eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2024

Key points: Very soon, districts must closely examine the edtech they use and compare it with budget realities How to ensure edtech ROI? Given that schools were forced into online learning, many districts used those funds to invest in edtech—in hardware like laptops and Wi-Fi hotspots but also in edtech software.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Over the decades I have added both Educational Technology and TESOL (Teaching English as a Second Language) endorsements to my elementary teaching certificate. One evening a man from another culture asked me how to spell a specific word. From then on I brought my laptop computer to class. Find him on Facebook !

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Access early black Friday deals from now through November 27, 2022. Limited quantities on desktops, gaming laptops, high quality monitors, thunderbolt docks, wireless mice and more. They have everything from computers, gaming, laptops, or even a slick wireless mouse. Or, you know, how far does it go? Questions like that.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MARCH 4, 2020

Traditional coding activities dictate that students sit in front of laptops or tablets, working to develop a program or a game. Unplugged activities allow educators to teach coding away from laptops and tablets. How Do I Lead Unplugged Activities? Coding a maze: Teach students how to think like a programmer.

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Laptops Tablets Exercises Robotics 195

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. Benefits of outdoor learning.

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How To Laptops Elementary Case Study 85

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

“Thankfully I have an amazing staff who are very seasoned … I had a number of meetings and said, ‘Here’s the problem, how do we even begin to solve it?’” Innovating on the Fly Among the earliest challenges CTOs faced was how to get thousands of laptops and tablets for students and staff?while

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 19, 2020

Traditional coding activities dictate that students sit in front of laptops or tablets, working to develop a program or a game. Unplugged activities allow educators to teach coding away from laptops and tablets. How Do I Lead Unplugged Activities? Coding a maze: Teach students how to think like a programmer.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Using Apple TVs, projectors, document cameras, interactive whiteboards and an array of tablets, desktops, and laptops that would ultimately serve as the technological cornerstone for our entire district. Today, all of the K–12 teachers in our district have access to iPads and a host of technology tools for learning.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

During 2009, then-Superintendent Darwin Stiffler and Associate Superintendent Duane Sheppard of Yuma Elementary School District One in Arizona had just taken their positions and were trying to figure out how to meet students’ needs. Now, the question was how to experiment with it—and what to do when that money ran out.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

Ramos would connect to the library’s Wi-Fi — sometimes on her cellphone, sometimes using her family’s only laptop — to complete assignments and submit essays or tests for her classes at Skyline High School. Ramos’ parents promised to buy her a laptop eventually, but bills mounted and it wasn’t in the family’s budget.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Monica Williams remembers the late May day she and first grade teacher Lizette Gutierrez reconnected with the four young siblings from Cable Elementary. No teachers from the San Antonio elementary had heard from the children since schools closed abruptly in March due to the pandemic. Credit: Monica Williams.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2020

He started The Ayers Foundation in 1999, and through it has been quietly changing how people in some rural communities think about postsecondary education. Given the educational and economic divide between rural and nonrural America, this may be the most important college access program you’ve never heard of.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Two students who received laptops because of a parent-led effort to close the digital divide for Spanish-speaking families in Clark County, Nevada. Gurr asked group members if they had a laptop. The initiative Gurr launched has now grown into a “Donate a Laptop Campaign” through the nonprofit for which she works.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

This is especially evident over the decade, as schools have increasingly adopted mobile learning as a signature initiative using BYOD and 1:1 programs and investing in tablets to provide their students with access to a wealth of relevant educational content and learning opportunities. Mobile students. Preventing security and privacy issues.

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eSchool News

JULY 5, 2022

Aperture was on hand to demonstrate its scalable SEL solution for K-12 that grows with students and staff, from teacher-based ratings and strategies at the elementary level, to student- and teacher-facing assessment and strategy software for high school students and staff.

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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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MIND Research Institute

MAY 15, 2020

There is nothing black-and-white about how to best support our students and families,” said Dr. Barbara Adams, principal at Findley Elementary School in Des Moines, IA. DMPS distributed nearly 21,000 laptop computers to students throughout Des Moines during two weeks in mid-April. Staying Connected.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2020

Their students have internet connections at home, laptops they can work from, teachers who know how to design online lessons and a strong foundation of in-school blended learning experience. Unequal internet access is just the tip of the iceberg of a massive equity crisis facing U.S. But the fact is, these schools are rare.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

A birds-eye view captures a bed, a clock and a laptop, surrounded by the bedroom walls which seem to creep closer to the bed as one looks on. Dealing with the complex issues of students living in crisis, including the shared trauma of the global pandemic, often leaves teachers wondering how to adapt or intervene,” the report says.

