Navigating the Toggled Term: Looking at the Present and Thinking Forward into the Future for K-12 Education

By: Matt Rhoads, Ed.D Dr. Matt Rhoads is a Tech and Instructional Leader and Innovator with hands in Adult Ed, K-12, and Higher Education. He is the author of several books and is the host of Navigating Education – The Podcast. As the first few months of school has passed in the 2020-2021 school year,ContinueContinue reading “Navigating the Toggled Term: Looking at the Present and Thinking Forward into the Future for K-12 Education”

Motivating Students During the Final Weeks of Distance Learning

As we approach the final weeks of the school year, there may be days when we have to focus our efforts in motivating our students to finish out the year. This is evermore true during the final weeks of this school year as we complete our first dose of full time distance learning. We wantContinueContinue reading “Motivating Students During the Final Weeks of Distance Learning”

EdTech Tools to Get You Started With Your Online Teaching! Start Now!

As classrooms in K-12 schools and university’s move online, there a many Edtech tools available to use. My district is beginning to implement online learning this week so I wanted to share some of the Edtech tools I have some expertise in teaching at the secondary level in English, Social Sciences, and Math. Here isContinueContinue reading “EdTech Tools to Get You Started With Your Online Teaching! Start Now!”

Teaching Online with Whiteboard Fox: Math Instruction and Co-Teaching

By: Matt Rhoads, Ed.D Dr. Matt Rhoads is a Tech and Instructional Leader and Innovator with hands in Adult Ed, K-12, and Higher Education. He is the author of several books and is the host of Navigating Education – The Podcast. This week I wanted to provide several posts aimed specifically at Edtech tools IContinueContinue reading “Teaching Online with Whiteboard Fox: Math Instruction and Co-Teaching”

Differentiated Instruction: Online Instruction for Special Education and English Language Learners

By: Matt Rhoads, Ed.D Dr. Matt Rhoads is a Tech and Instructional Leader and Innovator with hands in Adult Ed, K-12, and Higher Education. He is theΒ author of several booksΒ and is the host ofΒ Navigating Education – The Podcast. ransitioning directly to online education is a huge undertaking and transition. Once our classroom is built online,ContinueContinue reading “Differentiated Instruction: Online Instruction for Special Education and English Language Learners”

Implementing Instructional Strategies and Lesson Plans with Edtech and your Online Classrooms

Here is a comprehensive guide of how face to face instructional strategies and lesson plans can be integrated to online classrooms. It is a powerful conversation of how research based instructional strategies can align with edtech tools that can be used within an online classroom setting. You can begin using what is discussed in this post now to make your online class an engaging environment and equitable to your students.

Steps to Building Your Online Classroom for K-12 Educators

By: Matt Rhoads, Ed.D Dr. Matt Rhoads is a Tech and Instructional Leader and Innovator with hands in Adult Ed, K-12, and Higher Education. He is the author of several books and is the host of Navigating Education – The Podcast. Building an online classroom in a matter of weeks may seem daunting. Many educatorsContinueContinue reading “Steps to Building Your Online Classroom for K-12 Educators”

Selecting Edtech Tools for your Online Classroom

By: Matt Rhoads, Ed.D Dr. Matt Rhoads is a Tech and Instructional Leader and Innovator with hands in Adult Ed, K-12, and Higher Education. He is the author of several books and is the host of Navigating Education – The Podcast. As we all transition to remote learning, we have been bombarded by a multitudeContinueContinue reading “Selecting Edtech Tools for your Online Classroom”

Launching YouTube Channel

Purpose This project has been a long time coming but it was recently spurred by the effects of the Coronavirus on K-12 schools and at colleges/universities. For months I have been planning on developing a YouTube channel devoted to edtech tool “how-to’s” for all classrooms and data literacy tutorials to help build the capacity ofContinueContinue reading “Launching YouTube Channel”