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Four SEL takeaways from a year of remote learning

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The move by many schools to distance or hybrid learning contributed to mental health issues like isolation, anxiety and depression. However in distance learning or hybrid environments, it can be more difficult for teachers to identify and address SEL concerns because they aren’t seeing students in person every day.

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Is the Traditional Classroom Becoming Obsolete?

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Engagement : Interactive tools, such as gamified learning apps, make lessons more engaging, which can lead to better retention and understanding of complex subjects. However, it’s important to acknowledge that while technology offers numerous benefits, it also presents challenges.

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Up Next For Higher Ed? Cryptocurrencies, Political Battles and Hybrid Learning

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This year, 57 such experts identified social, technological, economic, environmental and political trends influencing the higher ed sector. And unsurprisingly, their reflections underscore dramatic shifts in teaching and learning either instigated or sped up by the pandemic. What’s on the horizon for higher education?

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As COVID relief spending deadlines loom, one district moves ahead with an uncommon tech plan

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They told the board in the high-poverty district in Chicago’s south suburbs that the project would “future-proof the classroom” and “catapult Dolton into the next generation of learning technology.” We’re doing hybrid learning,” the staffer responded. A couple of members balked. What’s this all about?”

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29 K-12 edtech predictions for 2021

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Abrupt shifts to virtual and hybrid learning laid bare the vast inequities that exist in the U.S. The move to online learning also made people wonder: Are there practices we can continue when the pandemic abates? I anticipate that 2021 will see a continuation of both virtual and hybrid learning at all levels of education.

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Align Your Edtech Investments With What Matters Most

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Image Credit: Microsoft Education Many schools have turned the difficulties of adapting to remote and hybrid learning into opportunities to transform how they use technology and enable greater equity. Ultimately, the commitment to equity informed a successful approach to adoption and deployment of learning technology.

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65 ways equity, edtech, and innovation shone in 2022

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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.