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This school is using ‘Shark Tank’ to teach research and presentation skills

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Teachers at Holly Pond Middle School are turning to a popular reality TV show as inspiration to get students interested in flexing their research and presentation skills. The school used public funding to add an eLearning library environment for students this year. TV game show format comes to the classroom.

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iPads keep students connected, even on snow days

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How students still complete assignments on off-days at one district thanks to their iPads. Recovering lost instructional time caused by snow days has been a source of great frustration for West Virginia’s educators, but the recent utilization of take-home technology is proving to be a game-changer, says one Kanawha County school official.

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Should you build your own LMS?

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The online education movement has pushed K-12 schools and districts to rethink the way they develop and deliver content. In most cases, schools are turning to third parties for help building out their core and non-core content right now, said Allison Powell, VP for new learning models at iNACOL , the nonprofit blended learning advocacy group.

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How to Teach With Videos

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Some of the best ways to teach with video are including them in your lesson plans, assigning video creation as homework or an in-class activity, using video responses as a way to assess your students, flipping your classroom with video content, and elearning or virtual teaching. eLearning and Virtual Teaching.

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How to Clean Up Google Classroom for the Summer

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As you end your school year, there are lots of details that must be taken care of. As the school year comes to an end, teachers everywhere are getting ready for summer break. You’re just tying up loose ends and creating a blank state for the following school year. One more thing to add to the list.

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Discovery Education Offering Educators Curriculum Support, At-Home Activities, and Professional Learning Resources to Keep Students Engaged in Learning All Summer

eSchool News

A wide variety of digital resources now available from Discovery Education are specifically designed to integrate easily into school systems’ existing summer learning efforts. With these resources, teachers can create and customize turnkey assignments and track progress in real-time through the platform’s Quiz tool. Ready, Set, RISE!

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Say Goodbye to Boring PD: Rethinking Technology’s Role in Professional Development

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So, if a district wants to know if the blended method has been successful, it will have a variety of data points available to measure school, teacher and student success and can then adjust the method continually over time to improve student learning. Following ESSA means better learning for all learners in a school system.

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