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How one city closed the digital divide for nearly all its students

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Ramos would connect to the library’s Wi-Fi — sometimes on her cellphone, sometimes using her family’s only laptop — to complete assignments and submit essays or tests for her classes at Skyline High School. Ramos, used to texting quickly, was able to do simple assignments online, so at first her schoolwork was very easy.

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The new homeschoolers: More diverse, very committed

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You learn better.”. In 2013, she, her husband and her cousin founded a nonprofit called Generations Indigenous Ways that offers after-school science programs and seasonal outdoor science camps. It just made think my children had another option to learn at home without that hostile environment.” You’re stronger minded.

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5 to 6 Hours of Basic Training on iPads? What?

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The same principles can apply to any tablet, laptop, or mobile device you are deploying to teachers. According to Pew Internet, approximately 56% of American adults own smart phones (data from April-May 2013). iPad mobile learning mobile technology online learning professional development' Unported License.

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Khan Academy plunged into classrooms, then classrooms went online

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Although Khan Academy was one of the first online learning organizations to promote the idea that kids could learn at home at their own pace, Khan denied the suggestion that working with traditional schools was a significant change in direction, instead calling it “a natural evolution of our work.”. .

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How can schools protect student data without training teachers in privacy basics?

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Gearing up for their district’s password-reset day in October, teachers and school administrators in Raytown, Missouri, watched a spoof video “gym” tour by their tech-support staff, who offered tips for stronger passwords amidst “laptop lunges” and “cross-tech” training.

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Pump up the volume! More talking in class, please!

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Before the Conversation Toolset, when Kohn wanted students to take a break from individual work for a class discussion, she had to make them close their laptops – far enough that they could no longer see the screen, but not so far as to shut down the program. Now, I just click pause,” she said. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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The massive experiment in New Orleans schools that few have noticed

The Hechinger Report

The school used the money for a bulk order of Google Chromebooks, allowing every classroom to have a laptop for each student. The rest of the students were focused intently on their laptops. But that doesn’t mean it’s actually creating the learning experience that we’re going for.”. Shhhhhhhh.”.