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Creating Engaging Virtual Learning Opportunities for Students and Families

What if you could set up a virtual school from scratch, using best practices plus everything that we’ve learned since the start of the pandemic? For Dr. Sherawn Reberry, Principal at the Virtual...

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Lifelong Learning for ND High School Students

The business of verifying lifelong learning is changing. As a student (or lifelong learner), how do you present and verify what you have learned? The days of requesting a paper transcript are lo...

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ID, MT, WY - Local Panel of Administrators: “Our Digital Transition”

Our Local panel of administrators’ discussion is one of the most popular features at the Learning Counsel’s regional Digital Discussion events. This discussion features Dr. Jeff Dillon, Superint...

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Connecting Through Content and Contact: Tools for Strategically Building Engagement

Learning to go virtual and connecting with kids is no small feat. In this presentation, you’ll hear the team from Albany School District in Wyoming explain the very successful strategy they chos...

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ID, MT, WY: Digital Experience Standards, New Model of Instructional Design and Dictionary Definitions Workshop

Chris McMurray, Vice President of EduJedi Leadership at the Learning Counsel takes us through a fascinating look at the new digital learning experience standards and the new model of instruction...

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ID, MT, WY Everything Changed: Using Space & Time Today and Hybrid Logistics Best Practices

This presentation begins with Paul Richins, Regional Director at Achieve3000, a best of class digital solutions company that helps increase and enhance learning acceleration. Since 2001, they ha...

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Give Teachers and Administrators the Ability to Track Student Engagement

How do you track student engagement in virtual and hybrid learning? Classlink’s Jeremy Jackson, Senior Director of Instructional Technology has answers. “I am here with class link and today we'r...

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Engaging Secondary Virtual Learners

Engaging virtual learners is much more challenging than engaging students in your classroom. In fact, Learning Counsel research gleaned from the 2020 Digital Transition Survey completed in Late ...

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ID, MT, WY Motivation Group Discussion

In the first part of our presentation, Brandon Levine, Manager of Sales Development at ID Automation  explains how Identity Infused Automation is a new way to think about how teachers and admini...

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ID, MT, WY Educator Session on Hybrid Learning & Attendees Discussion:

According to Marita Diffenbaugh, Administrator at Elevate Academy North in Idaho, “We have logistics that we need to deal with. The Learning Counsel did a study to show us that's top of mind for...

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New Standards & Basics Discussion with James Butler

James Butler is the Senior Director of Instructional Technology and Online Education at the Tucson Unified School District. In this educator discussion, Butler explains the ideas behind rapid ch...

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AZ, NM: Local Panel of Administrators, Our Digital Transition

In the Learning Counsel’s regional Digital Transition Discussions. Perhaps the most popular feature is the Local Panel of Educators discussion. It is an opportunity for the area’s top education ...

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Introduction to Identity Infused Education

There's a new intellectual line of thought that is being discussed by the Learning Counsel. When we talk about the structural shift of moving to hybrid and remote with incredible flexibility, th...

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AZ, NM: Digital Experience Standards: New Model of Instructional Design and Dictionary Definitions Workshop

Don’t miss this high-powered discussion by the Learning Counsel’s VP of Leadership, Chris McMurray. Beyond basic digital literacy is a deeper understanding of the digital learning experience. Th...

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Solving Today's Challenges with Real District/School-Based Solutions

How do we engage students in more active conversation? And aside from that, how do we support teachers to make sure that they have capacity to engage students even further and ask students to ha...

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From Year Zero to Hybrid Learning: The BUHSD Journey

By any standard, the Buckeye Union High School District is impressive – particularly in terms of technology. They are perennial winners of the Learning Counsel’s EduJedi Awards and are renowne...

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AZ, NM: Everything Changed: Using Space & Time Today and Hybrid Logistics Best Practices

Many of the changes we see during the pandemic are real, and many will be permanent. Trends that have accelerated during the past 10 months will continue, and what we think of as the “Good Old D...

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The Perfect Blend for Fulton County Schools: SAFARI Montage & Microsoft Teams

Fulton County School System is a large district with 106 schools and over 95,000 students in the Atlanta Metropolitan area. According to Dr. Emily Bell, Chief Information Officer at Fulton Coun...

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AZ, NM: How to Avoid the Digital Access Issues that Derail Remote Learning

In this exciting Lunch and Learn presentation, Nicole Smith, VP of Instructional Technology for ClassLink explains ways to gain cybersecurity for your district while creating ease of use for a...

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AZ, NM Motivation Group Discussion

What are the secrets to motivating your students during this time of remote learning? According to Learning Counsel research, 85 percent of respondents said motivating learners remotely was a to...

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