A Principal's Reflections
APRIL 19, 2020
It goes without saying that our teachers have done an incredible job when it comes to adapting to a remote learning world. With little to no training, they are finding ways to make it work for their kids while overcoming a myriad of challenges in the process. You could even say that they are the true leaders in a sense as their actions are leading to innovative change.
The CoolCatTeacher
APRIL 19, 2020
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Teaching online and blending classrooms is a hot topic, but there’s always room for improvement. As teachers, we need to constantly refresh and update topics to improve our distance learning skills. In this blog post, you’ll discover ten topics that can help you improve your online or blended classroom.
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Dangerously Irrelevant
APRIL 19, 2020
I was fortunate to be the primary host for Episode 05 of Silver Lining for Learning yesterday. Our guest was Will Richardson and we had a fantastic discussion. Will has been talking about how to rethink learning, teaching, and schooling for decades. He is the author of multiple books and has launched major collaboration initiatives such as the change.school , Modern Learners , and Powerful Learning Practice networks.
EdTech Magazine
APRIL 19, 2020
As schools stay closed across the country, many students and educators are adapting to a new reality of remote learning. School districts that moved the majority of instruction online had to address existing challenges — from the lack of device and internet access to looming cyberthreats on sensitive data. They also had to acknowledge and bridge the gap between teachers and technology to ensure its success.
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Teacher Tech
APRIL 19, 2020
You can add a co-teacher to Google Classroom by going to the People tab and clicking the add person icon in the Teachers section. Co-teachers have all the privileges of a teacher except the ability to delete a class. Student Files The way Google Classroom works is when a file is added to Google Classroom […]. The post Co-Teaching in Google Classroom appeared first on Teacher Tech.
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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
APRIL 19, 2020
After we have seen how to use Google Drive to collaborate work among various participants, we are sharing with you this collection of handy Chrome extensions to use with your Google Drive. You can.
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 19, 2020
Every few days, I get a calendar notification reminding me of a musical event no longer happening for students in Metro Nashville Public Schools in Tennessee. As I dismiss each notification, feelings of frustration and disappointment hit me like a one-two punch. For a moment, I picture myself in an alternate universe and think, today is the day the chamber choir is performing as part of the Mayor’s address — or the ukulele donation is getting delivered to the elementary school , or the guest art
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
APRIL 19, 2020
Amid this trying period we are going through, and as our kids's screen time has exponentially increased during the lockdown, our job as parents is to make sure our kids are accessing quality content.
Edsurge
APRIL 19, 2020
Across China, primary and secondary schools are announcing dates for the long-awaited re-opening of classroom doors. But university students have been told to stay home until further notice. That’s because, unlike K-12 schools, the reopening of college campuses will result in large-scale human movements across cities, counties and provinces—something that officials are keen to avoid as they hope to control the spread of the novel coronavirus.
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.
The Cornerstone for Teachers
APRIL 19, 2020
I asked teachers on my Facebook page recently to share some of the positive outcomes they’ve seen with teaching remotely in crisis. I wanted to know: Is there any aspect of your work with students that you’re liking better now? Any approaches that are working better for some kids than the usual ways of doing face-to-face instruction? . The replies were fascinating, and I’m going to share some overarching themes here with you.
Shake Up Learning
APRIL 19, 2020
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MindShift
APRIL 19, 2020
For many young people sheltering at home means missing milestones and public recognition of their achievements. This is especially true for seniors graduating from high school and college. Kendall Smith, a high school senior who lives in Tallahassee, Fla., says her school has many traditions leading up to graduation. But this year things are very different.
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 19, 2020
On the Friday before spring break at Meigs Middle School, special education teacher Matt Coe was busy preparing new lessons for his students now that schools were set to close due to the coronavirus crisis. But while many districts around the country have moved to remote learning platforms like Google Classroom, Coe was using the school’s copy machine to put together printed packets for his students to take home.
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The Principal of Change
APRIL 19, 2020
It felt like serendipity, but I received a very kind message from a good friend in Australia on Sunday morning and another from Mary Jane Burke that seemed to be interconnected. In this podcast, I share about how Mary Jane’s kindness helped me through a challenging time, but I also wanted to share the original blog post that I reference in the podcast.
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