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Discussion Boards
Students can connect with their peers asynchronously in a meaningful way through online discussion boards.
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Student Badges
Students collect badges to show what they have mastered on a specific pathway or skillset. These badges show qualifications on a smaller scale than a course grade or diploma.
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Synchronous Virtual Learning
Schools can offer synchronous live classes for students to receive ongoing academic support, SEL check-ins, and real-time modifications.
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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.
Examples From The Field
Gem Prep Online
Gem Prep Online is a free, virtual K-12 public charter school serving Idaho students with a focus on both academic preparation and the development of essential competencies.
Examples From The Field
Laurel Springs School
Laurel Springs School is a private, tuition-based online school for K-12 students. The school attracts students from across the U.S. and the world, with a focus on learners whose schedules and needs may not align with traditional seat-time...
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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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Gathering Family Feedback on Edtech Usage
Edtech tools can serve as a channel to involve families in their students’ lives, strengthen the home-school connection, and provide access to teachers for better communication. School leaders should seek to gather family feedback to ensure all...
Spotlights & Case Studies
How Do Edtech Products “Stack” Up?: Improving Quality in Virtual and Hybrid Learning Through Technology
This resource distills learnings about what must be true for edtech to promote virtual and hybrid learning program quality and offers leaders a series of questions to ask themselves when considering their own edtech products’ ability to do so.
Strategies
PCCS' Approach to Setting Norms and Expectations
Through their participation in TLA's Strategy Lab: Virtual & Hybrid program, Plymouth-Canton Community Schools' Virtual Academy sought to articulate expectations to better support students with virtual learning and train teachers on best practices...
Strategies
West Chester Area School District's Approach to Mastery and Expectations
Through their participation in TLA's Strategy Lab: Virtual & Hybrid program, West Chester Area School District's Cyber Program sought to develop multiple ways for students to demonstrate mastery of standards and establish common understandings of...
