The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 26, 2020

Whatever happens, online learning will play a huge role in our teaching. What better way to understand online learning than to take your summer PD online through Advancement Courses? With Advancement Courses, you never stop learning. She was a New York State Teacher of the year finalist for 2018 and 2020.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 13, 2020

August 18-20, 2020 -a Free PD Experience for Blended Learning From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter This school year is dependent more than ever upon our ability to blend face to face (hopefully) and online learning. Registration is free and you can register here.

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Edsurge

MARCH 30, 2021

Home Is Where the Homeschooling Is Could greater public approval of homeschooling be an unexpected result of the pandemic’s forced experiment in remote online learning? The Census Bureau finds that between spring 2020 and fall 2020, the percentage of U.S. households in April/May and September/October 2020.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 31, 2021

Although many scholars have noted the revolutionary potential of major crises (see, e.g., Prewitt, Weil, and McClure, 2011; Harris, 2020), Boin and Hart (2003) stated that there are inherent tensions between crisis management and reform-oriented leadership. References. Time will tell if these ‘silver linings’ actually occur.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Teaching in the year 2020 reminds me of a quote from “Inherit the Wind:” “Perhaps it is you who has moved away by standing still.” In March, Baltimore City Public Schools, and my sixth grade class, shifted to online learning. This shift online for teachers provided opportunities and obstacles.

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Waterford

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Asynchronous learning can mitigate the difficulty of scheduling in-person lessons by promoting independent learning, instead. It’s important not to confuse asynchronous learning with synchronous learning.[4] 4] Synchronous learning refers to lessons that are conducted with teachers and students together at the same time.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2020

If you work in education in 2020, you are making tough decisions about how to best reach and teach your learners in the midst of a global pandemic. There is a dearth of evidence to help teachers make informed choices on how to allocate time to asynchronous vs. synchronous online learning. Let’s start with the basics.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

Yoni Lotan performs as his captain character for a remote birthday party produced by Camp, in his apartment in Brooklyn on March 26, 2020. During one party, Lotan shouted out the names of 11 birthday boys and girls and threw in a topical reference to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

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Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2020

Many K-12 schools this week have cancelled in-person classes and announced a shift to online teaching. But at least one online-learning expert thinks that's a bad decision, especially for vulnerable students. A growing body of evidence suggests that online learning works least well for our most vulnerable learners.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2021

They just weren’t ready for distance learning, and a big part of that was that too many students lacked adequate WiFi access to get to virtual class. Cases like 2020’s Cayla J. COVID-19 shed light on the huge gap in policy relating to tech and infrastructure provisioning—what many are now referring to as a civil rights issue.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 28, 2020

This is a great reference guide for experienced users, and a fabulous tutorial to help new users learn the basics of Google Classroom. This fantastic guide is FREE for Shake Up Learning subscribers! The Google Classroom Cheat Sheet for Students , a 14-page reference guide to help students understand the platform.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Census data shows that rates of home-schooling doubled between the start of the pandemic in March 2020 and the fall of that year. Before 2020, Helene Gaddie had never really considered homeschooling. The boys, who she refers to as her grandsons, or “takoja” in Lakota, are her nephew’s biological children. The Gaddies.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 6, 2022

a university administrator enthused in a survey, referring to a type of scholarship that examines an activity in progress. A student walks through a mostly empty college campus in Irvine, California, in October 2020. But Shankar said all of those varieties of online learning offer more, not less, opportunity for study.

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The Principal of Change

APRIL 15, 2020

As I wanted to write about how important it is to consider the needs of our students, I will end with a quote from the student I referred to earlier : “This global pandemic has and will affect us in unimaginable ways. Kids and adults included.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Here are four areas we can start: Rapidly Train Our Teachers to Harness Tech Amid historic challenges, with no roadmap and often no experience in remote learning, educators worked tirelessly to keep students learning during the heigh of the pandemic. They need to be able to identify sources and find corroborating information.

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eSchool News

JULY 7, 2020

While 87% of educators report the move from face-to-face to online instruction was a “very serious” or “somewhat serious” obstacle (Educators for Excellence, May 28, 2020), most studies suggest that online learning, when done well, increases retention and engagement.

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Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Technology doesn’t have to be complicated, especially with this 40-page handy reference guide in your back pocket. This guide works seamlessly with all of the Shake Up Learning books and online courses. © Shake Up Learning 2020. The tools teachers and students need to succeed in a Post-COVID World!

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2022

Using data from three California Community College districts and student demographic information, researchers estimate that, from July 2020 to June 2021, some 321,000 community college students accrued a collective $107 million in debt to their campuses. She struggled with online learning and began to face severe health issues.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

After schools went remote in 2020, Jessica Ramos spent hours that spring and summer sitting on a bench in front of her local Oakland Public Library branch in the vibrant and diverse Dimond District. Oakland’s partnership, known as #OaklandUndivided , launched in May 2020. OAKLAND, Calif. It was all hands on deck.

