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What's Really Getting in the Way of Teachers Embracing Edtech?

Edsurge

a math teacher and instructional coach at Brashier Middle College Charter High School in Simpsonville, South Carolina, has more than two decades of experience and spends a lot of time thinking about edtech. If a classroom has spotty Wi-Fi or a teacher has inadequate access to devices for students, it’s awfully hard to make the most of edtech.

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Funding School Services in the Midst of Multiple Crises

edWeb.net

The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund follows the same formula as Title I, so it can be used to help bridge the digital divide for students from low-income families. Arati Nagaraj is an education consultant, edtech advisor and school board trustee in the San Francisco Bay Area. Join the Community.

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Ten Resources and Next Steps: Education and Poverty….ASCD 2016

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

I viewed this as an opportunity to visit one of the premier educational conferences with that edtech and PBL filter. Manny Scott is an original Freedom Writer, whose story is told in the 2007 movie, Freedom Writers. Freedom Writers Movie – Visit Common Sense Media to learn more about this 2007 movie based on a true story.

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Learning Revolution Free PD - Angela Maiers Tonight - LOTS of 2014 Global Education Conference Updates - Proposal Deadline, Keynotes, and Volunteering

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Learning Revolution Events Global Education Conference , November 17th - 21st, 2014 Partner Spotlight Africa ICT Right (AIR) is an ICT-oriented non-profit organization established in 2007 with its Headquarter in Ghana and run by a team of volunteers. More information at [link]. Interested in becoming a Learning Revolution Partner?

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, Um, they do.) The LMS isn’t the only platform in education to be sure.

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