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Creating a safe environment for online learning

Neo LMS

On the subject of communications, it is also a good idea to put guidelines in place for the types of emails that your students should and shouldn’t open. Again, this comes back to guidelines for sharing information. Inform kids not to share any hurtful comments that they wouldn’t want to read about themselves.

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Upgrading the Remote Learning and Hybrid Classroom

A Principal's Reflections

With many schools and districts struggling to not only maintain effective engagement with their students but to be able to quickly and easily adjust to changing and ambiguous guidelines is equally as challenging.

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Life-Long Kindergarten: Reviving play in the classroom and beyond

Neo LMS

An unusual and noteworthy stance that he went on to motivate at various edtech conferences, as well as in an accessible TED Talk. The Scratch page has a wealth of resources specifically for educators , and the “Scratch in Practice” pages have great guidelines, ideas and tutorials for how to start a Scratch project, from scratch!

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After Pandemic Surge, Coding Tool Scratch Is Focused on Supporting Teaching

Edsurge

And there’s a new focus on supporting better teaching practices around using Scratch rather than just doing software updates. (A As part of that push, the group is holding its first online conference for educators next week. And there's a set of community guidelines that govern the type of activity that goes on in the community.

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The journey to digital sustainability: A CIO’s perspective

eSchool News

One way we achieve the balance is through our software request process. This process allows us to check that the requested site has a privacy policy that aligns with our district’s guidelines. However, we also have a responsibility to ensure the safety and security of our network and data.

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5 Principles of effective instruction adapted for online teaching

Neo LMS

If you’re teaching a synchronous online class, you most likely already use video conferencing software such as Zoom, which integrates with your learning management system ( LMS ) as well. This is important because there needs to be a seamless transition between the software and the LMS, where students also find their lessons and assignments.

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Whether synchronous online course activities meet accessibility guidelines may depend on how you use them.

IT Bill

Our campus recently adopted a policy that essentially requires all online instruction meet accessibility guidelines. Also by dialing in for the web-conference rather than using the browser or app, students can avoid exceeding their data cap when they are not connected via WiFi. to be read by screen-reader software.