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21st Century Learning, San Antonio ISD

San Antonio ISD has all the complications of a large urban district serving a diverse student population while providing teachers with the systems they need to succeed in a virtual environment. ...

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The Extracurricular Conundrum for Hybrid Schools

Making sure your learners receive a great school experience in the time of COVID-19, chock full of sports and other activities, is a lot like trying to solve a riddle wrapped in a mystery. To sa...

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Rx for Success: Tools for Understanding the Health of Your eLearning

How do you know if your student’s eLearning is effective? In this time of the COVID-19 pandemic, every school and district has increased its level of virtual instruction. But additional virtual ...

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Security Cautions Now: Implications in a New World of Virtual Learning

Paramount in the discussion of reopening our schools are the implications of safety and security for our students and staff. In this episode of the Learning Counsel’s Back to (e)School Tactics D...

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Teachers as Social-Emotional Leaders

These are unusual times. The stress that the pandemic has caused is being felt by everyone, especially our students who are trying to deal with an unprecedented situation. In this episode of the...

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Teacher PD Logistics Now

Perhaps more than any time in history, our teachers and administrators need professional development to help guide them through the transition to an upcoming virtual/hybrid system of education. ...

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Space & Time Rearrangement of Hybrid Schools

Featured Panelists: ◆ Paul Henn, Director of Learning Services, New Ulm Public Schools, MN ◆ Dr. Roland Rios, Director of Technology, Ft. Sam Houston ISD, TX ◆ Dr. Travis Taylor, Instructio...

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Built for Instant Remote: Any-Student/Any-Staff

With the uncertainty about the Fall opening of schools, the smart money says you need to be able to provide instant remote, built for any student and any staff member. In this episode of the Lea...

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Overcoming your Public’s Reasons Not to Return

When schools open to a hybrid learning model this Fall, many parents report that their children will not be returning. It is incumbent upon schools to not only provide a superior learning enviro...

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Deploying Distance Learning for Access Equity – 2 New Ways

The challenges created by distance learning have put a sharp lens on the lack of access equity for students (and their families).  Fortunately, the problems are not insurmountable, and districts...

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Social Distancing Tech for Hybrid Schools

One of the most difficult aspects of our return to physical school is the question of proper social distancing. Even with a hybrid model of learning, the implications of student safety are massi...

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Using this Stimulus Wisely to Go Hybrid

Any way you slice it, the CARES Act stimulus will bring a lot of money into K-12 this year. How wisely districts can utilize this funding will determine, to a large extent, the success they find...

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Hybrid Schools Putting AI Personalization to Work Now

As schools open this fall after a long hiatus, school and district leaders are searching for the best way to construct a hybrid model of learning and the best tools to help make learning a succe...

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The New Digital vs. Digitized: Differences & Impact Right Now

As we reopen our schools, everything seems to be on the table. The question of using true digital, professional-grade courseware vs. digitized, often teacher-created curriculum is an important o...

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Architecting Hybrid Learning for the New School Year: Panel One

The new school year is almost upon us, and many questions remain. Planning for the 2020/2021 school year is a guessing game at best, with one-part art, one-part science, and a generous helping o...

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Surviving the Aftermath of COVID-19: Continued Caution Ahead

There is no magic bullet for schools to successfully navigate the aftermath of COVID-19. Even our nation’s best education minds are feeling their way through, combining technology with a generou...

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The “World After Quarantine” Definition of Hybrid Learning

How does the school world look after quarantine? Everyone is planning some sort of hybrid model of learning, but definitions of hybrid learning may be forever changed. In this episode of the Lea...

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Schools as Epicenters of Our Economic Recovery

After the devastation COVID-19 has done to the American economy, many of us don’t know how we can help. The simple truth is that now as always, there is a direct and immediate relationship betwe...

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Virtual Literacy: What is State of the Art Now?

We have come a long way since we taught readin’ and writin.’ But even with the amazing progress we have made in the science of literacy, it is still sometimes more of an art than a science. With...

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Working through the Challenges of Virtual STEM: A State-of-the-Art Discussion

Learning is at a crossroads, and the decisions we make today may well set the course for the coming years in educational instruction. In this Learning Counsel Crossroads Virtual Discussion , so...

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