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7 Ideas for Virtual Back to School Events

AccelEvents

With the rise of COVID-19 cases and the second wave fast approaching, hosting a virtual school event is much more accessible, allowing your school to follow district, county, and state guidelines, putting parents’ minds at ease. Consider playing an ice breaker game , introducing everyone, and showing the family your “virtual” classroom. .

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7 Ideas for Virtual Back to School Events

AccelEvents

With the rise of COVID-19 cases and the second wave fast approaching, hosting a virtual school event is much more accessible, allowing your school to follow district, county, and state guidelines, putting parents’ minds at ease. Consider playing an ice breaker game , introducing everyone, and showing the family your “virtual” classroom. .

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What Makes Social Learning so Interesting?

Gyrus

Social learning, relied solely on what one could obtain in a classroom setting, working with direct peers, or what could be conveyed back in forth on a phone. Thanks in large part to the advent of social media, we as humans are accessible from anywhere in the world. Those days are now extraordinarily a thing of the past.

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PowerMyLearning: Free Online Education Games and Videos for Nonprofits and Libraries

Tech Soup

CFY was founded by Elisabeth Stock in 1999 with the mission of helping low-income students do better in school by improving their learning environments at home. Since then, the organization has partnered with hundreds of schools and provided digital learning resources to 50,000 families in five cities.

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The 6 Hottest Training Technologies That You Can’t Overlook

Gyrus

Newer technologies, tools, increased network bandwidth, and widespread access to the internet is enabling organizations to create an affordable and advanced video- based training programs, which can be used not just in online courses but in traditional and blended settings as well.

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New Models for Children's Museums: Wired Classrooms?

Museum 2.0

The schools have open wireless internet, so each student has continual access to the Web. Apple calls this program “one to one” learning, meaning not one instructor but one computer per child. To many of these folks, Bob's wired classrooms seem threatening.

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How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Trainings

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

You also need to consider the learning environment, any constraints, the delivery options, and the timeline for the project. I have learned the feng shui of how classroom setup impacts interaction and learning. I have learned the feng shui of how classroom setup impacts interaction and learning.