eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Under these requirements, special education students should be in the same classrooms as their peers to the maximum appropriate extent. This requires some training for educators on how to create more inclusive classrooms. Here are three strategies for educators to support inclusive learning: 1.

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More Verbs

MARCH 21, 2016

The Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI) was not designed to be primarily an equity of access to technology program (although that was part of it). And it wasn’t designed to be primarily a program by which students could develop technology skills (although that was part of it).

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eSchool News

JANUARY 22, 2024

This was most common when new technology came out or new methods for instruction, assessment, or accountability. They aren’t always sequential and sometimes – especially if a leader lacks some new content knowledge or a particular skill set –they relearn or upskill themselves as needed. We could call this Leading and Learning.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Frank Smith Next year's budget proposal for education is all about equity of access — but to get there, some educational technology items need to be funded.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 17, 2017

I have been critical of the treatment of technology in both the 2015 and 2016 Education Next back-to-school polls for a variety of reasons, including sloppiness in reporting, bias, and lack of relevance to education policy and practice considerations.

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eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2024

Diversity stands for acknowledging that there is a range of differences in the classroom. Equity is meeting each individual student’s needs–their exact needs. I also believe the equity should be applicable to employees, not just students. We started looking more closely at how our students were using tech in the classroom.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Aligned to applicable learning standards, the new curated content supports educators’ work to bring the world to life while also connecting the classroom to careers and uniting families around learning. A new selection of 10 activities empowers students to discover key STEM topics like manufacturing, energy, and information technology.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Sponsored by ClassLink While artificial intelligence and machine learning are not new technologies, recent leaps in the technology driving these tools are rapidly transforming our day-to-day lives. They] need to talk to a lot of different stakeholders, from classroom teachers to administrators to parents and to students.”

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Chief technology officers and IT professionals in the K-12 field have a lot on their collective plates these days, what with the continued proliferation of technology in their schools, new governmental programs and compliance requirements, and the push to effectively integrate their technology in the classroom.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2021

It’s time for states to step up and realize that proper technology and WiFi connectivity are a must-have in public school districts, and that state policy is dangerously lagging behind. of California’s Public Contract Code only addressed online learning in the context of surplus technology and nonprofit computer labs.

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EdNews Daily

JULY 10, 2019

Technology dominates the education landscape discussion. It can bridge language-learning gaps and increase access with automation so fine that it can literally speak to a student and correct pronunciation and context, while removing any sense of embarrassment because it can be done privately anywhere. By LeiLani Cauthen.

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More Verbs

MARCH 3, 2016

In short, given a clear view of what this stakeholder group wants the future to hold for their students, it is now time to use that vision to help design the kind of schools, school community, and classroom practices that can be reasonably expected to deliver those desired outcomes. Comfortable with technology. Self assessment.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2017

Unfortunately, teachers and students are often unable to be sure there will be dependable, robust access outside of school depending on family and community circumstances. States, districts and schools are also uniquely positioned to share reduce cost or no cost out-of-school access options for families. Communicate with Families.

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Edthena

JANUARY 23, 2018

In a world where recording and uploading a social network video, a 60-minute classroom video needs to be as easy to capture and upload as a 60-second Snap. Record classroom video with just one click. Edthena users will have immediate access to the video tool inside Edthena when using Google Chrome.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

School websites provide students with updates on school events and classroom news. The idea of students having access to high-quality, safe, and appropriate technology to empower meaningful remote learning was a big awakening for many folks around the country,” she said.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Moran is a former superintendent of the Albemarle School district, in Virginia, and Socol is a former school chief technology officer in Virginia. How did looking from the point of view of a field biologist change the way you look at a classroom? Socol: No classes, no classrooms. Pam, you actually studied as a field biologist.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

But too many have also had a chilling moment when they realized their bandwidth infrastructure couldn’t begin to deliver on their technology goals. Everyone is saying ‘we are in a digital world,’ so how do we support every student, especially those that might not have WiFi access at home?” Hotspots and YouTube and WiFi, Oh My!

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eSchool News

JULY 6, 2015

Students are more thoughtful about technology use than many adults give them credit for. Students see equity of access as a key ed-tech challenge for their schools, and they’d like to have newer technology in their classrooms. said it’s mostly teachers who are using technology at his school.

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Digital Promise

MAY 25, 2017

Someone who is going to open their classroom or library to making has to be willing to learn and take risks. Gaelyn: I think your description of “iterating” is accurate, because we are making small changes all the time, and really always have been any time there was a change in technology. What were your first steps? Why the library?

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Last Thursday, The United States Department of Education held an event at the White House unveiling the 2016 National Education Technology Plan and celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Future Ready initiative. The main theme of the event was connectivity, but that extends far beyond merely connecting students to technology.

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NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Let me start by reframing the words of a former, well-known political advisor, It’s equity, stupid. It’s equity of access. And it’s equity of experience. As it continues to shift, I am here to organize the information landscape for my classroom teacher partners and our kids.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Last Thursday, The United States Department of Education held an event at the White House unveiling the 2016 National Education Technology Plan and celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Future Ready initiative. The main theme of the event was connectivity, but that extends far beyond merely connecting students to technology.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 1, 2016

Tennessee’s Wilson County Schools and Discovery Education announced a new six-year partnership supporting the creation of authentic digital learning environments in classrooms district-wide. Director of Schools at Wilson County Schools.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

Classroom facilitator. This new role for educators is a direct outcome of the data-driven classroom and the quest for accountability. The idea, said Dr. Weeks, is to understand how data can be used to support the school and classroom, rather than just viewing it as a reporting object. Database analyst? About the Host.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 27, 2015

And while assessments are the focus of this blog post, replacement thinking can be applied across the curriculum: in instructional strategies, classroom activities, or in formative data collection using tools such as Kahoot, Socrative, or Google Forms. They are tools in a classroom toolbox and are always available. Everything.

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Educator Innovator

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

“Why is it that when young people use technology on adult terms, they are praised as 21st century learners, but when they use technology on their OWN terms, they are castigated as deviant rule-breakers?” The students from the Hudson Valley and Aurora displayed an interest in technology, access, and fairness.

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