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8 Non-Digital Remote Learning Ideas

A Principal's Reflections

Scaffolded questions and tasks : Piling on low-level questions that are recall and knowledge-based don’t constitute learning. It’s what a student does with this information to construct new knowledge or apply it that matters. Movement matters more than ever if learning is the goal. Choice leads to more empowerment.

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Good, Bad, & Ugly: Blended Learning Effectiveness #SXSWedu

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Good, Bad, & Ugly: Blended Learning Effectiveness SXSWedu 2017 Debate Julia Freeland Fisher, Director of Education Research, Christensen Institute Lisa Hansel, Advisor, Knowledge Matters Saro Mohammed (Moderator), Partner, The Learning Accelerator Personalized learning is one of true transformational opportunities in education.

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Four Ways You Can Use Data to Create a Personalized, Teacher-Driven PD Playbook

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Learn how schools and districts are leveraging the data from Edmentum’s online solutions: Meeting the needs of individual students through blended learning in Pennsylvania. They are your roadmap for success and they will help you build your PD playbook. Driving student growth in California. Build a PD playbook.

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How to Blend DoK into Lesson Plans without a Comprehensive Rewrite

Ask a Tech Teacher

Norman Webb’s Depth of Knowledge philosophy — an integral concept to her school’s mission. Now, exemplary teachers focus on blending learning into the student’s life knowledge base with the goal of building happy, productive adults.

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Does the Word ‘Teacher’ Still Describe What Educators Do in the Classroom?

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There are titles like “digital learning coordinators” whose responsibility is to identify and implement technology to support classroom instruction and monitor learning results. Then there are “classroom facilitators” and “coaches” who help guides students in virtual and blended learning spaces, encouraging self-directed learning.

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Would You Rather: Making Meaning

Catlin Tucker

This teacher-led model typically positions students as passive recipients of information rather than active agents striving to understand what they are learning. Without dedicated class time and necessary scaffolding, students may struggle to connect new information to their existing knowledge base.

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5 Favorite Activities to End the School Year

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That last could be the most important part, giving students a chance to share their thoughts and organize their thinking as they move forward and integrate it into their knowledge base of interpersonal communications. Here’s how to roll this out in your classroom: Let students pick their own video(s).