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Reimagining Student Supports in a Year of Distance Instruction

Digital Promise

Even though kids had iPads, parents were not sure [how to use them for class]. Principal at a school with a hybrid learning model. In many cases, parent involvement understandably extends to supporting students in taking online assessments. We sent cheat sheets to parents. Reimagining Staffing and Scheduling.

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

NeverEndingSearch

All three are outstanding (and free), but perhaps the most immediately useful to readers of this blog is Civic Online Reasoning or COR.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Steve Jobs wouldn’t let his kids have iPads. The iPad would solve that,” he said. His idea was to hire great textbook writers to create digital versions, and make them a feature of the iPad. But if we can make the textbooks free, and they come with the iPad, then they don’t have to be certified. Alexa at School. “Do

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