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Distance Learning: Boosting College-, Career-, and Life- Readiness
With the shift to remote learning, students are developing college-, career-, and life-readiness skills and lessons and adapting to this unique mode of learning.
Virtual Agreements Help Mitigate Cheating in My Online Classroom
By: Renata Nikolayev. Educators who have experience teaching online have proven strategies to help mitigate cheating. Perhaps one of the most effective is to write a contract.
What’s Working During COVID
By: Norton Gusky. The pandemic forced educators to rethink how they design learning experiences, and continue to meet the needs of their learning communities. Here are some successful strategies and approaches.
Getting Clearer: Career and Technical Education
Too often CTE is put into a bucket for “kids not going to college,” but now the tides are shifting and the value of having hands-on experience combined with rigorous academic knowledge is becoming the priority.
Eight Ways New Schools Innovate
With the rapid global shift to hybrid and remote learning, there is a renewed interest in new school models. Highlighted are eight ways schools are innovating.
Using OER to Increase Collaboration, Relevance, and Engagement
By: Katie Martin. Despite our deepest desire to be back in schools, we know that students and teachers will likely have to engage from a distance as the numbers increase, which can be more efficient, relevant, and effective when resources are digital.
Asaf Bitton and Beth Rabbitt on the State of Health and the Parabola Project
On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom Vander Ark sits down with Asaf Bitton of Ariadne Labs and Beth Rabbitt of The Learning Accelerator to discuss The Parabola Project, an initiative to support education leaders by providing tools and strategies for minimizing health risks and maximizing learning.
4 Strategies to Support Students with Learning Differences in the COVID-19 Educational Landscape
By: Dr. Mandi Davis Skerbetz and Justin Aglio. Mandi and Justin provide four strategies on how to support students with learning differences during the pandemic.
Crossing the Skills Gap Between Industry 4.0 and CTE Programs
By: Robert Graff. Manufacturing technology is becoming more efficient and providing a better framework for jobs and career pathways for students who want to move into Industry 4.0.
Your School Has Left the Building
By: Steven Hodas. Steven discusses why it’s time to move from institutional silos to community impact.