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Excellent Free STEM Strategies from TGR Foundation and Discovery

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter STEM can level up and it must begin to include underrepresented communities of women and minorities. Summer is a great time to learn how to do that as you prepare for fall and back to school. Who is TGR Foundation?

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8 Ed-tech organizations every teacher should know about

Neo LMS

Focus: EdTech Access and Advocacy. CoSN positions itself as the only national professional association dedicated exclusively to education technology leaders working to transform learning. At the heart of the program is the Future Ready Framework, part of a very useful online dashboard. Focus: Closing the digital learning gap.

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Going Beyond the Hour of Code

Digital Promise

There are a number of excellent online learning opportunities designed specifically for educators. Read a book, blog, or magazine. See a sample letter to principal, advocacy slide deck , and additional resources. Some favorites (all free!) include: Computational Thinking for Educators from Google (15-30 hours).

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Edtech, Equity, and Innovation: A Critical Look in the Mirror

Digital Promise

While there are certainly exceptions, this human interaction standard can serve as a compass to guide our investments and advocacy. Explore the Edtech Marketplace Today blog series to hear other voices from the field share important perspectives on challenges and strategies to improve the edtech market. Let’s start a movement.

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16 Great NonProfits Working to Support EdTech in Schools

Tom Murray

Organization: International Association of K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL). iNACOL provides a myriad of resources, white papers, and tools to implement a more personalized approach to technology infused learning and holds a Blended and Online Learning Symposium each year. URL: www.inacol.org. Organization: Maker Ed.

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The Technological Transformation of Districts to Benefit All Learners

edWeb.net

Blog post by Robert Low based on this edWebinar. Many school districts are now going through a process of determining which pandemic-related practices should be kept, improved, or discarded, and the use of remote and blended learning technologies is frequently being raised during these types of discussions.

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Insights from CoSN Community Leadership Award for Digital Equity Winners

edWeb.net

She plans to continue impacting students’ lives through advocacy and consultancy. He has served as CIO in large and very large public school districts and has 40+ years of experience and expertise in teaching, leadership, technology integration and blended/online learning program development.