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Shapegrams: Grab-and-Go Google Drawings Lessons

Shake Up Learning

A Shapegrams membership gets you access to all Shapegrams and gives you a license to distribute them to your students. I taught fifth-graders at College View Elementary School. Since 1998 I’ve been a pioneer in digital learning, having a classroom website before many classrooms even had internet access.

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SETDA Provides Tips on Equity of Access for Students Outside of School

edWeb.net

Access to online resources including digital content, interactive education apps and websites, videos, experts and peers is no longer a “nice to have” but rather a necessity. Christine Fox, Deputy Executive Director, SETDA, noted the importance of having safe WiFi access. She suggested beginning with a clear mission statement.

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Digital divide: Gap is narrowing, but how will schools maintain progress?

The Hechinger Report

As teachers develop lesson plans, they also face lingering questions, in Maine and nationally, over the possibility of a return to remote learning and concerns about ensuring all students have access to the devices and high-quality broadband they need to do classwork and homework. This is essential to access education”.

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In Successful Edtech, Pedagogy Comes First—Devices Second

Digital Promise

A recent study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development found that access to computers and other digital devices had no impact on students' proficiency in reading, math, and science. Where LAUSD's iPads were used at all, they were used for whole-classroom instruction, just like whiteboards of old.

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State and District Leadership Discuss Digital Learning Opportunities

edWeb.net

There are essential conditions for digital learning like state leadership, equity of access, accessibility for all students, interoperability considerations, and student data and privacy. They are now in their fifth year of 1:1 with iPads for grades K-12, and have designed learning environments to create student engagement.

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Global Collaboration Week Begins - Find a Project and Connect!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

They are free for all, online, recorded, and archived at [link] There is also an index that gives a clear overview of all presentations so far and how to access their recordings ([link] Learning2gether events perpetuate the spirit and goals of Webheads in Action. URL/LINK TO JOIN: [link] Can I get access to Zoom? Stevens (2014, p.162)

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Is the pandemic our chance to reimagine education for students with disabilities?

The Hechinger Report

But when schools shuttered for the coronavirus last spring, Vaughn gained a slew of new responsibilities, like helping her kids access virtual classrooms and coordinating the special education services they receive. Single mom Nicole Vaughn has spent the better part of her adult life advocating for her five adopted children with disabilities.

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