Last spring, distance learning in our household was a mess of constant interruptions, wacky sleep schedules, and Zoom burnout. I’d like to set my kids up better this fall, as the soonest in-person ...
It’s a May afternoon, and for the sixth graders at Acequia Madre Elementary School in Santa Fe, N.M., it’s time to present their projects on ancient civilizations. One student explains to his ...
EdSource · This California Teacher of the Year embraces her dwarfism as a strength One does not have to look hard to find evidence that when you close schools due to a pandemic, students’ social, ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced schools to rethink how to deliver instruction. In the spring, it created an immediate demand for devices and internet access for all students. Teachers were required ...
We live in a world where we tend to believe that “more is more.” But when it comes to education and technology, this prevailing hypothesis is proving itself to be flawed. From increased anxiety and ...
But, to ensure check-ins happen, educators need one thing that may be in short supply: capacity. Due to constantly changing and often confusing remote learning instructions, as well as their own home ...
Sydney Goins cries when she goes on walks. The college senior lost her dining hall job at the University of Georgia after classes were moved online in March because of the coronavirus outbreak. She ...
Micah Castelo is a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K-12. Her experience includes education and community news coverage for the Syracuse Post-Standard and international news reporting for the Pulitzer ...
Heather Wetsel and her family remember vividly the frustrations of distance learning: The failed log-ins, the live lessons that ate into the day, the submitted assignments that remained obstinately ...
The transition to remote learning is being made easier for colleges and universities with help from Adobe’s online platform for educators. There isn’t a college or university in the country that ...
My title references Dickens, of course: “It was the best of Zoom; it was the worst of Zoom.” But I could have referenced Judy Collins: “I’ve looked at Zoom from both sides now…I really don’t know Zoom ...