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4 lessons brick-and-mortar schools can learn from virtual schools
A team leader from South Carolina’s state-sponsored online learning program shares her keys to effective instruction in the age of COVID-19.
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Selecting and implementing a social and emotional learning curriculum
Here is how one district prioritized social and emotional learning by raising the funding for and implementing an SEL curriculum that met students’ and teachers’ needs.
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Coping with anxiety: How to help students (and yourself)
Here are six steps that schools, administrators, and teachers can take to minimize the negative impacts of anxiety and depression.
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5 tips for online speech therapy
Speech teletherapy comes with its own set of challenges but can be engaging with the right resources and expectations.
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5 benefits of using an online coding program
Finding itself “suddenly remote,” this public charter school quickly adopted an online platform for keeping kids connected to STEM, and even participated in an international cyber robotics and coding competition.
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5 tips for creating a future-ready science lab
Here's how to use good planning and design to turn an existing science lab into a future-ready learning space.
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EdCamp: How to run yours virtually
While they are popular, vibrant events, EdCamps in their original format cannot currently take place in person in most school communities nationwide. That doesn’t mean they cannot happen -- and one school figured out how to run them virtually.
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Build an engaged, inclusive e-reading community
Here's how build an e-reading community for students that is inclusive of a diverse range of learning styles and needs.
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How the coronavirus pandemic changed educators’ conversations
Here’s a look at what our TechTips experts wrote about when it came to best practices and massive shifts in how instruction was delivered after the coronavirus pandemic hit.
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What did educators talk about, pre-pandemic?
Here’s a look at what our TechTips experts had to say in 2020, before the pandemic changed the course of schooling.
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Game-changers for remotely supporting students with special needs
A look at one teacher's favorite tools to adapt in-person classrooms to effective remote learning for students with special needs.
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Building a computer-integrated manufacturing training program
Creating a manufacturing program provides students with essential technical skills to begin a career, or it can help students gain entry to engineering programs at top universities.
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Online curriculum maps: From plans to pandemic success
Online curriculum mapping makes it easy for the whole faculty to access resources online and provides a functional plan, with ongoing input and collaboration.
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3 strategies to enhance students’ language development
A speech language pathologist shares tips to support students with language-based learning disabilities and differences.
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Schools and the state of K-12 mental health conditions
With 49% of all K-12 students requiring some level of mental health support, it’s important to gain a better understanding of some of the most common conditions they may face.
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5 things to look for in school board management software
Here are five things that all school boards should factor into the board management software selection process.
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Mr. Koga’s RadLabs and other adventures in STEM
How teachers are pulling out the stops (and blond mullet wigs) and getting creative to make STEM learning stick.
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School library design and the coronavirus pandemic
As schools cautiously reopen the doors of their physical buildings, minimizing risk from the coronavirus to students and staff is top priority and that includes the library.
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5 ways student safety platforms promote digital citizenship
Here are five ways that student safety platform helps develop good global citizens in today’s educational environment.
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Character education and development during the pandemic
Practical SEL strategies and character development for younger elementary students in school and during school closures.
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5 ideas for the hybrid classroom
Ideas for infusing real-world experiences into hybrid instruction
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5 ways teachers can connect with students during COVID-19
Here are the top lessons learned about the need for human connections in education, especially during a pandemic.
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Platform reveals trends in student mental health, behavior during school closures
Prolonged school closures have triggered a mental health crisis among our youth. How one company is helping schools get out in front of danger and better support students in peril.
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5 new benefits of online learning in rural areas
Rural schools face their own challenges -- and online learning can help to solve them.
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Special education and online learning: What you need to know
Some claim that online instruction won’t work for students with special needs -- but one California teacher makes it work.
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Speech recognition in education: The powers and perils
There is a lot of potential in emergent technologies like voice tech, virtual assistants and artificial intelligence in the classroom to unearth new insights about a child’s language and reading development -- and translate it into outcomes.
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3 steps to mitigating cybersecurity risks in remote learning
Teachers and administrators that want to help protect students can take a big step forward by educating themselves, students and parents about applying a preventative thinking mindset to online activities.
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Why the path to student success is different for Gen Z
This generation of digital natives aims to change the world. EJ Carrion explains how to engage them and support their track to success.
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3 tips for teaching special education online
Here’s how one school district is using technology to tackle the challenges of teaching special education students to read online.
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Professional development for teachers: Diversity & inclusion
Every teacher should be thinking about the role diversity and inclusion plays in the classroom. Here are 7 ways to facilitate professional development.
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3 steps for teaching cybersecurity in the classroom
Here's how a school district in Texas with limited cyber-savvy taught cybersecurity to its junior-high and high-school students.
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4 keys to making online learning work
New to this world of virtual instruction? Here are four strategies to help you get moving.
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Using the target language with novice foreign-language learners
How do you teach a beginner-level foreign-language course without relying on English? Four ideas to help you stay on target.
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Distance learning: How to really reach students
Open communication and innovative engagement can help strengthen the remote teacher-student relationship.
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How to build an inclusive online learning environment
With the end of online learning nowhere in sight, teachers must adapt and work to create inclusive online learning environments for students.
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Why we use a student-safety platform for remote learning
Are your students safe online? Here are three reasons you should consider a student-safety tool.
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Distance learning: Increasing student engagement
Keeping students engaged in a distance learning environment is very different than keeping them on task in a classroom. Here are a few ways to do it.
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Software development courses for students: Summer 2020
Looking to improve your software development skills while quarantining this summer? Here’s how to get started.
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Fight the COVID slide in reading
A media specialist explains how her school is adapting to at-home learning using a phonics-based tech tool.
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Tips and tricks for teaching virtual robotics
Robotics is traditionally a hands-on subject - but one teacher explains how he has taken advantage of distance learning to keep engaging his middle school students.
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Remote social-emotional support is critical for teachers
An instructional coach uses a variety of technology tools to maintain a human connection among teachers.