Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Since the days of writing on wooden shingles with charcoal in one-room school houses, an increasing array of objects – pencils, paper, scissors, paste, books, and microscopes, to name a few – have been routinely used in classrooms to help students deepen understanding and record and communicate what they learned.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Moving away from the pandemic, educators still grapple with learning loss and academic disparities and inequities. In 2023, a new popular kid in town, better known as AI, dominated headlines and prompted debates around how students could abuse–and should use–the generative tool for learning.

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Learning Confluence

JULY 1, 2018

When designing online learning consideration should be given to how a community can be built around subject content and objectives and how students will interact with the academic and with each other. The institutional learning management system affords a safe and reliable albeit often less than inspiring space for learning.

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Education Superhighway

JULY 20, 2017

The Northeast Board of Cooperative Educational Services (NE BOCES) provides technology support for 12 Colorado school districts that all needed faster, more reliable Internet access to keep up with growing demands for digital learning. Learn more about how other school districts have taken action to upgrade.

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 8, 2022

Using Digital Media in Your Teaching. It's a double-edged sword: Students and teachers have more access to digital media than ever before. Because so much instruction shifted online during the pandemic, many of us have become overly reliant on screens and digital media. Are distractions just a click away?

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Education Superhighway

JULY 20, 2017

The Northeast Board of Cooperative Educational Services (NE BOCES) provides technology support for 12 Colorado school districts that all needed faster, more reliable Internet access to keep up with growing demands for digital learning. Learn more about how other school districts have taken action to upgrade.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Moving away from the pandemic, educators still grapple with learning loss and academic disparities and inequities. In 2023, a new popular kid in town, better known as AI, dominated headlines and prompted debates around how students could abuse–and should use–the generative tool for learning.

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eSchool News

JUNE 8, 2015

Free, personalized online tool makes high-quality content available to all users. As the public education system evolves toward supporting students’ personalized needs, online learning tools have emerged that allow teachers to customize instruction. And this approach is growing.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2015

The new National Education Technology Plan offers a vision and roadmap for technology-supported learning. A new federal National Education Technology Plan reveals 21 recommendations for policymakers, administrators, teachers and teacher preparation professionals.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2015

The new National Education Technology Plan offers a vision and roadmap for technology-supported learning. A new federal National Education Technology Plan reveals 21 recommendations for policymakers, administrators, teachers and teacher preparation professionals.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

They need tools that are easy to use, support active learning, and can accommodate the needs of diverse learners. Or too many different tools for different tasks. Do your district’s schools have a central point person who serves, and is widely recognized, as a central point person for edtech tools?

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eSchool News

APRIL 15, 2016

Survey questions ranged across the education spectrum and included the impact of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), technology-supported learning, increasing graduation rates, and serving special needs students. Training staff emerged as the biggest challenge, with procuring and maintaining hardware a close second.

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eSchool News

JUNE 1, 2016

The program can be accessed on mobile devices, which is beneficial for micro-learning. Cengage Learning’s student focus is clear in areas outside of product development, as well. Cengage Learning reported its Fiscal 2016 Fourth Quarter and Full-Year (Ended March 31, 2016) results on May 12, 2016.

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The Innovative Educator

MAY 3, 2015

Over the last few years of the Speak Up survey, more students and administrators have signaled the importance of being able to access mobile devices in the classroom, whether through Bring Your Own Device policy consideration and implementation or through school-provided technology.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Compared to white and affluent students, low-income and minority students have less access to nearly every type of educational benefit. Overall, there is a risk that a “ digital learning gap ” is forming on top of the achievement gap that already exists. But they also know a device alone is not enough.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Compared to white and affluent students, low-income and minority students have less access to nearly every type of educational benefit. Overall, there is a risk that a “ digital learning gap ” is forming on top of the achievement gap that already exists. But they also know a device alone is not enough.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

One notable piece of K-12 tech innovation news is the integration of interactive devices and digital learning tools, transforming static learning spaces into dynamic, multimedia-rich environments. The proliferation of educational apps and online resources has expanded learning beyond the confines of textbooks.

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Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2022

have signed up to create digital versions of themselves that look 3D and feel immersive when accessed by students wearing VR headsets. This may bring to mind the now-defunct digital campuses that universities set up 15 years ago using Second Life —but leaders of the new project are quick to claim that this will be way better.)

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Key points: Technology is not without its pitfalls–and equity is a big issue Learn more about K-12 Tech Innovation News Discover The Impact of Technology on Education While technology has revolutionized K-12 education, its integration has not been without challenges.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2021

It is important to remember that personalized education technology can exacerbate the gaps between those with digital access and those without, as well as between those who are digitally literate and technologically savvy and those who are not.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Key points: Technology is a great tool–but what specific tech aids in student learning? From interactive apps to online platforms, edtech tools cater to diverse learning styles and enhance educational experiences. What technology helps students learn? How does technology help students learn?

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