Artificial Intelligence is the topic of conversation for anyone who cares about learning, scholarship, and the future of our world, and rightly so. The job losses are supposed to be staggering.

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It’s Elementary: Targeted K12 Leadership Development for Tackling Big Problems

Education Elements

As we write this, we are thinking back to the last “normal” month in 2020 before COVID-19 arrived in full force. A sampling of headlines from Education Weekly in February 2020 highlight social and emotional learning , the role of technology in education, and the importance of effective school leadership.