Transform Your Classroom One Lesson at a Time! Start With Your Community

Bring on student passion and classroom engagement! What happens when each individual student offers their argument based on community connection, research, and background knowledge? Magic, let the learning begin!

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?

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Ei360 is Changing Education; One Summit At A Time

Through this summit, I hope to spark the next generation of Instructional leaders, teachers, and learners. I have assembled a team that pushes the envelope of teaching and learning; our speakers have re-defined what it means to educate in the 21st century.

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A Free Educational Summit for Instructional Leaders and Educators

At the most fundamental level, access to professional development is still an ongoing concern; we work hard to support our instructional leaders with innovative practices that will help educators throughout the year. FOR FREE

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Practical Advice For Teachers Who Have Moved Their Reading Comprehension Online

K-12 who spent more than three academic years in online learning not only caught up with their face-to-face counterparts but actually surpassed them. That is “When online learning is done right!”

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K-12 Online Teacher Development: A Disconnect Between Preparation and Practice

It is obvious that teachers need support so they can be better prepared to teach online as online learning requires a different set of skills than a traditional face-to-face environment. So… Were you training in college on how to support students online?

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A Change MUST Happen Soon Or Our Student Will Be Left Behind

The United States alone has one of the highest high-school dropout rates in the world. I believe online learning is a start but we must prepare our classrooms for non-traditional students because if we don’t; the cycle will continue.

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Up-and-Coming Trends About What Next For Schools This Fall?

We know in K12 Masks will more than likely be mandatory, temperatures will be taken daily, and hands washed or sanitized quite often but try telling a first grader who just turned 6 to cover their nose and mouth for over 10 minutes. This fall will be a challenge to school districts around the world.

Superstar Teachers Know That Collaboration And Online Learning Go Hand and Hand

For online collaborative learning to succeed teachers must create a learning experience with the student in mind. It also takes time to design and develop a meaningful course that includes collaborative learning.

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Where Are Parents Registering their Kids for the Fall; Online or Face-to-Face Schools?

Many parents may want to rush to K12 online schools but some schools struggle to meet the demand of every student.

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What Happens When Face-To-Face Is Not An Option; 3 Models Of Online Learning

Our world is digital! Online learning is necessary for our students to be relevant in our current context. So what are you going to do during the summer to prepare?

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Have You Ever Measured Student Engagement Through Online Learning?

Measuring engagement of students is also a huge factor if you want your online teaching to have any impact at all. So, how are teachers identifying different ways to meet individual student needs?

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Is Your Online Classroom Relevant, Interesting, Fun And Social?

Teachers are resilient yet, have to find creative ways to implement a new curriculum with the tools they already have. Here are some ideas that will get them started to plan for the fall.

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Is Tech Making Our Reading Comprehension Better or Worse?

This digital age has brought many changes, including a lot of new proficiencies that are required from a person to be considered “literate”. but.. uh… simply reading online or subscribing to an eBook service does not a make a student digitally literate.