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PROOF POINTS: The life of an online tutor can resemble that of an assembly line worker

The Hechinger Report

Screenshot from Zoom interview with Jill Barshay of The Hechinger Report.). Then, in the spring of 2020 when the pandemic erupted, Soka sent students home. He said he passed a test for job applicants, clicked his way through a short e-learning training module and was directly tutoring students within a month.

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29 K-12 edtech predictions for 2021

eSchool News

When we posted our 2020 predictions on January 1 last year, we–along with the majority of the world–definitely didn’t anticipate the curveball that was (and continues to be) the global COVID-19 pandemic. 2020 has been called a dumpster fire, the worst year in recent memory, and more. education system.

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25 digital tools and edtech resources from FETC

eSchool News

Educators also can explore Avanti’s World , an educational VR experience split into two lands with learning zones and scenes for students to explore independently. Curriculum Associates , pulling from i-Ready diagnostics data, released reports on what’s happening with unfinished learning related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

Schools have relied on those funds for the creation or expansion of summer programs and tutoring services, the purchase of high-quality curriculum and instructional materials, and a plethora of other efforts to address learning gaps students experienced through the COVID-19 pandemic.

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65 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

Schools have relied on those funds for the creation or expansion of summer programs and tutoring services, the purchase of high-quality curriculum and instructional materials, and a plethora of other efforts to address learning gaps students experienced through the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Why the Pandemic Forces Administrators to Rethink Attendance — and Interoperability

Edsurge

during the early months of 2020, we all wondered how—or if—students would continue to learn amid the turbulence. Seemingly overnight, educators, parents and edtech companies churned out crisis plans for remote instruction in hopes of carrying on, at the very least, until summer break. But not all hope is lost.

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Putting SEL First for Students and Teachers

edWeb.net

Michael Haggen brings more than 25 years of academic experience, having served as a teacher, principal, chief academic officer, and direct report to superintendents in three school districts. Named a 2019 “World Health Organization Champion” and a 2020 Empire Whole Health Hero by Crain’s New York, Ms.