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8 Non-Digital Remote Learning Ideas

A Principal's Reflections

Authentic challenge problems : Knowing that digital resources are limited, reference materials can be provided for kids to engage in inquiry-based learning. By no means are these the only ideas that can be used to support students with limited or no digital resources available.

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How to Do a Close Reading Lesson in Any Subject

Cult of Pedagogy

Most academic subjects are taught at least in part with some kind of text, whether it be books, articles, or digital resources, and each field has its own unique vocabulary, syntax, and ways of constructing and interpreting meaning. (Last year we explored the debate over early reading instruction.)

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Navigating Your Journey to Remote Learning

A Principal's Reflections

In the case of districts and schools that have limited digital resources, it defeats the purpose of assigning lessons and work if kids don’t know how they did upon their return. Zywicki (@ZywickiR) March 16, 2020 Suggest lots of independent reading. You really can’t go wrong here. Notice I am not saying to grade the work.

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This Student Saw Teachers Lacked a Place to Share Digital Resources. So He Created One.

ED Surge

Lightning struck: There didn’t seem to be a place where teachers could share educational resources with each other, which might help them sort through it all. In his former school district in California, San Ramon Valley Unified School District, Rahul Bir noticed that the schools seemed inundated by technology.

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The Web 2.0 vs. Traditional Learner

A Principal's Reflections

digital resources. Please consider sharing your thoughts on this topic in an effort to create a powerful list of advantages that can be shared in schools that have yet to embrace this philosophy.

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OPINION: Why creating and maintaining accessible digital resources is neither easy nor optional

The Hechinger Report

The Berkeley case teaches us to be attentive to accessibility up front, not simply because of legal requirements but because digital resources designed to meet accessibility standards support increased access for all. Accessibility is not optional.”. Not to be taken at all lightly, there are enormous costs to accessible information.

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The Power of Video

A Principal's Reflections

The program incorporates multimedia activities and digital resources, which allow students to engage in active learning. Students were able to utilize IWitness , which is a computer-based program created by the USC Shoah Foundation’s Institute for Visual History.

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