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Learning Studios
Learning studios offer a different classroom design in which students collaborate in groups and instructors serve as facilitators.
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Weekly Learning Logs
Schools can create checkpoints at the end of each week with the use of learning logs, through which students share takeaways and reflections about what they learned.
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Student Internships
Students can begin to explore career pathways and develop basic workplace skills in high school by participating in student internships.
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Creating In-Person Opportunities for Virtual Students
Virtual schools can set up physical, in-person locations where students can work on assignments, seek help from teachers, and socially connect with each other.
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Conducting a Needs Assessment
Before jumping straight to solutions, school and system leaders should conduct a needs assessment to better understand their problem or challenge.
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Designing Measurable Solutions
This guide will help school and system leaders design measurable solutions and then capture data to inform continuous improvements.
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Evaluating Edtech Tools
Districts must carefully consider whether edtech tools are meeting their intended goals by gauging the impact, adoption, satisfaction, and engagement of each product. Districts can utilize a variety of methods to collect data in order to better...
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Edtech Monthly Update from Barnstable Public Schools
The Barnstable Public Schools Instructional Technology team uses this monthly newsletter to communicate high-impact edtech tips and tricks directly to their teachers, as well as other stakeholders who have signed up to receive updates. Using a...
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Using Data to Advocate for Changes in Virtual and Hybrid Learning Models
Districts that establish new virtual and/or hybrid schools should regularly collect data and engage stakeholders to evaluate the strength of their program. Virtual and hybrid schools can advocate for changes with district leadership using proper...
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Using Generative AI to Provide Targeted Writing Feedback
Using generative AI tools can support teachers in giving timely, specific feedback to students on writing assignments to strengthen writing skills.
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Using Generative AI to Build Complex Free-Response Questions
Teachers can save time by using generative AI tools to create complex free-response questions that provide students more opportunities to practice these types of questions for assessments like the Advanced Placement (AP) examinations.
