Educator Innovator

OCTOBER 21, 2015

“It was a fun event to get teens out to make them aware of everything different organizations around the city were offering during the summer, whether that be just drop-in programming like the library has or intensive types of programming or internships,” said Julie Koslowsky of the Chicago Public Library. and Catherine T.

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Libraries Advocacy Laptops Video 49

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

This disparity in home computer and internet access, dubbed the “homework gap,” was a slow-burning problem for most districts in the days when schools were in session and students could get online at libraries, after-school programs, coffee shops and other community gathering spots. Coronavirus gave many just days. on April 10, 2020.

Learning 69

Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 69

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Patrick Farenga is a leading and unique authority on homeschooling, bringing more than 30 years of fieldwork, advocacy, and personal experience (he and his wife homeschooled their three daughters) to help parents and children learn in their own ways. Receive a special 15% discount at the end just by attending!

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Chromebook Libraries Blendspace Conference 28

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2016

Nancy Loome, executive director and founder of the Parents’ Campaign, a nonprofit and grassroots education advocacy organization. If E-rate didn’t fund our technology, we didn’t get it,” he said, referring to a federal program that makes telecommunications and Internet access more affordable for schools and libraries. “We

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Elementary Advocacy E-rate Accessibility 55

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2021

For low-income kids it’s really hard for programs to run in person,” said Jodi Grant, executive director of Afterschool Alliance, a nonprofit advocacy group. “It She had to provide laptops, tablets and even mobile hotspots to a number of her kids just so they could participate. Jodi Grant, Afterschool Alliance.

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Survey Laptops Accessibility Report 137

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

They stayed at the library working until closing time because they didn’t have laptops. Moises has his own laptop, bought for him by the nonprofit that helped him apply to college, but he was also at the library till they kicked him out most nights. “We I never thought I’d be in a library for two hours every day.”.

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Libraries Laptops Training Report 86

edWeb.net

APRIL 19, 2021

In that role, Diane helped develop a statewide data warehouse consortium for school districts, worked to transform her school district with laptops for educators and 1:1 devices for students, and earned her Certified Educational Technology Leader (CETL) certification.

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Learning Blended Learning BYOD Professional Learning 54

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Leaders need to make sure that lawmakers and board members see the tech plan as a long-term, sustainable project and not just a one-off purchase of laptops. ClassLink® OneClick® includes a library of over 5,000 single sign-on apps and instant links to file folders at school and on Google, Office 365, and Dropbox cloud drives.

Technology 53

Technology BYOD Advocacy Guidelines 53

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 25, 2019

To try to answer this question, I did a quick count of the titles listed in the Open Textbook Library , which is the biggest referatory of “whole course OER” that I’m aware of. The things you actually care about in smartphones or search engines or laptops happen far above the level of the kernel. Sounding familiar yet?).

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Under his leadership, Bristol Tennessee City Schools has embraced personalized learning through an effort that includes providing laptops for students to use at school and at home. CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation.

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PowerMyLearning Data BYOD Training 40

techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

The partnership, entering its fifth year, enables Follett customers to enjoy seamless integration with their Destiny solution, and lets students begin their library experience without delay, saving district staff from having to carry out time-consuming updates. Spectrum Industries Inc.

Tools 57

Tools Robotics Edmentum Software 57

The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

One recent spring afternoon, about a dozen Northern Cass students working on laptops made themselves comfortable in a large classroom with mobile furniture, beanbag pillows and a plush blue couch. Jaguar Academy is often library-quiet. If we’re going to do this, we’re going to have to manage without grade levels.”.

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Report Personalized Learning Assessment System 111

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Upon completion of the course, students receive an “Advocacy Plan,” which outlines their strengths and challenges and makes recommendations to consider and is shared with their educators. New features include a web-based teacher console, automatic keyword library updates, GDPR compliance support, and more.

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Blackboard Epson Pearson STEM 51

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2023

(AP) – One Thursday morning in May, instead of sitting at a desk in her sixth-grade classroom in the Oregon mountains, Khloe Warne sat at a table in her mother’s bakery, doing her schoolwork on a laptop and watching her favorite clips of anime. Across the U.S.,

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Advocacy Elementary Training Report 98

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 8, 2016

Of particular note are the special "turn your old pcs into Chromebooks" event today, the pretty amazing new speakers we have for "Privacy Con" (the Library 2.106 event next week), and new library events in June and October ("Library as Classroom" and "Libraries of the Future").

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Chromebook Blendspace Libraries Conference 28

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

— Inside a high-ceilinged library at Northridge High School here, seniors are typing on 16-year-old laptops donated by a local Rotary Club. Norton, as the seniors in the library close their balky laptops and head to class. The students live in homes with multiple laptops, iPads, tablets, iPhones – iEverything.

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Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Jaelyn Deas and her four best friends shared everything, including late-night study sessions in the library at San Jose State University and a never-ending preoccupation with how they’d pay for their tuition there. “It took a burden off my shoulders,” Deas says. Photo: Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report. SAN JOSE, Calif.

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Education Policies Course System 97

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

And like so many products on this list, 3D printing was hailed as a revolution in education, and schools were encouraged to reorient libraries and shop classes towards “maker spaces” which would give students opportunities to print their plastic designs. Ban Laptops" Op-Eds. Siegler: “ The End of the Library.” WTF is Unizin ?!

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

“ Are iPads and laptops improving students’ test scores? It’s building this little web that turns the user into a mostly passive consumer of mostly western corporate content,” says Ellery Biddle, Global Voices’ advocacy director. ” asks US News & World Report. ” asks ZDNet.

Education 43

Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2017

Should you ban laptops ? Facebook said it would work with the ed-tech advocacy group Digital Promise to teach digital skills. Are standing desks ? Is ESP real ? Do cellphones cause brain cancer ? What does the science say?! But, to be fair to journalists, a lot of the time we do get it right. Naturally. .”

Technology 71

Technology Education Facebook Social Media 71