Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Last March, Zoom, the ubiquitous online conferencing platform, became a staple of daily life for many students and educators as learning shifted online. Millions downloaded it—and first learned of it—back in early 2020, when lockdowns forced billions of students online, and at least 100,000 schools onto Zoom.

Online Learning 218

Online Learning Gamification Blackboard Company 218

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

As the struggle continues, a few overarching lessons learned — about equity, expectations and communication — are now helping schools navigate this crisis on the fly. on March 18, 2020. Related: Teachers need lots of training to do online learning well. on April 10, 2020. Blaney Elementary School in Elgin, S.C.,

Learning 69

Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 69

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2020

As part of this project, we interviewed product leads from 12 edtech companies during the spring and summer of 2020. Learn more about this EdSurge Research project.) It also meant developing features that would support fully online learning. Staff analyze usage data and requests that they’ve received from users.

Company 156

Company EdTech Course Schoology 156

edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

The 2021 Driving K-12 Innovation report released by CoSN selected the most critical Hurdles (challenges), Accelerators (mega-trends), and Tech Enablers (tools) that school districts are facing with personalized learning, innovation, and digital equity. The world has changed. It is going to be different moving forward.

Learning 91

Learning Broadband Elementary Professional Learning 91

MindShift

DECEMBER 5, 2020

Few people would tell you that online kindergarten was a good idea, or frankly even possible. That was before 2020. And even in hybrid districts, some students have been learning remotely, either part or full time. In short, online learning is the reality for a majority of students this fall. Paul, Minn.,

Digital Divide 28

Digital Divide Learning Laptops Broadband 28

The Cornerstone for Teachers

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

And so I really want to think that through a little bit more, especially when we think about the challenges for the coming year, because it’s difficult to have to distance yourself from students, where you’re either teaching them remotely, or you’re having to change how closely you can interact in person. That’s right.”

Classroom 52

Classroom How To System Groups 52

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

As we wrapped up 2020, we thought for sure that 2021 might bring us a reprieve from pandemic learning. Virtual and hybrid learning continued into the spring, but then classrooms welcomed back students for full-time in-person learning in the fall. Well, it did–but it also didn’t.

EdTech 145

EdTech Learning Data Classroom 145