techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

It’s an economic concern, as schools consider how they can ensure equal access for all. DEFINING EQUITY: EMPATHY, AUTHENTICITY, AND ACCESS Sean Wybrant, Digital Media Studies Teacher, William J. Wybrant cites the North Dakota Access Pipeline as an example. The people who had the problem didn’t have access to solve it.”

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Dangerously Irrelevant

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Unfortunately, two decades after the Internet became accessible to the masses, many educators still are slow to realize the possibilities that accompany our new digital tools and online environments. They are great models for how to use social media in empowered ways for research dissemination, policy advocacy, and educational impact.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Clad in a beanie, university sweatshirt and gold-rimmed glasses, a TikToker who goes by Mimi looks directly into the camera and speaks in a gentle tone as she addresses her viewers on the topics that flash in red-highlighted letters at the top of the video: “TW: Climate Anxiety & Doomism.”

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eSchool News

MARCH 2, 2023

Because their teachers can access this best-in-class training through a free platform, states and districts have the opportunity to strategically reallocate public funding into teacher stipends, instructional coaching and classroom materials.

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Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

My recent post about the cost trap and inclusive access prompted responses by Jim Groom and Stephen Downes. For example, in 2015 I wrote that “My ultimate goal is this: I want to (1) radically improve the quality of education as judged by learners, and (2) radically improve access to education. And I want to do it worldwide.”

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Better outcomes for Alaska students start with access to teachers utilizing research-grounded, evidence-based instructional practices in the science of reading,” said Jason Mendenhall, President of State Solutions Division at NWEA. Visit NWEA.org to learn more about how we’re partnering with educators to help all kids learn.

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Professional Learning Advocacy Elementary Outcomes 105

Waterford

JULY 9, 2020

Her speech at the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit, which you can access on YouTube , is a great way to show students that everyone—even young people—can do their part to take care of our planet. To teach your students about Jaylen’s mission, check out the videos and resources available on the Jaylen’s Challenge Foundation website.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 30, 2023

Over the span of a few months, students captured pictures, videos and feedback from fellow students to build their case. When students saw the results of the work they had done, this affirmed how identity, advocacy and doing the work yields positive results.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 11, 2022

New activities launching in February include a subject matter expert video featuring Katie Ledecky, student activities, educator supports, and family activities. million educators and 45 million students worldwide, and its resources are accessed in over 140 countries and territories. Discovery Education serves approximately 4.5

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 9, 2020

NEW YORK — Countless ideas about getting students to and through college have come from policymakers, lawmakers and any number of advocacy groups. The campaign includes powerful, short videos from the film’s new partnership with Get Schooled, a free digital college and job adviser. I can’t stop raving about this process.”.

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EdTech4Beginners

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Teachers lack access to valuable content that’s fun for students and easy to plug into existing curriculum. Incorporating live video technology in the classroom can be a challenge. Kristin got her start in social impact work as a journalist in international child adoption and advocacy and as a 2nd grade teacher in California.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Who has access to it? But now, with entire school systems using technology as a means to access learning, those questions are growing in volume and urgency. Which technologies are collecting student data? How is that data being used? And how long is it kept?

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Student Data Privacy Data Survey Advocacy 169

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

In April 2018, privacy advocacy groups filed a complaint stating that YouTube had been illegally collecting personal data about minors who use its service without their parents’ consent, and used that information for advertising purposes. million fine levied against TikTok, a social video app, in February 2019. That was a $5.7

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NeverEndingSearch

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

See video at 28:40.) Our students are granted the opportunity to flourish with access to knowledge, resources, the world of literature and the creation of school community. Students, particularly those from homes where books are not readily available, need access to books in every room of the school.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

This is one of the principles championed by Future Ready Schools (FRS), a project of the policy and advocacy organization, Alliance for Excellent Education. For extra help, FRS has created tutorial videos. How it works: FRS asks for a commitment from district superintendents. What the program offers.

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eSchool News

JUNE 24, 2021

technology, students without access to the internet could use such an application to participate in home learning, do homework, take quizzes and access additional learning resources — all through their Next Gen TV screens, thanks to data broadcasting. By utilizing ATSC 3.0

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Discovery Education

MAY 10, 2022

Give students a behind-the-scenes look at the powerful Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and details of the Artemis mission with new videos that feature NASA astronauts, engineers, scientists, writers, and more! Explore comprehensive curriculums with videos, self-paced modules, and cross-curricular activities for all grades. Learn More.

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Digital Promise

JULY 28, 2016

To download a teaching manual, other resources, and the two EcoMUVE modules, educators can register to gain access.). So much of environmental study has been about advocacy for the outdoors, or nature ed. Find Your Own Adventure . We want to create greater environmental literacy,” says Grotzer. “So

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Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2017

The document notes gaps in privacy laws surrounding the use of one-to-one notebooks, which allows school officials to access computers without notice or consent from students or parents. In an interview with EdSurge, ACLU’s Advocacy and Policy Counsel, Chad A.

