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Selling EdTech’s New Normal
If you’re selling EdTech, you’ve noticed that 2020 and now 2021 are not the same by huge orders of magnitude. Reps everywhere are complaining to Learning Counsel leaders that they “can’t reac...
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Attention EdTech Companies
August 11th 8:00-4:00 The Learning Counsel has partnered with Southern Oregon Education Service Disrict to help present new EDTech solutions within the context of their planned virtual e...
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Get the Facts about 2020-21 K-12 Spending
Knowledge is a powerful thing for EdTech companies. Understanding the way money is really distributed during this unusual time of COVID-19 and the CARES Act can be the difference between fai...
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Implementing New Digital Tools in a Cloud-Based Environment
Central Bucks School District is a long-time friend of the Learning Counsel, as well as a nationally known hotspot for technological innovation in education. In this educator session, you’ll hea...
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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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Computing Power Users
One of the great things about our Lunch and Learn presentations is that it gives the Leaning Counsel the opportunity to recommend products, services and assets that our school districts and inde...
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Midwest - 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, shares what is going on in the education market, from technology spend to our disappearing students. A...
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Best Practices for Mitigating Learning Loss
According to Shannon Buerk, the CEO at engage2learn, “This is all about a culture shift, right? So essentially, we've been modeling, what we need to do to personalize the classroom. And so, I'm ...
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Carolinas - Digital Experience Standards, New Model of Instructional Design and Dictionary Definitions Workshop
In the first half of our video, you’ll hear Chris McMurray, VP EduJedi Leadership at the Learning Counsel. In this Digital Experience Standards, New Model of Instructional Design and Dictionary ...
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Educating During a Pandemic
In this New Standards & Basics Discussion with Educators : “Educating during a pandemic,” you’ll hear from Dr. Don Phipps, Superintendent at Caldwell County Schools and Dr. Katrina McEll...
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Empowering Learners
Dr. Barbara Nesbitt is the Assistant Superintendent for Technology Services at the School District of Pickens County in South Carolina. According to Dr. Nesbitt, “We've defined a lot for our tea...
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Remote Learning Lessons from Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools
Nicolette Grant, Chief Academic Officer at Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools still remembers the date: March 13, 2020. That’s the day that her whole world changed. “For us on March 13th, our ...
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Solve Your Top Three Digital Learning Challenges: Access, Engagement, and Rostering
At first blush, ClassLink may look like any other Single Sign-On service. But look deeper, and you’ll see a company that was built from the ground up to give schools what they need to unwrap the...
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Carolinas - Everything Changed: “Using Space & Time Today and Hybrid Logistics Best Practice”
In part one of this video, Kimberly Linson, Director of Business Development at Randa explores the world of the Comprehensive Leaner Record, a permanent all-digital credentialing that will carry...
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Organizational Practicalities of Blended Learning for Educators
When moving into new situations, practice really does make perfect. According to “Dr. Queesha Tillman, Assistant Principal at Loyd E. Auman Elementary School, “Everything looks good in theory. A...
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Creating Academic Plans to Support Students in the Midst of Crisis
Not all students have experienced significant learning loss during the COVID crisis; in some cases, students have experienced significant gains. But change has been a constant for all learners d...
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Contingency Planning and Risk Analysis – Business Strategy Meets Public Education
Andrew Smith is the Assistant Superintendent of Transformation at Rowan-Salisbury Schools. In his current position, he brings lessons learned from the business sector and introduces those skills...
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Equitable Grading Practices, Technology and Motivation
According to Ken Greenbaum, Director of Digital and Education Technology at the Oregon Department of Education, “Grading conversations can feel like Groundhog's day; it's one of these conversati...
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Oregon - Digital Experience Standards, New Model of Instructional Design and Dictionary Definitions Workshop
In this Digital Experience Standards, New Model of Instructional Design and Dictionary Definitions Workshop, hosted by Chris McMurray, VP of EduJedi Leadership at the Learning Counsel, you’ll le...
