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Pennsylvania - Everything Changed: “Using Space & Time Today and Hybrid Logistics Best Practices”

Years from now, when we look back at this time, we will recognize it as the period in public education when everything changed. In essence, the pandemic was a catalyst for many of the changes th...

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21st Century Classrooms @ Parkland

As we approach the mid-21 st Century, the term 21 st Century Classroom begins to take on a very different meaning. In today’s Educator Session on Hybrid Learning, the gang from Pennsylvania’s ...

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Pennsylvania - Motivation

Dr. Justin Aglio is the Senior Director at the new Readiness Institute at Penn State University, and formerly a teacher, principal and curriculum director. He has much to say about student agenc...

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Bricks to Bytes Instruction During a Pandemic

There is so much to be learned during a pandemic, as the Berks Career and Technology Center shares in this very informative video. According to Michael Stein, M.S.Ed, Technology Integration Coac...

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Three Things That Matter! One Portal Access, Measurement, and Digital Resource Management or Account Creation!

The wonderful thing about our Lunch and Learn presentations is that it gives the Learning Counsel the opportunity to recommend specific products and services that your district needs. In this sp...

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Where Do We Go From Here?

At Warroad Public Schools, everyone wears a lot of hats. Instead of departments full of people, they have people who run a lot of departments. For example, the high school principal is the princ...

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Lenovo Windows In Education

The Learning Counsel’s Lunch and Learn program was created as a way for the Learning Counsel to recommend the hardware, programs and services that our schools and districts need most. All of the...

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Challenges that St. Paul Public Schools has never Dreamed of Navigating

You never know what you can accomplish until you are forced to try. In the case of Saint Paul Public Schools, that axiom was put to the test like never before when the pandemic hit last March. O...

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Capstone Connect

The Learning Counsel created our Lunch and Learn series as a way to introduce companies, products and services that America’s school districts and independent schools need to be familiar with. I...

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Minnesota - Digital Experience Standards, New Model of Instructional Design and Dictionary Defintions Workshop

Chris McMurray is the VP of EduJedi Leadership at the Learning Counsel. In today’s workshop, Chris will help us understand the new responsibilities of the digital learning experience. According ...

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Leading Through a Pandemic: What Have We Learned?

We can say this past year was a year of lessons, often taught in rapid succession. In the case of Dr. Lori J. Simon, Superintendent of the Rapid City Area Schools, these lessons helped to innova...

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Minnesota - Local Panel of Administrators: “Our Digital Transition”

For many of our attendees, it’s their favorite part of our digital transition discussion events. This local panel of educators features the region’s (and often the nation’s) brightest and best e...

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Innovating to Keep Schools Open During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Not every school district in America closed their doors and went remote for an extended period of time. In fact, Muskego-Norway Schools opened this past Fall, and given the opportunity to attend...

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Finding the Mix, Modern Curriculum That Meets the Challenges of All Learning Models for All Learners

In this Hybrid Learning Discussion, Paul Henn, Director of Learning Services at New Ulm Public Schools addresses Finding the Mix, Modern Curriculum That Meets the Challenges of All Learning Mod...

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Minnesota - Solve Your Top Three Digital Learning Challenges: Access, Engagement, and Rostering

The Learning Counsel created our Lunch and Learn series as a way to introduce companies, products and services that America’s school districts and independent schools need to be familiar with. I...

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Minnesota - Everything Changed: “Using Space & Time Today and Hybrid Logistics Best Practices”

Public education is changing rapidly, beginning with who is really attending public schooling. Even before the pandemic, 27 percent of school-aged children did not attend traditional public educ...

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Minnesota - Motivation Discussion with Featured Educator

Dr. Joe Sanfelippo is the Superintendent at the Fall Creek School District. In this Featured Educator Open Discussion, Sanfelippo talks about what leaders can do to amplify voices and everything...

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Northeast - Digital Experience Standards: “New Model of Instructional Design and Dictionary Definitions Workshop”

In the first part of our video, LeiLani Cauthen, CEO and Publisher at the Learning Counsel News Media and Research, explains the new financial realities of the EdTech world. By all accounts, las...

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Successful Planning and Implementation of a K-12 Digital Learning Environment

In the first part of our video, you’ll meet Tim Beekman, President and Co-Founder at SAFARI Montage, a highly recommended resource referred to you by the Learning Counsel. According to Beekman, ...

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Northeast - Local Panel of Administrators: “Our Digital Transition”

In what is certainly one of the most popular segments of our digital transition events, we bring a local panel of administrators together for a wide-ranging, no-holds-barred discussion about the...

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