Catlin Tucker

APRIL 22, 2020

Now, you and your PLC can learn together online at a time, place, and pace that works for you! Explore how blended learning can help you partner with students to reimagine learning and find a realistic work-life balance! In my book, Balance with Blended Learning , I invite teachers to reimagine teaching and learning by partnering with students. This partnership gives teachers more time and energy to innovate and personalize learning while providing students with the opportunity to actively drive

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 22, 2020

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Children need social and emotional learning skills to cope. But how do we integrate SEL into remote lesson plans? In this post, I’ll share how we can help students volunteer from home. Volunteering opportunities are one of the easiest ways to make SEL actionable at home.

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Ditch That Textbook

APRIL 22, 2020

Put learning in the hands of your students. Use the Explore Explain Apply method to guide your remote learning lesson planning. Here's how.Post by Karly Moura (@KarlyMoura) and Matt Miller (@jmattmiller) Have you ever had someone tell you, "I'm going to teach you a lesson"? Teaching a lesson implies control -- as in, someone else has […]. The post Use Explore Explain Apply to plan remote learning lessons appeared first on Ditch That Textbook.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 22, 2020

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter On this show, the topic is — what are kids really learning? Here’s the thing, every situation is a learning opportunity. And while many pundits argue that this “isn’t really learning” – I believe that the times right now are actually teaching children some of the most important things they’ll ever learn – just not what some people realize it is.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 22, 2020

As school districts across the country adopt e-learning, it’s critical that K–12 leaders and educators promote digital citizenship among students. When Loudoun County Public Schools closed their school buildings and shifted to remote learning due to the coronavirus pandemic, Rep. Jennifer Wexton of Virginia hosted a virtual panel discussion on digital citizenship via Zoom, Nathaniel Cline reports for the Loudoun Times-Mirror.

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Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2020

Across the country, in virtually every city and state, businesses have shut their doors and sent workers home, awaiting word on when it’s safe to reopen. The same is true for schools and colleges , most of which have been closed since March. In fact, it’s the reality for all but a handful of industries that are deemed “essential,” including health care professionals, food service workers and first responders.

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Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2020

This is not the time to be timid. Yes, this cruel pandemic has crashed our economy, filled our hospitals, emptied our public spaces, and tested our communications like nothing before. But here’s one thing I know for sure: We are more resilient than we feel. When Americans see crisis we mobilize. When we are challenged we overcome with uncommon courage and extraordinary grace.

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EdNews Daily

APRIL 22, 2020

By Dr. Marilyn Black 3D printers have become a valuable tool in K-12 classrooms because they inspire creativity and problem-solving by bringing students’ ideas and designs to life. 3D printers engage students, provide new learning opportunities and even strengthen their skills for one day entering the workforce. However, this technology, which has become more affordable in recent years, also poses a health concern because of its potential to release volatile organic chemicals (VOCs) and ultrafin

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Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2020

How can you migrate a live, in-person class to an online setting quickly, without needing to redesign the class? If you have time to redesign the class into five-minute videos and autograded homework, that’s great! But if you don’t, here’s what you can do. We will go through three quick options with increasing levels of complexity and equipment/setup needed.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 22, 2020

District leaders have a lot to think about when it comes to implementing and navigating remote learning during school closures. But they must not forget about how crucial it is to have cybersecurity measures in place before rolling out their e-learning plans. Schools are already increasingly vulnerable to cyberattacks. Since 2016, there have been more than 800 cybersecurity-related incidents affecting U.S.

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Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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EdNews Daily

APRIL 22, 2020

By Jill Brown Now that the initial shock of a health crisis ravaging our nation has set in, it is time to consider a sweeping change in the way we support our school communities in mental and emotional wellness. Most school districts have acknowledged the impact SEL has on their students. Learning how to manage emotions and how to get along with others is important in a physical school building.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 22, 2020

When school buildings close, districts have to think strategically about how they’ll continue teaching students beyond classroom walls — especially in times of a crisis. Educators have to adapt lesson plans to their district’s chosen remote learning approach, whether that be using learning management systems, collaboration suites, take-home packets or all three combined.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

Free classes! Free parking! Prime dorm rooms! More cash! This story also appeared in The Washington Post. The more they worry about whether students in this year of the coronavirus will show up in the fall, the more admissions officers responsible for filling seats at colleges and universities have started sounding like the salesmen on late-night TV infomercials.

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eSchool News

APRIL 22, 2020

Distance learning is a way of life for more than 56 million kids in the U.S. right now. With the ongoing concern, it looks like this will be the new norm for the rest of the school year in a lot of places around the US. This is a huge change, not just for students, but also for their families, the community, and more than 3 million educators. All of this change can bring stress, anxiety, and uncertainty.

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This white paper examines and proposes revisions to the "Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education" introduced by Arthur Chickering and Zelda Gamson in 1987 for today's technology-driven world.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

APRIL 22, 2020

As part of the resources to help teachers and parents cope with the learning of their house-bound kids, here is a list we have shared in the past featuring of some good audiobooks platforms.

