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29 K-12 edtech predictions for 2021

eSchool News

When we posted our 2020 predictions on January 1 last year, we–along with the majority of the world–definitely didn’t anticipate the curveball that was (and continues to be) the global COVID-19 pandemic. Elementary students are not immune to serious student safety issues. education system.

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“It’s so hard and so challenging:” An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling

The Hechinger Report

Maranda Seawood, student support specialist at Washington Elementary School. Fremont County is both rural and remote and Superintendent Troy Zickefoose said the school district had little choice but to remain open for students because unreliable cell and broadband service across the region made remote learning nearly impossible.

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Leading Teaching and Learning in Today’s World

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The 2021 Driving K-12 Innovation report released by CoSN selected the most critical Hurdles (challenges), Accelerators (mega-trends), and Tech Enablers (tools) that school districts are facing with personalized learning, innovation, and digital equity. By Eileen Belastock. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST. Dr. David R.

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Rural areas have been slow to connect to broadband. More public funding could speed things up

The Hechinger Report

But there is one essential that has always been scarce in this part of the country and that she couldn’t stock up on: Broadband access. Perry’s home isn’t wired for broadband access. Only 13 percent of New Mexico’s population has access to a low-price internet service plan, according to Broadband Now, a research group.

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Seeking asylum in a time of Covid

The Hechinger Report

In January, Rosa Bermudez brought home a colorful worksheet from Stansbury Elementary School, meant to guide her “power plan” for a safe, healthy relationship to technology. In January, Rosa Bermudez filled out her “Power Plan” for a safe, healthy relationship to technology, one of her early assignments from Stansbury Elementary School.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Still in its early stages, this ambitious project relies on a little-known public resource – a slice of electromagnetic spectrum the federal government long ago set aside for schools – called the Educational Broadband Service (EBS). ” Via NPR : “ Advanced Placement Exam Scores In Alabama On The Rise.”