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NASA keeps the STEM lessons going during quarantine
05/07/2020
Topics: coronavirus, COVID-19, NASA, Online learning, STEM
From launching simple paper rockets to learning how to read satellite images, NASA has assembled a rich collection of STEM activities for students from kindergarten through high school to do on their own at…
How to lead a school district in a crisis
04/29/2020
Topics: coronavirus, Education leadership, Online learning, Technology planning & infrastructure
Remember when 1:1 devices were a luxury and video lectures felt subversive? For many school districts, it wasn’t that long ago.
Over the past few decades, education has been dipping its feet in the…
Five tips for designing materials for remote learning
04/27/2020
Topics: Learning sciences
Before we go any further, a big thank you to the many teachers who’ve put together content, often at a few days’ notice, to try keep learning going during these uncertain times. Over the past weeks, I’ve seen so much guilt expressed on Twitter and occasionally an attempt to do too much. This…
3 ways to make remote learning more engaging
04/23/2020
Topics: Online learning
Like many teachers, since COVID-19 I've been teaching all of my classes remotely. Although I am not new to online teaching or coaching, I wasn’t sure how…
Teach students how to read — and understand — digital text
04/17/2020
Topics: Online learning
Creating online educational content isn’t as simple as transferring printed materials to a virtual space. One of the barriers, researchers have found, is…
Meeting students' social-emotional needs during a COVID-19 lockdown
04/07/2020
Topics: Online learning, social-emotional learning
High school junior Sadie Bograd doesn’t mind having extra leisure time to catch up on her novel reading or binge-watch the latest season of The Good Place. But there are moments when the unstructured…
Flexibility is key to successful remote learning
04/06/2020
Topics: COVID-19, Online learning
Adjusting expectations has been a theme of learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ohio’s Lakota Local Schools, a suburban K-12 district with more than 16,700 students, designed its remote learning guide with…
COVID-19: Get federal funding for your district!
03/31/2020
Topics: Online learning
The COVID-19 public health crisis continues to impact schools across the country. As closures extend further into the year, states and districts are leveraging online learning models, and…
5 pandemic-friendly resources for bridging the digital divide
04/20/2020
Topics: COVID-19, digital equity, Online learning
If educators have learned anything from the coronavirus outbreak, it’s that digital equity is a complex and moving target. Never has the breadth of the digital divide been more apparent — and never has it been…
COVID-19 thrusts digital equity to the forefront
03/26/2020
Topics: COVID-19, digital equity, ISTE Expert Webinars, Online learning
With millions of students out of school across the country due to the coronavirus pandemic, districts everywhere are scrambling to put in place remote learning programs. A big stumbling-block is guaranteeing…