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Top Tech Tools for Equity and Accessibility

The CoolCatTeacher

Top Tech Tools for Equity and Accessibility 00;00;00;04 – 00;00;07;19 John Davis This is the Ten Minute Teacher Podcast with your host Vicki Davis. Extended Episode number 780 – Top Tech Tools for Equity and Accessibility. How do you give them access to what information you're trying to share? Your district.

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New Social Media Micro-credentials Support Social Mobility for Adult Learners

Digital Promise

Though an estimated one-third of US workers across industries and occupations would benefit from developing digital skills—particularly among workers of color —fewer than 10 percent of people who need digital skills training and support are able to access education services due to longstanding systemic inequities.

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A support system for principals juggling multiple crises

The Hechinger Report

With funding from The Walton Family Foundation and Carnegie Corporation of New York, the nonprofit created a free system that paired coaches with school leaders who needed personalized, immediate solutions. Adam-Taylor, an expert at systems and operations, struggled at first to put her concept on paper.

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16 Free Resources for Schools Who are Closing Due to Coronavirus

The CoolCatTeacher

Note: This doesn’t discuss the policy issues involving meals, access, and equity but is meant to get you started and prepared. Join the Facebook group Temporary School Closure Support – many helpful conversations are in there. Take the course, Designing for Online Learning which is free. Today it is free.

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Awareness, Assessment, and Access: Improving Adult Digital Literacy

Digital Promise

RIFLI is also working to increase awareness about the importance of being connected through a partnership with Rhode Island’s public library system. RIFLI offers 25 classes in 12 locations, five days a week, to try to reach individuals not served by the system. But lending the tablets is only part of the access puzzle.

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Top issues you will face when developing your own Learning Management System

Testpress

Most of the edupreneurs who start with the concept of blended learning think of building a custom in-house learning management system. These help you make informed decisions while going for a learning management system. You need a developer with domain knowledge of learning management systems. And it is very hard to find them.

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Strategies to Accelerate Family Engagement

A Principal's Reflections

The move to remote learning, then a hybrid model , and frequent back-and-forth changes necessitated the need for timely and accessible information. However, leaders must also look beyond Twitter and Facebook and begin to utilize more popular tools now being used by families such as TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram, and Pinterest.

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