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Laying the Foundation for Distance Learning Success

Digital Promise

James Tiggeman Digital Learning Coordinator, Irving Independent School District. Results of a recent survey of educators at participating schools conducted by our partner Westat agreed with Lubas’ sentiment, showing that prior experience integrating technology into learning made the shift to distance learning smoother. “The

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Speak Up 2020 Congressional Briefing: Release of the National Research Findings

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Julie Evans, CEO of Project Tomorrow, and Christina Fleming, Vice President of Blackboard K12, presented the Speak Up 2019-2020 National Findings titled Digital Learning During the Pandemic: Emerging Evidence of an Education Transformation. She lives in Maryland. Join the Community. You can follow Eileen on Twitter @EileenBelastock.

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To Flip or Not to Flip? That is the Question!

Fractus Learning

One popular educational model called the Flipped Classroom, combines the power of technology and pedagogy to enhance learning. A typical Flipped lesson begins with a video or online presentation that occurs at home, while students complete assignments and ask questions inside the classroom.

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PBL… Blended and eLearning – Part 1: Important Questions for the New School Year

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Thanks for joining me on this wonderful journey of 21st century (and even before that) learning. Join me in future weeks as together we continue to explore several more posts devoted to the Flipped Classrooms, Project Based Learning, Assessing 21st century skills, PBL, STEM, technology integration, web resources, and digital literacy.

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The Free and Online 2014 School Leadership Summit Starts Wednesday! (Full Session List)

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Amina Gorie Sindhi SPOTLIGHT - Content Curation as a Context for Teaching and Learning in Science - Eric A. History Survey Course: Free, Collaborative, and Self-Paced Professional Development - Craig J. Manager of Professional Development Individual Professional Learning: when faculty owns their professional growth!

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Inside Google’s NYC Teacher’s Lounge

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The first lounge, “Finding Our Focus,” featured surveys, polls and activities that helped the team at Educate LLC design future events. One of the topics that were really important to educators was ‘self-directed learning,’” says Garrison.

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A true gift from SHEG: DIY digital literacy assessments and tools for historical thinking

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You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations.