The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

BRUNSWICK, Maine—Like many school districts, Brunswick School Department in Maine suddenly has a lot more laptops and tablets to manage than it planned for. We have a much more equitable approach to technology and access to technology than we had in the past,” says Shawn Lambert, assistant superintendent for Brunswick School Department.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Back in April, as schools across the country shifted to online instruction to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Scott Muri saw firsthand just how damaging lack of internet access can be for students and families. They said these are the only students that have access to the internet from their homes,” Muri said. “So,

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

On a morning this fall at Washington Elementary, a young boy, sitting at a table with five of his peers, held a tablet while he built a digital snowman — a cool proposition given the 85-degree heat just outside his air-conditioned classroom. In the early years of Lindsay’s experiment, few students had internet access at home. “I

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

The burned remains of the Paradise Elementary school as seen Friday, November 9, 2018, in Paradise, California. Josie Chelotti, vice principal and athletic director for the Plumas district’s Greenville Elementary and Jr./Sr. Josie Chelotti, vice principal and athletic director for Greenville Elementary and Jr./Sr.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

To meet this challenge, we needed to address the fact that digital deserts exist within neighboring communities, and students in schools across the county may not have equitable access to modern technology at home or at school. Students in those courses and grade levels—at all schools—were given access to the technology.

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2016

Now, as has been reported , a number of districts have opted to move back to laptops from iPads. Way back in 2002, when Friendster was the biggest social network and people were gathering in Internet cafes, the State of Maine implemented the first 1:1 laptop initiative in the country. So, what happened?

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eSpark

APRIL 5, 2022

In 2011, Utica Community Schools decided to transform how students learn, starting with their first day of elementary school. Utica is one of only 73 districts accepted into this exclusive cohort; 22 new districts were just welcomed in October 2015. Located in a suburb of Detroit, MI, the district had recently passed a bond reserving $28.5

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eSpark

APRIL 5, 2022

In 2011, Utica Community Schools decided to transform how students learn, starting with their first day of elementary school. Utica is one of only 73 districts accepted into this exclusive cohort; 22 new districts were just welcomed in October 2015. Located in a suburb of Detroit, MI, the district had recently passed a bond reserving $28.5

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ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

You’ll find them in elementary classrooms and university lecture halls. Student feedback and assessment with optional audience response accessories. Quickly connect to a PC, laptop, or tablet to begin benefiting from the expansive universe of online educational apps and content. In Praise of The Interactive Whiteboard.

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MSEDTechie

JANUARY 26, 2015

Our students now in elementary school have never had a time in their lives where mobile technology wasn''t present. The website allows you to assess students’ learning in a fun and engaging way, and it is very simple to use. Students can use computers, laptops and mobile devices such as tablets and cell phones.

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MSEDTechie

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

I remember being that shy little girl in my elementary class who would sometimes know the answer, or had a question, but didn’t feel comfortable speaking out. I wish my teachers had access to the digital tools and resources available in our classrooms today. Creative Formative Assessments Can Help: Save time assessing students.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

APRIL 4, 2021

How can we make it more accessible to all students? How teachers are benefitting from teaching outdoors: Jain, a high school teacher from Texas, experienced an immediate effect on her physical health and forced her to take advantage of her lunch break while her laptop finishes charging. Making outdoor learning accessible and equitable.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 14, 2017

Usually, that meant desktop computers, iPads, and laptops, either in small groups or 1:1. Good intentions to give all students access to the world’s knowledge were derailed by the cost of the websites and webtools that made that happen. Access this catalog via the website. Access this collection via the website.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 21, 2020

The version of the tool launched this fall focused on late elementary and middle school math, with new topics planned for the future. million to NWEA in 2019-20 for students in kindergarten through eighth grade to take the assessments. District officials said they don’t know exactly how many children lack internet access.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2018

Doug: Kids walk in there.They hand them a Mac laptop. You want to make sure that your formative assessments are based on where the student is at, not some kind of standard that every student in your classroom has to jump through. In 2006 I gave up my job as an elementary principal to care for my wife who had Lou Gehrig’s disease.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Today’s Sponsor: WriQ from Texthelp is a new FREE Add-on for Google Docs that helps teachers easily assess student writing and track progress over time by automatically scoring students’ spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors. Nobody really wants to carry the Chromebook or a laptop with you. Special Ed Treasure #4: Seesaw.

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MindShift

MAY 11, 2020

She also provides information such as where to access public WiFi so students can keep up with classes. In the past month, his son, who is in elementary school, has been assigned multiple worksheets per day. “I Many districts have distributed laptops and wireless hot spots to families without Internet , for instance.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2023

One Wicomico mom, who asked for anonymity because she feared retaliation from the school, recalled the terror she felt when she got the phone call saying that her son’s school was going to have him assessed for a forced psychiatric hospitalization. That means oversight agencies don’t have access to the information.