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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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MindShift

MAY 17, 2021

This school year, kindergarteners learned how to turn on and off their web cameras and mute buttons alongside spelling and reading fundamentals. Courtney Miller’s son is in kindergarten at Glen Cove Elementary in Vallejo, California. It’s a literacy issue for me,” Nahal said, noting that access to technology is an equity concern.

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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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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 12, 2018

I had spent two exciting hours (about half of it with my mouth open) in a complete flow state exploring a new virtual reality world using the Acer Windows Mixed Reality Headset on my Acer Aspire 7 laptop with Windows Mixed Reality by Microsoft. Now, you might wonder how to set up the Acer Windows Mixed Reality Headset.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2021

While the pandemic and the sudden shutdown of schools provoked fear, the teachers at this remote refugee camp in northern Iraq weren’t worried about how students would cope: They were confident their students were prepared to take their learning fully online. They had something more important: basic digital literacy. We saw it in our U.S.

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eSchool News

JULY 28, 2017

Barrow Elementary, the project begins with each student selecting one of six nominees from civil rights history to research. Every year when we start this project, I’m overwhelmed by just how many technical skills are woven in. I also show them how to use Google Explore to search for public domain images to use for their art project.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2021

We appreciate President Joe Biden’s commitment to expanding HBCU funding, but believe that sustaining that effort is just a necessary first step toward creating an equitable, accessible and diverse higher education ecosystem. We also understand that the digital divide isn’t just about access, but also know-how.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

Blaney Elementary School in Elgin, S.C., School buses provide Wi-Fi access for downloading homework assignments, as well as lunches, at various locations in South Carolina. After dealing with the first priority — making sure students were safe and fed — schools had to figure out how to keep the learning alive. on March 18, 2020.

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MindShift

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

fire up their laptops and gather a bundle of snowball microphones. With the click of a mouse, their laptops become studios, and they’re ready to record. They’re also accessible. In many classrooms these days, teachers and students have their own laptops, Chromebooks or iPads. The good news? ” Audacity.

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ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

You’ll find them in elementary classrooms and university lecture halls. The most effective professional development (PD) goes beyond simply how to use the tech. It shines a light on how the tool will bring value to teachers and their students. In Praise of The Interactive Whiteboard. Check out the IFP50 Series here: IFP5550.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

As districts across the United States consider how to get student learning back on track and fortify parent interest in public schools, they’re asking the same question as Steve Joel: What should we keep after the pandemic? The program also bolstered access to learning opportunities at times limited by availability and affordability.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Listen to: How to Use Google Keep in the Classroom episode #72 with Crystal Koenig. Nobody really wants to carry the Chromebook or a laptop with you. So this is an option for them to still be able to participate in the general ed curriculum and not feel like they’re not getting to have full access to everything.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

We’re providing flexible, learner-centered, blended learning environments, including access to inter­active curriculum for teachers, students, and parents. We were more interested in testing tablets than laptops and decided to focus more on the devices’ features than brand names.

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Vizor

JANUARY 15, 2020

How do you manage lending laptops to students? How do you manage repairs and replacements? Upon purchasing thousands of Chromebooks, it’s not always evident that school districts must plan how they will distribute the devices. As Chromebooks get more popular, schools are testing how they should use them in classrooms.

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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? Some teachers get hung up on the fact that they only have a small number of devices and can’t visualize how to use them for true learning.

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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 CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2018

Doug: Kids walk in there.They hand them a Mac laptop. We need to teach students WHEN to divide, not how to divide. After teaching chemistry, physics, and computer science, I became an administrator for the next 30 years with experience at the secondary, central office, and elementary levels. Vicki: Give us some examples.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

When we rolled out our classroom tech demos, parents were pulling me aside, saying how much these programs (Read180, System 44, iRead, Math180) would have helped, how they wished they had this tech as kids. We have staff, we have a computer-based monolingual English program that parents can log in and access. Now they do.

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