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Managing Professional Development Resources for Efficiency and Long-Range Use
According to Aaron Cooke, Program Manager for Data Analytics at Southern Oregon ESD, “We seem to want to focus on what we're doing with students, and obviously we need to do that, but there's an...
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Oregon - 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 Lisa Riggs, Assistant Sup...
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Oregon - Give Teachers and Administrators the Ability to Track Student Engagement
According to Learning Counsel research, one of the greatest challenges among educators during this time of hybrid and remote learning is the ability to engage learners, and to understand the lev...
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Our Transition to Hybrid Learning
In this Lunch and Learn presentation, you’ll meet Education Consultant Caiti Jones and Field Representative Arthur Nelson from Promethean Learning. According to Jones, “This year has been a time...
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Oregon - Everything Changed: “Using Space & Time Today and Hybrid Logistics Best Practices”
A new model of education, post pandemic and for the mid-21 st century and beyond, requires more than simply moving learning to a remote and/or hybrid model. It requires a new way to think about...
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How are districts collecting and using student data to inform RTI
In this informative Educator Session, Jenni Jones, Senior Manager for Instruction and Distance Learning, and Elena Fink, Customer Support Specialist for Tech and SIS from Willamette Education Se...
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EdTech Lessons Learned and Considerations for Hybrid/Brick and Mortar
In this educator session, Robin Shobe, Assistant Special Education Director – LEEP from the Clackamas Education Service District looks at EdTech lessons learned from an assistive technology lens...
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Oregon - Motivation Discussion
In pre-COVID times, Chelsea Shotts, Ed Assistant, Sped Life Skills at Dundee Elementary School in the Newberg School District ran mindfulness rooms for Dundee elementary school, and then she did...
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Northern California - Intro to Identity Infused Education
According to Gavin McKelvey, Chief Marketing Officer at Identity Automation, “The way I think about identity and infused education is, this is really raising the expectations that we have about ...
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Northern California - Digital Experience Standards, New Model of Instructional Design and Dictionary Definitions Workshop
In this Digital Experience Standards, New Model of Instructional Design and Dictionary Definitions Workshop, hosted by Chris McMurray, VP of EduJedi Leadership at the Learning Counsel, you’ll le...
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Northern California - Pathways for Students
Ben Fobert is the principal of a different kind of high school. In many ways, it is the model for the high school of the future. According to Fobert, “When we opened up the high school seven yea...
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Northern California - New Standards & Basics Discussion
Common sense can be so utterly refreshing. In the case of Dr. Barbara Nemko, Superintendent of Schools at Napa County in California, her discussion with Learning Counsel CEO and Publisher LeiLan...
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Northern California - Local Panel of Administrators Discussion
In the Learning Counsel’s Digital Transition Discussion events, the local panel of administrators’ discussion is invariably one of the most popular segments of the entire event. Perhaps it is be...
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Distance Learning 2021 – Challenges and Realities
Even a talented administrator like Dr. Hugo Moreno, Principal at Willard F. Payne Elementary School in California gets stymied from time to time. Like everyone else, Dr. Moreno has experienced h...
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Northern California - How to Avoid the Digital Access Issues that Derail Remote Learning
In this very special Lunch and Learn Presentation, Nicole Smith, Vice President of Instructional Technology at ClassLink, shares advice for avoiding the most dangerous hurdles to successful hybr...
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No Ca, Everything Changed: Using Space & Time Today and Hybrid Logistics Best Practices
In the first part of our presentation, James Tremaine and Rick Lippert from Achieve3000. According to James, “We're seeing a lot of districts in the last six months. It wasn't just about literac...
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Personalization and Learning Choices for Students
Lammersville Joint Unified School District is the highest performing district in San Joaquin County and, and the central Valley area, but it's not without a lot of work. According to Heather She...
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The Reality of Ambiguity
The Campbell School of Innovation is built on three pillars that mirror the design thinking process. They work with their students on understanding based on empathy. If you're not familiar with ...
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Northern California - Motivation Discussion
In this special motivation discussion, we feature two of the San Juan Unified School District’s finest: Melissa Bassanelli, Deputy Superintendent Schools and Student Support and Kristan Schnepp,...
