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Online Learning Is Not the Enemy

Edsurge

Is the prevailing takeaway from this brutal, oppressive year a shared aversion toward online learning? The need to manage a single digitized space for teaching and learning often evolved into a shell game as they tried to bet on which moving part would contribute to an optimal learning experience, with limited support.

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Why Use SplashLearn in Class?

Ask a Tech Teacher

Here’s an easy-to-read bullet list of what we found: Platform : Android iOS Web Overview: SplashLearn is an innovative online learning platform tailored for PreK through Grade 5 kids. Ask a Tech Teacher occasionally reviews an education website that caught our eye and seemed to have excellent value for readers.

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How to do online learning well? A California district has some answers.

The Hechinger Report

While the pandemic still took its toll, adapting to online learning was smoother in Lindsay due to its preexisting infrastructure and history of adaptation. Lindsay’s ability to rapidly pivot to remote learning in spring 2020 was largely due to preexisting infrastructure. The post How to do online learning well?

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Approaching an Online Computer Science Degree: What You Need to Know

EdTech4Beginners

This guide is crafted to provide you with essential insights and strategies for navigating an online computer science degree successfully. Understanding the Online Learning Environment Embracing the online learning landscape is the first step toward your academic success.

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On the importance of making a (reopening) plan

NeverEndingSearch

Eliminating school library programs and certified school librarian positions deprive students of rich learning opportunities, jeopardize academic and reading achievement, and perpetuate educational inequities. With online learning so essential, we are the last person you should cut. But I was hired to a job.

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New report underscores education problems in institutions for foster youth

The Hechinger Report

The internal report, first obtained by The Hechinger Report/HuffPost, cites “lack of academic rigor and linkage to academic standards” and says that education in these institutions is a “missed opportunity” for students. It also cites lack of compliance with special education laws and other concerns.

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A charter chain thinks it has the answer for alternative schools

The Hechinger Report

But Altus administrators believe that their formula — using online learning without sacrificing one-on-one interactions between students and teachers — works. However, Williams hopes to transfer back to a traditional school so she can have the option of playing competitive sports. Photo: Linh Tat for The Hechinger Report.

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