PBL involves students working as part of a group most of the time on a community-focused project designed to affect authentic change. You can see how this might be tough to do in a remote environment, but a lot of progress has been made. It takes true teamwork, but PBL IRL (in remote learning) is certainly a possibility.
For educators, the last year of instruction has been extremely tough physically and mentally. Not only was everything upended, they’ve had to learn new instructional techniques, deal with not seeing students, and try to jam everything in to short class meetings. That’s not all they’re dealing with, however. Read on for more on how PD has evolved.
MakerEd tools allow students to connect their heads to their hearts using their hands. And, up until a year ago, so much good was being done in the classroom to advance social and emotional stability in students by using technology in creative ways. Now, however, there are all new reasons to focus on SEL in remote learning.
Teachers in remote learning are now regularly picking and choosing what they will focus on in their remote instruction. Since there is simply not enough time to cover all they normally would, prioritizing the most important items has become the norm. But, how are these priorities determined?
As many throughout the education world have reacted and processed the events of the last couple of months, it’s left us with a refresh at the top of our institution of education. Next week, a new administration will begin serving and this includes a new Education Secretary, Miguel Cardona, replacing Besty DeVos. Here is some of what we know so
Our one-stop shopping experience is a favorite among K-12 tech teachers and specialists and our Educator Discount on technology and quoting help make it easier to obtain STEM tools from various manufacturers and STEM disciplines in one place. So, what’s among the newest offerings we’re able to provide for students involved in remote, hybrid, or in-person learning?
This week, we thought it would be fun to highlight five more of our favorite tech tools for helping to bring STEM learning experiences to students who are taking part in full remote or hybrid learning to start out the school year. And, with that being said, we’d like to reiterate one more time that remote learning does not mean
What about those students who will still be doing remote learning at the start of the school year? They’ll have social-emotional needs, too. Establishing connections between these students and their new teachers is going to be important for ensuring success throughout the school year, but it’s probably going to be tougher as well.
Some schools will not be reopening on the first day of classes but, in other districts, it’s yet to be decided what the approach will involve. Throw in this political pressure and you have a pretty volatile, potentially dangerous, and likely fluid situation for the rest of this summer and into the first few weeks of the year as everyone
State officials and education leaders are starting to announce their plans for reopening schools in the fall. While we know that students and teachers returning to the physical classroom is ideal, there are plenty of opponents to this course of action who think it will be unsafe. There are so many things for school leaders to consider as plans remain
