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9 social-emotional learning strategies to use in the new year
Following the 2020-2021 school year, educators can look back with pride–and exhaustion–on all we have learned. We have learned to teach in brand new modalities like remote and hybrid learning, foster more student independence, and adapt instruction to a huge variety of learning needs.
Learning is social. Is your school collaboration ready?
Social learning helps your students learn by watching, listening, and doing whether in class, online or as a hybrid. Deliver interactive classrooms that connect from campus, home, or anywhere else, with a simple web browser and internet connection.
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Are learning gaps stabilizing?
Although wide learning gaps still exist for students across the U.S., those gaps do show signs of somewhat stabilizing, according to new research illustrating the scale and disproportionate nature of the disruption to students’ learning from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prediction: The future of teacher evaluations is video
Over the last two years, educators have been forced into all kinds of unplanned experiments as we’ve searched for ways to keep students safe while continuing to advance their education amid a global pandemic.
When it comes to learning loss, don’t reinvent the wheel
As we head towards the last half of our second school year in a pandemic, there is no doubt that the impact of learning loss has exceeded all predictions. As reported by McKinsey, students are behind an average of four months in reading and five months in math.
Making the most of your return to school
Even though schools are back to in-person learning, the pandemic taught us something about how automating processes can save time–and if educators need more of anything, it’s time.
Creating classroom community in a digital space
One of my favorite parts of being an educator is the sense of community that is created with each new class of students. Fostering that feeling in person has its challenges of course, but is a bit easier to administer and coach when you’re face to face. When asked to build that same sense of community with my students through a computer screen as we went into a distance learning mode, my brain started to misfire. How am I going to do that? Are the students going to be engaged in their learning? Will they be able to feel that sense of belonging in a virtual classroom setting? So, after a few days of crying and worrying, I accepted this new challenge.
Four strategies for helping educators embrace change
Digital transformation is about more than making incremental changes to instruction or layering technology on top of existing practices.
Moving from “the” school to “their” school
Connected students and families don’t attend and partner with “the” school–they do so with “their” school. They aren’t guests who meet, exceed, or fall short of someone else’s expectations, but rather, architects of environments that reflect what is important to them.
2021 Takeaways: New Classroom Methods Learned During All This Madness
In this episode of Getting There: Innovations in Education: 3 best practices and classroom methods to take with us to the ‘other side’ 4 predictions for computer science education in…
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5 ways to prepare and teach online classes
Online tutoring is becoming more accepted for people every day. With the coronavirus pandemic still affecting the world, there’s never been a better time to work remotely.
How is technology impacting literacy?
We live in a world where learning and technology are intrinsically linked, especially in the minds of our youth. But do today’s students process information differently because it comes on a digital device? Is there a correlation between technology use and plummeting literacy rates? And is the way our young people consume information negatively impacting their growth as learners?
Whitepapers and Resources
Reinventing K-12 education for the post-pandemic era
Learn How UV Disinfection Can Support Your School’s Layered Prevention Strategies
5 Communication Pitfalls (And How To Avoid Them)
Next-Generation Data Strategies and Solutions
Simply Smarter Education
How do you secure your smart campus?
UV Disinfection: No Magic Bullet, Just Smart, Layered Protection
How to set up the ideal hybrid classroom without starting from scratch
Launch technology to new heights
Case Study: A Closer Look at How 3 Schools Adopted UV Disinfection Technology
Harnessing the Power of Technology to Support Learning
5 Cybersecurity Practices Every K-12 District Should Follow
Rethinking Attendance Interventions for Remote or Hybrid Learning
Gauging the Impact of Personalized Learning
Digital reading in schools, and how the pandemic has impacted it
New Whitepaper: Coping with Grief and Loss at School
Why closing the digital divide helps students far beyond the classroom
Spending K-12 Relief Aid Appropriately
