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Moving to a Hybrid Learning Model

A Principal's Reflections

The premise of a hybrid learning model is to combine traditional and non-traditional methodologies to improve education while ensuring that high-quality learning for all kids is the gold standard. To start, a workable definition must be established to begin creating a vision for this model.

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Blending with the Station Rotation Model

A Principal's Reflections

The key is to find strategic ways to use it as a means to improve learning, something that is emphasized in Disruptive Thinking in Our Classrooms. Hence, the definition I created a few years back: Blended instruction is what the teacher does with technology. Keep in mind that there are many ways to set up this model.

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K–12 Departments Work Collaboratively to Support New Pedagogies

EdTech Magazine

A 2017 Medium post from the Office of Educational Technology laments the lack of clarity about the term “personalized learning”: “The lack of a consistent definition and language for a relatively complex idea has hampered both understanding and effective ­implementation,” the article states. Enter the silos.

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4 Tips for teachers to make the most of edtech

Neo LMS

Plus, students need to learn how to use technology to reach their goals in the classroom and beyond. They are already doing this outside the classroom and they’ll definitely need to master such skills in their adult lives later on. The pandemic made that loud and clear. Differentiating and personalizing instruction is no easy feat.

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Best Language Learning Apps for iPad

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

It’s a comprehensive tool for language learners, featuring definitions, synonyms, antonyms, and example sentences. Oxford English Dictionary The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) app is renowned for its detailed definitions and extensive history of word usage.

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Report: One of the Biggest Obstacles to Remote Learning? Finding a Quiet Place to Work

Edsurge

For Ryan Baker, an associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania and director of the Penn Center of Learning Analytics, there is one thing in particular he’d like school leaders to keep in mind: providing better tech support for students and families. “I I definitely didn’t count on much tech support from my school district.”

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Digital Leadership is Not Optional

A Principal's Reflections

Emerging technologies such as augmented reality, virtual reality, open education resources (OER), coding, and adaptive learning tools are moving more into the mainstream in some schools. Definitions of digital leadership vary and have pretty much become a semantic issue. Leadership is leadership ladies and gentlemen.

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