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Sudden Shift to Online Learning Revealed Gaps in Digital Literacy, Study Finds

Edsurge

One part of that was that students and parents often lacked the skills to join Zoom calls and collaborate in shared Google Docs. A 5-minute clip on how to open a Google Doc is much more useful than an hour on the Google ecosystem.”

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Level Up Your Virtual Teaching with Screencasting Tools!

Teacher Reboot Camp

This easily posts to Google Classroom. Google Meet is a video conferencing tool, but you can easily use this as a screencasting tool. Screencast with your iPhone or iPad. Check out this awesome graphic by Tony Vincent to learn more! You can also share a link or download the recording.

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Coronavirus Closures? Online Learning Tips for Teachers and Schools [interview with an American Teacher in China]

Shake Up Learning

Online Learning Tips for Teachers and Schools [interview with an American Teacher in China] appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Are you prepared for online learning if your school is closed for an extended period of time? FREE Webinar: Online Learning Tips for Teachers and Schools. Click To Tweet.

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I’ve Got an Idea?? Digital Brainstorming Tools for Students!

Teacher Reboot Camp

Google Jamboard is currently a favorite free digital canvas for students to brainstorm collaboratively. It works on any web browser including iPhone, iPad and Android with no downloads or plugins required. Popplet is a mind mapping app on the iPad to get students creating digital mind maps with links, videos, and images.

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I’ve Got an Idea? Digital Brainstorming Tools for Students!

Teacher Reboot Camp

Google Jamboard is currently a favorite free digital canvas for students to brainstorm collaboratively. It works on any web browser including iPhone, iPad and Android with no downloads or plugins required. Popplet is a mind mapping app on the iPad to get students creating digital mind maps with links, videos, and images.

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With Weeks of E-learning Ahead, Be Flexible and Forget Perfection

Edsurge

Schmidt and Candice Dodson, the executive director of SETDA and a longtime educator and digital learning advocate in Indiana, both acknowledged that online learning typically requires ample preparation, training, troubleshooting and community buy-in. Google Classroom (a free option)? But this is not a typical situation.

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Easy, painless ways to help your kids with their homework

Neo LMS

To be certain your child is using technology for learning and not just pretending to do homework while surfing YouTube, you could create a dedicated (and restricted) homework device, like an old smartphone or a refurbished laptop.