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eSchool News

APRIL 22, 2020

Millions of students have transitioned to online learning over the past month as a health pandemic sweeps the globe. While that transition is easy for some students, many–including students with special needs–find it difficult. Teachers have done, and are still doing, a fantastic job moving their instruction online, ensuring students without devices or home internet have access to school-provided resources or can obtain paper copies.

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Linways Technologies

APRIL 22, 2020

A checklist for your institution to follow before choosing a service provider and a solution platform. We know that education technology is a swiftly growing field. There are new products introduced every day, and each serves a different purpose or requirement of a campus. Here we are talking about virtual campus management solutions or online learning management solutions that can essentially digitize the teaching-learning.

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Marketplace K-12

APRIL 22, 2020

While usage of most ed-tech products declined as schools closed and remote learning was being set up, 18 products made significant gains in one study. Here are the top 10. The post Usage Surges for 18 Ed-Tech Products During COVID-19 Quarantine appeared first on Market Brief.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

APRIL 22, 2020

In today's post we are sharing with you this updated collection of educational web tools and applications you can use with your students and kids during this lockdown to engage them in productive.read more.

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techieMusings

APRIL 22, 2020

I wanted to compile some of the most popular Pear Deck resources I’ve created, which answer most of the FAQ’s I’ve received in the past month. I hope that these videos & tutorials can help you or any teachers you work with. Pear Deck Resources. Please feel free to reach out via email or in the comments section if I can share anything else that would help!

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Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2020

As a nursing student at San Jose State University in California about three years ago, Jordan Jones sometimes found himself stumped by articles cluttered with medical jargon that made it hard to understand the information researchers discovered. He turned to a tool developed by a group of college students that he’d read about online. Jones says it stripped away incomprehensible phrases and helped him explain diseases and treatments in language anyone could understand.

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NeverEndingSearch

APRIL 22, 2020

Someday, our children’s grandchildren will ask them, “What was it like during the Pandemic of 2020?” As they live through history, our students are now, intentionally or unintentionally, creating pieces of our historical record. We might be able to encourage and guide those efforts. And we may consider adding to the record ourselves.

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This whitepaper explores integrating the PowerTeaching pedagogical approach within a HyFlex (Hybrid Flexible) educational model, focusing on employing cooperative learning strategies and efficient classroom management techniques.

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MiddleWeb

APRIL 22, 2020

The pandemic has compelled Lauren Brown to draw on her answers to the core questions of teaching. The best she can offer her history students is clarity – to teach what she believes matters and why. “Because if it matters, my students will care. And if they care, they will learn.”.

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techlearning

APRIL 22, 2020

Use Google Meet to make remote lessons feel more like a real class

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The Principal of Change

APRIL 22, 2020

When I first did my internship, I had an awesome mentor teacher who helped to get my career started in the right direction. I know this is not always the case for new teachers, and as a former teacher and administrator, I know how much a great mentor can matter when you are new to the profession. She made things easy and was open to any questions that I had about teaching, but I remember one conversation in particular.

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techlearning

APRIL 22, 2020

Rushing to create online curriculum and activities? That content must be made accessible. If you are taking screenshots or pictures of documents that you share or post online, it's probably not accessible. At this point, you should assume that the documents you create will end up on the device of a person with a disability.

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Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions

There are plenty of great authoring tools for developing eLearning, but the one you select could directly impact your course's outcomes. Depending upon your learners’ needs and your organization’s performance goals, you could be overlooking considerations that impact the both effectiveness of your courses and how long it takes to finish them. From general capabilities to specific workflow structures, some aspects are critical when it comes to learning objectives and deadlines.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

In some cities, school buses now deliver daily paper packets of schoolwork, along with bagged breakfasts and lunches. In others, schools use PBS’s “Nova” program to help teach science. Elsewhere, teachers hold daily virtual office hours to check on the academic and emotional well-being of students they can no longer meet face to face. This story also appeared in The New York Times.

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EdTechTeam

APRIL 22, 2020

As this COVID-19 crisis continues to develop worldwide, schools are relying on distance learning to continue providing educational experiences for their students. As an instructional coach, it is becoming increasingly important to stay connected with your teachers and campuses to provide the support needed during this time. With all the virtual tools out there, it can be overwhelming for coaches – and especially new coaches – to know what is going to work best for their needs.

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Cycles of Learning

APRIL 22, 2020

Now that the COVID-19 Hackathon I have been facilitating in my engineering courses is coming to a close (see initial ideas here and final proposals here to be posted on Monday, 4/27), I have been starving for activities to do with my students that are grounded in aspects of engineering, are more than simply watching videos, but can be done online. After spending a few days researching, below are three resources that I am confident will simultaneously engage students, but also provide some "hands

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

The Hechinger Report is collaborating with The New York Times to produce Bulletin Board, page 2 of the Times ’ s education supplement, Learning. Raina Tung, senior at Manhattan New Explorations High School, and a violinist in the New York Youth Symphony Orchestra, recorded and edited a collaborative online performance of a movement from Mahler’s Symphony No. 1.

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AI-powered tools like virtual assistants and chatbots provide instant guidance and support, while data analytics offer valuable insights for educators and administrators.

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