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The journey to digital sustainability: A CIO’s perspective

eSchool News

I began at OCPS as a first-grade teacher before joining the district’s teaching and learning team, where I helped plan our five-year 1:1 device rollout for 280k students. In August 2023, I transitioned from teaching and learning to IT. To be successful, we have separated our approach into four key areas: 1.

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Predictions of Print Textbooks’ Death Remain Greatly Exaggerated

Edsurge

billion by 2023. At this point, publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s entire catalog features digital delivery options, said Matthew Mugo Fields, the publisher’s general manager for supplemental and intervention services. Even the most digitally connected educator will have access to a printer, Fields said. billion to $3.3

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‘Disruption is a huge catalyst for accelerating innovation. But it’s not a given’

The Hechinger Report

The availability of broadband: There’s so many ways to get it. If on the other hand, yes, we had a bunch of disruption and interrupted learning but out of that, we had a chance to really reset and redesign learning for the future, then arguably, these years could be some of the best levers for change that education has ever seen.

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35 edtech innovations we saw at FETC 2023

eSchool News

This year’s Future of Education Technology Conference landed in New Orleans, and the conference was abuzz with post-pandemic learning recovery tools, solutions to promote equity among students and parents, strategies for digital access, student mental health, social and emotional learning tools, and more.

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Lightspeed Digital Insight™ Recognized as Winner in Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence: Back to School 2023 

Lightspeed Systems

As a result, administrators proactively identify students with poor or no internet access at scale, saving considerable time troubleshooting and maximizing the impact of digital learning. Most importantly, they empower all students to excel!”

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How did edtech impact learning in 2023?

eSchool News

As we closed the door on 2022 , we approached 2023 with clear-cut priorities for edtech and education as a whole. Education and student well-being are stretched thin, and lingering learning gaps, exacerbated by the pandemic, present hurdles for all students–especially underrepresented students groups who were already at a disadvantage.

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The Digital Divide 2.0: Navigating Digital Equity and Health Equity in Education

Edsurge

So a new concept has emerged: “digital equity.” According to the Federal Communications Commission, evidence is showing a strong relationship between broadband access, internet adoption and health outcomes. The FCC goes on to note that “fostering digital equity and health equity are inextricably intertwined.”