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MIND Research Institute

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

The call to provide equal access to effective math education for ELLs is one of the most important and challenging aspects in education today. ST Math removes the language barrier and provides access to standards-aligned content. Kalim Rayburn, Principal, Rea Elementary, Calif. Madison Elementary, Calif.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 6, 2019

According to the surveyed candidates who are now not working in STEM fields, they did not pursue a STEM career due to a lack of access to resources and opportunities. In many schools, AR technology is being used right from the elementary level to make learning more interesting and to explain basic concepts in an engaging and immersive manner.

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Fractus Learning

JANUARY 12, 2017

High-quality learning can happen on laptops, Chromebooks, tablets, or cell phones. If you only had six laptops in your classroom, how would you best utilize them? One extremely fun kindergarten teacher utilized every bit of technology she had access to. How does digital learning work with electives?

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techlearning

APRIL 4, 2018

And writing students at every level who are inspired by engaging prompts and able to share, collaborate, and access support and informative texts are happier too. With online reading resources (from myON, for example), he adds, teachers can devise complete research and writing assignments and students can access text and write on one device.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 10, 2015

If we look at a standard day in any classroom, the activities and assessments are all channelled through writing. From elementary school grades upwards, a student may be given a book to read and asked to write a review afterwards. They then may move on to reading a poem and answering questions.

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techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

The proposed bond projects include $500,000 in improvements to elementary STEM facilities and $17 million for improvements to school technology. Or are there mobile laptop/tablet stations?) ? Cross-agency coordination: Some states and districts leverage higher education or medical facility resources to boost education access.

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MindShift

MARCH 26, 2020

” Sadie’s teacher reminds her that they’ll be using the educational software that she is already familiar with from her face-to-face classes at Ortega Elementary School: “It’s iReady, so we’ve got that. “Some of them have laptops. ” “Kind of.” And we’ve got WritingCity.

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

You’ll find them in elementary classrooms and university lecture halls. Student feedback and assessment with optional audience response accessories. Quickly connect to a PC, laptop or tablet to begin benefiting from the expansive universe of online educational apps and content. In Praise of The Interactive Whiteboard.

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eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2024

Hines Elementary in Waco, Texas Here’s what eSN’s panel of educator experts had to say about DEI in action in their schools, the challenges they still face, and what they think will advance DEI initiatives in the years to come. We also are 1:1 with our devices–our students do take their HP or Lenovo laptops home.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 1, 2016

My classroom is a blended learning classroom and every student has a laptop. I use programs such as i-ready , ST Math , Zearn Math , Blendspace by TES and EDpuzzle so that students are able to access content to build their conceptual, procedural and fluency understanding of various concepts. What are they doing with them?

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 21, 2021

Second, the Logitech Rugged Combo 3 Touch is made for iPads with a place to store a stylus and features a trackpad and keyboard allowing touch screen devices to turn into a laptop-like experience. The Logitech Rugged Combo 3 Touch has a sealed pry-resistant keyboard, but also a trackpad that operates just like a trackpad on a laptop.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

I give the kids access to all the tools pretty much right off the bat,” said Eric Bredder, with a sweeping gesture taking in the computer workstations, 3-D printers, laser cutters and milling machines, plus a bevy of wood and metalworking tools that he uses while teaching computer science, engineering and design classes.

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MindShift

AUGUST 17, 2017

.” Both studies claim that students in lecture-style courses perform worse on assessments when allowed to use devices for note taking. University professors have used these data as a rallying cry to ban laptops in their classes, and K-12 teachers have cited these studies in arguments against 1:1 programs in schools.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 23, 2016

Fifth-graders at Konguta Kool – an elementary school in a small Estonian village – prepare for a math lesson in the computer lab. Estonian students are among the highest performers in Europe on international math, reading and science assessments. Photo: Sarah Butrymowicz. But there’s an overlooked member of the list: Estonia.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2022

As summer vacation winds down, thousands of devices—including Chromebooks, iPads, and laptops—are in the care of school district IT departments. One survey of educators found a jump from about two-thirds of middle and high school students having access to a school-issued device prior to the pandemic, to 90 percent a year later.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 8, 2019

HUSD is working toward what Keeling calls a ­one-to-one access program : The district’s 5,800 K–12 students don’t carry devices with them all the time, but they can grab one off a charging cart and use it whenever they need to. . Last spring, the district began transitioning its older laptops to Dell 3180 and 3189 Chromebooks.

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PlagiarismCheck

JANUARY 27, 2023

The software also provides analytics tools to assess student progress and track the overall success of the school’s teaching programs. Perlego Perlego is an online platform that allows students and teachers to access over 700,000 books, academic texts, and non-fictional titles from a vast library.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Students at Rhodes Junior High in Mesa, Arizona, spend a portion of their school day working on laptops. Schools also have access to professional development gatherings in the fall and spring, a Summit “success manager” assigned to their schools and online support, all at no cost. Credit: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

To meet the ambitious vision of providing equitable access to education for all, governments mimic each other and follow recommendations set out at the international level (by, for example, the World Conference for Education for All and the UN Transforming Education Summit ). We must also examine the assumptions that underpin reforms.

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