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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: 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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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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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 - 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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: 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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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 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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The Power and Importance of Connection
According to Steven Ostler, Director of Product Marketing at Blackboard, “We can look at this as a moment in time in which we just have to slog our way through, or we can look at this as an oppo...
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Find Out All That e-Sports Has to Offer Your Students
Attendees at the Learning Counsel’s National Gathering and Awards 2020 were treated to an e-sports presentation by Dr. Katrina Adkins, Senior Program Director- K12/Higher Ed Solutions at SHI. ...
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EdisonLearning From You
EdisonLearning, the venerable education company, may be 20 this year, but you are never too old to learn. In this presentation, Nicholas Carlucci, Chief of Business Development and Sr. Operation...
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Transforming the Way the World Learns
“How do we transform the way the world learns?” That’s a big question posed by Kassia Kukurudza, Manager of Customer Success, K-12, at D2L (Design2Learn). According to Kukurudza, “We have this ...
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Get in Touch with the Future of Learning
Because of its research capabilities, the Learning Council’s 215,000 members have come to expect surprisingly accurate predictions on the EdTech market. In this Trends Report by Learning Counsel...
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What is your Learning Story? One connected solution. Endless way to teach, learn, and grow.
According to Anthony Giudice, Education Specialist at the Learning Division of ACT, “Social Emotional Learning (SEL) prepares students and educators to activate, motivate and advance. It's impor...
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How to Avoid the Digital Access Issues that Derail Remote Learning
Digital access issues can derail remote learning in a hurry. Find out how you can have complete control over the assets your students need to find success in remote and hybrid learning. In this ...
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National Gathering and Awards - Superintendent Spotlight
In this Superintendent Spotlight, you’ll hear this year’s award winners and some of education’s brightest minds share some much-needed wisdom in these challenging times. Included in our superint...
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National Gathering and Awards 2020 - Special Achievement Spotlight
In this Special Achievement Spotlight discussion, you’ll hear from some of the best of the best in American education. When the pandemic hit, they didn't just augment learning with technology, t...
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Survey Market Briefing with CEO LeiLani Cauthen of the Learning Counsel
In one of the most anticipated events each year at the Learning Counsel’s National EduJedi Gathering and Awards, CEO and Publisher LeiLani Cauthen delivers the 2020 Digital Transition Strategy ...
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Building an Equitable Digital Learning Ecosystem from Stem to Stern in Chicago Public Schools
According to Helena Swanson-Nystrom, Director of Academic Operations (Curriculum Equity Initiative) at Chicago Public Schools (CPS), “Currently CPS schools are responsible for developing or proc...
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National EduJedi Gathering and Awards 2020 - Winners Panel 1
In our first panel of EduJedi winners, you’ll hear from EduJedi Knight - Brian Seymour , Director of Instructional Technology, Pickerington Local School District in Ohio, EduJedi Innovator ...
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National EduJedi Gathering and Awards 2020 - Winners Panel 2
In our next EduJedi winners panel, you’ll hear EduJedi Innovator - Elaine Plybon , Director of Personalized Learning Opportunities at Keller ISD in Texas, EduJedi Achiever - Heather Sherburn ,...
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An Introductory Look on Gwinnett Data Governance, IT Security and IT Management
Dr. Debbie Durrence, Chief Data Officer at Gwinnett County Public Schools shares her district’s initiative to transform teaching and learning through a concerted focus on student data. You’ll he...
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Georgia - Educator Session on Hybrid Organizing
Dr. Matt Waymack, Director of eCLASS Development at Gwinnett County Public Schools takes you on a fascinating step by step journey as the district transformed during the COVID-19 closure. You’ll...
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Remote Learning to Blended Learning. Using the Power of Digital Learning to Enhance the New Student Experience
Jay Heap, Associate Superintendent for Enterprise Services and Applications at the Georgia Department of Education and Sarah Newman, Supervisor of District Support at Georgia Virtual Learning lo...
