Posts Tagged: remote learning

National Education Foundation Announces $100 Million Grants to Disadvantaged Schools

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The National Education Foundation (NEF), the national non-profit leader in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) education, is announcing three scholarship programs to better facilitate in-class, remote, and hybrid learning during this pandemic: 1.    100% digital literacy grants for 500 disadvantaged school districts/schools across the U.S.— in total, one million students, teachers and parents will benefit…. Read more »

Innovative Video Tool Narakeet Launched to Give Educators a Time-Saving Edge in Engaging Students as Virtual Classrooms Become the Norm

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Remote learning is the new standard; presenting challenges to educators forced to quickly reinvent the way they teach. A new software tool, called Narakeet, helps teachers build lecture videos in minutes instead of hours. The launch is scheduled for October 1st 2020. Narakeet helps educators turn PowerPoint slides to narrated videos. Easily. It was created… Read more »

Communispond® expands its portfolio of virtual offerings with Socratic Selling Skills Anywhere™

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To meet the demands for a changing workforce and sales environment, Communispond is excited to announce the release of the virtual version of its one-day Socratic Selling Skills® program. “When the workforce suddenly shifted to a work from home environment, we quickly realized that sales professionals, many of whom were used to meeting with clients… Read more »

New Zealand Online Learning Platform My Study Series Gives Free Temporary Access to Platform due to Forced School Closures

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Many schools are left searching for options to maintain their students’ education as the New Zealand government closes schools in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus. The good news is that in NZ, there is already, a well-established award-winning online learning platform schools can use to meet this need. To make things as quick and easy… Read more »