Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Online learning has become not only a common alternative to physical classes, but a well-regarded change maker in the education ecosystem. The gregarious students no longer take over the class and the quiet ones are not ignored in their silence. As an online teacher, I address the issue in a different way.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

One thing about teaching that everyone learns sooner or later is that you can’t follow a cookie-cutter approach. You might get a few insights from your fellow teachers or remember useful strategies from your former educators, but you always need to be prepared for all sorts of situations. Include student-centered practices.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Others paid attention to the data and rising number of coronavirus cases and used their summers more wisely to design for better remote/hybrid learning and teaching than the mostly-low-level direct instruction, digital worksheets, and paper homework packets that we saw last spring. Educator staffing and the future of the teacher workforce.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Schools have taken big steps towards using online resources and tools, but we can expect online learning to have a more important role in students’ education due to the pandemic. Variations of blended learning were applied in classes before. Blended learning provides new opportunities for evaluation.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 22, 2020

“I remember thinking that the school systems must have a great list of recommended online learning,” she said. Everyone’s a different learner,” said Joffe, “and that’s often overlooked in online learning.”. Other student entrepreneurs have applied their hard-earned wisdom to improving virtual school, too.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 11, 2022

Episode 776 - The 10 Minute Teacher Podcast How to Open Class with Opening Questions Dr. Leigh Zeitz. Critical inquiry in a text-based environment: Computer conferencing in higher education model. The Internet and Higher Education, 2(2-3), 87-105. Connecting with Students Through Opening Questions. Subscribe to the Show.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Like many other organizations, schools had to figure out how to provide a balanced solution. Let’s break down everything you need to know about them and how they may change the Higher education landscape. It means the class is sometimes in person and others online. What are hyflex classes? Remote synchronous.

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Edthena

MARCH 9, 2021

Students must be taught engagement expectations across learning environments and formats to drive their own learning. Distance learning students should understand what engagement looks like and taught how to monitor levels through critical thinking questions.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 11, 2021

” I hope educators and educational institutions use this year and the lessons learned to reimagine “school” and how we design and facilitate learning. Since the pandemic began, I’ve worked with thousands of school leaders and educators. Yet, I worry that won’t happen.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 18, 2022

Online learning has been on the rise for a while, but it became the norm for almost everyone at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. While most students have returned to in-person learning, many have remained in the online classroom. Some kids who homeschool also solely attend classes online.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 18, 2021

I am concerned about the impact that the imbalances in education have on teacher engagement and job satisfaction. I know firsthand the toll that the imbalances caused by traditional workflows in education can have on a teacher. Those unrealistic workflows almost drove me out of education.

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eSchool News

MARCH 8, 2024

Let’s take a look at some of the latest online learning trends: Is online learning really effective? Flexible, hybrid learning is key to student success. Schools should reimagine the learning processes and leverage in-person and hybrid learning to help students achieve the best possible results.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2018

Yet most of our energy has been focused on designing physical learning spaces, even as more teaching and learning shifts online. Unfortunately, most massive open online course (MOOC) platforms still feel like drafty lecture halls instead of intimate seminar rooms. These design choices have noticeable implications.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 13, 2019

Simple techniques such as incorporating videos into learning or making lectures available online are already breaking down barriers when it comes to different learning styles, teaching students from a distance, and more. How edtech can teach life navigation skills. How edtech can teach professional skills.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 9, 2021

We talk a lot about student engagement in education. Most educators got into this profession for the students, and, as a result, we want their experience to be as engaging and positive as possible. When teacher engagement dips, it has a negative effect on student engagement.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

This summer, educators need to get some rest so that we can be our best. However, our professional accreditation requirements are still on track and need to be renewed, as we have to learn and up our abilities for the fall. Social-Emotional Learning. Social-emotional learning (SEL) is right at the top of the list for many of us.

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Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2022

Kilgore urges senior academic officers to recognize that moving from face-to-face lectures in conventional classrooms to active learning online may not be easy. She encourages colleges and universities to acknowledge that quality online learning does not happen merely by placing instructors in front of live cams on Zoom.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 25, 2020

Below are some free resources to inspire students to enhance their STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) skills and also for Social and Emotional Learning. Free Distance Learning Resources. Learn how to use the amazing Immersive Reader that makes learning accessible to all.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 4, 2020

Teachers are scrambling to move their offline courses online to ensure that students continue learning for the remainder of the school year. Understandably, the focus is on online learning as that is a new and unfamiliar learning landscape for a lot of educators.