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Future Focus Coaching: Cobb School District's In-Tech Team Prepared a District for Remote Teaching
Join the Cobb County School District Instructional Technology team as they share how their Future Focus philosophy led to a smoother transition for teachers during Remote Learning due to a world...
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Georgia - Educator Session on Models and Practice
Eddie Millwood, Director of Digital Convergence at Hall County Schools and Penny Christensen, E-Learning Specialist at Hall County Schools are learning how to make virtual learning work for the ...
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Georgia - Local Panel of Administrators - Our Digital Transition
One of the most popular features of the Learning Counsel’s Digital Transition Discussion is the Local Panel of Administrator’s discussion, which features some of the sharpest minds in education....
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Educator Session on Hybrid Organizing: Pasco eSchool
See how the experience of JoAnne Glenn, Principal at the Pasco eSchool translates into academic success during this time of hybrid and virtual learning. According to Glenn, “There's like a sweet...
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Exploring Best Practices in Organizing teams, Using Technology, and How Front-Loading Information to Your Team Can Ease Nerves and Increase Engagement and Productivity
In this educator session, Stephanie Acosta Castro, ESE Chair and Coach at Coral Park Elementary, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, shares the particular tech she is using, as well as her particu...
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Hybrid Organizing - How to Launch a Virtual Open House
Michael A. Randolph is the Principal at Leesburg High School at Lake County Schools in Florida. Randolph is familiar with the technology of success. His Title 1 high school became a Cambridge In...
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Educator Sessions on Models and Practice: Orange County Public Schools
"No Student Lefted Unplugged: Launching and Sustaining 1:1 in a Large Urban School District" is presented by Mariel Milano, Director of Digital Curriculum at Orange County Public Schools (OCPS...
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Florida - Local Panel of Administrators - Our Digital Transition
In every Learning Counsel Digital Transition Event, one of our most popular features is our Local Panel of Educators. It is an opportunity for the areas brightest minds to get together and solve...
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A Systems Approach to Adult Learning to Drive Student Learning
Dr. Ken Wallace, Superintendent at Maine Township High School District 207 discusses learning structures that his district put into place. Since the turn of the 21st century, his school district...
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Personalize the PD in a Pandemic!
Farheen Beg, Director of Technology at Butler SD 53 shares her district’s new professional development plan. “Whatever kind of teacher you are, you realize that you have to change and that there...
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Let's Not Waste a Good Crisis
Dr. PJ Caposey, Superintendent at Meridian CUSD 223 helps us take a 30,000-foot view as he examines the opportunities for change brought by the pandemic. Learn how to take advantage of the COVID...
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Digital Equity – Bridging the Digital Divide
Todd Dugan, Superintendent at Bunker Hill CUSD #8 in South Central Illinois has been passionate about digital equity for many years. In his session, you’ll hear concrete examples and ideas along...
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Illinois, Wisconsin - Local Panel of Administrators - Our Digital Transition
Todd Dugan, Superinendent at Bunker Hill CUSD #8 and James O'Hagan, Director of Digital & Virtual Learning at Racine United School District discuss the specifics of their districts’ digital ...
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Organizing Hybrid Learning
Brian Seymour, Director of Instructional Technology at Pickerington Local School District shares his district’s simple yet very effective plan for remote, hybrid and traditional learning, and ho...
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Remote Learning 2.0: Primary and Secondary Models/Structure
Dave E. Binkley Jr. is the Director of Instructional Technology at Strongsville City Schools in Northeast Ohio. His session on Hybrid organizing is a reboot, or more specifically, a reimagining ...
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Choose Greatness
We can’t always choose our circumstances, but we can choose the way in which we react. Even during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, we can react from a place of superior attitude, support and ...
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Remote ++: Creating a Schedule that can Pivot with COVID!
In education, we can learn a great deal from experimentation. Dr. Sharon Watkins, is the Principal/Executive Director of Academics at North Woods Career Prep HS. Her charter schools serve nontra...
