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What Will Online Learning Look Like in 10 Years? Zoom Has Some Ideas

Edsurge

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.

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Renaissance and Nearpod, Coming Together to Empower Teachers and Accelerate Student Growth

eSchool News

In 2019, Nearpod acquired Flocabulary , a learning platform that engages students in academically rigorous K–12 concepts while promoting literacy through hip-hop videos. In 2020, teachers launched approximately 19.5 billion real-time insights into student learning. million Nearpod lessons, collecting approximately 1.5

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A Tiny Microbe Upends Decades of Learning

The Hechinger Report

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. At Miami Northwestern Senior High School, Julian Negron, left, and Jerrell Boykin, right, load laptops for distribution to students, on March 30, 2020.

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Tips for Designing a Future-Focused EdTech Mindset

edWeb.net

As of March 29, 2020, school closures due to COVID-19 have impacted at least 124,000 U.S. Dr. Aglio has been a keynote speaker and presenter at a variety of conferences across the country including ASCD, ISTE, FETC, PLearn, OETC, AIM Institute for Learning and Research, and MASS Customization Mid-Atlantic Summit.

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Immersive Reading: KITABOO partners with Microsoft Immersive Reader to make content more accessible

Kitaboo on EdTech

All these features give learners a sense of control and responsibility for their learning outcomes. . Provide customized learning experiences: Teachers can also motivate personalized learning by facilitating access to a wide array of eBooks and other online material. Digital Publishing / October 16, 2020.

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How to Plan for Hybrid Teaching and Learning

Graphite Blog

As school districts continue to make and revise plans to open the 2020–2021 school year, many are considering adopting blended or hybrid learning-based schedules. There is widespread hope that some form of face-to-face interaction can be safely combined with remote learning. Different modes, different strategies.

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When the Pandemic Hit, Edtech Companies Threw Out Their Roadmaps and Changed Course

Edsurge

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.) As a result, in its product development process, Quizlet prioritized features that would be equally beneficial for remote or in-person learning.

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