EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 9, 2020

Educational technology is on a fast path of continuous change, but leaders’ mindsets don’t always follow. One key shift is that educational technology leaders need to adopt a more strategic focus instead of a break/fix approach. Hence, CoSN2020 will break through some of our own mindsets. Children experience this too.

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Student Data Privacy E-rate Conference Advocacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Educational technology is on a fast path of continuous change, but leaders’ mindsets don’t always follow. One key shift is that educational technology leaders need to adopt a more strategic focus instead of a break/fix approach. This article is part of the "Connect IT: Bridging the Gap Between Education and Technology" series.

Student Data Privacy 150

Student Data Privacy E-rate Conference Advocacy 150

EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

Educational technology is on a fast path of continuous change, but leaders’ mindsets don’t always follow. One key shift is that educational technology leaders need to adopt a more strategic focus instead of a break/fix approach. Hence, CoSN2020 will break through some of our own mindsets. Children experience this too.

Student Data Privacy 150

Student Data Privacy E-rate Conference Advocacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Educational technology is on a fast path of continuous change, but leaders’ mindsets don’t always follow. One key shift is that educational technology leaders need to adopt a more strategic focus instead of a break/fix approach. This article is part of the "Connect IT: Bridging the Gap Between Education and Technology" series.

Student Data Privacy 150

Student Data Privacy E-rate Advocacy Conference 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Educational technology is on a fast path of continuous change, but leaders’ mindsets don’t always follow. One key shift is that educational technology leaders need to adopt a more strategic focus instead of a break/fix approach. This article is part of the "Connect IT: Bridging the Gap Between Education and Technology" series.

Student Data Privacy 150

Student Data Privacy E-rate Advocacy Conference 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Educational technology is on a fast path of continuous change, but leaders’ mindsets don’t always follow. One key shift is that educational technology leaders need to adopt a more strategic focus instead of a break/fix approach. This article is part of the "Connect IT: Bridging the Gap Between Education and Technology" series.

Student Data Privacy 150

Student Data Privacy E-rate Conference Advocacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Educational technology is on a fast path of continuous change, but leaders’ mindsets don’t always follow. One key shift is that educational technology leaders need to adopt a more strategic focus instead of a break/fix approach. This article is part of the "Connect IT: Bridging the Gap Between Education and Technology" series.

Student Data Privacy 150

Student Data Privacy E-rate Conference Advocacy 150

Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2023

It’s 7:00 am, and I’m on my second trek from my car to our centralized district meeting space, lugging snacks, supplies and chart paper as I prepare to lead a workshop on best practices for technology integration for a group of 15 elementary teachers in my district.

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Professional Learning Elementary Meeting Survey 205

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Educational technology is on a fast path of continuous change, but leaders’ mindsets don’t always follow. One key shift is that educational technology leaders need to adopt a more strategic focus instead of a break/fix approach. Hence, CoSN2020 will break through some of our own mindsets. Children experience this too.

Student Data Privacy 150

Student Data Privacy E-rate Advocacy Conference 150

eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2021

June 17, 2021 (Washington, D.C.) – The State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) announced that Dr. Karen Richardson, Executive Director, Virginia Society for Technology in Education (VSTE) was selected as the recipient of the inaugural Candice Dodson Influencer Award (CDIA).

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Technology is enabling learning like never before, with millions of students attending school remotely for some or all of their regular instruction this fall. With this skyrocketing growth in technology use, however, comes greater concerns around student privacy. Which technologies are collecting student data?

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Student Data Privacy Data Survey Advocacy 171

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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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The GoGuardian Research and Insights team today announced its comprehensive findings on the factors that create an engaging learning experience in K-12 schools, both online and in-person, in its 2020 State of Engagement Report. Read about their study on the factors that influence student engagement in the 2020 State of Engagement Report.

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Student Engagement Advocacy Outcomes Report 81

Tom Murray

SEPTEMBER 9, 2017

schools are buying tremendous amounts of technology, placing these tools in classrooms, and often are left wondering what to do with it. On Tuesday, September 12th, from 2:00-2:30 pm EST, join author and long time educator, Kristin Ziemke and me as we discuss: Amplify: Digital Teaching and Learning in the K-6 Classroom !

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Future Ready Classroom Advocacy Learning 167

TeacherCast

MARCH 8, 2015

The Alliance for Excellent Education is a Washington based advocacy organization dedicated to ensuring that all students are ready for success in college. Jeff sits down with Terri Schwartzbeck and Sam Patterson to discuss the Alliance for Excellent Education, Digital Learning Day and how you can have a Future Ready School.

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Future Ready Advocacy Digital Learning Learning 68

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

Schools’ struggles to engage English learners’ families during the pandemic partly stem from another pre-pandemic inequity — gaps in access to digital learning devices and the internet. By and large, English learners aren’t thriving under distance learning. For English learners, the pandemic is both a crisis and a revelation.

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Education Digital Divide Advocacy Report 136

Shake Up Learning

JULY 5, 2022

The school needed his expertise to help keep its assistive technology up and running as it was a school for children and adults with disabilities. In the beginning, Mike fixed wheelchairs and such, but as technology expanded so did his work assisting students with disabilities. Fighting Exclusion: Shake Up Inclusive Learning.

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Assistive Technology Learning Strategy Resources 96

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2016

Many public school districts don’t have the resources to partner with an education technology company to develop customized digital learning tools for their classrooms. This could mean providing additional training for teachers on the instructional use of digital learning tools—how they’re going to use technology.

