E-Learning-Inclusivo (Mashup)

Teachers often wrestle with two big questions: How do people learn, and how can they do it better in a constantly evolving context?

"The popular lesson-sharing site Teachers Pay Teachers first landed on Jenny Kay Dupuis’ radar a little over a year ago. Friends and social media users began alerting her that images and material from one of her children’s books, “I Am Not a Number,” about a young Indigenous girl sent to a residential school in Canada and based on the experience of her grandmother, had made their way into paid lessons on the site that she had never seen before."

A day in the life of an educator is chaotic, time-poor and exhausting. Between online classes, student-teacher 1:1s, parent-teacher conferences, teacher appraisals and faculty/staff meetings, there never seems to be enough time in the day.

In many ways, 2020 has been THE year of edtech. Technology experienced a meaningful surge in adoption by schools, districts and parents. The industry saw large capital inflows and more edtech “unicorns” than in any other prior year. Mergers and acquisitions are booming. Edtech funds closed larger funds, and top-notch venture capital investors including a16z, Lightspeed and Union Square Ventures have developed investment theses on education.

Earlier this year the United States, just like most countries across the globe, witnessed the life-altering impact of COVID-19 first-hand. In particular, students and educators saw their usual rout…

"Through the secure and controlled exchange of data, interoperability establishes a seamless network of communication across distinct technology platforms. Put more simply, systems that are interoperable speak to one another."

Our current thinking that huddles groups of students in small rooms in brick buildings is based on problems that are no longer problems.

Mobile apps, virtual graduation ceremonies, and an online job fair are among the many unique innovations forced by COVID-19.

"Right now over 95 percent of the world's children can't gather in classrooms because of coronavirus. Opinions differ sharply over the most efficient, effective and especially, equitable ways to keep them learning."

It's easy to get overwhelmed by all the apps and sites and digital tools. Here are some tips to getting control and moving forward.

Only 12 of the 67 innovations, or 18 percent, were found to have any positive impact on student achievement, according to a report published earlier in 2018.

"Before authoring the book “Most Likely to Succeed,” and producing the popular documentary of the same name, Ted Dintersmith made his name as a venture capitalist. Now retired, he’s devoted to education philanthropy, and supporting schools that reimagine teaching and learning.... Recently, we asked Dintersmith for his thoughts on the decade in edtech, as someone who’s seen a fair number of sides of it."

"While there’s no exact formula for a seamless digital transformation, certain school districts are providing examples of how to take this on while keeping learners at the center of everything. Student agency is a top priority at Frederick County Public Schools in Virginia, and it definitely shows in their approach to technology implementation."

"It is getting harder and harder to tell the difference between alternative facts and real facts online. In a world where anyone can get online and write opinions as facts or even distort real facts to make them say what they want, it is hard for adults and children to have the digital intelligence to tell the difference."

Here's how to change the way we teach digital citizenship, with ideas on creating activities centered around the positives:

A once in a lifetime pandemic. A once in a lifetime opportunity. Teaching in the year 2020 reminds me of a quote from “Inherit the Wind:” “Perhaps it is you who has moved away by standing still.” All at once our world was completely halted by a global pandemic the worst in 100 years and yet in a moment of crisis an opportunity to create appeared. Are we going to move away from progress by standing still?

It’s a common refrain among the change-resistant: “We’ve always done it this way.” But in a difficult year, where charting the unknown has become a daily occurrence, it’s a tough argument for a school to make. We’ve never done things this way—meaning it may be the perfect opportunity to do them differently.

The San Diego Union-Tribune is following two girls — one at the start of her education and the other at the culmination of K-12 — as they and their families navigate the unfamiliar terrain of school amid a pandemic.

K–12 leaders invest in technology and form partnerships to ensure students in rural areas have Wi-Fi access and devices needed for remote learning.

Principles of student engagement in a virtual classroom include learning spaces, lesson design, and equitable access.

Regular check-ins with students and families are key to making distance learning work well. Edtech can help make those check-ins happen.

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"20/20 vision is a term for visual acuity in which the numerator refers to distance and the denominator refers to size. Visual acuity (VA) commonly refers to the clarity of vision. Vision is all about clarity. 20/20 vision is perfect, high-definition clarity. The question is: How clear is your vision? Specifically, how clear is your vision [for your learners'] futures?"

"In education, does technology create just as many problems as it solves? If so, what new challenges have emerged?"

What does innovation in education look like in 2020 and beyond? The CEO of Education Elements shares his thoughts on leadership, teams, habits, learning, and more.