Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

These apps offer specialized courses, step by step guides and lessons, video tutorials, access to online teachers, and many more. It works with various instruments including keyboard, electric, real piano, and acoustic, Flowkey offers instructional step by step guides to help you learn about music and develop the proper playing technique.

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edWeb.net

MAY 1, 2019

If the workday of an adult typically requires seamless broadband access, then it’s reasonable that today’s students need the same access during their school day. The key is the state leadership to make broadband accessible to all. More important, states are starting to recognize the need for equitable access off site.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2017

Cal students in the Doe Library at UC Berkeley. Under Titles II and III of the Americans with Disability Act ,public and private universities must ensure that any content made available is accessible, unless meeting accessibility guidelines would result in a fundamental alteration or undue administrative and financial burdens.

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Accessibility Resources Guidelines Libraries 46

edWeb.net

JUNE 16, 2017

Access to online resources including digital content, interactive education apps and websites, videos, experts and peers is no longer a “nice to have” but rather a necessity. Christine Fox, Deputy Executive Director, SETDA, noted the importance of having safe WiFi access.

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Equity of Access Accessibility Elementary Instructional Materials 40

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The crisis also revealed that access to devices and the internet remained uneven in many places. The company has an editorial team that rewrites these materials for readers at different grade levels. But ready or not, it “woke districts up to the reality that digital is our future. Now used in 90 percent of all U.S.

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Company Instructional Materials Libraries EdTech 119

eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2017

Access to online resources including digital content, interactive education apps and websites, videos, experts and peers is no longer a “nice to have” but rather a necessity. States, districts and schools are also uniquely positioned to share reduce cost or no cost out-of-school access options for families. Out-of-School Access Chart.

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Resources Equity of Access Instructional Materials Elementary 85

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

An increasing number of states are enacting laws designed to expand access to evidence-based reading instruction. Phonics Lesson Library (PLL) is an extensive phonics intervention program that provides all the materials necessary to facilitate effective phonics lessons. 95percentgroup.com.

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Groups Comparison Education Libraries 56

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Teachers can access the front office, enable daily communications campus-wide, or initiative an emergency alert from the touch of a button. With itopia Labs, educators can provide anytime, anywhere, any device access to software applications that students commonly use for Career Technical Education (CTE) and various certification programs.

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EdTech Resources Tools Robotics 134

Edsurge

MAY 21, 2018

—Natalie Franzi, Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Middletown Township Schools 2. Empower teachers to personalize instruction Ultimately, it comes down to the teacher. No advancement in classroom technology or instructional materials will ever have the impact of a passionate, empowered teacher.

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Classroom Instructional Materials Learning Outcomes 117

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Kiddom , a startup based in San Francisco, will offer core curriculum materials from the nonprofit publisher on its curriculum management system. The platform also offers a library of supplemental resources from third-party providers. She’s enthusiastic about accessing Open Up Resources’ materials on the Kiddom platform. “By

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Resources OER Academic Standards Instructional Materials 82

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Online instructional materials have come a long way from the McGuffey Readers of the late 1800s. Additionally, the Internet offers students endless pathways of research, exploration, and creativity—far beyond the confines of the best classroom library or set of art supplies.

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Policies Libraries Instructional Materials Secondary 105

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 19, 2017

Since then, the Orton-Gillingham Method has enabled thousands of children to access worlds opened to them by reading, something they never thought would happen. Encouraged by Dr. Orton, she compiled and published instructional materials which provided the foundation for what became known as the Orton-Gillingham Method.

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Training Study Digital Citizenship Instructional Materials 177

The Cornerstone for Teachers

MARCH 10, 2024

Next, I switch on the library lamp, and then the smartboard. I want Pandora always open on the far left to easily access play/pause all day by both myself and my students. So students would not see confidential information, I have a bookmarks folder for instructional items and another for my school email, Google Drive, and Class Dojo.

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Meeting Google Instructional Materials Resources 64

ExcelinEd

JUNE 10, 2020

States can propose microgrants that parents could use to access “high-quality remote learning options from a list of education and related services, expenses, and providers.” Priority 2: Statewide Virtual Learning or Course Access Program. Curate a library of high-quality courses and instructional materials.

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Education Instructional Materials Course Accessibility 45

Fractus Learning

APRIL 9, 2021

Educational contents in dynamic videos cover hundreds of topics relevant to learning material used in a blended classroom or flipped classroom. Teachers don’t have to create classroom videos on different subject matters; they can use suitable videos from an online video library. Khan Academy. Doceri For iPad. Hippo Videos.

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Flipped Classroom Software Tools Classroom 97

Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2021

Library closures hit patrons hard—especially those who relied on them as their main internet source and used them to access online educational resources. Teachers cite the challenges of remote instruction as a top reason for leaving their jobs during the pandemic.

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Libraries Survey E-rate Report 152

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Ten years ago, when we began building equitable, offline-first education technology for the 2/3 of the world who didn’t have internet access, many people told us to just wait and the gap would close naturally. Courtney Groskin, Instructional Learning Coach, St. Vrain Valley Schools, Longmont, Colo.

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Trends EdTech Industry Data 144

edWeb.net

JULY 15, 2018

According to the Brookings Institution there is strong evidence that the choice of instructional materials has large effects on student learning. There are essential conditions for digital learning like state leadership, equity of access, accessibility for all students, interoperability considerations, and student data and privacy.

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Digital Learning Instructional Materials Learning Policies 40

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 5, 2017

When my colleagues and I wrote our Social Media Curation Library Technology Report for ALA, we struggled with a definition. The folks we interviewed across library land curated in several different ways and we used the term curation differently depending on current community needs or where they were in any particular project.

