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US Edtech Policy Conversations Amidst Coronavirus Concerns with Tom Murray

The CoolCatTeacher

Advancement Courses has a free micro-course – Launching Online Learning. Now is the time we all need to educate ourselves on effective online teaching and I recommend this course as a great place to start. If you don’t have Google Docs, just use this PDF. You can connect with Tom on social media.

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16 Free Resources for Schools Who are Closing Due to Coronavirus

The CoolCatTeacher

We have one more reason– when you already have an online space for your classroom, it is a smaller step to teaching totally online when necessary. Listen to This Post I’ll also be sharing more resources this week on my blog, podcast, and social media accounts and in my newsletter. Learn more here.

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The Social Institute Expands Curriculum to Educate and Empower Third-Grade Students 

eSchool News

This gamified approach to supporting student well-being, called #WinAtSocial, empowers students to navigate their social world positively — including social media and technology — to fuel their health, happiness, and future success. Have the power to shape their everyday lives through the choices they make.

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Will the students who didn’t show up for online class this spring go missing forever?

The Hechinger Report

Monica Williams remembers the late May day she and first grade teacher Lizette Gutierrez reconnected with the four young siblings from Cable Elementary. No teachers from the San Antonio elementary had heard from the children since schools closed abruptly in March due to the pandemic. Credit: Monica Williams.

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#Supermuch teaching in the classroom and online

The CoolCatTeacher

We discuss what going to the next level in the classroom and in online learning means both at the secondary and college level. From now until September 28, Advancement Courses, an online provider of professional development for K-12 teachers, is donating 10% of their sales to funding DonorChoose.org projects. Dr. Tim Green.

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Tightrope’s Cablecast Platform Enables Flexible and Robust Online Video Hosting and Delivery for Cambridge Public Schools

eSchool News

Cablecast’s flexible online VOD capabilities have delivered many advantages over the limited video support in the district’s online learning platform and have proven particularly valuable as the medium takes on increasing importance in CPS’ internal and external communications.

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It’s Time To Support The Mental Health & Well Being of Teachers

EdNews Daily

I had the chance to chat with Dr. Jared Scherz, the founder of TeacherCoach , and a former elementary school guidance counselor who became a clinical psychologist in New Jersey. TC is a virtual training medium, providing personal growth and professional development through online learning, coaching, and webinars.

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