Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The plan was first released to fulfill the Improving America’s Schools Act of 1994 and last revised in 2016. The plan separates technological divides — barriers that block some students from full participation — into access, design and use. These reports, some observers believe, mark a thoughtful step toward ensuring digital equity.

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Digital Divide EdTech Broadband E-rate 157

The Hechinger Report

MAY 12, 2022

In Wichita, for example, the district’s policy states that physical activity should not be “routinely” used or withheld as a consequence, leaving teachers and principals to decide what counts as “routine.”. The post Kids’ access to recess varies greatly appeared first on The Hechinger Report. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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Accessibility Policies Handbook Report 111

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Members of the Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools serve as examples of how forward-thinking leadership can transform learning. Both districts are founding members of the League, and have long demonstrated their commitment to improve achievement and access for students.

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Competency Based Learning Learning Laptops Mobility 120

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Members of the Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools serve as examples of how forward-thinking leadership can transform learning. Both districts are founding members of the League, and have long demonstrated their commitment to improve achievement and access for students. You can reach her on Twitter at @sschappy.

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Competency Based Learning Learning Laptops Accessibility 120

Education Superhighway

MAY 30, 2019

In 2016, EducationSuperHighway worked with the Virginia Department Of Education (VDOE) to hire an E-rate and school technology specialist. She’s a big advocate for expanding broadband access and digital equity, and she has become a key strategic planner for school Internet in Virginia. ESH was the spark that lit the flame.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The program was first announced in 2016, and the launch is expected this summer—though it was delayed early this year because of a lack of critical workers. During the pandemic, broadband access became more pressing than ever for education, as schools and colleges suddenly shifted most teaching online.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2019

Nearly 200 colleges face federal civil rights investigations opened in 2019 about whether they are accessible and communicate effectively to people with disabilities. Among the newer aspects of these kinds of complaints is whether college social media communication meets accessibility standards. And on August 21, in Payan v.

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Social Media Accessibility CMS Facebook 104

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 25, 2023

Learners achieve higher achievement scores in math One 2016 randomized study by Roschelle et al found that students attained higher achievement scores when teachers combined one-on-one attention and web-based homework tools. The majority of learners are comfortable using their personal devices to access schoolwork.

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EdTech4Beginners

APRIL 17, 2021

Your lesson can give real-life examples of why your students should pick up emailing and what value it brings to them so they can see themselves in each of the scenarios. In 2020, phishing was the most common type of cybercrime and was 11 times more likely to happen than it did in 2016.

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Social Media Examples Strategy Tools 321

Education Superhighway

JULY 8, 2019

As the State E-rate Director, Milan Eaton has been working on the Arizona Broadband for Education Initiative since it began in 2016. What experiences led you to become passionate about expanding broadband access? What were the biggest challenges when you began working on the Arizona Broadband for Education Initiative in 2016?

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E-rate Accessibility Broadband Examples 61

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2024

I wanted to ensure greater inclusion,” Churches said — which, in her case, meant expanding access to internships, particularly for students from historically underrepresented groups. But traditional internships are not universally accessible. “At Online internships can be more accessible than in-person programs.

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Survey Company Industry Accessibility 124

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Department of Education aims to highlight that disparity and many other inequities in the use and design of ed tech, as well as access to it. The update of the policy document by the DOE’s Office of Education Technology is the first since 2016 (parts of it were revised in 2017). In addition, the report covers AI and data privacy.

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Digital Divide Advocacy Policies Report 92

Digital Promise

JUNE 26, 2019

These principles guide our work to close the Digital Learning Gap by ensuring learning experiences are personal and accessible, authentic and challenging, collaborative and connected, and inquisitive and reflective. Maker learning, while in many ways still a grassroots movement, has become increasingly common in schools around the world.

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Learning System Assessment Accessibility 244

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

For example, last year, California’s legislature identified climate change as a major threat to K-12 education for its potential to disrupt students’ lives and learning, along with school districts’ budgets. And those groups that just don't have the means or the access will be left even further behind.” In the U.S.,

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Education Analysis Report Elementary 169

Hapara

JANUARY 17, 2024

When teachers successfully employ differentiation strategies in the classroom, academic achievement becomes accessible to more learners. Access to relevant and valuable content is another fundamental as educators get started with differentiation. Why is it important to use differentiated instruction in the classroom?

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Strategy Differentiated Instruction Classroom Outcomes 157

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Given the extensive nature of the topic, I have decided to dedicate a separate post to showcase various examples of blended learning in action. Auster (2016) defines blended learning in a succinct and clear manner. Auster’s study (Carol Auster, 2016​ ​​​). In her study, Carol J.

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Blended Learning Learning Outcomes Course 115

The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

This includes making all public-facing content accessible to them. For example, as of 2016, New York City has local law 26. It requires that the City of New York make its websites accessible to the disability community. It also gives them the right to a reasonable accommodation. images, audio, video).

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2015

The 2016 Plan, Future Ready Learning: Reimagining the Role of Technology in Education , articulates a vision of equity, active use, and collaborative leadership to make everywhere, all-the-time learning possible, according to the plan’s website. The plan that the U.S. Education Department released on Dec.

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Technology Equity of Access Future Ready Education 40

eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2015

The 2016 Plan, Future Ready Learning: Reimagining the Role of Technology in Education , articulates a vision of equity, active use, and collaborative leadership to make everywhere, all-the-time learning possible, according to the plan’s website. The plan that the U.S. Education Department released on Dec.