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eSchool News

APRIL 16, 2021

Students from across the country and even the world now have access to Jamestown like never before,” said Mark Summers, director of youth and public programs, Jamestown Rediscovery. Relevant historical information, images, artifacts, and other videos will be linked to each tour topic, enabling the public and students to explore further.

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2019

In March, at ASCD Empower, which is a conference for educators with a focus on equity, she presented with Becca Mui, an education manager at GLSEN , an LGBTQ advocacy group focused on schools. A gender-neutral bathroom is a really critical bathroom that students should have access to. Why was that important to your family?

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 11, 2016

The company’s mission is to make quality education accessible and affordable, and through an online platform. My advocacy for second language and culture learning is reflected in my personal life. I watched training videos, sampled lesson clips, and read every document sent to me by 51Talk trainers.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2017

Though their talents, projects and backgrounds span wide, we’ve grouped them into several buckets to help you get to know the 2017 cohort: The Nonprofits Nonprofits again made up a hefty portion of the highlighted work being done to make education more accessible to all students. Shanyn Ronis (29), founder of Education Global Access Program.

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edWeb.net

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

A video recording and podcast are available here. For 25 years, CoSN has provided leaders with the management, community building and advocacy tools they need to succeed. Visit CoSN.org to find out more about CoSN’s focus areas , annual conference and events , advocacy and policy , membership and the CETL certification exam.

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NeverEndingSearch

MAY 14, 2020

Our digital front doors allowed us to: share and scale our resources ensure the ROI for our purchases leverage a growing number of OER promote collaborative efforts and highlight the work of my classroom teacher partners share our library as part of our school culture through image galleries, video channels, and social media feeds ensure that learners (..)

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

And experts worry those studies will show a spike in suicide, because young people are increasingly cut off from peers and caring adults, because their futures are uncertain and because they are spending more time at home, where they are most likely to have access to lethal weapons.

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Survey Advocacy Study Data 52

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

School buses provide Wi-Fi access for downloading homework assignments, as well as lunches, at various locations in South Carolina. With everything shut down, the chronic issue of home internet access became an immense and acute challenge. Blaney Elementary School in Elgin, S.C., on March 18, 2020. Mackey Pendergrast. School District.

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techlearning

JUNE 24, 2018

It partnered with advocacy organizations to produce white papers at the 2017 and 2016 Digital Citizenship Summits. It also released a video highlighting the dangers of bullying and sexting, and how online monitoring software can help schools detect problems before they escalate. million devices in over 90 countries.

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Iterating Toward Openness

MAY 8, 2019

Despite popular rhetoric along the lines of “you can’t learn from materials you can’t afford,” their rather ingenious experiment showed that increasing access to learning materials by adopting OER instead of traditionally copyrighted resources (TCM) will almost never measurably improve learning.

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Iterating Toward Openness

OCTOBER 30, 2017

On a related note, my experience in talking with thousands of faculty in my two decades of advocating for open content has been that the more at-risk students a faculty member is serving, the less likely she is to have technical expertise, time, or access to institutional support. Students in some courses also had access to lecture video.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

She studies how burdensome paperwork and processes often prevent poor people from accessing health benefits. Inconsistent cell phone access isn’t uncommon among low-income Americans. On a typical school day, Tameka’s four children — now 14, 12, 9 and 8 — sleep late and stay inside watching television or playing video games.

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RafranzDavis.com

JULY 1, 2016

It’s easy to stay out of union based conversations when I live in a state without such advocacy. I don’t want to talk about which device is better than the other or if the wifi is fast enough when I have friends, real ones that I have met, who have access to neither. Perhaps we should. This is a human right.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

In fact, the busier it is, the better—whether it’s kids experimenting with the Makey Makey circuitry or uploading designs to a 3D printer, or a class learning media literacy or a student seeking advice on a video she’s editing at one of the computer workstations. based education advocacy group. “It

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

Screencastify is an essential tool for making flipped lessons, student videos and creative formative assessments. I use this tool when students are making Scratch video games for them to record their games and explain their scripts. Built for Chromebooks, it saves all of your recordings directly to Google Drive.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

The company has partnered with advocacy organizations to produce white papers at the 2017 and 2016 Digital Citizenship Summits. It also released a video highlighting the dangers of bullying and sexting, and how online monitoring software can help schools detect problems before they escalate. million devices in over 90 countries.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 25, 2020

Please join us at www.reinventing.school for the live shows as well as access to the recordings (also on YouTube ). More about this week's guests: Patrick Farenga brings more than 34 years of fieldwork, advocacy, and personal experience (he and his wife unschooled their three daughters) to help parents and children learn in their own ways.

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The 21st Century Principal

JUNE 20, 2013

The EduCore ™ digital tool — This digital tool is a repository of evidence-based strategies, videos, and supporting documents that help educators transition to the Common Core State Standards. Funded by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the tool was developed for U.S.

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