How I make online teaching work as a high school educator
I have been teaching at traditional and charter schools for the past 18 years, and I remain encouraged by the determination of the students I serve, even when…
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What if we gave every teacher a work from home day?
School and district-based staff are understandably wary about the new school year. Teachers, the majority of whom are women, are struggling under the immense pressure of pandemic schooling.…
What’s so great about online teaching?
Had I been asked what I thought about online teaching two years ago, I would probably have given you quite an earful of the many known shortcomings of…
3 strategies for virtual student-centered learning
When secondary educators plunged into emergency online teaching in March 2020, we faced a slew of challenges. Among those challenges was the lack of student engagement after the…
Gale In Context: For Educators Launches New Teacher Learning Center
Gale, a Cengage company, is helping educators enhance skills for virtual lesson planning and online teaching. The company has launched ... Read more
New guide provides on-ramp and interstate for novice and veteran teachers
As educators around the globe swiftly moved to online teaching in the spring, Aaron Johnson, associate dean of Education Technology ... Read more
Free distance learning online toolkit
To guide educators through this new journey of remote teaching, mindSpark Learning, a national nonprofit that provides one-of-a-kind learning experiences ... Read more
School Specialty unveils intervention program for low-level readers
According to the 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress – the Nation’s Report Card – only about 35 percent of U.S. fourth and eighth graders perform at the…
Good online teaching is often just plain good teaching
How does an online instructor teach a 19 year old to read and write when she doesn't even see him? The secret, one teacher learns, is all in…
Online learning’s tough? Try online teaching!
I read with interest our newspapers' story last week saying many of America's university professors don't consider online courses real college material, the Los Angeles Daily News reports.
iNACOL updates its online teaching standards
As online learning becomes more ubiquitous in schools and districts across the nation, a leading online-learning organization has updated its national standards intended to help shape high-quality online…
Online courses, still lacking that third dimension
When colleges and universities finally decide to make full use of the internet, most professors will lose their jobs, says Randall Stross for Digital Domain.
Five lessons from the nation’s best online teacher
Educators who teach in an online setting should foster strong relationships with their students' parents and should offer plenty of positive feedback, says the nation's first-ever K-12 Online…