eSchool News

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Educators, learners, instructional technology coaches, and IT/edtech staff are grappling with the complexities of managing an ever-expanding arsenal of disconnected digital tools. There are several prominent shifts that are driving the future of learning, therefore making a comprehensive and interoperable ecosystem essential.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 18, 2022

For example, features like Reading Progress and Reading Coach, built directly into Microsoft Teams, allow teachers to assign students self-directed exercises to boost reading fluency, whatever the skill level. This is why we’ve developed the Microsoft Learn Educator Center. Yet, this is only a starting point.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Educators across the nation can now access Teacher Training Pathways , a free platform offering courses aligned to micro-credentials on remote and hybrid learning, instructional technology coaching and more.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

I selected this program because it provides student teachers with the coaching and experience to thrive in any educational setting. In order for me to feel prepared to teach in both in-person and online classrooms, I wanted the mentorship, tech skills, and learning strategies to build my confidence in connecting and engaging with students.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2022

We need to measure the effectiveness of our learning technology At the start of the pandemic, a smorgasbord of tools was dropped on teachers and schools to help with remote or hybrid learning. One big part of our success has been that we've built a model, a statewide model, of literacy coaching,” she explains.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2021

As a result many states have reintroduced virtual and hybrid learning options as new COVID-19 cases continue to soar. The first step was an assembly of MDE specialists with expertise in academic content, professional development and technology who collaborated on a digital learning guide that was validated with districts.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on innovative ways to engage students, digital resources, and online and hybrid learning strategies related to post-pandemic teaching. This year’s 6th most-read story focuses on the predictions educators and industry experts made for learning in 2022.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

As we wrapped up 2020, we thought for sure that 2021 might bring us a reprieve from pandemic learning. Virtual and hybrid learning continued into the spring, but then classrooms welcomed back students for full-time in-person learning in the fall. –Nick Gaehde, President, Lexia Learning.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Through this approach, Miller assesses students’ progress in more meaningful ways, coaching them from the perspective of a co-rider on their learning journey. Such rewarding experiences can be especially helpful in developing or maintaining student engagement during remote or hybrid learning.

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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. Innovative scheduling. Conclusion.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Alicia Sewell, middle school English teacher and former instructional technology coach Feeling Left Behind Another key challenge is that schools and districts often make purchases meant to support all teachers, even though the needs of teachers vary widely by subject matter and grade level. “Technology doesn't replace the teacher.”

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Edsurge

MARCH 30, 2021

That’s when our reading coach, who came to us from our district’s virtual program, suggested Pear Deck. Now that we’re in a hybrid learning setting with 60 percent of our students attending remotely, we can't function without Pear Deck. How are we supposed to have this interaction with students? I was floored—in tears.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Lenovo announced new hardware, software and services solutions designed to inspire and enable learning anywhere. The latest Lenovo Education portfolio includes new laptops, running Windows 11 or ChromeOS, built to help students and teachers embrace next-level hybrid learning.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2020

As schools navigate the challenges ahead—and with parents and guardians stepping in as learning coaches and facilitators in remote and hybrid environments—communicating with families is playing an outsized role in successfully adapting to this nontraditional school year.

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Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2022

But declining student participation may also stem from the challenges inherent to remote and hybrid learning. So some online-only institutions have created systems of “disaggregated faculty,” or teams of coaches, advisers, mentors and instructors who work together to provide wraparound supports for students. “I

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Edsurge

JUNE 22, 2017

In national surveys of prospective adult students that we have conducted regularly at Northeastern University over recent years, we have consistently found that 60 percent of students prefer a blended or hybrid learning experience.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2020

So Teller, the district’s STEM coordinator and science coach, was tasked with finding out if teachers were open to holding class outdoors. She was also given another title: interim outdoor learning coordinator. During the in-person instruction days, the district would seek to maximize opportunities for outdoor learning.

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