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Edthena

MARCH 9, 2021

Teachers ask, why aren’t students engaged in online learning? Amidst the platform, curriculum, and overall transition to online learning, teachers search for new ways to keep students continuously engaged without face-to-face contact with students. Amy Berry, 2020 (from “The Distance Learning Playbook”).

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

The director of student support services for Long Beach Unified School District wanted to reduce the number of local students who were chronically absent, a term that refers to those who miss 15 or more school days of the academic year. Its contract with Long Beach Unified for the 2019-2020 school year is for $21,110.

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PlagiarismCheck

MAY 8, 2023

Research methods have been somewhat influenced by the significant jump in online learning due to covid-19 and the substantial increase in the use of mobile phones for learning and research.(1) Bus Res 13, 1115–1143 (2020). million research publications. Research scores continue to grow steadily on all continents.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 29, 2020

Welcome to the Wednesday, April 29th edition of the 2020 Learning Revolution daily online conference. The day's sessions are below. To see all sessions submitted so far, and to correspond with presenters, click here. Recordings of past sessions are listed on the Recordings page. The conference hashtag is #learningrevolution.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 20, 2020

The Teacher’s Guide to Digital Choice Boards – Learn all about choice boards, get free templates, tips, and lesson design ideas! The Shake Up Learning Quickstart Guide – Your Dynamic Learning reference guide! Online Learning Tips for School Closures : Best Practices for Teachers & Schools.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 28, 2020

This is a great reference guide for experienced users, and a fabulous tutorial to help new users learn the basics of Google Classroom. This fantastic guide is FREE for Shake Up Learning subscribers! The Google Classroom Cheat Sheet for Students , a 14-page reference guide to help students understand the platform.

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Hack Education

APRIL 24, 2020

Game over." — Tom Bennett, founder of researchED (2020). Online learning will be the "silver lining" of the coronavirus — Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy (2020). Online learning will be the "silver lining" of the coronavirus — Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy (2020). The world tried it, for months.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 20, 2020

The Teacher’s Guide to Digital Choice Boards – Learn all about choice boards, get free templates, tips, and lesson design ideas! The Shake Up Learning Quickstart Guide – Your Dynamic Learning reference guide! Online Learning Tips for School Closures : Best Practices for Teachers & Schools.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

Every year, all Aurora teachers and staff are required to receive training on how to recognize the signs a student might be struggling and how to refer the student for extra help. Certified trainers from the District’s mental health team of 43 offer the training sessions. May 26, 20201. Photo by Sara Hertwig.

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 27, 2020

This can serve as an FAQ for your students, and the students who are reluctant to ask questions will have it to refer to. 6 hours of professional learning credit. Click here to learn more and to ENROLL TODAY! © Shake Up Learning 2020. Enable Student Comments. You can set permissions by class or by student.

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The Principal of Change

MARCH 25, 2020

Joe Sanfelippo (@Joe_Sanfelippo) March 21, 2020. Referring back to Michelle Baldwin’s earlier tweet , the “pause” is essential right now. This is a question that I often ask; are we jumping straight to the teaching without doing the learning? offline to keep engagement high & learning varied.

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The Principal of Change

APRIL 5, 2020

I recently posted “ 4 Ideas to Consider for Online Learning ” and I wanted to put together a podcast for people to be able to access the big ideas in a way that makes sense to them, while also reposting the original post. Joe Sanfelippo (@Joe_Sanfelippo) March 21, 2020. Rich Kiker (@rkiker) March 23, 2020.

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 17, 2022

The quality of a teacher’s relationship with their students has the most significant impact on their emotional engagement at work (Hagenauer, Hascher & Volet, 2015; Tucker 2020). Teachers know that establishing and maintaining a learning community will help students feel more comfortable engaging with one another and taking risks.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

MAY 27, 2024

In fact, for the forecast period of 2020–2027, the blended eLearning market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 13.3%, reaching a value of $34.9 Such a striking popularity of eTextbook platforms is robustly backed by several advantages they bring towards enhancing students’ learning potential. What Does an eTextbook Platform Refer To?

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

In the COVID-19 Data Dispatch’s “Opening” series , we profiled five school communities that successfully reopened during the 2020-2021 school year. Both of these rural districts faced challenges with online learning, as many families did not have Wi-Fi at home. Schools may still be focusing too much on cleaning.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Sabrina Bernadel, legal counsel at the National Women’s Law Center Lawyers and advocates across the country say that the practice of forcing a student out of the physical school building and into online learning has emerged as a troubling — and largely hidden — legacy of the pandemic’s shift to virtual learning.

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The Principal of Change

APRIL 1, 2020

But I am not just referring to our connection with our students, but the relationships we have with our families and friends, as well as the connection students have with their families and friends. But I was also reminded that this is not merely schools moving “online.” Focus on connection first, everything else second.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Hayden, 12, had been having panic attacks about school even before a letter arrived at his home last month, threatening legal action for his alleged absences from distance learning. Students who are 12 and older may still get referred to truancy court, and parents found to have contributed to nonattendance can face fines and charges.

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