Fri.Apr 17, 2020

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The Balance: Distance Learning (Mini-episode)

Catlin Tucker

The Balance is now available on Spotify ! As educators grapple with the challenges of teaching remotely, I wanted to share some tips for navigating the shift from offline to online teaching. Unlike my regular episodes where I chat with a guest, this mini-episode is just me (and my cat). I share three quick tips that I hope will help other teachers. In this mini-episode, I suggest that teachers plan for a week at a time so that students can self-pace through assignments and enjoy the flexibility

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10 online whiteboard options for remote learning

Ditch That Textbook

Whiteboards are a staple of face-to-face classrooms. During remote learning, you can still recreate that experience. Here are 10 ideas to get you started. Let's face it. When you're not present in your classroom, you miss your whiteboard. It's convenient. Everyone in the room can see it. You can write text and draw pictures on it, […]. The post 10 online whiteboard options for remote learning appeared first on Ditch That Textbook.

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Who wants to join me for a course on leadership during a crisis or leadership for social justice?

Dangerously Irrelevant

I have a little room in my teaching schedule so I am offering two online Master’s-level courses this summer: EDUC 5001 E50. Special Topics: Leadership During a Crisis (3 credits, online) [Class # 20597]. Crises big and small occur regularly in organizations. The global pandemic has highlighted numerous individual and institutional responses – both successful and unsuccessful – to a major crisis.

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4 Cyberhygiene Practices for Secure Remote Learning

EdTech Magazine

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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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

How can we actively engage learners 24/7, on their level and according to their interests, while respecting their learning styles? It’s not impossible. In this guide: Explore how to transform traditional, one-way videos into two-way interactive learning experiences Understand different types of artificial intelligence (AI), including - Generative vs.

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Coronavirus Chronicles 018 – Northern Cass School District

Dangerously Irrelevant

I am talking with schools to see how they’re responding in the wake of this global pandemic. I invite you to join me for the Coronavirus Chronicles , a series of 10-minute check-ins with educators all over. Episode 018 is below. Thank you, Cory Steiner , for sharing how the Northern Cass School District in North Dakota has been adapting to our new challenges and opportunities.

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Don’t Let Your Students’ Education Die from Embarrassment

EdNews Daily

By Charles Sosnik Do you remember how it felt to be a teenager? You yearned so much for independence as your hormones and emotions were careening throughout your body like a Bally pinball machine. You were so self-conscious, worrying about your clothes, your acne and what the other kids thought of you. And God forbid you should be seen in the presence of your parents or siblings.

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Educators on the Front Lines Share What’s Working

EdNews Daily

Beginning on April 2nd, the Learning Counsel’s EduJedi Leadership Society members have been gathering in virtual meetings as panelists for discussions about the national emergency and how they are all facing it. These discussions have had invaluable, rich content, a portion of which is represented here with these excerpts. Ideas about how to run special needs programs remotely, how to choose digital curriculum and much more are discussed, with questions fielded from many others dialing in

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A Good Web Tool for Creating and Reading Storybooks

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

StoryWeaver is an educational platform that draws on collaborative team work to develop ‘a rich digital repository of diverse children’s stories from Pratham Books.’ The purpose of this project is to.

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When Schools Reopen and Children Return, will Schools be Prepared?

EdNews Daily

By Franklin Schargel The Corona virus has disrupted the lives of children and adults alike around the world. It has had a tremendous impact on the lives of children who may not understand what is happening. Children are being forced to cope with major changes in their everyday lives. The virus has added additional trauma into their lives. They cannot go out and play with their friends; they cannot see any people outside their immediate families and they cannot go to school.

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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. The next Monday she was at her school, South Phoenix Primary and Intermediate, to get ready. Experts say teachers need weeks — if not months — of training to develop and implement an online class.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

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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Webinar Available – Making Virtual Learning Work: Choosing Sites, Apps and Systems

EdNews Daily

This second-in-the-series of Emergency National Virtual Discussions went deep into the weeds of online learning, explaining in great detail which apps, sites and systems our nation’s leading education leaders are using to navigate their new virtual learning realities. Since the COVID-19 crisis began, Learning Counsel CEO LeiLani Cauthen and her team have been spending hours in conversation with school districts across America.

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Human Nature & Schools After COVID-19

EdNews Daily

By LeiLani Cauthen There is a certain sector of tech companies and big investment houses touting that things for schools are “not coming back to normal.” They are right in one respect, but wrong in a much larger respect. Let’s get into the tech company mindset, which is largely made up of engineering folks who are, and I realize this is slightly biased, mostly run by people best characterized as brilliant introverts.

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5 ways to stay connected when going remote

eSchool News

It’s no secret that creating accessible digital and inclusive learning experiences can be a challenge. This is especially true if your institution is suddenly transitioning to remote instruction for the first time in response to the COVID-19 crisis. But the good news is that along with an inclusive mindset, there are simple strategies you can draw from Universal Design for Learning pedagogy, which emphasizes: ?

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Reimagining Chickering & Gamson's Principles Post-Pandemic: Technology's Central Role in Modern Edu

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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16 Meditation Apps For Children In The Classroom

TeachThought - Learn better.

Where do you begin teaching meditation when you may not be familiar with the practice yourself? The post 16 Meditation Apps For Children In The Classroom appeared first on TeachThought.

