Building Engagement While Learning What May Work In The Future

Did you know that classrooms with the highest amount of student-teacher engagement had 14 students or fewer students. How many are in your classroom?

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Is Your District Willing to Use Students As Test Cases: Measurement in K–12 Online Learning Environments

The accessibility that online learning programs provide the general public and their children is invaluable to society as a whole… so our students are test subjects…

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Online VS. Face To Face Teacher Preparation Programs: Which is better?

Many teachers who choose to take online courses or classes do because it is much more convenient than commuting to an educational center two to four times a week. So, will that help them become a better teacher?

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The future Is Online Learning: Crucial For Teacher And Student Growth

Covid-19 has been overwhelming and keeping up with alternative learning strategies that were not fully developed continues to be a challenge. We are starting to see an opportunity gap within grade levels and many schools are struggling to develop effective online learning courses.

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How Can Learning Connect Students With An Authentic Audience For Their Work?

We would like for every student to take a leadership role in their learning. So, how are the students in your district teaching while learning from others?

The Biggest Trends In Self-Critique We've Seen This Year: A Teachers Growth Tool

Teachers aren’t restricted to simply being video consumers either, now more than ever creating your own videos just gets easier and easier. How are you perfecting your craft and getting better?

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How Do Your Students Learn Best? Five Tips For An Online Environment: Things I Wish I'd Known Earlier

Online learning presents new challenges and opportunities. We must think about unique ways to involve every student and using visuals, 1:1 meetings, and close captioning is only the beginning!

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The Time is Now! Embrace Video Learning: Every Teacher Gets Individualized Instruction

School Principals and Instructional leaders should consider promoting opportunities to join or start a video club or teacher rounds process. These opportunities can contribute to a “culture of continuous improvement” in which teachers grow through formative, low-stakes feedback.

Please Do Not Let Technology Take Over; Let's Find The Right Program That Fits Individual School Needs

Teachers already have proven time and time again that they are the innovative ones that create assignments that are practical and always consider the end goal but using technology may require some assistance.

How Are Your Students Doing In This Virtual World? IDEA

According to the U.S. Department of Education, seven million children ages 3 to 21, or 14 percent of all public-school students, receive such special education services. So how are we serving students now?

Enhancing the Student Learning Experience – Where to Find Balance? High Tech vs. Low Tech

Even if we had the most top-of-the-line, innovative devices and software in our classrooms, student learning all depends on its quality of use. Technology is here to stay but we must be effective with our usage.

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Our Students Are In Trouble: The Impact Of COVID On Minority Communities

Minority students are at the highest risk because of this change in education, and making decisions and implementing policies that will help them receive the education they need is crucial as we move forward.

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Are You Getting The Most Out of Online Learning: Tap Into Your Students 5 Senses

We know all children are different so... it's important to teach in a multitude of ways to engage every sense so what are you doing to transform your curriculum to include a variety of activities to enhance learning.

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Are You Getting the Most Out of Your Online Class: 6 High Impact Practices for Engaging Students

This workshop will help K12 teachers who struggle with low student engagement and provide them with effective strategies they can implement in their classroom today! If you are interested in tips and tricks for truly connecting with students while collaborating online, this workshop is for you!

Technology in Education: Top-Notch Ways to Invest your Time

With technology in the classroom, there is no limit to the number of ways to use it. There should not be a dominance of technology over traditional teaching and learning methods. There must be a delicate balance that meets the needs of our students; the end-user.

Are Your Teachers in the Redefinition Phase of SAMR?

Teachers are working hard utilizing various resources just to be able to deliver content that is digestible to students and redefinition is one way.

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How Are Teachers Transforming Their Classrooms Through Modification: SAMR

Utilizing the SAMR model allows teachers to incorporate Modification practices throughout their schools, which can increase their effectiveness and connect students to a community of learners.

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Teachers Are Struggling in the Augmentation Phase: SAMR

Some schools are looking at the possibility of not returning to campus until January. We cannot afford to lose a year of effective instruction so we as teachers have the ongoing challenge of getting distance learning right.

The Pros and Cons When Teachers Go Online Using Substitution In SAMR

If the decision to go 100% online was made in March, there would have been adequate time to support teachers through the SAMR stages but many schools waited and waited until now (a week before school is in) to make the decision to go hybrid or fully online which is causing chaos everywhere.

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How Are Teacher Prep Programs Transforming for Future Teachers?

The teacher practicum program covers the essentials of online learning theory as well as technologies utilized in teaching online so that it catered for the Teachers who had little or no experience with online teaching and were less technologically-capable. How are your schools adapting to change?