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What the Pandemic Has Revealed About Digital Equity Initiatives

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As schools prepare for the 2020-2021 school year, the presenters have had many opportunities to listen to their stakeholders. While it wouldn’t do any good to ask them what exactly they want because they don’t know what they don’t know, now is the time to listen about how they perceived the past months.

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Digital Equity After the Pandemic

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Familiarity does not equal experience or understanding: Just because staff have some knowledge about technology does not mean they understand how to scale it for effective digital learning. Administrators need to have a detailed home survey for every student to understand how to serve them.

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Leading Teaching and Learning in Today’s World

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When asked about the hurdles that happened due to schools closing on March 13th, 2020, all four presenters agreed that broadband, not devices, challenged their districts to provide equitable access to learning no matter their districts’ geographic location or demographics. Tech Enablers. The world has changed.

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Leading the Digital Transformation in Rural Districts During Crisis and Beyond

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While they may be proficient in using edtech, they don’t know how to create comprehensive lessons to use it in the classroom. With not all kids having the same access, they need to figure out how to develop lessons to accommodate all students. Glenn Robbins is Superintendent of Brigantine Public Schools in New Jersey.

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Getting Stakeholders to Back the Edtech Budget

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But since the tech keeps upgrading and evolving, teachers need to receive ongoing training on how to best use the resources to support their students. CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation.

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Getting Whole Community Buy-in for 1:1 Technology Initiatives

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Yet, 1:1 classrooms, BYOD, and tech-supported education are today’s reality. During the edWebinar, “ Leading Digital Learning: Successful Strategies for 1:1 Implementations ,” the presenters focused on how to get buy-in from within the school and across the community to improve chances for success and sustainability.

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Going on the Offensive: Cyber Security Strategies for Schools

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School leaders should have a plan for each system: how the information is backed up, how to shut down the affected system and disengage it from the network, and how and what recovery will look like. In September of this year (2019), Dr. Donna Wright was named the 2020 Tennessee Superintendent of the Year.