Moving Coursework Online: Considerations And Strategies Explained

Many schools and parents are choosing to implement digital learning as part of a child's learning experience we must remove barriers for students to access our content.

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If Your Online Student Engagement Stinks; Here are 5 Tips That May Help

Much of online learning is understanding each child's environment and family involvement is key. So, we must do more to connect with families!

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Is Your District Willing to Use Students As Test Cases: Measurement in K–12 Online Learning Environments

The accessibility that online learning programs provide the general public and their children is invaluable to society as a whole… so our students are test subjects…

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Are You Getting The Most Out of Online Learning: Tap Into Your Students 5 Senses

We know all children are different so... it's important to teach in a multitude of ways to engage every sense so what are you doing to transform your curriculum to include a variety of activities to enhance learning.

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Are You Getting the Most Out of Your Online Class: 6 High Impact Practices for Engaging Students

This workshop will help K12 teachers who struggle with low student engagement and provide them with effective strategies they can implement in their classroom today! If you are interested in tips and tricks for truly connecting with students while collaborating online, this workshop is for you!

Teachers Are Struggling in the Augmentation Phase: SAMR

Some schools are looking at the possibility of not returning to campus until January. We cannot afford to lose a year of effective instruction so we as teachers have the ongoing challenge of getting distance learning right.

The Pros and Cons When Teachers Go Online Using Substitution In SAMR

If the decision to go 100% online was made in March, there would have been adequate time to support teachers through the SAMR stages but many schools waited and waited until now (a week before school is in) to make the decision to go hybrid or fully online which is causing chaos everywhere.

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K-12 Online Teacher Development: A Disconnect Between Preparation and Practice

It is obvious that teachers need support so they can be better prepared to teach online as online learning requires a different set of skills than a traditional face-to-face environment. So… Were you training in college on how to support students online?

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Superstar Teachers Know That Collaboration And Online Learning Go Hand and Hand

For online collaborative learning to succeed teachers must create a learning experience with the student in mind. It also takes time to design and develop a meaningful course that includes collaborative learning.

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Where Are Parents Registering their Kids for the Fall; Online or Face-to-Face Schools?

Many parents may want to rush to K12 online schools but some schools struggle to meet the demand of every student.

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What Happens When Face-To-Face Is Not An Option; 3 Models Of Online Learning

Our world is digital! Online learning is necessary for our students to be relevant in our current context. So what are you going to do during the summer to prepare?

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Have You Ever Measured Student Engagement Through Online Learning?

Measuring engagement of students is also a huge factor if you want your online teaching to have any impact at all. So, how are teachers identifying different ways to meet individual student needs?

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Is Tech Making Our Reading Comprehension Better or Worse?

This digital age has brought many changes, including a lot of new proficiencies that are required from a person to be considered “literate”. but.. uh… simply reading online or subscribing to an eBook service does not a make a student digitally literate.

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A Productive Rant About K-12 Online Learning: Prepare, Adapt, And Shift Your Pedagogy

The sense of connection is much more important than the content at this point. Yes, you will have to build a new online culture and social norms.

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Collaborative Learning in Online Teacher Education: Challenges & Benefits

Teachers are expected to become experts while under scrutiny from their districts and parents. Although teachers are working hard to try to meet the needs of all learners there are several challenges.

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Immediate Needs When Moving Your K12 Course Online: Expectations

Online learning is a robust set of creative modules designed for individual student learning and achievement.

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Is Online Education More Effective Than Learning in the Classroom?

Most online learning programs are marketed as practically similar to, or even better than, classroom programs. Online education is believed to be more convenient, as learners do not have to devote time and effort to go to actual classrooms.

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