ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 13, 2022

If you’re interested in how to better integrate technology into your classroom, visit ViewSonic Education. . While the benefits of technology in the classroom have been well established, mobile devices are another issue. Read on for a list of creative ways you can transform a distracting mobile device into a learning tool.

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ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Assess your accessibility. It’s also smart to consider the physical needs of all participants and make the meeting easily accessible to everyone. This might involve using accessible meetings spaces or using special technology to accommodate those with disabilities.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 28, 2016

“Libraries are safe places. That’s why I come here to learn,” says Christine, a student at one of Chicago Public Library’s (CPL) Learning Circles. Being part of that gateway means providing convenient, significant access to technology to a population who typically lacks it.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Our third Library 2.022 mini-conference: " Libraries and Privacy: Critical Issues for Information Professionals ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, October 13th, 2022, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. Please also join this Library 2.0 Everyone is invited to participate in our Library 2.0

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Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2024

Access to high-quality education is widely recognized as a pivotal tool for alleviating poverty, mitigating the spread of disease and malnutrition, fostering children's overall welfare and empowering women. billion people worldwide without internet access. billion people worldwide without internet access.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2020

The biggest danger that higher education faces as a sector, though, is the loss of gains that we have made over the past 20 years in access to a college education — with all of the accompanying benefits to individuals and our entire society — for first-generation and minority students.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

A survey we conducted this spring of 575 low-income families with preschool age children found that 30 percent of parents were “very worried,” and another 47 percent were “somewhat worried,” about how school closures will affect their children’s learning and social skills development. The most effective way to do that is through technology.

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EdTech4Beginners

JANUARY 31, 2024

Technology innovations like artificial intelligence, virtual reality and advanced simulation are changing how nurses and doctors are trained. These disruptive shifts promise to increase access to medical education, ease skills shortages and better prepare the healthcare workforce to meet future demands.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

. – September 11, 2021 – Gale , part of Cengage Group, today announced the launch of Gale Presents: Excel Adult High School , a new online accredited diploma completion program available to public libraries. With Gale Presents: Excel Adult High School , we are helping public libraries change lives.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

That is the clearest takeaway from survey results published this month by the ACT Center for Equity in Learning, an arm of the nonprofit best known for its college entrance exam. When the survey was sent, the U.S. Especially since we surveyed them in March. This is one of the themes that emerged in the survey.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

A few years ago, while working as a teacher librarian at Templeton Elementary School in Oregon, I had the opportunity to redesign the school’s library website to include digital resources for the students to use as part of a shift to 1:1 iPad learning. Identify the content needs of the district.

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eSchool News

MARCH 30, 2021

The challenges of an abrupt shift to virtual and hybrid instruction shed light on socio-economic disparities, the struggle for internet and device access, and the difficulties in getting resources to students with special needs. The survey comes from nonprofit ebook library Bookshare.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 26, 2019

Joseph Valver and his fellow instructional technology facilitators at Hamilton Township School District in New Jersey were providing numerous options for educators in their district to learn how to use education technology, but something was holding educators back. . “As Google Classroom Tools Let Educators Access PD Anywhere.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

A recent Sophos survey reveals that in 2022, 80 percent of schools were targeted for a cyberattack, up from 56 percent in 2021. School information technology leaders recognize and have voiced to the FCC the gap between what E-rate covers and the top technology challenges districts face through a public comment period earlier this year.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

DECEMBER 4, 2023

With EdTech gaining ground, educational institutions, including schools and higher education institutions are increasingly leveraging the advances in technology to support their classrooms. The generation of today is addicted to online games, a fact that education technology has used to its advantage.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The federal E-rate program continues to provide expanded access to technology, including edtech tools, digital learning resources, and high-speed internet access, to schools, according to an annual report that takes stock of the program’s progress. E-rate remains a dependable and necessary program for education.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 22, 2020

How can I use technology to coordinate curbside pick-up for students who want to check out print books? How can I ensure teachers know about the content available in my library? My principal wants to convert my library into a classroom. The very nature of a library implies physical books stored on rows of shelves.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Even as schools continue to invest heavily in technology on campus, we are still staring down what experts call the “device gap,” where students from lower-income backgrounds don’t have the same digital access as their middle class peers. For example, are you using technology during whole-class instruction or small groups?

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Picture of library shelves with “caution do not enter” tape. Elsewhere, a school used caution tape to prevent students from roaming through bookshelves in the library. Desks are separated to maintain physical distance in a Stoneham, Massachusetts, classroom. Credit: Eileen Wood. In a hybrid class on Sept.

