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Laying the Foundation for Distance Learning Success

Digital Promise

Our students already had the devices and data to continue their education, but more importantly, [they had] the experience of being in a flipped classroom and using online tools. Our teachers had already participated in professional development on how to incorporate the blended learning model into their classrooms.

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Coronavirus is poised to inflame inequality in schools

The Hechinger Report

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. CoSN members have been turning to each other for advice and support about how to approach coronavirus and virtual learning.

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Tuesday and Wednesday - Big Kickoff Days for Connected Educator Month!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

How to get to the ultimate goal of connected education: collaboration to move the field forward. A mix of tech leaders and award-winning classroom educators discuss with you, including Kathy Cassidy, Will Richardson, David Warlick, and Jessie Wooley-Wilson, Darren Cambridge facilitating.

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The Biggest Distance-Learning Experiment In History: Week One

MindShift

And now you know how to meet me in the morning.” Just over half of the nation’s public school children are from families considered low-income, and an estimated 12 million lack broadband Internet access at home. And we’ve got WritingCity. “I’ve spoken to his mom. .

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Before going one-to-one, this district is helping every kid get home wi-fi

eSchool News

Add concepts like blended and flipped learning to the equation and you come up with yet another to-do list item: Make sure students can actually use their devices when they aren’t physically on campus and within wi-fi range.

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