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3 Habits of highly effective online teachers

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While face-to-face instruction allows teachers to inject their personality and tone into their lessons, it nonetheless demands that teachers be organised and creative. Read more: How to turn your face-to-face class into an online course: Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3.

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14 Education Advancements in a Year

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Chromebooks and iPads have become the two most popular digital devices in classrooms (with laptops, 2-in-1 devices like Surface Pro, and Macs next). 2) Cloud storage became common and affordable (or free). More online access to class materials. More Chromebooks than iPads. Dedicated teacher training.

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Districts Pivot Their Strategies to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism During Distance Learning

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By comparison, the state of California reported a 12 percent chronic absenteeism rate among students in 2018-2019, representing 676,000 students. Simon and the rest of the district turned their focus to food security , internet connectivity for families in need and online suicide prevention assessments.

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How ‘Learning Engineering’ Hopes to Speed Up Education

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And while many educators believe that word problems in math class are tougher for students to grasp than ones with mathematical notation, research shows that the opposite is true. A substantial part of the nation’s resources are being devoted to higher education,” Simon said.

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Memory Machines: Learning, Knowing, and Technological Change

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” These machines are all kin, of course. They’re part of our cultural imaginary as much as they are about a technological reality that we face today. Consider this a companion talk. There are powerful narratives being told about the future that insist we are at a moment of extraordinary technological change.

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The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Issue a Press Release

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This talk was delivered at Virginia Commonwealth University today as part of a seminar co-sponsored by the Departments of English and Sociology. It’s an intense research project that usually tops out at about 75,000 words, written over the course of four to six weeks. The slides are also available here. Either way.

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