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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. Register for this free micro-course. Prior to moving to his role in Washington, D.C.,

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Online Learning During COVID-19

edWeb.net

Julie Evans, CEO of Project Tomorrow, and Chris O’Neal, a former teacher and current Blackboard Solutions Engineer, shared front-line stories and tips to provide insight into how to ensure continuity of learning for our students during this unprecedented time. Three Phases of Online Learning. Join the Community.

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How the Substitute Teacher Shortage Is Impacting Teacher Professional Development

Edsurge

It’s 7:00 am, and I’m on my second trek from my car to our centralized district meeting space, lugging snacks, supplies and chart paper as I prepare to lead a workshop on best practices for technology integration for a group of 15 elementary teachers in my district. The adjustment has been difficult for our teachers too.

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Teaching and leading for higher student engagement … even during a pandemic (aka How I spent my summer)

Dangerously Irrelevant

I did all of this twice, the first week with elementary educators and the second week with secondary teachers (so 8 days total). They asked me to do a short keynote highlighting some possibilities for hands-on, active student learning. how to handle scripted curricula, how to use the protocol as an instructional coach).

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Build Community and Improve Learning with Micro-credentials

Digital Promise

Micro-credentials are earned online and on-demand, making them an ideal form of professional learning during the pandemic. For example: Micro-credentials were the catalyst for 18 elementary school educators who collaborated to create a school-based program that promoted families as partners in education.

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Remote Learning Teaching Tips

A Principal's Reflections

More than half of those surveyed teach in public schools (66 percent) and more than half are elementary school teachers (60 percent). Perhaps the most concerning survey result is that more than half of teachers (57 percent) say they do not feel prepared to facilitate remote and online learning.

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Why experts say now is the time to assess your district’s edtech use

eSchool News

Making tough choices Later this year, the final round of federal pandemic funding, known as Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER), will expire, leaving school budgets uncertain in many districts. Funds they have come to rely on for staffing and technology will end in September if not allotted.

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