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Digital Promise

JULY 16, 2020

With a clear ask from our teachers through a quick survey, Ivey began offering short tutorials twice a week on how to use and leverage basic-level and district-supported technologies and programs to reach students. What support will teachers need to access and participate? Supporting Teachers This Summer and Beyond.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 5, 2021

At the same time, this day is also about supporting teachers so that every learner can have access to quality education. Did you know that according to a United States Department of Education survey, 94% of public school educators buy supplies with their own money ? Offer to help with technology. Helping with classroom supplies.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

We’ve done surveys, and 3 percent of our students — about 300 kids — don’t have internet access at home. Technology can make a difference , and in this case it’s a good fit. We also work with our community library to make sure they are a resource. He is a regular contributor to the CDW family of technology magazines.

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ViewSonic Education

MARCH 7, 2019

Accessibility to computing power is no longer constrained by time and place. School Computer Labs Ensure Equitable Access. The Consortium for School Networking reveals the extent of these gaps in its 2018-2019 annual infrastructure survey. In middle schools, 37% of the students lack individual 1:1 device access.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 16, 2023

As an educator and an edtech enthusiast with years of experience both in the classroom and in reviewing educational technology tools, I’ve always been passionate about finding tools that can transform our teaching and learning experiences. It turns quizzes and surveys into fun, game-like activities.

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2020

But when students were forced to attend classes from their homes, the district learned that many needed school-issued devices to get online and at least 30 percent did not have access to high-speed internet in their homes. We have to broaden our thinking about how technology is being leveraged in our homes,” she said.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2021

They just weren’t ready for distance learning, and a big part of that was that too many students lacked adequate WiFi access to get to virtual class. It’s time for states to step up and realize that proper technology and WiFi connectivity are a must-have in public school districts, and that state policy is dangerously lagging behind.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

MAY 13, 2024

Technology has revolutionized the field of education. A highly effective approach to accessing quality education is opting for digital versions of the required textbooks for the student’s curriculum. A copy of the digital textbook can be downloaded and used on any device, or it can be accessed online via browsers and apps.

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Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2018

After three months, Alex finally told me that he did not have internet access at home. Worse, as I began to make more discreet inquiries, I learned that I had many more students with internet access issues. This proactive approach helped build community support and engage others with our access challenges.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Recent insights pulled from a survey of more than 2,000 identifies instructional practices that enable student engagement, no matter the learning environment. Using qualitative and quantitative survey data, here are five instructional practices for driving engagement. Why is student success important?

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

One survey found teachers average more than 10 hours weekly on planning and grading , and another study reported that about a third of teachers spend at least 2 hours daily on pre- and post-instruction activities. A curated activity library is a fundamental tool in this process. The Widget Library. Image Credit: BookWidgets 2.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2021

While remote learning may be ending in most places across the country, many students will continue to struggle to complete many lessons and assignments because they lack adequate internet service and access to devices at home — a phenomenon commonly referred to as the “homework gap.”. There are some positive findings in the survey.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 25, 2022

Every three years, when 600,000 students around the world take the PISA test, they fill out surveys about their families and their reading habits. Researchers at the OECD compared these survey responses with test scores and noticed intriguing relationships between books in the home, a preference for reading on paper and reading achievement.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 25, 2019

Online libraries and collections of free didactic documents were a reality as early as 1997 , through the Cisco Networking Academy. Although many professors still favor hard copies, online libraries have also made their way into the course plan in some places across the globe. Extended Access to Education.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 26, 2019

In an age of digital formats, quick texts (and the associated degradation of spelling and grammar), online content, blogs and posts, many in the education, publishing and library sectors — as well as broader cultural institutions — are wondering and worrying about the future of literature. By 2018 the NEA had much better news.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 13, 2019

Smartphones, tablets, and laptops had become a permanent requirement along with using technology in the classrooms by this time. As per the latest annual survey of state spending by the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO), state spending per student has declined at public colleges and universities by around 8%.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 3, 2019

For CLX, that meant creating a city-wide catalogue of the landscape of out-of-school-time (OST) programs offering learning experiences with digital media tools and technology (DMTT) citywide. Furthermore, OST programs are uniquely equipped to provide students with access to experiences with DMTT.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

After schools went remote in 2020, Jessica Ramos spent hours that spring and summer sitting on a bench in front of her local Oakland Public Library branch in the vibrant and diverse Dimond District. Ramos knew there were many kids like her, eager to keep up with school but lacking the technology to do so. OAKLAND, Calif.

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