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Closing the Digital Learning Gap

Digital Promise

Gaps also exist between high-performing and low-performing public schools based on differences in access to funding and resources, community engagement and commitment, and the ability and willingness of district and school leaders to embrace innovation and try new strategies. These present as follows: 1. However, there are still 2.3

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Harvard and MIT Launch Nonprofit to Increase College Access

Edsurge

He also pointed out that many existing nonprofits and philanthropic organizations already aim to improve college completion rates and open college access, leaving him to ask, “What’s unique about these guys?” “They had an opportunity to do more with that big investment than just perpetuate themselves.”

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Big Jump in Use of Games, Videos in K-12 Schools, Survey Finds

Marketplace K-12

In 2015, 47 percent of K-12 teachers and almost two-thirds of K-5 teachers reported using game-based learning environments in their classes, up from 23 percent of K-12 teachers in 2010. The use of online instructional videos in classrooms, meanwhile, has risen over that stretch from 47 percent to 68 percent.

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TeachingBooks, Sora and Pear Deck Announce Collaboration to Expand Student Engagement and Learning

eSchool News

CLEVELAND – TeachingBooks.net today announced a unique collaboration with Pear Deck , providing expanded opportunities for student engagement and learning. All three platforms offer free access to a “starter set” or “introductory catalog” as well as paid content options.

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As Student Engagement Falls, Colleges Wonder: ‘Are We Part of the Problem?’

Edsurge

—Katharine Meyer As residential colleges grapple with decisions about whether and how to continue offering online and hybrid courses , they may benefit from taking a look at student-engagement practices commonly used by their online-only counterparts. It is delivering information to students when they need it, in a timely fashion.”

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A purposeful approach to tech integration

eSchool News

With students and educators each accessing 40+ tech tools each year, there’s a real risk of getting lost in the technology at the expense of developing critical soft skills like communication and collaboration. Students as young as 8-12 years old are already spending an average of 5.5

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The Benefits of Video in the Digital Classroom

ViewSonic Education

From virtual labs and games to digital textbooks and online curriculum, digital classrooms rely on video. For decades, research has revealed the benefits of using video in the classroom. With better tech, use of digital video content has skyrocketed and multiple benefits abound. Fosters mastery learning.

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