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"#BackToSchool Contingency Plans for Platforms and Remote Learning
Very often, the tools we need the most are the most basic, yet we don’t fully maximize their utility. In this educator session, Dr. Thomas Ho, Director of Technology at Traders Point Christian S...
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Your Online School for Deeper Learning
Kimberly Nidy is the Director of Technology, and Kristy Kropper is a teacher for the Viking Online program, both at North Canton City Schools. Kimberly and Kristy have a particular passion for l...
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Indiana - Local Panel of Administrators - Our Digital Transition
One of the highlights of every Learning Counsel Regional Digital Transition Discussion event is the Local Panel of Administrators. In this panel discussion, the region’s brightest and best schoo...
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Key Components for Structuring Virtual Learning
When you need to improve your virtual learning program, it makes sense to turn to an expert. Sara Mungall is the Director of Secondary Curriculum & Technology at University View Academy. The...
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Educator Session on Hybrid Organizing
No matter where you are in America, delivering instruction can feel like a roller coaster ride, hanging upside down and going sideways too fast, or even too slow, and keeping up with all the piv...
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Educational Leadership in Time of Change and Uncertainty
One thing we can all say with certainty is these are uncertain times. In this presentation by Andrew Gardner, Principal at Jackson Junior High School, you’ll hear methods and strategies for educ...
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Diving into the Challenges of a New Digital Normal
Midland is not your typical town. It is isolated by 300 miles of dirt on all sides and has been slow to the digital transition. But Midland is making up ground quickly, and they are doing so on ...
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21st Century Classroom Instruction - A Hybrid Model
According to Sandra Paul, Director of IT and Operations at Township of Union Public Schools in New Jersey, “Sometimes you have to just do what you can in order to get things done.” Hear how Paul...
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LA - Local Panel Of Adminisrators - Our Digital Transition
The Local Panel of Administrators is a must-see discussion for every educator. In this panel discussion, you’ll hear Sandra Paul, Director of IT and Operations at Township of Union Public School...
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"Going Digital: Continuous Improvement and School Support in 2020" & “The New Bouquet of Safety Protocols”
Districts around the nation have been pivoting in response to unprecedented circumstances for education amidst a global pandemic. For Shelby County, this pivot meant creating the circumstances ...
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Educator Sessions on Hybrid Organizing
“Vetting Resources for Data Governance,” with Ivy Nelson, Education Technology Manager at Belton School District #124 in Kansas City. Hear how this district accelerated their technology timeli...
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Community of Inquiry Model (COI) for Learning Online
Dr. Travis Taylor, Instructional Technology Specialist at Little Rock School District explains the three core areas of the model, social presence, cognitive presence, and teaching presence, and ...
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OoRah Leadership: Transform yourself if you want others to follow
Dr. Michael Steele, Executive Principal at Metro Nashville Public Schools invented OoRah Leadership because he kept seeing too much failed leadership. When he was in his doctoral program, he lis...
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Tennessee - Local Panel of Administrators: Our Digital Transition
Education is in a period of intellectual change and culture shift. As we work our way through the rigors of the pandemic and the many changes involved in a hybrid or fully remote environment, it...
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Arlington Public Schools Journey to Virtual Learning
During this presentation you will hear how Heather Hurley, Personalized Learning Specialist at Arlington Public Schools prepared students and teachers to move to virtual learning for the beginni...
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Providing Real-Time Robust Feedback from Anywhere
There are so many aspects of learning that are impacted by the shift to remote and hybrid learning- equity and the digital divide, SEL and trying to get our students connected, and even basic ef...
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Schooling during COVID-19: Turning obstacles into opportunities
Dr. Powers, Headmaster will shares how he and his staff at Pinkerton Academy took the obstacles they faced and turned them into opportunities to learn and work in ways they would not have though...
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Our Story at Powhatan
Rural counties can offer options to families, provide meaningful professional development, and stay true to instructional models and best practices in a time of uncertainty and great stress. Lea...
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D.C. - Local Panel of Administrators - Our Digital Transition
In this special panel discussion by top administrators, Dr. PJ Caposey, Superintendent of Meridian CUSD 223, Dr. Amy Hunt, Chief Academic Officer, of Park City School District, and Senator Howar...
