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How any educator can create resilience in traumatized students
Teachers and school leaders can play a life-changing role by helping create positive childhood experiences for the children in their care
Positive experiences can be life-changing for a child. In a previous installment of this series, I shared how positive experiences with teachers throughout my childhood helped counteract some of the trauma I experienced early in life.
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Fresno USD’s personalized, blended approach carried students through COVID
The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over, and that means educators across the globe are still finding inventive and innovative ways to support and teach students in classrooms, during hybrid instruction, and in virtual settings.
Addressing trauma as students return to the classroom
We’ve all been through a traumatic experience in the last year. In a typical year, school is the only safe place for many students, and it is often the place where abuse or other trauma is recognized and help provided. But during remote learning, those children suddenly had no safe place to go and no adults to recognize the danger they were in and offer a lifeline.
3 ways to personalize your digital PLN
I am currently in an online doctoral program at Winona State University. One of our recent discussion queries required answering the following prompt: “Share three pieces of your own PLN that you think would be helpful to the others.”
How to overcome trauma through kindness
Mrs. Reavis was more than just my 5th-grade teacher. She was a lifeline. I always knew her persevering belief in me made a difference in my life, but I never understood the science behind her impact until recently.
Fort Worth ISD didn’t let COVID derail students’ postsecondary success plans
The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over, and that means educators across the globe are still finding inventive and innovative ways to support and teach students in classrooms, during hybrid instruction, and in virtual settings.
3 must-have classroom tech innovations–and how to fund them
Classroom technology is more than a nice amenity–it’s critical for student learning and engagement.
From Katrina to COVID: Kids heal in communities
Some moments in life are unforgettable. For me, the experience of evacuating from New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina with my two young children and pup is one of those moments. Katrina became a marker in the life of our family. We used to talk about the timeline of our experiences in terms of “before Katrina” or “after Katrina.” While our home only sustained significant wind damage but no flooding, we witnessed firsthand the considerable tragedy across the city.
The right tech tools make for a safer classroom return
As schools all over the nation reopen their doors this fall, technology departments are looking at how best to accommodate not a newer normal, but a healthier, more collaborative long-term normal.
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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
Spending K-12 Relief Aid Appropriately
Creating a Paperless Future in K-12 Schools
Reinventing K-12 education for the post-pandemic era
Innovative Extended Learning Solutions
Using Federal Funding to Support Student Success
Understand the Impact of Your EdTech Investments
Living for today or planning for tomorrow with digital learning investments
Harnessing the Power of Technology to Support Learning
How to Teach Critical Thinking Skills Through Digital Learning
Rethinking How We Teach Emergent Bilinguals: Edtech and Learning Science
Securly Playbook: 5 Strategies for Hybrid Learning Success
5 Communication Pitfalls (And How To Avoid Them)
How K-12 School Districts Can Take Advantage of ESSER Funds
Using Tech to Give Students Choice When Learning
3 Simple Ways One District Protects Students and Data
Collaborative Mental Health Efforts
Improving Equity: One Step, One Goal at a Time
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