Credit: Looks like a lesson on entomology for Bear, fifth grade teacher Becky Hamilton’s dog. Hamilton’s incorporated appearances of Bear into online learning to increase student engagement—and to let kids just have a bit of fun seeing him on screen and chatting about his antics.

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