The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

This week on the Truth for Teachers podcast: Dr. Catlin Tucker , a blended learning coach and teacher of 16 years, shares her expertise about tackling the different aspects of blended teaching including engagement, group work, and assessment in a virtual classroom or hybrid setting. CATLIN: It is so hard.

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2020

Administrators should take the time to invest in their staff, ensuring that everyone is on the same page and creating a fluid, on-the-fly plan for transitioning from face-to-face instruction to distance learning in the event of a COVID-19 outbreak during the school year, the report suggests.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 7, 2016

Many educators turn to online and blended learning solutions to offer alternative solutions for at-risk students. The most important attribute of a successful online or blended learning program is a “rigorous and engaging curriculum,” according to participants in a recent study.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 17, 2018

Or better yet, why should we integrate online learning into our classrooms ? There are countless strategies and resources at your fingertips, but this article will spotlight the importance of digital teacher support for your blended learning environment. Must-have Resources for Blended Learning.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

“We have realized that the adoption of VILS three years ago laid the foundation for our successes so far this year,” said Jonathan Lubas, Verizon Innovative Learning coach at Breakthrough Schools in Cleveland, Ohio. We’ve been using distance learning tools for years. We had the knowledge, skills, and teacher training.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

In recognition of that reality, a new report has outlined “10 ways to make online learning work,” covering a range of best practices. The report is the work of the COVID Collaborative, a coalition of education, health and economic experts, written by the former directors of the U.S.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 23, 2019

I relish the opportunity for an in-person meeting or training to connect with colleagues and partners. Prioritize sessions that were most relevant to my work—that is, engaging adults in online and blended learning paradigms—and download collaborative notes (with presentation slides and speaker info) from the sessions I couldn’t attend.

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2022

Early stage edtechs are also participating in the AWS EdStart program, the AWS edtech virtual startup accelerator, designed to help entrepreneurs build the next generation of online learning, analytics and campus management solutions on the AWS Cloud.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2017

The setting seems highly unlikely for an innovation like blended learning to take root. Yet throughout India, a number of digital initiatives are underway aimed at improving education in areas that lack sufficient trained and experienced teachers. So why is there so much optimism about blended learning as a solution?

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 26, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH: See how blended learning tools such as Microsoft Teams and Google Classroom can help improve student engagement. The ADDIE model is composed of five steps: Analyze: To help teachers absorb the PD material, Flodmand and her team wanted to incorporate personalized learning into their program. “We

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Provide professional development opportunities to invest in your staff While the school district I lead in Florida has less than a 7 percent turnover year over year, a recent report by the RAND Corporation showed that teacher turnover rates across the nation grew to 10 percent in the 2021-22 school year.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2020

State and federal agencies have advised schools to create online learning plans to minimize the disruption to student learning. Their students have internet connections at home, laptops they can work from, teachers who know how to design online lessons and a strong foundation of in-school blended learning experience.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2017

The group is taking the idea of online delivery of teacher training and amplifying it, turning it into something that can be custom-fit for individual teachers and leaders. In the case of the schools in the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative, it’s a solution for a threefold problem: attracting, retaining and training teachers. “We

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Blended and online learning is increasingly in demand by students. Read more: Why blended learning will become an educational norm. Almost half of all Ontario secondary school teachers report using YouTube or video elements in their classrooms. Are universities adapting quick enough to this demand?

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

train future educators to teach online, experts say. A 2016 survey of such programs found that only about 4 percent of respondents offered field experiences such as student teaching in K-12 online settings. For proof, check out the “ Handbook of Research on K-12 Online and Blended Learning.”

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 25, 2020

Witnessing how many students lacked access to the most basic components of online learning—devices and internet access—LEANLAB and their partners across the metro region took immediate action. By the end of the spring, they had addressed some of the immediate learning needs for the region’s most marginalized students and families.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Supporting Changing Needs As schools transitioned to remote learning in the spring, edtech companies noticed a significant increase in the usage of their products. Some reported seeing spikes of 500 percent in mid-March. It also meant developing features that would support fully online learning.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 6, 2022

With almost all college and university students and faculty forced online during the pandemic lockdowns, researchers could take advantage of what became essentially an unprecedented randomized trial to study whether and how well online teaching works. Credit: Molly Haley for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

Credit: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. Tailoring learning to students’ exact needs takes significant resources, teacher training and, ideally, close collaboration with families — something many schools struggle to pull off. Credit: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 7, 2020

The “dream team” of experts answering calls all had stellar credentials: They were teachers themselves, with training in how to deploy technology for learning and years of classroom experience. Related: Rhode Island teachers trying out blended learning — but without high stakes pressure. The post Who ya gonna call?

