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Improving your virtual learning environment: A Google Classroom tutorial
This ultimate Google Classroom tutorial will show you to learn how to incorporate this program into your instructional practice. Google Classroom is a free online application that enables teachers to organize all of their digital class materials into one designated area, creating a space for them to collaborate with learners in an easy-to-use virtual learning environment.
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Hāpara wins two 2020 Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence for Student Dashboard and Workspace Sharing is caring initiative
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How to thrive and not just survive your school year with Hāpara Workspace
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Strategies for teaching and learning from home
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Giving students access to learning– even when school is closed
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Learn more about how Hāpara meets all of your digital teaching and learning needs and powers awesome learning.
Improving your virtual learning environment: A Google Classroom tutorial
This ultimate Google Classroom tutorial will show you to learn how to incorporate this program into your instructional practice. Google Classroom is a free online application that enables teachers to organize all of their digital class materials into one designated area, creating a space for them to collaborate with learners in an easy-to-use virtual learning environment.
What’s happening at Hāpara? Product updates, new initiatives and more! (October 2020)
Join us to hear about all of the exciting updates we’ve made to Hāpara, just in time for back to school. Product Manager, Erin Harding and VP of Sales Robert Bailey led an informative discussion on the latest product updates that are happening at Hāpara. These updates include: the option to copy cards in Workspace, the new grading tool that allows teachers to give feedback without having to jump back and forth and the quick tutorials that are relevant to whatever you’re looking at within Hāpara.
Formative feedback with G Suite
Discover how teachers can provide powerful formative feedback to help students on their journeys toward mastery as well as providing valuable data to drive instructional planning with G Suite, Google Classroom and Hāpara.
How to survive remote learning
Although remote learning comes with its challenges, there are so many useful strategies and tools to help make E-Learning successful and meaningful for both learners and teachers.
Technical updates for the Southern Hemisphere
We have some exciting updates coming soon to Hāpara.
Technical updates for the Northern Hemisphere
We have some exciting updates coming soon to Hāpara.
Updates for teachers in the Southern Hemisphere
We have some exciting updates coming soon to Hāpara.
Updates for teachers in the Northern Hemisphere
We have some exciting updates coming soon to Hāpara.
The 12 characteristics of deliberate homework
Join Hāpara’s Robert Bailey as he interviews Erik Youngman, Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment for Libertyville District 70 in Libertyville, Illinois. They’ll discuss Erik’s book, “The 12 Characteristics of Deliberate Homework” and the importance of assigning homework that engages students and enhances learning.
Online and blended learning 101
Since blended learning makes up such a wide range of the learning continuum, it is helpful to understand blended learning models. In this post we will cover the seven different types of blended learning models and how Hāpara can help with the online component of learning in a variety of ways.
Using school climate data to improve schools during a pandemic
Join Hāpara’s Robert Bailey as he interviews Eugene Pinkard, Director, Practice and Leadership for the Aspen Institute Education & Society Program. They’ll discuss how to use school climate data to lead improvement in schools during a pandemic.
G Suite for Education: Where do I start?
Google Suite for Education incorporates all of the key factors that contribute to productive teaching and learning in an online or blended classroom. It is a web-based program that can be accessible from any device that is connected to the internet, and is an easy-to-use tool that offers a variety of platforms for students to apply their knowledge, demonstrate their skills, collaborate with peers, and receive constructive feedback.
Four ways Tech Admins can improve remote learning with Hāpara (and they are all free)
Remote, hybrid and face-to-face--there are so many ways learning is being delivered in K-12 schools this academic year, and we are here to help! Hear how your district can answer some of those questions, and make remote or hybrid learning a success with Hāpara tools that don't cost you a penny more, because most come with your Hāpara subscription.
Student Dashboard: The best way to organize Google Classroom for students
Student Dashboard is helping students stress less and learn more with easier access to assignments, a simple interface free of distractions and options for personalization to each learner’s needs.
Promoting equity in learning with the Hāpara Instructional Suite
Join Hāpara’s Robert Bailey as he interviews Rebecca Recco, middle school art teacher from Oakland, California. They’ll discuss how Hāpara tools like Workspace have helped her promote equity in the classroom and deeper learning experiences for all of her students.
How to set your school up for success with Hāpara
Join Peter Finlay, Engagement Manager and Lead Support Consultant at Hāpara, and Robert Bailey, VP of Sales for a discussion and demonstration of how you can set your school up for success this fall. You’ll get an inside look at the Hāpara Plan for Success and learn more about the decisions that need to be made at the start of the school year.
Coordinating Authors for District Course Creation
Join Horizon's, Shea Mellow, and Hāpara's, Lindsay Dixon Garcia, to hear about the challenging and successful process of coordinating teacher authors for district-wide course creation.
Stories of Success: Engaging Students with Hybrid Learning
Join Buffalo Trail's, Lorne Maier, to hear about how he has embraced hybrid learning to engage students in a meaningful and equitable way.
Online and blended learning 101
What can you do to prepare for the uncertainties of face-to-face learning in the foreseeable future? Get back to basics! Understanding some basics such as the learning continuum and synchronous vs asynchronous learning is key to tackling a shift from face-to-face to blended or online learning. Join us to learn how schooling complications in a COVID world can become simple.
Google Classroom and Hāpara, Better Together
Join Clandonald School’s, Janice Jackson, and Frederick County’s, Scott Lewis, as we share how Google Classroom and Hāpara are better together for not only instruction, but to meet the needs of multiple grade levels in one classroom.