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Waterford

JANUARY 23, 2020

While it can be hard to keep up with every trend in educational technology, the mindset you have when it comes to classroom tech matters just as much as which ones you use. By learning to view it as a means of enhancing your lessons and resources, you can provide your students with tools and opportunities they may not otherwise access.

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Linways Technologies

JUNE 11, 2020

As more institutions are opening up to the world of online learning, new possibilities are emerging along with new challenges. We have previously written about topics like engaging your students in an online learning environment and assessing student performance in online classes.

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Neo LMS

MAY 28, 2020

A version of this post was originally published in the April 2020 E-Learning Supplement of Education Today. As educators, we try to teach our students not only the general notions of Maths, Geography, Literature, and so on but also the basics of how to be responsible human beings that will thrive in the future.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 5, 2021

The Yellow Brick Road is the perfect metaphor for each student’s learning path until they finish school. Why each student needs a personalized learning path. Learning has been on the lips of many educators across the world in recent years. A lot of that help comes in the form of education technology.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 20, 2022

Helping students continue their education during the pandemic has been a topic of concern since the very beginning. It’s safe to say that it’s still a critical issue and one that needs all of our attention, especially when it comes to choosing the best edtech to teach and engage students. And this is not all!

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Linways Technologies

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Our teachers and institutions are already using multiple platforms and tools to manage online education. But as we start to accept this as a new normal in education, the question has to be asked: Have we reached a stage in which simple video conferencing tools and document sharing platforms meet the need? Time management.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 15, 2020

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter We educators need to rest and recover this summer. But the reality is also that we’re going to have to prepare for a fall that – whatever it looks like – will include an online learning component. So many of us are exhausted.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Most educators and students agree: Learning took a nosedive last spring when schools closed during the coronavirus pandemic. A survey of over 20,000 students conducted May through June found that only 39 percent of students said they learned a lot every day while their school building was closed.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 6, 2022

A version of this post was originally published in Education Today , on November 9, 2021. Online education isn’t by any means something new. However, more than ever before, the past two years have led educators to discover alternative ways of teaching. Conclusion.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 21, 2021

A version of this post was originally published in Education Technology , on April 17, 2021. Researchers and educators have always tried to optimize how we consume knowledge by looking at the realities of the learning brain. We now know that students learn better when learning is spread out over time.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2020

If you work in education in 2020, you are making tough decisions about how to best reach and teach your learners in the midst of a global pandemic. There is a dearth of evidence to help teachers make informed choices on how to allocate time to asynchronous vs. synchronous online learning.

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Waterford

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Then, we’ll provide you with a few tips and strategies for improving your students’ intrinsic motivation. Before we explore how to motivate your students to learn, let’s go over the difference between two types: intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. Generally, children lose engagement after being externally rewarded.[7]

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 19, 2020

A course to help support your learning goal of using social media effectively is Social Media Tools for Teaching and Learning. This course will teach you how to plan and integrate social media into your classroom. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) ensures that lessons are accessible for every student.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 6, 2020

As educators, we craft learning experiences based on the pedagogical foundations set by those who came before us. In higher education, the student persistence and retention strategies used by institutions all over the world are built on the seminal works of great theorists such as John H. All of that is now in jeopardy.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 12, 2020

“Technology Tools for Online Education,” a mini book focused on teaching education leaders how to harness their smartphone, leverage the cloud, and connect with students using online communications, is now available. The COVID-19 pandemic has created a disruption to the in-person learning environment.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

But it also threatens the psychosocial learning students do in college, as well as the opportunities for personal development that so many of them seek. In short, students make interfaith friendships through collegiate interactions, but can these friendship connections be made and sustained online?

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Linways Technologies

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Think quality education instead of remote instruction. It is an online academic management solution for an educational institution that helps teachers and institutions to simplify their daily tasks and manage the academics online. Online education is everywhere. So what is quality in online learning?

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 14, 2020

School districts nationwide are preparing for multiple reopening scenarios — from full-on remote learning to a hybrid approach — amid health and safety concerns connected to the coronavirus pandemic. But teaching online is hard, especially if educators don’t have the training and support to do it.

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