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Technology Equity of Access Future Ready Education 40

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 4, 2024

Tablets, laptops, and Chromebooks have become as commonplace as notebooks, enabling students to access a vast reservoir of information and educational resources at their fingertips. These advancements have given rise to the cloud-based classroom, a dynamic and accessible learning environment that epitomizes educational innovation.

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Classroom Khan Academy E-rate Internet Safety 120

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 2, 2017

The gap is growing between students who are only exposed to technology for uses such as test prep and reading static online content and students leveraging technology to work out exciting and relevant problems, conduct deep research, connect with peers around the world and access experts. About the Literacy Initiative.

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Digital Divide Technology Hapara Training 170

Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

To start off, it’s worth thinking back to 2016. Even if this decline doesn’t quite match the dire predictions of mass college closures that were popular in 2016, the recent history and near-term outlook for traditional higher ed is more negative than I imagined. This trend, too, has seen a jump forward due to the pandemic.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2022

ACT’s researchers calculated that the number of test takers with an A average surpassed the number of B students after 2016. These recent A students, for example, posted lower ACT scores than A students from a decade ago. Something interesting is happening in 2016. As grades rose, achievement fell. The top score is 36.)

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 2, 2018

with high-speed internet to help bridge the “homework gap” that many rural students face because of lack of internet access at home. And without this access, many students fall behind. Chandler, the school district’s director of technology, told EdTech in 2016. Microsoft wants to outfit school buses in Hillman, Mich.,

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Waterford

JANUARY 14, 2020

2] Children who experience toxic stress, for example, are more likely to develop the following mental and physical illnesses later on:[3]. 4] For example, children with toxic stress are more likely to fit the parameters for chronic absenteeism , or excessive school absences.[6] Voices in Urban Education, 2016, 43, pp.

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Classroom E-rate Advocacy Report 239

Education Superhighway

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Compare & Connect K-12 , a free tool we launched in 2016, has been a powerful vehicle for districts to compare their bandwidth pricing with that of nearby districts. Direct access to helpful tools, resources, webinars, and technical support. Go to compareandconnectk12.org org to unlock the power of price transparency.

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Accessibility Comparison Meeting Digital Learning 69

EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 20, 2018

Since January 2016, there have been 355 cybersecurity-related incidents against K–12 schools , including ransomware attacks, according to the K–12 Cybersecurity Resource Center. . Microsoft , for example, has DRaaS services incorporated into its Azure cloud platform. by Karen Scarfone.

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Data Microsoft Analysis System 171

Waterford

MARCH 26, 2021

Substandard housing, lack of access to medical care, and poor nutrition can affect a child’s physical and cognitive development. Further, logistical challenges like lack of access to the Internet or home computers can challenge students.[5]. One example of a program that uses this is Head Start.[1] January 2016.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 13, 2018

A recent study by Symantec, the 2016 Shadow Data Report , found that most of the cloud-based shadow IT apps organizations rely upon lacked enterprise-class security features. For example, a district might be able to integrate vetted apps with its other IT resources, such as making them available through a district web portal or app store.

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Symantec Software Mobility Data 171

Reading By Example

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

Before I explain more, let’s go back to 2016. In addition (and I don’t want to get ahead of myself), subscribers would have full access to any eBooks and eCourses available for purchase on the blog. Am I able to access a free trial to see if I would want this subscription?

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Examples eBook Trends Accessibility 34

Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 31, 2022

As I eventually wrote in Open educational resources: Undertheorized research and untapped potential : Many of the articles reviewed in Hilton (2016), including some articles on which I was an author, are woefully undertheorized. call this “the access hypothesis.” Grimaldi et al. Grimaldi et al.

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OER Outcomes Comparison Study 147

Digital Promise

JUNE 21, 2017

During the 2016 National Week of Making, as a part of President Obama’s Nation of Makers initiative, Digital Promise and Maker Ed announced the Maker Promise. School leaders expressed interest in integrating making into core academic subjects but noted that there are few examples of how to implement this into their schools.

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Survey Report Conference Resources 244

Edsurge

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Duke University, for example, added an additional supplemental essay prompt that reads, “We believe a wide range of personal perspectives, beliefs, and lived experiences are essential to making Duke a vibrant and meaningful living and learning community,” and invites students to share more in this context.

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Training Accessibility Study Report 132

eSchool News

AUGUST 9, 2016

Comprehensive supporting materials reinforce real- world folklorist skills by defining terms, providing examples, tips, and organizational tools, and walking students through professional interview and story-shaping processes. Participants also have access to professional folklorists at the Smithsonian.

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Company Video Study Report 40

Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2017

In 2016, we launched the Research Map to provide education stakeholders a visual way to explore the full landscape of education and learning science research. We’re excited to share an updated version of the Research Map , which features the latest research and new ways to access relevant learning science findings. Explore the map.

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STEM Analysis Learning Twitter 141

TeachThought - Learn better.

AUGUST 18, 2015

30 Companies That Offer Teacher Discounts In 2016. 30 Companies That Offer Teacher Discounts In 2016. An example? Get online access to The Gray Lady for 99 cents for four weeks, then 50% off your subscription after that. It will be May 3, 2016! . 30 Companies That Offer Teacher Discounts In 2016.

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EdNews Daily

JULY 31, 2019

The 2018 median salary for this work was in the mid $90,000s, with anticipated job growth of 9% from 2016 to 2026. This private data and information has been accessed from the outside, and sold to those who want to do something with your personal data. Cybersecurity & Networking. Occupational Therapy.

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