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Can Blended Learning Improve Equity in One of Nation’s Most Diverse Districts?

Edsurge

In 2014, they were named a model for desegregation by the Center for Diversity and Equality in Education. In order to address these equity concerns, the district is increasingly turning to technology--in particular, blended learning--to allow all students to succeed. Embracing Blended Learning. Hispanic/Latino 42.1%

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Digital Leadership is Not Optional

A Principal's Reflections

A great deal has changed since Digital Leadership was published in 2014. Personalized and blended learning pathways were proclaimed to be the future of education. Personalized and blended learning pathways were proclaimed to be the future of education. How are we adapting and evolving?

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The Benefits of Video in the Digital Classroom

ViewSonic Education

Digital-based learning benefits students. Blended learning and flipped classrooms. When teachers leverage technology, learning outcomes improve. 84% said that school tech adds value to their child’s learning. Blended learning combines traditional classroom learning with self-paced online learning.

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Teachers need lots of training to do online learning well. Coronavirus closures gave many just days.

The Hechinger Report

In this file photo from 2014, veteran teachers attend a Blended Learning Institute workshop in Manhattan. Families who needed devices for their kids also picked up Chromebooks. The rest of the day was devoted to reviewing the academy’s virtual learning plan and training teachers for the move from classroom to screen.

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How Can We Measure Edtech's Return on Investment?

Edsurge

The foundational technology pieces – Chromebooks, internet, assessment platforms – are stabilized at most Oakland schools. We’re doing well strong in terms of technology access at schools and home and around foundational skills. They include: Access is just the first piece of the puzzle.

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

The Hechinger Report

Launched in 2013, Classkick’s app lets teachers with iPads or Chromebooks create lessons for any subject. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. Sharing answers and the thinking behind them is also the goal of a third social-learning tool, called Pear Deck , launched in 2014 by former teachers in Iowa City.

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Tipping point: Can Summit put personalized learning over the top?

The Hechinger Report

Basecamp schools then receive mentoring from and troubleshooting by Summit staff, as well as PLP access throughout the academic year. Now, I love school math, because I’m learning better,” she said. It’s so much better,” said Brooke Williams, who sat on the classroom floor with her Chromebook in her lap, adjusting her number line. “I