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Study explores use of digital tools in out-of-school programs

The Hechinger Report

Historically, wealthier students have had greater access to enriching out-of-school experiences, compounding their privilege. The Chicago Learning Exchange supports out-of-school programs that are trying to change that, particularly those using technology to offer innovative opportunities for kids in Chicago who historically haven’t had them.

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?Expanding Access to Edtech Isn’t Enough. We Need to Make Sure It Works, Too

Edsurge

Students need access to tools that work. School, district, and state leaders make technology decisions every day that will affect student tech fluency, not to mention learning outcomes. Five factors currently drive this demand for improving the quality and scalability of education technology: Higher academic standards nationwide.

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How to do online learning well? A California district has some answers.

The Hechinger Report

Kids are helped along by access to take-home devices and individualized learning plans that allow them to progress through class material at their own speed. There’s also little evidence that personalized learning improves student learning, in part because so many different approaches are used.

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How to Choose the Best Educational Software for Your Classroom

Kitaboo on EdTech

Technology has seeped its way into classrooms, streamlined academic standards, and transformed the pedagogical landscape to a large extent. Today, students are blessed with interactive platforms, personalized education, online learning, and educational software that have been designed to enhance the learning experience.

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In Successful Edtech, Pedagogy Comes First—Devices Second

Digital Promise

These tools help us identify and then address -- through intervention or enrichment -- individual students' needs around each of the major academic standards. But follow-up studies showed a bigger problem. blended learning). Yet these student growth gains are not reflected in most edtech implementations.

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Seeing the Pandemic as an Opportunity for Change

edWeb.net

Punitive mindset in grading and providing feedback: The key is to look at the staff culture and think about changing teachers’ mindsets so they are focused on not just grading assignments but truly helping students learn. They need to develop relationships with each student, learn about their individual situations, and help them as needed.

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A charter chain thinks it has the answer for alternative schools

The Hechinger Report

The Altus network relies on a self-paced, independent study program and a personalized, blended learning model they’ve built up over a quarter century. Students spend 80 percent of their time learning from home. Most do the majority of their work online, though some choose to learn with a standard textbook.

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