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Our Story at Trenton ISD
Here is our experience with the logistical and technical challenges of reopening a school district on time. What are the best practices being used in moving to hybrid, the behind-the-scenes logi...
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The Search for the New Normal
There is not a clear path, nobody out there is an expert on how to overcome the challenges of pandemics in PK-12 education. We have been called into action to overcome what is likely the most in...
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North Texas - Local Panel of Administrators - Our Digital Transition
None of us are as smart as all of us, and this panel of experts from three of Texas’ most innovative districts (Dallas ISD, Garland ISD and Sulpher Springs ISD) have learned a lot as they start ...
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Educator Session on Hybrid Organizing
Marlboro Township Public Schools (MTPS) is a 5000-student district in Monmouth County, NJ. They are technology-rich and have been working on their digital transition for the past eight years...
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Hybrid/Virtual Planning and Organization - Leadership and Teams Together are Key
You can learn a lot from a district like the North Bergen School District. Their presentation, Whole Team Approach is Key in Building a Hybrid Plan , is a step by step approach to getting i...
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Educator Session on Models & Practice
The first step to teaching remotely is getting your teachers and students comfortable with learning online. When offering his teachers PD, Dr. Gaskell quickly learned that the old rules may ...
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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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Deploying Distance Learning for Access Equity – 2 New Ways
The challenges created by distance learning have put a sharp lens on the lack of access equity for students (and their families). Fortunately, the problems are not insurmountable, and districts...
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Social Distancing Tech for Hybrid Schools
One of the most difficult aspects of our return to physical school is the question of proper social distancing. Even with a hybrid model of learning, the implications of student safety are massi...
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Using this Stimulus Wisely to Go Hybrid
Any way you slice it, the CARES Act stimulus will bring a lot of money into K-12 this year. How wisely districts can utilize this funding will determine, to a large extent, the success they find...
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Hybrid Schools Putting AI Personalization to Work Now
As schools open this fall after a long hiatus, school and district leaders are searching for the best way to construct a hybrid model of learning and the best tools to help make learning a succe...
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The New Digital vs. Digitized: Differences & Impact Right Now
As we reopen our schools, everything seems to be on the table. The question of using true digital, professional-grade courseware vs. digitized, often teacher-created curriculum is an important o...
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Architecting Hybrid Learning for the New School Year: Panel One
The new school year is almost upon us, and many questions remain. Planning for the 2020/2021 school year is a guessing game at best, with one-part art, one-part science, and a generous helping o...
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Surviving the Aftermath of COVID-19: Continued Caution Ahead
There is no magic bullet for schools to successfully navigate the aftermath of COVID-19. Even our nation’s best education minds are feeling their way through, combining technology with a generou...
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The “World After Quarantine” Definition of Hybrid Learning
How does the school world look after quarantine? Everyone is planning some sort of hybrid model of learning, but definitions of hybrid learning may be forever changed. In this episode of the Lea...
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South Texas is figuring it out together
According to Dr. Kari Rhame Murphy, Chief Technology Officer at Deer Park ISD, “Now we're going to bring kids into the mix and how many kids are coming, and we don't have that final number. ...
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Want Some Great Ideas for Your District? Listen to the Learning Counsel’s New Virtual Discussion Webinars
Conducting virtual discussion webinars are a new feature for the Learning Counsel. Beginning April 2 with the first of eight Emergency National Virtual Discussions , the Learning Counsel ha...
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Featured Papers
The Learning Counsel presents journals, papers and briefs on critical topics in Digital Education.
Most will require registration in order to access them, but they are all free.
Three Near-Term Innovation Areas for K12
An Essential Audio Ingredient in Today’s Accessible Learning Environments
The Gaps Remaining for District Digital Transition
5 Steps to Fixing the Hidden Traffic of Records Management Overwhelming Schools
From Chaos to Learning Recovery: Going from Manual-Digital All the Way to Efficiency
Hybrid Logistics Security
