article thumbnail

Tech Access in Schools: Making Edtech Accessible to All

Digital Promise

Access to technology for all students is a major goal for many schools, companies, and organizations—yet access is only part of the equation. Foundry10’s 2018 study focused on technology usage in U.S. In our study, numerous inequities across the schools also became apparent.

article thumbnail

A Surprising Approach to Science Labs for Online Students Boosts Access to STEM Fields

Edsurge

But ASU has an explicit mission to help more people access higher education — including, Austin says, students from low-income families and students from underrepresented minority groups. ASU couldn’t test this theory by delivering chemicals to students who study online. In 2018, back when Austin had just earned her Ph.D.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

PROOF POINTS: Paper books linked to stronger readers in an international study

The Hechinger Report

An international study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development found that students who had more books at home reported that they enjoyed reading more. It’s impossible to say from this study whether paper books are the main reason why students become better readers. Credit: Jill Barshay/The Hechinger Report.

Study 143
article thumbnail

Tech That Won’t Survive 2018

Ask a Tech Teacher

Let’s see which ones won’t make it in 2018. According to James Hutton, an IT specialist for Essay On Time, on-premise software will be on its way out after 2018: “On-premises software requires teachers to install the same software on each computer inside the computer room, which is incredibly time-consuming. Desktop Computers.

Software 157
article thumbnail

New NWEA Study Points to Instructional Strategies Driving Academic Growth

eSchool News

.– K-12 assessment and research organization NWEA released today a new study that takes a deeper look into instructional practices driving high academic growth. NWEA’s new study followed that research to answer the next, necessary question: what can be learned from high growth schools about teaching and learning?

Study 79
article thumbnail

5 Free Tech Tools to Try in Your Social Studies Lessons

The CoolCatTeacher

In today’s show, he talks about top free tech tools to try in social studies lessons. Richard Byrne the author of Free Technology for Teachers has some fantastic professional development courses including a course for history / social studies teachers. Go to www.coolcatteacher.com/edtech and plan your professional development for 2018.

Study 197
article thumbnail

How Texas plans to make access to advanced math more equitable 

The Hechinger Report

In that class was Alexis Grant, an 11-year-old who thinks her year in sixth-grade honors math will pave the way for achieving one of her goals: Studying at Harvard. “I In 2018, prior to the opt-out policy, roughly 3,500 sixth graders enrolled in honors math classes. I knew it would be challenging,” Alexis said of her math class.“We