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Tip 3: Enough! Start Small
Part of the new video series on Remote Teaching and Learning - Tips and TricksToday's tip is on starting small and using what you have available. Save the "new content and tools" for once you have your bearings. Be sure and make plans to attend out Remote Learning...
Tip 2: Engaged Learning in Online Spaces
Part two in a brand new video series for Powerful Learning Practice on Remote Learning and Teaching. Every few days videos will be posted that have a laser like coaching feel to them about very short and direct solutions, tips and tricks to your online teaching and...
Tip 1: Keep it Evergreen
Launching a brand new video series for Powerful Learning Practice on Remote Learning and Teaching. Every few days videos will be posted that have a laser like coaching feel to them about very short and direct solutions, tips and tricks to your online teaching and...
19K Schools to Close on Monday – COVID-19
I was listening to the radio today and heard 19K schools closing on Monday. They are sending learning packets of worksheets home to let the learning continue. I thought, “Come on. We can do much better than that!”
Remote Learning: Webinar Series: Let us help.
Join us for a free webinar series on what you need to get started with remote learning. Webinar 1: Planning For the Possibility of Remote Learning Thursday, March 19, 2020 at 7PM - 8PM Eastern Amid COVID-19 fears, many of us in schools are grappling with how to...
Passion-Based Remote Learning: Could it work for you?
Do you have a sudden need for remote learning? We’re seeing a lot of schools across the world begin to think about what remote learning could like, and on top of that, how fast the plan can be put in place. There are so many factors to consider: What structures...
Connected Educator Kumunidat 2020 Begins: Integrating Technology in the Classroom
Connected Educator Kumunidat Cohort 2 is in full swing! Press Release- Feb 4, 2020 Connected Educator Kumunidat 2020 Begins: Integrating Technology in the Classroom Project Enhancing Education through Technology (EETT), in cooperation with services from the...
Making the Shift to Active Learning… and Why Technology is Not Enough
Technology helps students with connecting, creating and sharing, but devices are invisible in my definition of active learning. We need to be chanting: empowerment, collaboration, equity, agency, self actualization, and transcendence for kids and for us all within a system that serves as the birth place for every other profession. We need to be chanting these things instead of technology, technology, technology.
The Power of Self-Directed Learning
Do-it-yourself learning The idea of orchestrating your own learning, selecting your own mentors, organizing your own conferences or workshops and pursuing just-in-time learning has taken off around the globe. Emerging web technologies connect learners with content and...
Modern Learning in Today’s Classroom- You Cannot Give Away What You Do Not Own
Because of my firm belief in technology’s ability to level the playing field and open doors for all children, regardless of race, socio-economic background, or exceptionalism, I am driven to making sure that teachers (and parents) have the technology, vision and...