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Teachers
Read about edtech and Hāpara best practices for teachers and educators.
Why you should teach students the skill of digital curation
Curation is a skill that students may gravitate towards naturally. For research and reading, though, digital curation is a skill that needs to be taught.
A K-12 web filter that paves the trail to real learning
Digital tools for learning, including K-12 web filters, should focus on teachers and students. The Hāpara Filter is teacher and student-centered.
Strategies to prepare for face-to-face instruction
Whether or not you have a return date for face-to-face instruction, there are strategies you can use right now to help prepare for a successful transition.
Why you should use games for building student relationships
Building student relationships is important whether you’re teaching in the classroom or online, and using games is an engaging strategy for both settings.
Simplifying a teacher’s workflow: Beyond surviving to thriving online
Digital tools that simplify a teacher’s workflow, from prep to instruction to grading, transform online experiences for students.
Simplifying online and blended learning with Hāpara
Join Hāpara’s Lindy Hockenbary as she discusses applying specific tenets to set yourself and your students up for success during blended learning and how Hāpara can simplify the online component of your teaching.
Constructing more meaningful relationships during school closure and a pandemic
Tracey will share how Workspace made her school’s closure during the pandemic a positive rather than a drawback. She’ll share how much closer she became to her students and how much more personalized learning became as a result.
Remote learning in the context of a pandemic: Three tenets
After sifting through countless online resources and many 1:1 conversations with educators, I believe there are three big buckets teachers should prioritize during this pandemic: providing stability, sustaining relationships and innovating to support students.
Hāpara + G Suite = a plan for successful teaching from home infographic
Project based learning is an engaging way to help students develop key 21st century skills like collaboration and critical thinking. Learn how to get started with PBL, making it simple for you and your learners with this free infographic.
A teacher’s tips for early elementary Hāpara Workspaces at home
A teacher’s tips for early elementary Hāpara Workspaces at home. Watch the webinar to learn more.
How to thrive and not just survive your school year with Hāpara Workspace
One thing educators are quickly figuring out is that teaching and learning remotely during a public health crisis does not look the same as it did in the classroom. That means many have adapted or been forced to in order to meet even more diverse needs as children learn from home. If students aren’t turning in their work, it probably means you need to adjust your strategy.
Why aren’t your students turning in their work?
One thing educators are quickly figuring out is that teaching and learning remotely during a public health crisis does not look the same as it did in the classroom. That means many have adapted or been forced to in order to meet even more diverse needs as children learn from home. If students aren’t turning in their work, it probably means you need to adjust your strategy.
A teacher’s tips for Hāpara Workspaces at home
Join us and Ashley Newman, a 6th grade teacher from Virginia, as she shares how she’s used Hāpara Workspace to teach her students in the classroom and from home during the quarantine. She’ll share her playbook for how to plan your Workspace for success, tips and tricks to make building your Workspace easy, and how to follow up with students in Workspace.
Strategies for teaching and learning from home
When schools are forced to close their doors, moving work into the cloud can be challenging if schools don’t have a strategy in place. However, with a little bit of planning and the right tools, remote learning can present a lot of great opportunities for learning that are unavailable in the traditional classroom.
Ideas and support to continue teaching and learning from home with Hāpara and G Suite
Learn workflows for teaching from home, best practices for successful remote learning and how to use Hāpara to make Google Classroom more accessible.
Teach and learn from home: best practices for continued learning during school closure
Teach and learn from home with Hāpara: Best practices for continued learning during school closure. View the webinar.
Punctuated Feedback to Maximize Student Feedback
Providing effective student feedback during the learning process increases student success. Watch the webinar.
Moving toward visible learning
In project based learning, students learn by working for an extended period of time to research and answer an authentic, engaging and complex question, problem or challenge (PBL Works). There are a lot of misconceptions about PBL and what it is.
Project Based Learning + Hāpara = deeper learning
In project based learning, students learn by working for an extended period of time to research and answer an authentic, engaging and complex question, problem or challenge (PBL Works). There are a lot of misconceptions about PBL and what it is.
Chatting in Google Docs: An opportunity to teach digital citizenship
How can you tell if students are chatting in Google Docs? Using Hāpara Dashboard and Highlights makes it easy to see what learners are up to and whether or not they are chatting in Google Docs. Some learners like to start a Google Doc and share it with friends, and type their messages to each other in the Doc.