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Broadband Provides More Equitable Access to Education and Workforce Preparation

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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.

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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. Photo: Alison Yin/Hechinger Report. 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.

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State Leadership Working Towards Broadband Access for All

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In a recent edWebinar , Christine Fox, Deputy Executive Director of SETDA, offered highlights from the report, and Ryan Kocsondy, Director of Connecticut Education Network (CEN), gave an inside look at why Connecticut schools don’t worry about running out of bandwidth. 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

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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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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.

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Are We There Yet? Integrating Tech & Learning #SXSWedu

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Notes from panel discussion/concurrent session at SXSWedu 2012 Geoff Wurzel, TechNet Wurzel was one of the influencers on Senate Bill 6 and the creation of the Instructional Materials Allotment in Texas. It brings a library of over 18,000 purpose-built, digital learning objects to teachers, learners, and parents.