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The Innovative Educator

MAY 16, 2020

All schools should put in place the following options for all students: Learning options Traditional Model: Face-to-face instruction Blended Learning: Students learn via electronic and online media as well as traditional face-to-face teaching. Virtual School: Students learn either entirely or primarily online.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2017

Gearing up for their district’s password-reset day in October, teachers and school administrators in Raytown, Missouri, watched a spoof video “gym” tour by their tech-support staff, who offered tips for stronger passwords amidst “laptop lunges” and “cross-tech” training. Vance sees three big training needs for educators.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2022

A December 2021 McKinsey report predicted that an additional 1.7 Rickles said that teachers need training in how to teach students who are at different places in a self-guided course. Just putting a kid in front of a computer is not the best way to learn. million to 3.3 It’s hard to know what to do.”. Cost remains a concern.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Eduverse.com is a revolutionary online learning environment providing a safe and secure ‘metaverse’ for K-12 schools. To help develop this workforce, Intelitek, a worldwide CTE leader, has released SmartCIM 4.0 , a modular training environment featuring industrial working components for computer-integrated manufacturing education.

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 9, 2021

Flipped classroom models empower students to do classroom work at home using multimedia presentations and online learning platform resources. The free version allows teachers to create up to 15-minute video lessons for classrooms, blended learning, or flipped classrooms. Docebo Learn LMS. ShowMe iPad App.

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

JULY 15, 2016

When I was a reporter in public radio, I rarely received professional development. The only training or workshops I attended were those I got a grant for, applying on my own. According to a report by TNTP schools spend $18,000 per teacher each year on professional development. I think about PD very differently.

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BYOT Network

JUNE 11, 2020

Learn what it means when your edtech products are IMS certified. As a home base for online learning, it supports and connects teachers, students, and parents as a “go-to” place to begin digital learning, whether in school or from home. Online learning is not something that you can just ramp up in 48 hours.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2018

Photo: Laura Pappano for The Hechinger Report. Related: Choosing personalized learning as a strategy for educational equity. Her schools is teaching students to set goals and take charge of their learning. Photo: Laura Pappano for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Laura Pappano for The Hechinger Report. When Dan D.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

Teachers might well still be worn out from the stress and demands of the coronavirus pandemic — but officials hope they won’t be stretched to the breaking point in the same way educational staff across the country are reporting. Overall, teachers have been positive and appreciative of the blended learning model this year.”.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Digital tools are part of students’ virtual communications backpack with their teachers and schools and are becoming vital to academic achievement, which Project Tomorrow and Blackboard highlight in their joint report Strengthening the Bonds of Communications. Communications Conversion. This article was modified and published by eSchool News.

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techlearning

JUNE 11, 2018

Learning Latin has many useful benefits, including preparing students to learn Romance languages such as French or Spanish, enabling students to more easily decipher unfamiliar English words, and training students to think analytically. is an online learning pioneer. The Virtual High School (VHS Inc.),a

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 2, 2021

During “ Learning with Google ,” a free online learning event for educators, Google shared a lot of updates to our favorite Google products. Now on to Level 2… I already purchased the training! ”. Learn more: GetGoogleCertified.com. Watch this quick video to learn how! Thanks so much!

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

That effort began by having Vancouver’s librarians get trained in new software purchased by the district, so that they could train their school colleagues in turn. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. The post Come for the computers, stay for the books appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 16, 2019

Eric is an authorized Google Education Trainer and a Google Certified Innovator and provides Google Apps training to schools, organizations, and conferences throughout Ohio and across the country. But some fun twists that you can put on this, some folks don’t know that Google Docs support emojis.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2016

A New Hampshire student shows one of his assignments to his mother, biology teacher and math teacher during a personalized learning meeting. Photo: Emily Richmond for The Hechinger Report. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. Related: Blue-collar town leads Rhode Island’s tech-assisted learning revolution.

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EdTechTeam

JULY 30, 2020

Most importantly: Google Classroom is extremely user friendly, making it ideal for young kids, basic clubs/groups/courses, or the not-so-technologically-advanced students and teachers as it doesn’t require much maintenance, upkeep, or training to get started. My Recommendation. Both times – the decision for my classroom was Canvas.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2016

They noted the menu of research reports, graphics and videos, and the “About” page describing the site as a project of a “nonprofit research organization” called the Employment Policies Institute. By and large, according to a report the group published last month, the answer in each case is no. My students are all about social media.

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