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How Community Coalitions Are Bridging the Digital Divide

Digital Promise

Tackling the Digital Divide with Device Deployment in Kansas City. When schools closed in mid-March, Kansas City was confronted by the region’s deep digital divide. As districts shifted to digital learning in the spring, schools strived to ensure teaching and learning continued.

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Remote Learning Teaching Tips

A Principal's Reflections

With little to no training or preparation, they have stepped up to keep learning going. A recent eSchool News article highlighted that most teachers don’t feel fully prepared for remote learning. Like teachers, they are working crazy hours to help keep learning going. It hasn’t been easy for them to say the least.

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8 Non-Digital Remote Learning Ideas

A Principal's Reflections

Throughout this ordeal, we must be patient, understanding, and flexible as teachers and administrators, with little to no training in this area, do their best to provide an education to students. Movement matters more than ever if learning is the goal. I cannot commend their efforts enough. Choice leads to more empowerment.

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Using a Student-Centered Approach to Promote Computational Thinking

Edsurge

Professors and lecturers from MIT and the Education University of Hong Kong (EDUHK) provided 78 hours of training to the first batch of teachers to explore and learn the CoolThink curriculum. Eventually, I started to train the trainers and provide support for others to learn the CoolThink curriculum.

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From normal to better: Using what we’ve learned to improve education

Neo LMS

Blended learning , a hybrid of synchronous (typically face-to-face) and asynchronous (typically online at one’s own pace) methods, is a great example of how we can help students to take charge of their own learning. Read more: Can EdTech enable Social Emotional Learning (SEL)? Ensure equitable provision of resources.

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30 Ideas To  Consider When Implementing School Online and Offline During The Coronavirus

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

As the Coronavirus has changed the landscape of education, I have become more and more aware of inequity and the digital divide. Over seven years ago I worked with our District Technology Director and Superintendent to create a 1:1 e-learning program that would be used to make up snow days.

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10 AR Math Lessons You Need to See – SULS0196

Shake Up Learning

The site offers tools for all educators regardless of the technology available to them, including hundreds of free standards-based lessons, immersive educational experiences, and professional development tools to help them learn new skills and feel more confident with technology integration. © Shake Up Learning 2023.