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Impero Creates Cloud-based Solution to Help Schools Record Student Health and Safety Concerns

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“Many districts are still using paper-based reporting systems, which can make it difficult and time-consuming to access records, identify trends over time and intervene where necessary. In distance learning scenarios, Impero back:drop eliminates this problem.”. Impero back:drop is designed to be simple.

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Merge Releases Hand-Held Digital Teaching Aids

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“We’re pleased that Merge is a top-tier Microsoft Education Partner,” says Dan Ayoub, General Manager, Education Experiences at Microsoft Corp. The Merge Cube is an innovative school supply: with a single Merge Cube, students have access to thousands of dollars of real-world 3D models they can use for hands-on learning.”

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How 1:1 provides digital equity during COVID-19

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Digital equity, as defined by ISTE , involves “making sure students have equal access to technology like devices, software, and the internet, and that they have trained educators to help them navigate those tools.”. Until recently, 20 to 30 percent of our students didn’t have internet access at home. are in place.

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Impero Creates Cloud-Based Platform to Support Schools during Hybrid Learning

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Student safety leader Impero today launched a cloud-based platform, built on state-of-the-art technology, that provides teachers, school counselors and administers with classroom management and student safety solutions, all in one place, to support hybrid learning. Once students are safe, schools must educate them.

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Going the Distance: 5 Essential Features of an LMS That Support Remote Learning

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Not so long ago, speakers at edtech conferences often quipped that if Ben Franklin were to visit our world today, the only place he would recognize is the public school classroom. While that old chestnut long held some truth, it ceased being applicable this past spring, when the “classroom” changed virtually overnight.

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How to Integrate Online Professional Development Into Your School’s PD Culture

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For example, to prepare teachers for distance learning using G-Suite and Google Classroom, our PD Specialists select the appropriate content, then organize it into a “playlist” to be distributed to teachers. To streamline access, find out if teachers can log into PD through your LMS.

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Students Are Suffering From Low Academic Self-Esteem. Democratizing the Classroom Can Save Them.

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Access to high-quality instruction can change the trajectory of these students. When the pandemic forced us to close our school buildings, we offered distance learning, but we were often teaching to black screens. I’m not interested in pointing fingers or placing blame, but I’m not willing to accept that.

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