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Why self-discovery increases college and career success
What do you want to be when you grow up? As we get older, the answer often changes from highly visible and glamorous endeavors, such as being an actor or a rockstar, to something more useful and meaningful to us personally. Determining a great career path, however, isn’t always easy and is more often than […]
25 digital tools and edtech resources from FETC
As aspects of pre-pandemic life slowly emerge from nearly two years of masking, testing, and social distancing, educators are once again gathering at edtech conferences to experience the latest and greatest solutions, digital tools, and professional learning opportunities. In Orlando, the Future of Education Technology Conference (FETC) kicked off with keynotes and sessions from top […]
How teachers can make history current this Presidents’ Day
Social Studies teachers seem to have an impossible challenge: take events that happened hundreds or thousands of years ago and make them relevant to today’s teens. That explains why only about half of middle and high school students say they are engaged in what they are learning in school most of the time, according to […]
It’s time: Drop the paper and embrace digital workflows
Covid underscored the need for two things: network security and reliable digital workflows. When classrooms and central offices closed, the ability to properly manage traditional paper-based processes was gone. What came next? Automating those processes—and most schools have discovered they are more efficient with this workflow automation. Replacing old paper trails with codified digital workflows […]
7 Black History Month resources for February and beyond
During Black History Month, educators have the opportunity to delve into the difficult–and often uncomfortable–experiences of Black people in the U.S. and around the world. Perhaps one of the most important “do’s” is this: Don’t limit your teaching of Black history to the month of February. Check out these learning resources (last year’s resources are […]
8 digital learning tools for 2022
Returning to school after winter break brings with it a variety of emotions–excitement, anticipation, and hesitation prompted by concerns around potential COVID-19 outbreaks. And because schools may move to hybrid or virtual learning despite starting in person, digital learning tools that work in the physical or virtual classroom can prove invaluable. Recent research from Texthelp […]
5 reasons to partner with an online learning provider
In 2020 and 2021, the pandemic changed the way we used online learning with our 1,200 students. We had an online learning platform in place but were suddenly facing a pandemic-driven switch to remote learning and the need to offer both hybrid (i.e., a mix of on- and off-campus options) and online options. We were […]
Edtech tactics for both success and failure
In this episode of Getting There: Innovation in Education, with Kevin Hogan: How a more equitable school-home communication system helped one district 3 ways to better engage remote students Exclusive interview with Carl Hooker on his new book Ready, Set, Fail!
3 resources for building engaging paperless lessons
As an inner-city U.S. History teacher of 17 years, I often reflect on my instructional practice in an effort to find new ways to improve. As I recently reviewed some of the videos I have of own instructional practice, I was struck by the massive amounts of paper-based assignments being handed out and collected. While […]
4 major benefits of digital workflows
Digital workflows save time and money–and they also create better experiences for students and staff. And if COVID has proven anything, it’s that digital processes are a must-have when in-person workflows aren’t possible. During the great pivot to virtual learning–and in the return to hybrid and in-person learning last fall–administrators realized just how valuable digital […]
