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How Access to Technology Can Create Equity in Schools

Digital Promise

That means we shouldn’t just use edtech to replace worksheets, run “drill and kill” exercises, or crunch assessment performance numbers. In rural Alabama, Piedmont City School District helped provide students with internet access by installing a town wireless network in 2011 using a federal E-rate grant.

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Charting a New Path for Strategic Edtech Planning

edWeb.net

Additional edtech budget items: Most administrators’ budgets have detailed estimates that include direct costs (e.g., Reexamining impact and use of edtech tools: Most schools are already collecting data on how frequently programs are used and the impact of the programs on student learning goals. devices) and indirect costs (e.g.,

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Students Go Behind the Scenes at the CMA Awards to Discover the Power of STEAM in a New Virtual Field Trip from Discovery Education and the Country Music Association 

eSchool News

About the CMA Foundation  The Country Music Association established the CMA Foundation , a nonprofit 501(c)(3), in 2011 to leverage strategic partnerships, professional development for qualified music teachers, and grant distribution to improve and withstand equitable music education programs for all students nationwide.

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16 Great NonProfits Working to Support EdTech in Schools

Tom Murray

CoSN is a professional association and advocacy group for district technology leaders with a goal of “empowering educational leaders to leverage technology to create engaging learning environments and provide the tools essential for their success”. Organization: Future Ready Schools ® (Part of the Alliance for Excellent Education).

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Creating your virtual library (quickly) using Slides and Bitmojis)

NeverEndingSearch

by EZ EdTech! 2011) Evolving the Virtual School Library, Part 1: Deconstructing My Own Interface. These two excellent tutorials will help you get started: by Thomas Blakemore. Valenza, J.K.

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Effective Technology Professional Learning: Leading and Collaborating to Assure Success

edWeb.net

Cathy, who was appointed in 2011 as the school system’s Deputy Superintendent for Academic Advancement, has dedicated her career to public education. She also served as WCPSS’s 2014-15 Teacher of the Year, has been a member of the WCPSS Strategic Planning team, and was awarded the CoSN NextGen Emerging EdTech Leader in 2019.

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‘Bigly’ Education Decisions for 2017

Edsurge

Rick Hess has observed, no one knows exactly how the new administration's campaign promises will play out, there are two policy areas that edtech decision-makers ought to pay extra attention to. President Obama allowed the program to expire in 2009, but it was reauthorized for five years in 2011. School Choice. Its future looks bright.