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Technology Blended Learning iPad Advocacy 40

Tom Murray

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

The Alliance for Excellent Education is a Washington, DC–based national policy, practice, and advocacy organization dedicated to ensuring that all students, particularly those who are traditionally underserved, graduate from high school ready for success in college, work, and citizenship. ASCD. Connect: www.ascd.org , @ASCD.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

“For personalized learning to thrive, principals must create a culture of innovation that brings together students, teachers, administrators, parents and the community to share a vision for an improved learning experience.”. For extra help, FRS has created tutorial videos.

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Future Ready Advocacy Strategy Personalized Learning 61

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2017

These strands include detailed, practitioner-created frameworks and support for district leaders , principals , technology leaders , instructional coaches , and librarians. District leaders can use Future Ready’s free Interactive Planning Dashboard to create a digital learning implementation plan with customized strategies for planning.

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Future Ready Advocacy Strategy Assessment 61

The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2020

More than 99 percent of schools nationwide have access to speedy and reliable internet, making online learning an option for their students. School buildings are closed because of coronavirus, and the bandwidth that powered digital learning for kids is going unused. Only, now it doesn’t matter.

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Advocacy Accessibility Policies Laptops 137

Edsurge

MARCH 10, 2023

That’s the goal of a new effort that aims to create a shared digital platform for historically Black colleges and universities, one they can use to deliver online learning and social experiences that reflect the communities they serve. The platform will use a learning management system that’s already on the market, Hossain says.

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Education Course Blackboard Advocacy 161

Buncee

JANUARY 11, 2019

The Buncee Bus is on the way to the 39th Annual Future of Education Technology Conference in Orlando, Florida. With creative advocacy and branding, you can bring your library story to life, while leading within your school community and throughout the world like never before. Leticia Citizen. Open House With a Techy Twist. Amy Storer.

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SETDA Says

DECEMBER 21, 2017

2017 was a great year for state leadership for educational technology. SETDA engaged members, affiliates, private sector partners, and partner organizations around federal and state advocacy efforts and provided national leadership for broadband, digital instructional materials, and data interoperability.

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Advocacy Broadband Instructional Materials Data 49

Edsurge

APRIL 13, 2018

Recently, my school district—like many across the country—has begun to explore ways to increase students’ technology use in thoughtful ways, especially at the middle and high school level. I try and instill a sense in each teacher that making mistakes and failing forward is part of the process, so long as they’re learning and growing.

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Advocacy Secondary Technology Meeting 115

The PL2C Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Digital Learning Coach, Instructional Technology Facilitator and Research Associate at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation. Schwartz and Okita developed the following table to compare and contrast high versus low agency learning environments. By Jaclyn Stevens, M.Ed. jaclynbstevens.

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Education Comparison Advocacy Professional Learning 72

edWeb.net

JUNE 26, 2019

The program will leverage CoSN’s expertise and network of district leaders to help rural districts with the unique challenges and opportunities that they face with acquiring and implementing technology. CoSN (the Consortium for School Networking) is the premier professional association for school system technology leaders. About CoSN.

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Broadband Advocacy Survey Technology 43

edWeb.net

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

CoSN collaborates with superintendents to increase their capacity to lead technology efforts and is dedicated to helping current and aspiring superintendents and district leaders build on their knowledge, skills, and confidence. Collaboration with peers is one of the most effective ways to learn about effective ideas and practices.

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Student Data Privacy Advocacy Online Assessments Mobile Learning 40

eSchool News

APRIL 7, 2016

A new report details the importance of state advocacy in connecting schools, students to broadband internet. A new report from SETDA and Common Sense Kids Action focuses on K-12 broadband and wi-fi connectivity, state leadership for infrastructure, state broadband implementation highlights, and state advocacy for federal broadband support.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 11, 2020

Beth Holland, Digital Equity and Rural Project Director for the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), points out that it becomes a very complex issue given the challenges within rural schools and systems. She has been with the district since 1999 as both a teacher and the technology coordinator. About the Presenters.

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 1, 2016

When a superintendent signs the Future Ready Pledge , he or she commits to implementing meaningful changes toward a digital learning transition that supports teachers, and addresses the district’s vision for student learning. district-wide outline seven tenets relating to digital learning. . million learners.

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Future Ready Libraries Advocacy Digital Learning 74

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2019

The nonprofit launched in 2012, and when it explored school connectivity data the following year, it found that just 30 percent of school districts had sufficient bandwidth to support digital learning, or 100 kbps per student. There is still a digital divide in classrooms based on what technology is being used and how.

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E-rate Digital Divide Classroom Laptops 51

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Public Interest Research Group , a nonprofit advocacy organization that takes a skeptical view of publishers’ efforts to automatically bill students for pre-packaged commercial course materials. That’s the conclusion of a new report from U.S. Using open-records requests, U.S.

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Pearson Accessibility Course Report 152

Gaggle Speaks

MAY 2, 2017

Every year, the Speak Up Research Project for Digital Learning asks K-12 students, parents and educators about the role of technology for learning in and out of school. This year, we teamed up with Project Tomorrow to learn more about student online safety. on Tuesday, May 9, at 2 p.m.

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eSchool News

JULY 12, 2015

” The Future Ready effort, championed by the Department of Education and the Alliance for Excellent Education, hopes to permanently intertwine digital connectivity and learning in schools by getting administrators to think more broadly (and critically) about technology, PD, and the curriculum they use.

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Future Ready Digital Divide Advocacy Digital Learning 40

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

From facial-recognition cameras to web and social media filtering software, surveillance technologies are finding their foothold in schools across America. Department of Education, privacy advocacy groups and a school district explore how to find the right balance between the two ideals. Students’ Safety or Privacy? Why Not Both?

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