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Teachers need lots of training to do online learning well. Coronavirus closures gave many just days.

The Hechinger Report

After the Arizona State University Preparatory Academy announced on Friday, March 13, that it would shift its 11 schools to online learning because of the coronavirus crisis, teacher Theresa Ordell switched to high gear. Experts say teachers need weeks — if not months — of training to develop and implement an online class.

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PBL… Blended and eLearning – Part 1: Important Questions for the New School Year

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Booking Info – Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. I have some powerful online interactive workshops and webinars that can be used to engage learning in this new environment.

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5 edtech tools that take personalized learning to the next level

eSchool News

In the past several years, we have implemented a number of district-wide initiatives to support personalization and differentiation for students including the launch of our Virtual Instruction to Accentuate Learning (VITAL) program in 2008. In our first year, we implemented personalized learning in our six middle schools.

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Who ya gonna call? Remote learning helpline for teachers…and parents

The Hechinger Report

Up to 300 educators attended the workshops, which ran every day and sometimes on weekends. Related: Rhode Island teachers trying out blended learning — but without high stakes pressure. When Highlander called, Ramm signed up because she knew teachers outside of her district must be struggling, too. “I

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Fuel Education Honors Seven Programs for Transforming Education for Students

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.) – for improving graduation rates and meeting student needs by providing online options for credit recovery and supplemental learning. Newman Crows Landing Unified School District (Calif.) – for individualizing instruction using real-time data from an engaging adaptive learning tool to boost elementary classroom performance.

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How Education Elements Guides Districts in Creating Environments that Personalize Learning

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The company got its start in late 2010, spurred by founder Anthony Kim’s work with KIPP Empower , an elementary charter school in Los Angeles. Kim had previously been an Executive Vice President at Edison Learning, a for-profit education management organization. When the staff came back to school that fall, the workshops began.

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Come for the computers, stay for the books

The Hechinger Report

Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. Other paths to tech know-how include a district’s office of information technology and workshops such as those hosted by Future Ready. And it’s not just districts looking to “save” their librarians that are adopting the new model. And if it bombs, it’s not on you.”.