Bøger af Matthew Rhoads

Amplify Learning: A Global Collaborative is a book series about integrating instructional strategies with EdTech tools to amplify learning written and compiled by educators throughout the world. Compiled and edited by two EdTech experts, innovators, and coaches, Matthew Rhoads and Becky Lim recruited K-16 educators from across the world to write a chapter of their area of expertise in integrating instructional strategies with EdTech tools to amplify their instruction and student learning.Within the third book of the series of four books, Amplifying Student Inquiry in Robotics, Computer Science, and STEAM covers an assortment of robotics, computer science, and STEAM strategies and lessons integrated with a wide variety of EdTech tools that can be used in any classroom setting. By reading through each of these strategies and EdTech integrations, you will have a toolkit and repository of strategies that you can use to create lessons that have elements of student inquiry and content creation while learning skills associated with robotics, computer science, and content areas that encompass science, technology, engineering, art, and math. Amplify your student learning and instruction by taking these practical and applicable strategies and integrations into the classroom and school by tried and true integrations from real educators who practice these strategies across the world.

Online learning, social distancing, staggered schedules, hyper hygienic standards, and blended learning are all new realities presented by the toggled term educators will need to overcome to reopen schools in the fall of 2020 and beyond. To address these new realities, Navigating the Toggled Term introduces educators to the new realities secondary education must face as districts and schools combat the challenges brought upon by the Coronavirus pandemic. The "toggled term" represents this reality for schools and districts as they will likely move back and forth between online instruction and face to face instruction as the threat of Coronavirus remains present. The purpose of this book is to provide recommendations on how to take on this increasingly complex reality. Educators are given a foundation of content and skills in educational technology, instruction, Special Education, and parent and student engagement to navigate both online and blended learning educational settings. Educators are then presented with recommendations on how to initially reopen schools with the introduction of blended learning and an overarching instructional model to ensure students are always learning. Educators are then provided with examples of how to further develop their expertise along with developing their brand as an educator. This entails building professional learning networks and utilizing ongoing professional development to take on the challenges presented by the toggled term. The conclusion provides educators with an organizational framework to approach the realities of the toggled term. Once the framework to navigate the toggled term is outlined, the future of K-12 education over the next 12 to 18 months is discussed. The organization of the book includes four parts with thirteen chapters organized thematically into each of the four parts. Each part of the book focuses on specific areas district leaders, teachers, school administrators, and parents need to know to navigate the realities of the toggled term and create the best learning outcomes for our students of all ages and abilities. Part 1. Solidifying Your Schools Edtech and Online Instructional Infrastructure; Part 2. Maximizing Synchronous Instruction, Parent & Student Engagement and Communication, Differentiated Instruction, and Navigating Special Education; Part 3. Navigating the Fall 2020 and Beyond, Reopening Schools, Learning Models that can Toggle, and Continued Professional Development; Part 4. Conclusion - Navigating the Future of K-12 Within a Toggled Term

Within the fourth book of the series of four books, Amplifying Diverse Learning Needs covers Multilingual Learners, Special Education, and Personalized Learning strategies and lessons integrated with a wide variety of EdTech tools that can be used in any classroom setting. By reading through each of these strategies, lessons, and EdTech integrations, you will have a practical toolkit and repository of research-based strategies that educators can use to create lessons that provide a vast array of personalized supports and learning pathways to build skills for ALL learners in all content and skills taught within K-20 education. Enhance student learning by exploring and adopting these proven strategies and EdTech integrations, practiced by educators worldwide shown in this book who provide practical examples of what these look like in their classrooms.

In a guide that combines practical tools and case studies with pedagogical theory and a holistic understanding of education, Navigating the Toggled Term supports K-12 teachers traversing online learning, blended learning, integrating educational technology tools with instructional strategies, and moving among educational settings in the age of COVID-19