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5 Best Practices for STEM Education Spaces

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Makerspaces — a key element of STEM education — are popping up in classrooms and libraries across the U.S. Research from School Library Journal indicates that maker activities at elementary and middle schools increased by 4 percent from 2014 to 2017. The independent private school in Medina, Wash., For its part, St.

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2014 Global Education Conference - Day Two!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Kolleen Bouchane, Policy and Advocacy Director Turning Interests into Insights: Using Data Visualizations to Teach Global Issues - Ann Marie Gleeson, Ph.D., Kolleen Bouchane, Policy and Advocacy Director Turning Interests into Insights: Using Data Visualizations to Teach Global Issues - Ann Marie Gleeson, Ph.D.,

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Planning for the Total Cost of Edtech Initiatives

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Strategic planning for edtech is an endless journey—and not just because of constantly evolving hardware and software. Similarly, Ann Linson, Superintendent, East Noble School Corporation, IN, said that understanding the total cost also means having a focus for the edtech initiative. Ann earned her bachelors, masters, and Ed.S.

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Effective Technology Professional Learning: Leading and Collaborating to Assure Success

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Gaddis explained how Wake County focused their professional learning by first identifying three groups: teachers, leadership, and school library media coordinators. Allison is a member of the Wake County Public School System’s Digital Learning & Libraries team where she serves as their senior director.

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Leading the Digital Transformation in Rural Districts During Crisis and Beyond

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Normally, many rural districts work with local libraries and businesses to provide students with WiFi hotspots. While they may be proficient in using edtech, they don’t know how to create comprehensive lessons to use it in the classroom. Most important, be understanding of different families’ predicaments.

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What the Pandemic Has Revealed About Digital Equity Initiatives

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In addition, the current reliance on distance learning—and the potential to need it again—has opened many families’ eyes as to why school are spending many on edtech. She began serving as Director of Schools for Wilson County Schools in 2014. Her district is giving the parents the support they need to become digital learners.

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Inside Tips for Successfully Implementing Online Assessments

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The budgeting team needs to understand the many roles of edtech as well. Edtech needs sustained funding over time because once tech initiatives are started, they can’t be stopped. CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation.