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State and District Leadership Discuss Digital Learning Opportunities

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SETDA’s latest research, Navigating the Digital Shift 2018: Broadening Student Learning Opportunities , highlights how state policies are supporting the transformation to digital learning. Of course, schools can’t make the switch to digital overnight.

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How to Keep Class Sessions from Running Short (Or Going Too Long)

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I recommend making use of a timer, having an established end in mind for each class session, erring on the side of student engagement versus “covering the material,” having plans for extending the learning if activities are shorter than planned and leaving room for metacognition, meaning, leave time to talk about the learning process.

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A rural Montana district goes all in on makerspaces

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This is the second year the three organizations partnered with a rural school district to increase its capacity for digital learning and lend additional momentum to local efforts. The level of student engagement and the quality of their discussion was better than he had ever seen — during a lesson he already considered one of his best.

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This Former Learner Is Now a Leader Driving Tech Integration at Her Alma Mater

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Here, she shares Immaculata-La Salle’s route to impactful digital learning for others to draw from as they find their way to tech success. Case Study) Immaculata-La Salle High School: Tech team leverages iPads at this School with MDM. Building a digital library with allowed apps for students.

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How to Engage Students and Support Learning in Large Classes

Edsurge

What about when you have 50-60 students in a class? Anonymous In my experience, it’s true that small classes provide greater opportunities for student engagement and for professor/mentor relationships to occur. The big challenge of large classes is keeping students engaged. Or even hundreds?

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Students Thrive With Fewer Access Restrictions to Digital Tools

Gaggle Speaks

Restricting access to digital learning tools isn’t the best way to keeps students safe. In this “walled garden” approach to online safety, students will climb over, or dig under, a walled garden to get to places where they shouldn’t be. ” Student Safety Success Stories'

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Framing the Personalized Learning Discussion from Tom Driscoll

EdTechTeacher

The approach to instructional design considers students’ interests and incorporates learning experiences that are authentic and personally relevant to students’ lives and social contexts.