Educator Innovator

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Digital Learning Day (DLD), held on February 5, immersed kids from coast to coast in activities like tinkering with robotics, penning blog posts, and painting digital canvases. As educators know, integrating meaningful digital learning into the classroom is a 365-day effort. By Kathleen Costanza.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 4, 2016

When we started thinking about how to support schools working to close the Digital Learning Gap , we knew we wanted school leaders to feel just as confident and prepared as athletes ready for a race. For those preparing to take on the challenge, Digital Promise can provide guidance and help planning for each step along the way.

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Education Superhighway

AUGUST 8, 2017

Those needs often differ based on your school’s location, number of students, and digital learning curriculum, so it’s useful to start with some broadband best practices as you build your school’s digital future. Size for bandwidth peaks, not averages.

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Education Superhighway

AUGUST 8, 2017

Those needs often differ based on your school’s location, number of students, and digital learning curriculum, so it’s useful to start with some broadband best practices as you build your school’s digital future. Size for bandwidth peaks, not averages.

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BYOD Broadband Meeting Policies 49

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

Jamar McKneely (background) tours a science and technology event at Edna Karr High School, one of the schools in his InspireNOLA charter school network. So far, the pandemic has revealed the challenges of conducting education remotely as well as uneven access to Wi-Fi and devices such as laptops.

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Digital Divide Laptops Accessibility Online Learning 118

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

These commitments are connecting 20 million more students to next-generation broadband and wireless. And, students who were absent could access the materials from home and arrive prepared upon their return. The VILS initiative provides the tools and learning opportunities to help students become creative, innovative problem solvers.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Ensuring wi-fi access at home or on the school bus is a top priority for a district still planning its one-to-one. Put simply, asking a fifth-grade student to watch an instructional video before the next day’s flipped classroom science lesson will fall on deaf ears if the child doesn’t have access to the internet at home.

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E-rate Chromebook Accessibility Flipped Classroom 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

network to be able to connect with and correspond with 22,000 other individuals in the library world, and to be kept updated on this and future events. The School of Information at San José State University is the founding conference sponsor, and this event is being held in collaboration with ALA’s Center for the Future of Libraries.

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Tom Murray

AUGUST 21, 2016

To give further context, I’ve sorted them alphabetically, into four categories; (1) those organizations that are instructionally-focused; (2) those that provide supports for technology leadership; (3) those that focus on connectivity and access; and (4) those that focus on data privacy and security. Organization: Code.org ®. URL: code.org.

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Future Ready EdTech Advocacy Data 100

Edsurge

JANUARY 29, 2020

schools accessing high-speed broadband, and devices all but ubiquitous in the classroom, the question is no longer whether teachers and students are using technology, but how. With 99 percent of U.S. On its face, that sounds like a good thing. We want it to be research-based and long-term, sustained edtech and technology use.”

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Technology Chromebook Broadband EdTech 101

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

More than two years ago, educators around the country began to engage in dialogue regarding the digital divide , as they recognized the reality that many students did not have access and connectivity as once believed. So a new concept has emerged: “digital equity.” This definition points to opportunities to take action.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update June 10th, 2014 Children want the same things we want. Dr. Seuss The Learning Revolution Project highlights our own "conference 2.0" virtual and physical events and those of our over 200 partners in the learning professions. Interested in becoming a Learning Revolution Partner?

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Google Classroom Digital Citizenship Conference 54

Education Superhighway

APRIL 30, 2018

Last week in Pendleton, Oregon, Governor Kate Brown, signed the Connecting Oregon Schools Fund (HB 4023) to ensure that all K-12 public schools in the state can access high-speed, affordable Internet. “With the passage of this bill, we will open up digital learning opportunities in classrooms across Oregon.”

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

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. We headed into a fourth year of learning in the pandemic’s shadow. It is all about the balance.

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EdTech Learning Industry Data 69

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Virtual and hybrid learning continued into the spring, but then classrooms welcomed back students for full-time in-person learning in the fall. Many silver linings emerged and digital learning cemented itself as a “must have” in schools. Access to interactive experiences, 3D drawings, site visits, etc.

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EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 110

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Indeed, it is not hard to find examples in current events that substantiate this view (e.g., Indeed, dissent by obfuscation is against the spirit of personalized learning and ‘student success’ systems, if not also literally against their terms of service. Equifax , Facebook , facial recognition , DACA , etc.).

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EdTech Software Facebook Data 150

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Indeed, it is not hard to find examples in current events that substantiate this view (e.g., Indeed, dissent by obfuscation is against the spirit of personalized learning and ‘student success’ systems, if not also literally against their terms of service. Equifax , Facebook , facial recognition , DACA , etc.).

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EdTech Software Facebook Data 150

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

So I’m including a lot of events in this article that are not “ed-tech” per se. Thiel spoke at the Republican Party Convention, the first gay man to take the main stage at that event. ” Accessibility and Technology (and the Role of Governments and Corporations). Spoiler alert : capitalism.

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