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A Very Useful Guide to Virtual Classroom Collaboration

The CoolCatTeacher

As a current STEM teacher in North New Jersey and a Google Certified Trainer, Billy focuses on implementing cutting-edge instructional design and is co-author of “connecting Your Students with the Virtual World.” Google Certified Trainer, ISTE Certified Educator, and 2014 ASCD Emerging Leader. How do we foster it?

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How Districts Can Develop a Comprehensive Plan for Remote Learning Come Fall

Edsurge

While I taught one group of students how to find the main idea of a text, the others applied reading skills they had learned with me by completing assignments in Google Classroom and adaptive software that allowed them to advance at their own pace.

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Now Is the Time to Redefine Learning — Not Recreate Traditional School Online

Edsurge

For example, a digital worksheet is still a worksheet in the same way a traditional six-period bell schedule done via Zoom or Google Meets is still a basic substitution of the physical classroom setting for the virtual one. In this case, it often comes down to fundamental changes to the very structure of virtual and hybrid learning models.

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Universal Design for Learning and Blended Learning: Action and Expression

Catlin Tucker

As schools think about making learning accessible for all students, it is important to consider how instructional materials allow students to interact with information. Blended learning and online learning provide a much-needed excuse to reimagine how teachers design learning experiences for students.

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The Best Flipped Classroom Software Tools For Flipped Learning In 2021

Fractus Learning

Screencast-O-Matic is an easy-to-use tool for teachers who want to make instructional videos by simultaneously capturing computer screens and webcam recording. The free version allows teachers to create up to 15-minute video lessons for classrooms, blended learning, or flipped classrooms. Google Drive. ShowMe iPad App.

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Technology Integration, 1 to 1, and Student Centered Learning… Ten Free Resources and Tools

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Student Centered : A focus on student creation and production to demonstrate learning. Google Lit Trips. About : Using Google Earth to bring an authentic reading experience through literature. Student Centered : Instructional materials shows student how to make their own trip. I enjoy learning from all of you.

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Pandemic Spurs Changes in the Edtech Schools Use, From the Classroom to the Admin Office

Edsurge

Zoom took the number one spot in mentions by teachers in 2020, at 60 percent, displacing 2018’s top mention, Google Classroom. There was Zoom, of course, but also Flipgrid, Bitmoji, Google Meet, Screencastify and Nearpod. Oh, don’t feel bad for Google Classroom. Popular educational apps. Accelerated?

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