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New York - Local Panel of Administrators - Our Digital Transition

  Innovation is a word that is bandied about often, particularly in this time of increased technology and COVID-19. But if necessity is truly the mother of invention, then these troubling time...

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Educator Session on Hybrid Organizing: Hybrid Learning Success; Setting Foundations and Defining Expectations

The instructional launch for hybrid learning requires faculty preparations, student onboarding, and relationship-building. This is the opportunity to set the foundation and expectations for teac...

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Southern California - Local Panel Of Administrators, Our Digital Transition

You can say many things about California, and chief among those is California is large – which means large problems and large solutions. In this administrators panel, you’ll hear how top adminis...

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Educator Session Models & Practice: From Quarantine to Customization: How One County Office Took a Systematic Approach to Professional Development

The San Diego County Office of Education's Innovation Division was uniquely situated and prepared to take on the challenging task of providing online distance learning to forty-three districts d...

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Educator Session on Models & Practice: Personalized Learning 2.0

Today’s times demand a whole new level of personalized learning to keep students engaged in various and ever-changing environments. With a focus on meaningful and applicable skills, a San Diego ...

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Educator Session on Hybrid Organizing

If there is a right way and a wrong way to organize hybrid learning in this new age, then the wrong way may be to keep doing what we’ve always done. Today’s environment demands flexibility, and ...

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South Texas, Local Panel of Administrators - Our Digital Transition

What does digital transition mean in the time of COVID-19 and widespread remote learning? Hear how leading experts in Texas are meeting the challenges, removing the burden from teachers, and man...

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21st Century Learning, San Antonio ISD

San Antonio ISD has all the complications of a large urban district serving a diverse student population while providing teachers with the systems they need to succeed in a virtual environment. ...

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The Spring Branch Story – Supporting our New Normal

Preparing for a “new normal” involves an agile approach to teaching, learning, and leading. Members of the Spring Branch ISD Academics team share the work they have done to prepare and facilitat...

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IT’s a Whole New World - Support Models, Logistic & Learning

Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City learned quickly about checking out devices and supporting student, parents and staff when schools closed in March. Participants are invited to learn with us through...

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Better Not Back to Normal: Robust Hybrid Learning

What does it take to move to total student engagement with rigorous simultaneous remote and in-person learning for all students? Practices and plans are shared how Deer Park ISD is “building thi...

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Building The Plane While Flying It: Designing a Hybrid Learning Environment in Times of Uncertainty

The Ft. Sam Houston School in San Antonio, Texas has started the school year completely virtual. But plans are in place to transition to a hybrid environment. Hear from the EdTech team on how th...

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The Extracurricular Conundrum for Hybrid Schools

Making sure your learners receive a great school experience in the time of COVID-19, chock full of sports and other activities, is a lot like trying to solve a riddle wrapped in a mystery. To sa...

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Rx for Success: Tools for Understanding the Health of Your eLearning

How do you know if your student’s eLearning is effective? In this time of the COVID-19 pandemic, every school and district has increased its level of virtual instruction. But additional virtual ...

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Security Cautions Now: Implications in a New World of Virtual Learning

Paramount in the discussion of reopening our schools are the implications of safety and security for our students and staff. In this episode of the Learning Counsel’s Back to (e)School Tactics D...

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Teachers as Social-Emotional Leaders

These are unusual times. The stress that the pandemic has caused is being felt by everyone, especially our students who are trying to deal with an unprecedented situation. In this episode of the...

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Teacher PD Logistics Now

Perhaps more than any time in history, our teachers and administrators need professional development to help guide them through the transition to an upcoming virtual/hybrid system of education. ...

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Space & Time Rearrangement of Hybrid Schools

Featured Panelists: ◆ Paul Henn, Director of Learning Services, New Ulm Public Schools, MN ◆ Dr. Roland Rios, Director of Technology, Ft. Sam Houston ISD, TX ◆ Dr. Travis Taylor, Instructio...

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Built for Instant Remote: Any-Student/Any-Staff

With the uncertainty about the Fall opening of schools, the smart money says you need to be able to provide instant remote, built for any student and any staff member. In this episode of the Lea...

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Overcoming your Public’s Reasons Not to Return

When schools open to a hybrid learning model this Fall, many parents report that their children will not be returning. It is incumbent upon schools to not only provide a superior learning enviro...

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