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A public charter school in Maryland has been practicing blended learning for years. What they have learned could serve as a model for K-12 public schools as they shift to distance learning during the pandemic.
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The decision to take some academic camps online came after planning for the possibility earlier during the pandemic, officials said, with instructors asked to be flexible in adapting to the circumstances.
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When Ivy Tech Community College students in South Bend, Ind., start their new classes in the upcoming fall semester, they’ll have the option to participate in face-to-face, online or hybrid courses.
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Some budding dancers once practicing a kick ball change in the studio are learning from home through online video, while music students are being taught songs and scales by their teachers via computer.
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As school districts offer Chromebooks and Wi-Fi to students in need after school buildings have closed across the country, students whose families don’t speak English or lack tech knowledge might be left out.
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Esports is also known as electronic sports, e-sports, or eSports, and it is a form of competition that uses video game consoles for organized, multiplayer video game competitions, individually or as teams.
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University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center researchers think part of the answer to the crisis is in using predictive modeling to analyze and quantify the effectiveness of mitigation strategies against the coronavirus.
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With coronavirus concerns leaving questions about how school will return after the summer break, education officials are now preparing to improve available technology to students who need it.
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Suggesting that online instruction will be part of public school education well into the months to come, New Britain, Conn., is looking for ways to make Wi-Fi available to low-income families.
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Santa Fe Public Schools already had the infrastructure in place for remote learning before the crisis, and now the COVID-19 pandemic has compelled teachers to learn how to fully use the digital tools at their disposal.
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With home instruction continuing for the remainder of the school year and a fall reopening still in question, the education system finds itself pondering the next phase: building a better online model.
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In California, COVID-19 and school closures have exposed the depth of the digital divide. But in San Jose, the state and private partners have a strategy that boosts digital inclusion and could be a model nationwide.
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Residents in rural areas will be able to access free broadband Internet through a Washington State Department of Commerce initiative to bring more than 300 new drive-in Wi-Fi hotspots in the state.
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SponsoredTeachers are front and center in the transition to distance learning and the battle to provide education – no matter what is happening in the world.
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As video conferencing platforms like Zoom become the norm for hosting classes, some schools are becoming increasingly comfortable with them, especially as the rest of the school year is set to take place remotely.
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As New York develops a plan to reopen schools and colleges, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced this week that the state has asked the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to consider what education should look like in the future.
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Touring a college in person may be out of the question for a while due to COVID-19. Can virtual reality tours fill the void?
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Armed with a cellphone and laptop, one school nurse makes calls to county residents who have tested positive for the virus, and she is one of 16 school nurses in Maryland redeployed to help during the pandemic.
