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How to Help Students Run a Genius Bar

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Understanding the Concept of a Genius Bar The primary goal of a Genius Bar in a school is to create a space where students can help each other with technology-related problems, whether it’s troubleshooting a software issue, learning how to use new applications, or getting advice on digital projects.

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How AI Can Address Critical Challenges Facing Higher Education

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AI-enhanced learning analytics provide more comprehensive data analysis, enabling professors to understand student behaviors and needs while identifying at-risk students early in their courses. Students who choose that route expect greater flexibility, personalization and real-world relevance in their education.

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22+ Tips on How to Work Remotely

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Vacations, conferences, PD–all these take us away from our primary functions and the environment where we are most comfortable delivering our best work. All it took to get these remote systems started was a problem that required a solution and flexible risk-taking stakeholders who came up with answers.

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What If We Measured Learning Through Skills Gained, Not Time Spent in the Classroom?

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At the K-12 level, there’s been a push to create more flexibility in the school day for “immersive experiences,” like internships and hands-on projects, from players such as XQ Institute, the nonprofit supported by Emerson Collective that since 2015 has poured millions of dollars into efforts across the country to “rethink high school.”

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American Students Deserve a Multilingual Education

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As an English language teacher in an international primary school and a language learner myself, I often think about how many K-12 students in the United States are given the opportunity to study another language in school. The answer? Not enough. however, with insufficient and lagging data from schools, this research has its limitations.

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6 Must-reads for This Summer

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In the test of time — about a decade now — Google Apps have proven to be flexible, adaptive, transformative, often change agents, and rarely boring. And, most are free. Why did I pick this book?

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Four Ways Teachers Can Stay Connected With Their Student’s Parents Using Technology

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This is a very flexible means of communication that even allows for parents to be polled if you are looking for volunteers for an upcoming field trip for example, or to message you back if they are unclear about an upcoming assignment or meeting.