Sat.Mar 20, 2021

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Miguel Cardona Brings Hope to Position of Secretary of Education

EdNews Daily

By Grant Hosford The last twelve months have been tumultuous for families, businesses, schools and teachers. With schools closed in most states for the past 12 months, educators came together district by district to re-imagine a new approach to education focused on virtual classes and student empowerment. Teachers and administrators delivered admirably in most cases but of course there are many unavoidable hurdles with remote learning.

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Glitterly- An Excellent Tool to Create Animated Videos for Your Class

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Glitterly is a handy web tool that enables you to create engaging short videos to share on your social media feed or in your email. As a teacher , you can use Glitterly to design writing.

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Using School Data to Design an Effective Hybrid Learning Program

EdNews Daily

By Chad Reid School administrators around the world are trying to ensure students get the instruction and support they need while keeping everyone safe from the coronavirus. In the initial phase of the pandemic, most school buildings were shut down and students learned remotely. But many students need at least some in-person instruction to thrive, and school shutdowns can compound existing educational disparities.

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4 Key Distance Teaching Skills for Teachers and Educators

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

The current pandemic and the havoc it wrecked upon our lives have radically transformed the way we teach and learn. Hybrid (flipped) learning and remote and distance teaching have become the.

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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

How can we actively engage learners 24/7, on their level and according to their interests, while respecting their learning styles? It’s not impossible. In this guide: Explore how to transform traditional, one-way videos into two-way interactive learning experiences Understand different types of artificial intelligence (AI), including - Generative vs.

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Podcast: Securing Your Investment in School Data

EdNews Daily

In this episode of the EduJedi Report Podcast, Host LeiLani Cauthen, CEO of the Learning Counsel speaks to a technical expert on K12 school security about the big picture on information security. Cauthen interviews Doug Walsten from Cisco who examines the risk s of both data-at-rest and data-in-motion, which most school and district leaders know is “everywhere” in their systems, in the cloud, or on some teacher’s desktop.

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What is Google Meet Quick Access and Why Do I Need to Know About it?

Hansen's Link to Tech

After many months of pandemic (in person, hybrid, remote, etc) learning Google Workspace has made several updates to accommodate remote learning in various ways. It was roughly a year ago from around now, Google started investing in how Meet functions within the education sector by adding dedicated Meet in Classroom. Flash forward a year later it’s a regular expectation teachers and students are video conferencing within teaching learning practices.

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Compensatory Services Strategies in Three Steps

EdNews Daily

By Jenny Barker The impact of school closures upon students may well be an issue for years to come. The Biden administration has proposed a new round of support in the American Rescue Plan for the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER)—suggesting an additional $130 billion in funding or about $2,600 per public school student, with a quarter of that slated for helping students catch up academically and recover from learning loss.

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