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3 Ways to Streamline Expectations While Making Things Easier for Educators

A Principal's Reflections

It seems like every day presents a new challenge or adventure, depending on how you view the current landscape. The fact remains that there was no professional learning to prepare for the reality that everyone is facing nor a plan for something like COVID19. There are no easy answers or solutions that will work for everyone.

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Important Lessons Learned During the Pandemic and How They Can Drive Needed Change

A Principal's Reflections

That’s the way we’ve always done it ( TTWWADI ) inhibits change Everyone has been presented with a clean slate. This includes digital pedagogy that consists of purposeful use, a move to personalized learning through blended strategies, use of data to differentiate, innovative assessment, and performance tasks.

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Making Headway with Remote and Hybrid Learning

A Principal's Reflections

With 2020 in the rearview mirror, it is now time to focus on the present with an eye to the future. Many difficult lessons were learned during the pandemic, and a few more are sure to materialize over the next couple of months. As each leader presented their views on positive shifts to practice, you could see their pride swell.

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High-Agency in the Remote and Hybrid Classroom

A Principal's Reflections

Over the summer, they really ramped up how their LMS (Canvas in their case) would be used K-12 to facilitate their hybrid learning model better. They have addressed the seven elements presented at the beginning of the post. For more remote and hybrid learning strategies and resources click HERE.

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Flipping Out For Professional Learning

The Web20Classroom

Think about Professional Development, specifically technology-related PD. How to sign into the LMS. Much of the time in the actual PD is eaten up by tasks that can be learned outside the actual PD, freeing up the time when we do get together on more the why-to with technology PD or any type of professional development really.

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A Year to Remember, A Year to Reflect:  Pandemic Instruction

Ask a Tech Teacher

First of all, as a veteran Canvas user I continued on my use of the LMS. Moreover, it has provided insight to educators on their practice, the pedagogy of teaching in a remote environment, the selection of platforms, and the necessity of targeted professional learning for educators. For me it served multiple purposes.

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How Online Learning Can Improve Your Teaching

Ask a Tech Teacher

After a weekly one-hour session, students feel closer to classmates and often add them to their ongoing PLN (Professional Learning Network). ” If your school has an LMS, consider whether you can make the learning and teaching jobs more flexible and differentiated by providing a schedule of all work.