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Going Beyond the Hour of Code

Digital Promise

Take an online course. There are a number of excellent online learning opportunities designed specifically for educators. include: Computational Thinking for Educators from Google (15-30 hours). See a sample letter to principal, advocacy slide deck , and additional resources. Some favorites (all free!)

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Trying to improve remote learning? A refugee camp offers some surprising lessons

The Hechinger Report

With help from Hameed, the lead instructor, and several teaching assistants, students learn how to use search engines like Google, how to research and verify information, create presentations online, answer emails in a professional manner and use Google products like Google Docs, Google Sheets and Google Drive.

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Few preschool apps are developmentally appropriate, report finds

The Hechinger Report

The researchers looked at 171 apps from the top 10 paid and free Apple and Android math and literacy apps available on Amazon and Google Play and found that few apps are designed to teach children based on research showing how children aged 3 to 5 learn.

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Promote Executive Functioning within School Culture

edWeb.net

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, schools across the country struggle to move their brick-and-mortar classrooms to remote online learning environments. WATCH THE EDLEADER PANEL RECORDING. Director at Hayutin & Associates, during Studyo’s recent edLeader Panel. Fostering a Culture That Promotes EF.

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Current Trends in Education

eSchool News

But looking at 2024, here are some current trends in education: Technology Integration: Continued integration of technology into classrooms, with a focus on online learning, educational apps, and interactive tools. This flexibility allows for personalized learning experiences and accommodates varying student needs.

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Coronavirus is the practice run for schools. But soon comes climate change

The Hechinger Report

His schools have been scrambling to set up online learning, connect students with virtual counseling and get laptops into the hands of families — steps McKneely says will be invaluable if another hurricane disrupts education. “We We don’t have a distance learning plan that is operating on all cylinders,” he said in April.

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How one city closed the digital divide for nearly all its students

The Hechinger Report

It’s just been exacerbated by the pandemic,” said Rebeca Shackleford, the director of federal government relations at All4Ed, an education advocacy nonprofit. Though only about 40 miles north of Silicon Valley, home to technology giants such as Google and Apple, Oakland was deeply underconnected when the pandemic shuttered its schools.