Bracing for Whiplash: Helping Your Team Build Resilience for the Uncertainty to Come By Ray Bendici last updated 20 May 21 Professional development that supports teachers and builds resilience.
BubbleBusters Connects Kids with Illnesses to School By Ray Bendici published 24 December 20 Special Effect and its BubbleBusters program provides access for students with immunodeficiencies via classroom robots
Discovery Education New CEO Scott Kinney Discusses Education Trends, Goals By Ray Bendici published 21 December 20
Ensuring Consistent Equitable Student Connectivity By Ray Bendici last updated 20 May 21 Providing consistent access for students continues to be a focus for education leaders
How to Implement Long-Term Remote Learning in a Rural Area By Ray Bendici last updated 11 December 20 With a high at-risk population, education leaders at Gila River Indian Community have implemented a long-term approach to remote learning education despite pandemic uncertainty
Reopening Rollercoaster: Stay Open, Go Home, Come Back? By Ray Bendici last updated 3 December 20 Reopening schools continues to be a complicated issue for education leaders, teachers, families, and students
How to Market For A School Library By Ray Bendici published 24 November 20 Creating a brand and shaping a voice is the first step in how to market for a school library
Social and Emotional Learning, Trauma, and This School Year By Ray Bendici last updated 20 May 21 How can educators use social and emotional learning to address students’ trauma, help them cope with recent changes, and be successful in the 2020-21 school year and beyond
Linking Data Interoperability to Student Success By Ray Bendici last updated 20 May 21 "Teachers may not understand data interoperability, but they get excited when you can simplify what they do"
NYC DOE Beyond Access Forum Provides Professional Development Around Inclusive and Individualized Education By Ray Bendici published 6 November 20 Virtual conference highlights collaboration, communication, and innovation to help support education for all students
How the Sudden Shift in Digital Learning Has Created New and Sustainable Changes in K-12 Education By Ray Bendici published 4 November 20 Educators and parents now more strongly embracing digital learning, according to the 2020 Speak Up Report from Project Tomorrow
How to Stop Cheating in Remote Learning By Ray Bendici last updated 4 May 21 To stop cheating in remote learning, educators need to consider creating a nurturing environment and embracing a growth mindset
Best Sound Technology for Hybrid Classrooms and Remote Instruction By Ray Bendici last updated 20 May 21 Sound technology is critical for remote learning because if students can't hear the teacher, they can't learn
Lessons Learned from Back to School By Ray Bendici last updated 9 October 20 Now that school is back in session, plans made during the summer have been altered to accommodate the reality of the new normal
Collaborating with IT and Instruction to Ensure Continuous Instruction in Any Learning Environment By Ray Bendici last updated 6 June 21 How district departments need to track data and work together was the focus of a recent T&L "Lunch 'n Learn" roundtable
How to Build Remote STEM Engagement By Ray Bendici published 2 October 20 Educators discuss best practices and tools to help boost remote STEM engagement
Distance to Hybrid Learning: How to Drive Student Success By Ray Bendici last updated 6 June 21 How to shift to blended and hybrid learning from remote learning
How to Teach Science Remotely By Ray Bendici last updated 2 September 20 Best practices, advice, and resources to teach science remotely
Online Filtering and Monitoring for Districts By Ray Bendici last updated 6 June 21 24/7 online filtering and monitoring is critical for student safety
How to Remotely Support Social-Emotional Learning By Ray Bendici published 6 August 20 Social-emotional learning during remote learning will be a challenge school districts
Preparing for Back to School: The #NYCSchoolsTech Virtual Summit By Ray Bendici published 4 August 20 During this year's #NYCSchoolsTech Virtual Summit, New York City educators recently came together virtually for information and inspiration
How to Support Diversity in Technology By Ray Bendici published 3 August 20 Diversity in technology requires intentional and proactive effort
Using Data to Prepare for Back to School By Ray Bendici last updated 6 June 21 Collecting and analyzing data will be key to preparing for the school year ahead.
5 Steps to Design Instruction for Blended Learning Environments By Ray Bendici published 16 July 20 Advice for educators on how to create a blended environment
How to Use Data to Prepare for the Upcoming School Year By Ray Bendici last updated 6 June 21 Advice and resources to collect actionable data that can be used to support back-to-school planning.