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A Good Webcam is Important. Here's Why.

A Good Webcam is Important. Here's Why.

In today's world, laptops and tablets have become an essential part of our lives. They are used for various purposes such as work, entertainment, gaming and more. With the rise of remote working and online learning that took flight during the pandemic and continues today, having a good webcam has become just as important. Whether you're attending virtual meetings or catching up with friends and family over video calls, a good webcam can make all the difference in enhancing your online expe …
Sep 26, 2023
Enhancing School Technology for In-Person and Remote Learning

Enhancing School Technology for In-Person and Remote Learning

As we near the quarter mark of the 21st century, the importance of technology keeps on growing in our society. And that isn’t going to be changing anytime soon—in fact, if technology keeps growing as quickly as it has in the past decade alone, when once-unfathomable concepts such as artificial intelligence, e-commerce, social media and biotechnology went from science fiction to commonplace parts of everyday life, there’s no telling what the next generation might be able to do. Of course …
Dec 20, 2022
ESSER Funds for Schools: Another Lifeline for the 2022 School Year

ESSER Funds for Schools: Another Lifeline for the 2022 School Year

The immediate dangers of the COVID-19 pandemic may be on the wane, but we will be dealing with its aftermath for years to come. This is especially true for K-12 educators who are trying everything in their power to narrow the massive learning loss gap that has occurred as a direct result of schools being forced to close their doors and pivot to a remote learning model during the worst of the pandemic. The majority of elementary, middle and high schools in the nation sent students home f …
Sep 21, 2022
How Tutoring Companies are Bridging the Learning Loss Gap

How Tutoring Companies are Bridging the Learning Loss Gap

Over two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of K-12 students still have yet to get back on track. The disruption that was caused by the need to pivot to remote learning is still being felt by teachers as they try to address the disparity between where students are versus where they should be on their educational path. According to a May 2022 study conducted by Harvard using testing data from 2.1 million students across 49 states plus Washington, D.C., remote instruction was found t …
Jul 28, 2022
Addressing Post-Pandemic Learning Loss With Summer Programming

Addressing Post-Pandemic Learning Loss With Summer Programming

Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools across the United States to close their doors and pivot to an online learning platform for months on end, numerous elementary, middle and high school students are still feeling the after-effects. The necessity of switching to remote learning in an effort to protect students and teachers from contracting the novel coronavirus ended up having a significant, devastating impact on learning, with many students falling far behind grade level expe …
Jul 05, 2022