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Expectations Ensure Engagement
Regardless of whether students attend school in person or remotely, being explicit about roles and expectations in small groups is vital to engagement and the effective use of time. In remote settings, expectations may change, so educators must be...
Teaching Practices
How do I ensure students are engaged with each other and the content in a hybrid and/or remote learning environment?
Struggling with student engagement in your hybrid or remote classroom? This guide shares specific strategies that build student buy-in and participation in online or hybrid learning sessions.
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Activity: Build a Shared Commitment to Change
When designing change, teams should start with a clear definition of and commitment to why change is necessary.
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Activity: Visualize and Build a Prototype
When designing change, teams make sense of input and feedback from students, families, teachers, and classified staff to identify what changes are needed and what those changes might look like.
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Virtual Collaboration with Jamboard
Learn how to share ideas, build alignment and understanding, and push thinking effectively by using services such as Jamboard and collaborating through virtual sticky notes.
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Collecting Real-Time Student Data
Collecting real-time data about students’ understanding of the content allows teachers to adjust instruction as they progress through a lesson. Teachers can gauge whether students are ready to move ahead or if they need to offer additional support...
Teaching Practices
Remote-Friendly Assessments: How can I build assessments that are accessible for students in remote and hybrid learning environments?
Looking for ways to assess a student’s mastery of new learning, no matter their physical location? This guide shares specific strategies to ensure students are engaging with and mastering content, whether they are working remotely or inside the...
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Building Self-Paced Student Learning with Google Slides
To support students and teachers in remote learning, the Personalized Learning Department at Dallas ISD provided teachers with targeted support on how to create self-paced lessons in Google Slides to engage students virtually.
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Single Sign-On for Multiple Digital Learning Platforms
To help support families with students in multiple grade levels living in one household, the district used ClassLink to provide families with one URL to access all programs.
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Focusing Instruction Through Standards Prioritization and Model Units
In response to the pandemic, Cedar Rapids Community School District chose to focus teaching and learning on the most important content for each grade-level and subject-area.
Spotlights & Case Studies
Reflecting on Hops, Skips, and Leaps at Taos Academy Charter
In this Insight, Elizabeth LeBlanc shares some of the hops, skips, and leaps Taos Academy Charter has made during the COVID-19 pandemic to facilitate effective teaching and learning – and examines what they'll take forward with them.
