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Laying the Foundation for Distance Learning Success

Digital Promise

Schools across the country were forced to rapidly shift to distance learning last spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and as the 2020-2021 school year began in the fall and teachers and students were still trying to adjust to this “new normal,” those in the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools program had an advantage.

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Coronavirus is poised to inflame inequality in schools

The Hechinger Report

State and federal agencies have advised schools to create online learning plans to minimize the disruption to student learning. Their students have internet connections at home, laptops they can work from, teachers who know how to design online lessons and a strong foundation of in-school blended learning experience.

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The Biggest Distance-Learning Experiment In History: Week One

MindShift

Just over half of the nation’s public school children are from families considered low-income, and an estimated 12 million lack broadband Internet access at home. In Chicago, teachers are offering enrichment resources only, instructed to make sure there’s “no new learning.” “I’ve spoken to his mom.

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Tuesday and Wednesday - Big Kickoff Days for Connected Educator Month!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

A practical discussion of how professional learning educators do every day in online communities and networks can be formally recognized and impact formal PD, led by a panel of educators at all levels, including Al Byers, Darren Cambridge, Pam Moran, and Eric Sheninger, who are already engaged in making it happen, Steve Hargadon facilitating.

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Before going one-to-one, this district is helping every kid get home wi-fi

eSchool News

Add concepts like blended and flipped learning to the equation and you come up with yet another to-do list item: Make sure students can actually use their devices when they aren’t physically on campus and within wi-fi range. Intent on bridging that gap, Little Falls CSD is working with Albany, N.Y.-based

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This is how your infrastructure should look before your next tech rollout

eSchool News

Most educational organizations want the classroom to change; to improve teaching and learning by leveraging technology. The terms blended and flipped learning are touted extensively as useful educational goals. It must also provide fast and reliable external access to teaching and learning resources that are on campus.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“ FCC Delays Are Keeping Broadband From Rural School Kids,” says Wired. Via Techcrunch : “ Grasshopper , a learn-to-code app from Google ’s Area 120 incubator, goes live.” ” From the ASU website : “Panelists discuss future of personalized learning.” million total. million from ADV.