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Trying to improve remote learning? A refugee camp offers some surprising lessons

The Hechinger Report

At the start of the program, students are given an inexpensive smartphone with internet access, which they get to keep once they complete the program. For example, the focus of last summer’s global virtual camp was leadership and advocacy through the power of storytelling. Students produced mini-documentaries and TED-style talks.

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A Tiny Microbe Upends Decades of Learning

The Hechinger Report

Blaney Elementary School in Elgin, S.C., Miami-Dade County Public Schools has distributed some 100,000 tablets and other mobile devices, and more than 11,000 smartphones that double as Wi-Fi hot spots. What works for a high school in a major urban area may not fit the needs of a rural elementary school. on March 18, 2020.

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To Raise a Reader

Reading By Example

It was a book I relied on when I taught elementary school. MY STUDENTS ARE NOT IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Audiobooks to listen to on smartphones and in the car is another option. Patrons can check out titles and download them on their smartphones, tablets, and computers. This feeling is called “retroactive guilt.”

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Digital Transformation and Innovation in Rural School Districts

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He received his bachelor’s degree from The University of Southern Mississippi in elementary education. Dr. Dillon has taught in elementary and junior high schools and coached on the high school level. Accessible from any computer, tablet or smartphone, ClassLink is ideal for 1to1 and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiatives.

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Leading Teaching and Learning in Today’s World

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Dr. Carol Kelley, Superintendent of Oak Park Elementary District 97 (IL), stated, “We were not as prepared as we could have been to have made that shift in terms of our practices and pedagogy.” CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation.

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Leading the Digital Transformation in Rural Districts During Crisis and Beyond

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Marczak was the assistant superintendent in Oak Ridge Schools in Tennessee, a district lead principal with Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, an elementary principal, and an elementary teacher with Wilson County Schools and Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools.

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The Key Role of Tech in Accessibility for All

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This is really for all learners—adults as well as students—not just for those students with disabilities,” said Dr. Carol Kelley, Superintendent of Oak Park Elementary District 97 (IL). Kelley is superintendent of Oak Park Elementary School District 97, a PreK–8 public school system in Oak Park, IL, with 6,150 students. Dr. Carol L.