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Broadband Provides More Equitable Access to Education and Workforce Preparation

edWeb.net

Essential Elements for Digital Content is a free professional learning community on edWeb.net that provides policy makers, school administrators and educator leaders a better understanding of policies and practices related to digital instructional materials. Christine Fox’s background includes experience in education and consulting.

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OPINION: Why creating and maintaining accessible digital resources is neither easy nor optional

The Hechinger Report

Cal students in the Doe Library at UC Berkeley. Many are also joining to support passage of the Accessible Instructional Materials in Higher Education (AIM HE) Act. As noted by Judge Harold Baer in the 2012 lower court decision in the Authors Guild, Inc. Photo: Alison Yin/Hechinger Report.

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State Leadership Working Towards Broadband Access for All

edWeb.net

Recent publications and projects include Navigating the Digital Shift, Digital Instructional Materials Acquisition Policies for States, OER Case Studies: Implementation in Action, The Broadband Imperative and From Data to Information. Christine’s background includes experience in education and consulting.

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

edWeb.net

They also encourage schools and districts to leverage community partnerships by working with libraries, community centers, mobile community hotspots, or local chambers of commerce. Christine Fox, Deputy Executive Director, SETDA, noted the importance of having safe WiFi access. About the Host and Sponsor.

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State and District Leadership Discuss Digital Learning Opportunities

edWeb.net

In a recent edWebinar , presenters from Idaho and Pennsylvania discussed how state and district leadership support digital learning opportunities and implement digital materials. According to the Brookings Institution there is strong evidence that the choice of instructional materials has large effects on student learning.

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Curation Situations: Let us count the ways

NeverEndingSearch

When my colleagues and I wrote our Social Media Curation Library Technology Report for ALA, we struggled with a definition. The folks we interviewed across library land curated in several different ways and we used the term curation differently depending on current community needs or where they were in any particular project.

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What role should a teacher play in choosing books kids read?

The Cornerstone for Teachers

Maybe you think removing upsetting books from school libraries is the best thing for your child. Your classroom libraries, core texts, optional reading, and on-the-fly suggestions have great power in developing your students’ love of reading, leading them to new understanding, and nurturing their empathy. Illinois (1987).