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Digital Equity in Rural School Districts

edWeb.net

While socioeconomics, district location, and availability of reliable and consistent WIFI access may seem unsurmountable, rural districts, along with CoSN and companies like Kajeet, are committed to both digital equity and digital equality. Tammy Neil is a computer science teacher at Suwannee Middle School in Suwannee County, FL.

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A Conversation About Teacher Retention With Acting Secretary of Education, John King

Philly Teacher

In fact some of it was just plain nonsense (increase the number of students excellent teachers teach, have them lead other teachers in teaching exactly like them in other classrooms to “replicate” good teaching methods). I don’t think attracting and retaining good teachers is brain surgery.

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Kidcasts: Podcasts for kiddos

NeverEndingSearch

Last week I enjoyed the great variety of edCamp Global sessions across a variety of platforms–Periscope, Twitter chats, and Google+ Hangouts. from teachers use during handwriting practice, they can listen, an ambient way to bring science into the classroom without devoting specific time. .

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