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One of the main challenges with switching to alternative forms of teaching at a distance is getting students to participate, to get them engaged and to maintain their motivation. Selma Hamdani and Cory Legassic from Dawson College shared the strategies …

As a large swath of Quebec adapts to life in the red zone, thousands of CEGEP students are trying to tune out public health announcements and focus instead on upcoming mid-term exams that could affect their futures.

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/cegep-students-become-test-subjects-as-they-grapple-with-mental-health-cheating-and-their-futures-1.5139066…

Google Jamboard is a tool being used by schools worldwide as a way to engage with students better. This applies both to the physical touchscreen display itself, in class, and the Jamboard platform that also works across devices remotely. This …

Researchers at Facebook realized their bots were chattering in a new language. Then they stopped it.

https://www.fastcompany.com/90132632/ai-is-inventing-its-own-perfect-languages-should-we-let-it…

The Digital Education Action Plan (2021-2027) outlines the European Commission’s vision for high quality, inclusive and accessible digital education in Europe. It is a call to action for stronger cooperation at European level to learn from the COVID-19 crisis during …

Though educators, parents, and students all yearn for a safe return to in-person schooling, when that is not possible, distance learning can model these best practices that educators know are integral to productive learning and growth.

https://www.gettingsmart.com/2020/10/strategies-for-fostering-a-productive-distance-learning-experience/…

Now that most of your instruction is done online, the need for digital gradebooks is even more persistent. In today’s post we are sharing with you a list of 4 practical iPad apps that can help you in your grading.…

A teacher who now tutors online left a traditional position because she didn’t want to be part of a broken system that wasn’t serving all students’ best interests.

https://www.fastcompany.com/90560231/how-remote-learnings-flaws-pushed-me-to-leave-my-university-teaching-job…

We compiled a comprehensive list of apps related to coping with academic work by post-secondary students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) by examining 23 recent sources. Most of these were based on the opinion of single

individuals, including persons …

As indigenous language classes become more accessible to people living away from tribal lands, they risk becoming less accessible to those living on them.

https://onezero.medium.com/virtual-learning-is-helping-indigenous-languages-fight-off-extinction-cbeee45a1271…

Coding has become a part of the curriculum for school going students. Therefore, students who can be engaged in coding now can have better potential prospects once they do leave school. So, to help them learn to code here are …

Chasen is launching a new company, ClassEDU, with a first product that isn’t too shy about its ambitions, named Class for Zoom. Although the name might convince you that it’s a third-party add-on to Zoom, it’s an entirely independently owned …

An online survey from Microsoft and YouGov found that 88% of teachers surveyed believe the pandemic has accelerated “hybrid learning” – where youngsters learn at home and in the classroom – and 74% believe online and digital learning platforms are …

Using Game-Based Learning Online – A Cookbook of Recipes from the eCampus Ontario Open Library is a digital book created by the University of Ottawa’s Educational Games Group (The EGG). The book presents concrete ways to use gaming as a …

In this new video I demonstrate how to create a sign-in/ sign-out sheet with Microsoft Forms. In the video I also explain variations on the form and how students complete the form.

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2020/09/how-to-use-microsoft-forms-for.html…