Co-Teaching: Equitable and Inclusive Opportunities for Students

Co-teaching is an expanding opportunity across schools to provide equitable and inclusive classrooms for all students. It can be used in many facets and is employed regularly in schools through many different mechanisms and programs. Generally, many think of co-teaching as only to provide students with special needs an opportunity to participate in general educationContinueContinue reading “Co-Teaching: Equitable and Inclusive Opportunities for Students”

10 High-Impact Instructional Strategies Instructional Leaders and Coaches Can Support Teachers With That Make a Huge Difference in Student Learning

As instructional leaders and coaches, we have the incredible opportunity to elevate the effectiveness of teaching and cultivate a culture of continual growth in our schools. Embracing the new school year, review an array of high-impact instructional strategies that can truly ignite learning experiences within our classrooms. Each strategy presented in this post is accompaniedContinueContinue reading “10 High-Impact Instructional Strategies Instructional Leaders and Coaches Can Support Teachers With That Make a Huge Difference in Student Learning”

New Book Release! Amplify Learning: A Global Collaborative – Amplifying Authentic Learning in Reading, Writing, and Mathematics

On January 4th, 2023, Amplify Learning: A Global Collaborative โ€“ Amplifying Learning in Authentic Reading, will be released with EduMatch Publishing! It is a book on research-based strategies integrated with EdTech tools crowdsourced by teachers across the world who are doing these strategies and tech integrations within their classrooms, schools, and districts. This is book two ofContinueContinue reading “New Book Release! Amplify Learning: A Global Collaborative – Amplifying Authentic Learning in Reading, Writing, and Mathematics”

Instruction Without Boundaries: Let’s Create Engaging and Effective Classrooms Within Any Setting to Enhance Student Learning

Over the last few years, we have had to teach within online, blended, and fully in-person classroom settings. While great strides have been made leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic, it demonstrated how the future for K-20 education is within classroom settings that no longer are bound to only a physical classroom space. We’ve learnedContinueContinue reading “Instruction Without Boundaries: Let’s Create Engaging and Effective Classrooms Within Any Setting to Enhance Student Learning”

Amplify Learning: A Global Collaborative – Amplifying Instructional Design

On June 13th, 2022, Amplify Learning: A Global Collaborative – Amplifying Instructional Design will be released with EduMatch Publishing! It is a book on research-based strategies integrated with EdTech tools from teachers across the world who are doing these strategies and integrations within their classrooms, schools, and districts. This is book one of the seriesContinueContinue reading “Amplify Learning: A Global Collaborative – Amplifying Instructional Design”

Using QR Codes and Integrating them with Strategies to Amplify Learning

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. QR Codes provide a signature for someone to access the content. Think of itContinueContinue reading “Using QR Codes and Integrating them with Strategies to Amplify Learning”

Instructional Strategies to Integrate with Google Jamboard to Amplify Learning

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. Google Jamboard, like Google Slides, has many opportunities to integrate various instructional strategies toContinueContinue reading “Instructional Strategies to Integrate with Google Jamboard to Amplify Learning”

Season 1 Recap Part 1: Navigating Education – The Podcast

Season 1 of Navigating Education – The Podcast is almost over! As the season comes to an end, there will be a number of blog posts summarizing all of the great episodes from the season. The purpose of having a number of posts reviewing the season is to provide an opportunity for you to takeContinueContinue reading “Season 1 Recap Part 1: Navigating Education – The Podcast”

Maximizing Live Synchronous Class Sessions and Google Meet – Strategies to Help Bolster Your Students Online Learning

As our transition to online learning has gone on, the platform my district has been utilizing is Google Meet for live synchronous class sessions. Google Meet is a platform offered through Googles G-Suite, which allows for live video conferencing of up to 200 people. After a number of class sessions using this platform teaching K-12ContinueContinue reading “Maximizing Live Synchronous Class Sessions and Google Meet – Strategies to Help Bolster Your Students Online Learning”

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.

New Book: Igniting Your Teaching with Educational Technology – A Resource for New Teachers

A New Book! I would like to announce the release of Igniting Your Teaching with Educational Technology: A Resource for New Teachers I helped write with my doctoral cohort. As a cohort, we worked extremely hard to complete this project over the course of the last quarter. I am proud of our accomplishment and Iย extremelyContinueContinue reading “New Book: Igniting Your Teaching with Educational Technology – A Resource for New Teachers”