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Interactive Use of Mobile Apps in Teletherapy

SpeechTechie

This trick could give you the option of using mobile apps interactively in a teletherapy session. Worked for me. As we know, we can allow viewing of, say, iPad apps by Quicktime on Mac ( here's a link on that, you just don't ever have to click record, you can simply show the screen ) or wireless mirroring. But students would not be able to manipulate the app even through remote control (the iPad/app appear on the screen, when we click on the screen on the app nothing happens, so when they click

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BibliU Raises $10 Million to Scale Online Textbooks

Edsurge

The coronavirus outbreak has forced schools to double down on—and in some cases try for the first time—online education technologies, from digital science labs to virtual campus tours. But students at some colleges and universities still rely on print , which is a problem when bookstores and libraries have closed. As colleges seek to provide alternatives to print textbooks, one digital book provider, BibliU, has launched about 100 pilots globally since the pandemic started, says CEO David Sherwo

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How Linways helps the institution of fight back Covid19 with digital learning and virtual institution management

Linways Technologies

Linways has been in the education industry for over 10 years and every day during that decade has been about improving the way we learn. Our platforms for institutions to help them manage academics and run their institution virtually has been amazingly successful in terms of customer feedback. Since the COVID 19 pandemic, schools and universities have shut down to fight the spread of infection.

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Behind the Bell: The Underlying Impact of Tardiness in K-12 Schools

Managing a K-12 campus with constant pressure to meet performance metrics is challenging. And tardiness can significantly limit a school from reaching these goals. Learn more about why chronic lateness matters, and key strategies to address the following impacts: Data errors caused by manual processes Low attendance and graduation rates that affect a school’s reputation Classroom disruption, which leads to poor academic performance High staff attrition and “The Teacher Exodus” Unmet LCAP goals t

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Getting Started with Project-Based Learning in the Elementary Classroom [Download]

Edsurge

Can elementary students effectively complete research projects? Will they still meet required learning objectives with the teacher serving as a guide instead of teaching the curriculum in a direct, traditional manner? The answer, thankfully, is a resounding yes! When it comes to meeting the complex demands of today’s educational system, Project-Based Learning (PBL) has much to offer—especially at the elementary level.

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5 Ideas to Keep Engaged and Learning During The Coronavirus Lockdown

EmergingEdTech

The Corona Virus pandemic has resulted in the majority of students being displaced from schools. The parents’ worries right now are: What will children be doing all day? Many are now scrambling to. [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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Educational Resources to Enhance Students Reading Skills

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Today's post features some of the best educational websites to help your students develop strong reading skills.

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‘I can’t really give them any answers’: A Mississippi teacher deals with the fallout of the coronavirus

The Hechinger Report

Samara Rand, an English teacher at Holmes County Central High School, assists a student with a writing assignment. Rand, who has not seen her students since Spring Break, is now adjusting to bringing her classroom online after the district closed its schools last month. Photo: Rory Doyle for The Hechinger Report Credit: Rory Doyle for The Hechinger Report.

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Enhancing HyFlex Education through the PowerTeaching Framework

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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Real-time advisory sessions that support students’ social-emotional health

eSchool News

The Social Institute announced an enhanced offering to its current #WinAtSocial curriculum, providing schools nationwide with remote, real-time advisory sessions that support students’ social-emotional health, well-being, and executive functioning skills during the COVID-19 pandemic. The new offering, called #WinAtSocial LIVE, was created in conjunction with student leaders across the country and The Social Institute’s Research Advisory Committee , a group of psychologists, mental health special

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Go Team! @MicrosoftEdu Updates #MicrosoftTeams for #RemoteLearning

techlearning

Teams has several new upgrades to make Teams a great option for digital education and video conferencing.

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Distance Learning Packages for Schools, Academic Institutions, and Libraries

eSchool News

Infobase, the award-winning provider of digital reference content to the school and library community, today announced that it has created a variety of distance learning packages to help schools, colleges and universities, and public libraries affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The distance learning packages provide open access to curated, multi-subject groups of online databases, with or without streaming video collections, for elementary schools, middle and high schools, colleges and universit

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Online Teaching Reflection: Day 12

Cycles of Learning

In yesterday's class I had students in my Engineering for Social Good class analyze a data visualization that organized and presented various engineering efforts against COVID-19 globally. After analyzing the visualization, students then listed their favorite engineering efforts. When gathering information such as that described above, that will naturally vary, but is centered around a specific theme, I love shuttling the form responses into a word cloud This process allows us to discuss varying

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The Battle of the Authoring Tools: A 10-Point Comparison for Picking the Right One

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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Symbols in Learning and Literacy

N2Y

Throughout history, symbols have been used by humans to empower communication, provide access to important information and as an essential component in language development. In this white paper, our expert shares how symbols help our brains create imagery, form memories and promote understanding. In addition, you’ll learn: Research-based strategies for supplementing classroom instruction with symbols to support comprehension, self-expression and choice making for students with communication chal

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One Great Thing #RemoteLearning

The Innovative Educator

Virtual Google Educator Group Meetup Participants During the first virtual Google Educator Meetup, I hosted a session called: One Great Thing. In it, educators shared one great thing that has happened during this time of remote teaching and learning. Some great things resulting from remote learning Accelerated Technology Adoption We accomplished what we set out to do in our five year tech plan in one year.

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Friday, April 17 Events - The Learning Revolution Online Daily Education Conference #learningrevolution

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Welcome to day twelve of the 2020 Learning Revolution daily online conference, Friday, April 17th. Today's sessions are below. Log into LearningRevolution.com and click on Schedule in the main menu to see the session times and direct links for attending live. To see all sessions submitted so far, and to correspond with presenters, click here. Recordings of past sessions are listed on the Recordings page.

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Brydge 9.7 Keyboard: Review for Schools

techlearning

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The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the EdTech Industry: Assessing the Influence

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