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Verizon launches free trainings and tools to help educators navigate digital instruction

eSchool News

Teacher Training Pathways offers educators a free platform for professional development. Educators across the nation can now access Teacher Training Pathways , a free platform offering courses aligned to micro-credentials on remote and hybrid learning, instructional technology coaching and more.

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How Offline-First Edtech Addresses Education Disparities Worldwide

Edsurge

We provide openly-licensed documentation, guidance materials and training materials through the Kolibri Edtech Toolkit to help organizations set up Kolibri on their own and train educators and staff on how to blend technology into their learning environments. All of this supports a community-driven, bottom-up approach.

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4 ways we can use edtech for engaging, high-quality learning experiences

eSchool News

Here are four areas we can start: Rapidly Train Our Teachers to Harness Tech Amid historic challenges, with no roadmap and often no experience in remote learning, educators worked tirelessly to keep students learning during the heigh of the pandemic. But it’s not the fault of teachers – they weren’t trained for remote instruction.

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Generative AI, Chat GPT, and Learning

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter So, I’ve spent this week looking at and testing many AI tools. If you have public website, your data can also be used to train tools like Chat GPT and some are trying to block their sites from being training data , as well.)

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Announcing the 2021-2022 League of Innovative Schools Cohort

Digital Promise

Through a partnership with the nonprofit 50CAN, the district is developing advocacy training for students, parents, and all stakeholders in the Columbus community because “well-informed families will assist us with the recovery of unfinished learning.”. Their trainings and materials were used across the country.

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Experts Weigh in on Key Considerations for K–12 1:1 Programs

EdTech Magazine

From training teachers to choosing the right network, bringing personal devices into the classroom is a lot of work. Schools can also take advantage of online resources for training programs. For example, for teachers introducing Chromebooks into the classroom, Google offers a number of training videos through its Teacher Center.

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Q&A: Kim Buryanek on Bringing Digital Equity into Classrooms

EdTech Magazine

To make the best use of the technology, and to try to give every student a comparable digital learning experience, teachers need professional development, says Kim Buryanek, associate superintendent of Sioux City Community School District in Iowa. The training, she says, can inspire teachers to adopt more engaging teaching styles.