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Explicit instruction: Students need more of it

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As an assistant principal in a public school in Manhattan, I have begun to use explicit instruction more in my own teaching and have focused on explicit instruction in my professional development with the history and physical education teachers I supervise. But productive struggle does not work for my daughter.

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How Online Learning Research Can Improve Remote Instruction

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They actually have materials to support teachers engaging in online experiences, everything from what it looks like to teach physical education online to working with students with special needs,” says Richard Ferdig, a professor of educational technology at Kent State University.

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How augmented reality enhances the classroom — even without technology

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I could have lectured him that, in fact, there were no bugmen, and that his view did not comport with reality. Too much of our education system is structured like virtual reality. This distinction is even more pronounced and important in education. Unfortunately, too much of our education system is structured like VR.

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K–12 Schools Work to Incorporate Computer Science into Curriculums

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To facilitate increased focus from educators, the International Society for Technology in Education updated its standards for computer science curricula in July of this year, the first time since 2012, EdScoop reports. At Excel Public Charter School in Kent, Wash.,

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29 K-12 edtech predictions for 2021

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However, the struggle will be to expand innovation in core subjects and beyond, including integrating technology into ancillary K-12 areas such as CTE, music, physical education, health, and the arts. 2020 was quite a year, upending education along with everything else.

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What a Reinvented College Looks Like: 4 Alternative Higher-Ed Models

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What’s different: The campus will have no classrooms and no lectures. Some also argue that the proposed institution may largely serve well-off students and do little to address more urgent accessibility issues in higher education. The core of the curriculum will be long-term student projects.

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Quality Matters Training

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I have contracted to author lectures for online courses based on course and modules objectives. Professional Learning In 2021, I guided our longest standing K12 online instructors in the district (Foreign Languages & Physical Education) through a Quality Matters self-review.