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OER Social Media Libraries eBook 46

eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2016

According to the Consortium for School Networking’s 2015 IT Leadership Survey, 84 percent of school technology officials expect that at least half of their instructional materials will be digitally based within three years,” said itslearning vice president of sales and marketing, Matt Dobosh.

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eBook Strategy LMS Case Study 40

eSchool News

MAY 6, 2016

Nearly 60 percent of participating technology leaders said one-quarter of instructional materials in their schools are digital and not paper, and 26 percent said their paper-less resources hover at 50 percent.

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Survey Video Classroom Game-Based Learning 40

eSchool News

APRIL 7, 2016

Access to reliable, high-speed broadband is essential to creating and delivering the deeper learning experiences for students for college and careers, and to compete in a global economy,” said Dr. Tracy Weeks, SETDA’s executive director, in a statement. K-12 broadband and wi-fi connectivity.

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Report Broadband E-rate Advocacy 40

eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2016

Students in South Carolina will soon have access to short Twig Science and Tigtag Science videos through a new statewide partnership. Supplementary STEM videos serve to engage students in science learning. The South Carolina State Board of Education approved the adoption with Carolina Biological.

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Video STEM Academic Standards Instructional Materials 40

techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

This program adds full home access for students, custom curriculum alignment, performance reporting, professional development, and more. In addition, ABC Mouse has shared releases and updates for ABCmouse Mastering Math, Digital Library Experience, Standards-Aligned Collections, A New Teacher Experience, and the ABCmouse Ambassador Program.

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Tools Robotics Software Microsoft 52

Kathy Schrock

JULY 7, 2015

I want to point out is there is still a ton of instructional materials on the Web mapped to the original taxonomy and I encourage you to search for those "older" terms, also, for some good ideas. id=com.diigo.android Diigo is an online bookmarking tool that allows students to gather information, tag it, and annotate it.

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Android Sony Instructional Materials Libraries 40

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Ten years ago, when we began building equitable, offline-first education technology for the 2/3 of the world who didn’t have internet access, many people told us to just wait and the gap would close naturally. Courtney Groskin, Instructional Learning Coach, St. Vrain Valley Schools, Longmont, Colo.

Trends 52

Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2018

Students and schools should be able to access and export all of their data to the service providers of their choice or for their own needs. Open source educational software and openly licensed instructional materials present an alternative to the market-driven requirements of commercial technology vendors.

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Software Student Data Privacy OER Data 49

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 23, 2023

These specialized search platforms provide access to peer-reviewed articles, books, journals, and a plethora of other academic materials, essential for in-depth research and study across various disciplines. JSTOR : A digital library housing thousands of academic journals, books, and primary sources.

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Education OER Libraries Accessibility 115

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

The beginning of each school year offers teachers the perfect opportunity to update their instructional materials,” said Jerry "Jay" McKinney, an educator with Louisiana’s Rapides Parish School Board. Each individual describes how his or her passion, skills, and education paved the way for an exciting career in STEM.

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STEM Study Instructional Materials Resources 41

The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Maybe you’re ready to verbally spar because of genuine concerns you have about the content being pushed to young children in the wide range of media accessible to them. Maybe you think removing upsetting books from school libraries is the best thing for your child. Maybe you’re angry about book bans. Illinois (1987).

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Libraries Handbook Policies Study 93

eSchool News

JANUARY 14, 2022

As a Certified Partner of the nonprofit OpenSciEd since August 2021, Kendall Hunt will offer a customized version of OpenSciEd’s high-quality middle school science instructional materials in a dynamic format through Kiddom’s comprehensive digital curriculum platform.

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Instructional Materials Libraries Accessibility Groups 56

eSchool News

MARCH 16, 2022

The curated, easy-to-implement instructional materials, combined with state-of-the-art screener and diagnostic assessment tools, are designed to help move learning forward for all students. Teachers have been working hard to get students back on track academically after three school years of disrupted education.

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Instructional Materials Assessment Learning Company 56

eSchool News

JANUARY 29, 2024

Their participating schools can now access Lexia Core5 Reading (Core5) for grades 3-5 and Lexia PowerUp Literacy (PowerUp) for grades 6-8 as part of their school’s tutoring program in support of students with unfinished literacy learning because of pandemic learning loss.

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Resources Instructional Materials Professional Learning Blended Learning 56

NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 8, 2016

Controls appear in a small movable, contextual palette that offers access to images, drawing tools and a library of instructional materials. A growing library of templates and searchable content reaches across subject areas and includes quizzes, click-and-drag activities, games. For more information: Ormiboard.

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Khan Academy Moodle Libraries Instructional Materials 49

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 12, 2018

A number of portals offer training and instruction for our students as well as a little retooling for us as professionals, all aligned with the ACRL (Association of College & Research Libraries) Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education , which, of course, resonate with our own AASL National School Library Standards.

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Secondary Libraries Assessment Outcomes 42

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 13, 2017

Now that the book is appearing in print, I’m publishing the full-text chapter here so that there will be an easier-to-access open access version of the chapter available online. The Evolving Economics of Educational Materials and Open Educational Resources: Toward Closer Alignment with the Core Values of Education.

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OER Resources Education Pearson 60

EdTechSandyK

MARCH 7, 2012

Notes from panel discussion/concurrent session at SXSWedu 2012 Geoff Wurzel, TechNet Wurzel was one of the influencers on Senate Bill 6 and the creation of the Instructional Materials Allotment in Texas. It brings a library of over 18,000 purpose-built, digital learning objects to teachers, learners, and parents.

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Learning Pearson Study Survey 61