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Ensuring Access and Opportunity; Supporting At Home Connectivity

Tom Murray

According to a report released by the Pew Research Center, approximately 5 of the 29 million households with school-aged children lack access to high quality broadband internet while at home. Whether it’s continuing education, applying for a job, or access to the world’s information, the ability to connect is vital for economic opportunity.

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Benetech, Macmillan Pioneer Effort to Make All Digital Books ‘Born Accessible’

Edsurge

In 2015, the U.S. Among its main social-impact missions is to ensure that educational texts—print or digital—are accessible to every learner, regardless of impairment or disability. If we can push that accessibility work upstream to the publisher, all of a sudden that book is born accessible,” says Turner. “If

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The journey to digital sustainability: A CIO’s perspective

eSchool News

Meeting with other education technology and instructional leaders affirmed how multi-faceted and critical digital sustainability is for school districts right now. Given our district’s size, we distributed devices to 30 or 40 schools at a time beginning in 2014/2015. In August 2023, I transitioned from teaching and learning to IT.

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National Bullying Prevention Month–October

Ask a Tech Teacher

Wikipedia defines “cyberbullying” as: the use of information technology to repeatedly harm or harass other people in a deliberate manner. You think they’re OK because you disabled the online access — think again. million people (and counting) have watched this video since it was published in September 2015. In fact, 4.7

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National Bullying Prevention Month

Ask a Tech Teacher

Wikipedia defines “cyberbullying” as: the use of information technology to repeatedly harm or harass other people in a deliberate manner. You think they’re OK because you disabled the online access — think again. million people (and counting) have watched this video since it was published in September 2015. In fact, 4.7

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6 Pillars to Successfully Integrate Technology In Your 1:1 Classroom

Securly

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) conducted a study on the correlation between test performance and technology usage in the classroom. In the last quarter of 2015, they released their findings in “ Students Computers and Learning: Making the Connection”. Digitally Mature Leaders .

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Computer Science Now More Than an Elective for University of California Admissions

Edsurge

In 2015, she started a petition that received 18,369 signatures to allow computer science to meet one of the science requirements for college admission in California. This decision will become a really influential policy lever for high schools to want to offer CS courses and students who want access to them.”

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