New Norms of Hybrid Professional Development
Learning Counsel EduJedi Report
Release Date: 07/29/2020
Access and Engaging the Student
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Dr. Lance Ford, Chief Technology Officer from Howe County Schools in Oklahoma shares their journey pivoting to digital, battling poor connectivity, and grappling with the reality of a new normal of expectations by students and parents. Innovative thinking from this smallish district shows what’s non-negotiable in delivering learning and how a new formula is taking center stage. A fun and fast conversation.
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Secure your Investment, Manage Risk
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Hear from a technical expert on K12 school security about information security. Doug Walsten from Cisco mentions both data-at-rest and data-in-motion with regards to school data, which is “everywhere” in K-12 systems, in the cloud, or on some teacher’s desktop. Schools are using thousands of Apps and major systems that hold personal information of students. Listen for an excellent sketch of concerns, accompanied by various stories about what goes on in schools and some trends in Security.
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Become a Hybrid Learning Pro: Tips & Resources to Keep Students Engaged Anywhere
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The transformation of learning where suddenly students and teachers are not physically together has driven widespread use of video conferencing. Screen fatigue complaints and disengagement were center stage early on, but certain folks like Suzanne Phillips rode in to show how to do it right. LeiLani interviews Suzanne Phillips from Cisco Webex who has focused on creating tips and resources for teachers, by learning from successful educators worldwide.
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New Digital Personalized Approaches to Equity
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Schools are bringing on professional grade digital curriculum and aiming at true personalization. LeiLani hosts Liz Brooke and Michele Eaton, Director of Virtual And Blended Learning from the M.S.D. of Wayne Township. This discussion about what software can do in schools reveals how leaders are trying to balance human teaching within a new context of real personalization because of more sophisticated software so that they can rid themselves of systemic inequities.
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Esports Driving All Academic Achievement
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Esports is the new “hook” to keep students working in other subjects despite being remote or partially physically attending schools. LeiLani discusses the emerging ultra-significance of esports and gaming in K12 education with Dr. Miles Harvey, 8th Grade Video Game-Based Learning and Esports Coach, Albuquerque Public Schools and Luke Stebick, Account Executive at TIG. Hear them talk about the real-life workings of student attendance and engagement because of esports.
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Data Driven Return to Learning
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Given the ongoing pandemic, schools, districts and whole States have been grappling with awkward school schedules, hybrid style environments, and mismatched achievement. States measure both academics and social-emotional learning to get achievement back on track. This podcast discusses what that looks like.
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Paying for the Giant Leap in K12
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The nation made a giant leap forward into technology for K12 in 2020 and that transition continues, with some new twists. LeiLani hosts Renee Patton, Global Director of Education and Healthcare from Cisco’s Industry Solutions Group. They discuss what that means for networks, achievement and student equity. New address to small schools and districts with innovations in equipment, pricing and help for funding questions have been part of the Cisco pivot to help – detailed by Patton.
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Pushed into 1-to-1? What’s next for successful programs?
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LeiLani discusses with Justin Reilly, the CEO of Impero, a missing ingredient for managing the sudden mass deployments of devices by K12 schools. Student safety, but more importantly, the well-being of students socially and emotionally, has a new guardian with advanced mobile device management software. Reilly’s comments about what’s imperative now that schools are still mostly hybrid or remote learning are particularly timely.
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Science Learning from Anywhere
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Thoroughly impressive cross-curricular STEM learning done remotely? Anika Chebrolu, a 14-year-old, won the 3M Young Scientist Challenge and was named America’s Top Young Scientist of 2020. Discovery Education school programs combines challenges with world-class STEM learning. Hear the discussion with Beth Meyer, Discovery Education; Mahfuza B. Ali, Ph.D., Corporate Scientist, 3M Materials Resource Division and 3M Young Scientist Challenge Mentor; and Anika.
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Recovery from a Lost Year of Reading Achievement
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Tens of thousands of school leaders are realizing they may have lost a year of progress with students. LeiLani discusses with Dr. Liz Brooke, Chief Learning Officer at Lexia and Felecia Evans, Principal at Lander Elementary School, Mayfield Heights, OH, what to do about realigning student learning amidst ongoing alternate schedules including on-campus, remote and hybrid learning.
info_outlineGuests Tyce Miller, the CEO of Mobilemind and Sarah Porisch, Director of Technology, Brainerd Public Schools, discuss what’s happening now with teaching the teachers. Where schools once had those eight-hour days of intensive professional development, training is now shifting to on-demand and highly personalized through advanced technology. The talk focused on the success from Minnesota, and how Sarah helped lead change with all their teachers becoming immersed in how to use technology successfully for their student learners.
In reference to getting reluctant teacher-learners on board, Sarah said, “A couple of (our teachers) actually even said, ‘I always said, it'd take an act of God to do this!’ Now they're like, ‘Here it is!’ (Referring to the pandemic as the ‘Act of God’ that has gotten all teachers on board.) So that has really, as you said, kind of that almost spiritual thing to kind of watch that change happen and people really realize why we've been introducing this all along the way. It's not to force change. It's not to do something different just to do something; it's because this is what our learners need to be successful in the world.”
“Especially with a program like MobileMind, it's not just a sit-and-get and now I'm going to go back to my classroom and maybe I'll use a piece of it, maybe I won't. It’s something built into everything we do,” said Sarah.