{"id":20992,"date":"2020-10-16T13:10:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T17:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=20992"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:04:45","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:04:45","slug":"um-dearborns-effort-to-help-teachers-is-paying-off-big-in-some-area-classrooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2020\/10\/16\/um-dearborns-effort-to-help-teachers-is-paying-off-big-in-some-area-classrooms\/","title":{"rendered":"UM-Dearborn\u2019s effort to help teachers is paying off big in some area classrooms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"368\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/classroomworkshop_reporter_final-2-700x368.jpg\" alt=\"African American teacher on screen with students around perimeter\" class=\"wp-image-20996\"\/><figcaption>(Violet Dashi\/UM-Dearborn News)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Teachers face some serious challenges this school year. <a href=\"https:\/\/umdearborn.edu\/news\/articles\/um-dearborns-effort-help-teachers-paying-big-some-area-classrooms\">But the innovation that\u2019s happening amidst the chaos should give us hope for the future<\/a>, says U-M Dearborn&#8217;s <strong>Stein Brunvand<\/strong>, associate dean and professor of educational technology with the College of Education, Health, and Human Services<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back in the summer, Brunvard led a free workshop for 33 area teachers and held a follow-up in September, which drew 14 more. The goal was to quickly train-up teachers in digital classroom best practices and useful software tools so they could not just get through the school year, but have a good one.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Brunvand, it\u2019s important to disentangle systemic or logistical challenges from what\u2019s going on in actual classrooms, where there\u2019s a lot of interesting, innovative things happening. In large part because teachers have put a lot of effort into making digital classrooms work. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teachers face some serious challenges this school year. But the innovation that\u2019s happening amidst the chaos should give us hope for the future, says U-M Dearborn&#8217;s Stein Brunvand, associate dean and professor of educational technology with the College of Education, Health, and Human Services Back in the summer, Brunvard led a free workshop for 33 area teachers and\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2020\/10\/16\/um-dearborns-effort-to-help-teachers-is-paying-off-big-in-some-area-classrooms\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[414,36,485,588],"class_list":["post-20992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","tag-community-engagement","tag-dearborn","tag-online-learning","tag-teaching"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/classroomworkshop_reporter_final-2-e1604255643848.jpg",800,420,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/classroomworkshop_reporter_final-2-200x105.jpg",200,105,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/classroomworkshop_reporter_final-2-300x158.jpg",300,158,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/classroomworkshop_reporter_final-2-768x403.jpg",665,349,true],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/classroomworkshop_reporter_final-2-700x368.jpg",600,315,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/classroomworkshop_reporter_final-2-e1604255643848.jpg",800,420,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/classroomworkshop_reporter_final-2-e1604255643848.jpg",800,420,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/classroomworkshop_reporter_final-2-200x140.jpg",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/classroomworkshop_reporter_final-2-60x42.jpg",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/classroomworkshop_reporter_final-2-658x300.jpg",658,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/classroomworkshop_reporter_final-2-665x349.jpg",665,349,true],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/classroomworkshop_reporter_final-2-e1604255643848.jpg",400,210,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"News Staff","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/mitnewsadm\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Teachers face some serious challenges this school year. 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