Some schools in the Triad have moved school online or canceled school altogether in response to Thursday’s severe weather warning.Click the video player above for the latest headlines from WXII 12 News.The Randolph County School System announced via Twitter that all schools in the system will be closed due to […]
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Omaha Public Schools calls off remote learning due to rotating power outages
Omaha Public Schools calls off remote learning due to rotating power outages Updated: 9:01 AM CST Feb 16, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript MOMENT. FIRST, WE WANT TO GET THE LATEST ON THE FORECAST, WITH WEATHER NOW CHIEF METEOROLOGIST BILL RANDBY. BILL: TEMPERATURES ALREADY IN THE TEENS TO BELOW ZERO […]
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Five ways Alexa can help make remote learning easier this semester
Chris Monroe/CNET Remote learning is hard — hard for students, hard for parents and hard for teachers. While many people have struggled with isolation during the pandemic, many of us with children have struggled to balance the demands of life as a professional, as a parent and increasingly, as a […]
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Even after COVID-19, North Texas districts expect a demand for some virtual learning options
Charles Lachman, 16, opens his laptop and flips his phone to do-not-disturb when it’s time for class to start each morning. His desk in the game room holds the essentials: A copy of “Of Mice and Men,” headphones and notebooks. Otherwise, there are limited distractions — no fellow students tapping […]
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7,864 miles of distance learning | News, Sports, Jobs
Sirrina Martinez takes distance learning to a new level. The Southwest Minnesota State University student is finishing her senior year while deployed to Africa as a member of the Minnesota National Guard. Martinez, a non-traditional student from Lake Benton, is taking 13 credits online this semester, and […]
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Pamplin Media Group – Trying to make learning ‘magical’ in Madras
Teachers in Central Oregon have gotten creative and put extra energy into engaging their students online Part of a series on rural education under the pandemic. Kindergartners at Buff Elementary School in Central Oregon have been taking lots of field trips during distance learning — field trips to the window […]
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The best learning resources for teaching English, history and geography
If you’re once again the acting teacher in your at-home classroom, use these ideas to help you ace it (iStock) Schools have been massively affected by the ongoing pandemic and for many parents, much of 2020 was spent homeschooling children, as they were shut or partially open to specific year […]
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How to motivate students for more online learning
No matter how skilled the teacher, and how clever the lesson plans, most kids would find at least some academic work utter drudgery. Many families are experiencing this drudgery compounded by distance learning compounded by two-plus weeks of sweet, winter break freedom during which nobody asked anyone to answer a […]
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how to navigate the minefield of home learning second time around
Fleur Prime daughters – Rii Schroer So, here we are again. Lockdown first time round was a baptism by fire for families forced unwittingly into home classrooms while juggling remote work. To our dismay, we’d forgotten our Pythagoras, subordinate clauses and photosynthesis. “What is a verb?” was googled 40,500 times […]
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Children’s Home needs tools for distance learning
Caregivers at the Sacramento Children’s Home on Sutterville Road in Sacramento have been scrambling in recent weeks to make sure that 20 foster boys in their residential program have enough time on computers and tablets to participate in online schooling and enjoy leisure time. “Usually the boys would attend local […]
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Foster youth in Sacramento need laptops and iPads for distance learning
Caregivers at the Sacramento Children’s Home on Sutterville Road in Sacramento have been scrambling in recent weeks to make sure that 20 foster boys in their residential program have enough time on computers and tablets to participate in online schooling and enjoy leisure time. “Usually the boys would attend local […]
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New California science curriculum poses difficult for distance learning
Calls to prioritize vaccinating teachers grow On Tuesday, there is a growing call for teachers including early childcare educators to be near the top of the Covid-19 vaccine priority list. Many said vaccinating teachers is critical. RICHMOND, Calif. – Teaching online is challenging enough. Teaching online with an all-new curriculum […]
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Wichita women in the workforce struggle with remote learning
Rianne Chavez had to start a new bartering game with her 6-year-old daughter last week: if she does her school work for 20 minutes then she can try to get just 20 minutes of paperwork done from home. Chavez owns a massage therapy practice in Wichita, and when USD 259 […]
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Students learning in Fresno COVID pandemic pod see progress
For the past four months, Pastor Rici Skei has been welcoming nearly a dozen students into her Lowell neighborhood church for what some have been missing since the pandemic shut down schools in March — mentorship, meals, and socialization. Skei has been a Lowell resident for 14 years, finding ways […]
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Bill Eatinger: Distance learning, a long way from the diamond | Sports
Retired San Gorgonio High baseball coach Bill Eatinger had just returned from the wedding of a long-ago player, slipping a bit from any perceived tough coaching exterior. He’s already stepped aside as coach. “Those kinds of relationships,” he noted, “is one reason you go into coaching.” Ryan Porter, known more […]
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How to Balance Working From Home and the Kids’ Remote Learning (Without Losing It)
Getty Images For working parents, the pandemic hasn’t just been stressful, it’s felt impossible at times. Not only have you been challenged to meet the needs of your children as they adapt to remote-learning set-ups, but your career has evolved too, creating additional curveballs around every corner. While we all […]
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5 Best Online Learning Platforms to Start Selling Courses Today
Photo: Stock Photos from fizkes/ShutterstockThis post may contain affiliate links. If you make a purchase, My Modern Met may earn an affiliate commission. Please read our disclosure for more info. The way we learn has changed. Over the course of the last year, circumstances have driven more and more people […]
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Most Memphis students to continue remote learning, survey shows
Laura Faith Kebede, Chalkbeat Tennessee Published 5:31 p.m. CT Nov. 13, 2020 CLOSE Autoplay Show Thumbnails Show Captions Last SlideNext Slide Parents of 65% of Shelby County Schools students do not plan to send them back to school buildings in January, based on survey results obtained by Chalkbeat. Some parents […]
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Online learning threats parents need to know about
Millions of American children are spending this fall semester taking at least some of their classes online, through Zoom, Google Meet and other platforms. And while many of the bugs, glitches and surprise Zoom “bombings” of this past spring have been fixed, experts say many threats remain. Arneesha Collins, parent […]
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Family moves to Lexington from Italy and struggles to adapt to online learning
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — Moving thousands of miles across the Atlantic Ocean may sound stressful enough, but it’s even more challenging during a pandemic. In August, Erika Sala and her family did just that. They uprooted their life in Modena, Italy, and moved to Lexington, Kentucky. Erika says the […]