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Balance the Delivery

Ask a Tech Teacher

It worked until our site eventually became one of the first sites to roll out a one-to-one policy with Chromebooks. After a year of blended instruction, or a combination of face-to-face learning and online learning, schools are questioning the amount of time students spend in front of screens.

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Screencast Tools to Demonstrate Student Learning

Teacher Reboot Camp

Screencast-o-matic is a web tool to screencast your computer or Chromebook screen and add narration. Explain Everything (iOS, Android and Chromebooks), Educreations (iOS and the web) and ShowMe (iOS, Android and Chromebooks) are similar with a blank canvas you can add pdfs, images, drawings, shapes, colors, text, audio, and more!

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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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Model Teaching–How Today’s Educators Learn

Ask a Tech Teacher

Elementary Math. Blended Learning. Transforming Traditional Classroom Lessons to Online Learning. I can’t list them all, but here are a few I particularly liked: Though online, classes require only basic tech knowledge. Topics include but not limited to: Flipped Classrooms. Student-led Classroom Management.

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Inspire Learning Beyond Your Classroom Walls by Setting Up a Virtual Learning Community

Teacher Reboot Camp

The free web tools below help teachers create a safe online class where students can access learning materials, post their work, and comment on the works of others. These platforms are online and accessible 24 hours, 7 days a week on multiple devices (computers, tablets, mobile devices and Chromebooks).

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Will the students who didn’t show up for online class this spring go missing forever?

The Hechinger Report

Monica Williams remembers the late May day she and first grade teacher Lizette Gutierrez reconnected with the four young siblings from Cable Elementary. No teachers from the San Antonio elementary had heard from the children since schools closed abruptly in March due to the pandemic. Credit: Monica Williams.

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

The Hechinger Report

In May 2021, Think College Now elementary students sit in class after returning to in-person learning. Inside Castlemont’s media center in May 2021, Chromebook carts are completely empty. In the early days of the pandemic, every Chromebook on campus was lent out to students during remote learning.