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How to work for equity of access in classrooms

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Here are five key strategies to ensure equity of access: 1. Digital inclusion and accessibility: Embrace digital tools while ensuring they are accessible to all students, regardless of socioeconomic background or ability. Ensuring equity of access in the K-12 classroom requires a comprehensive and multifaceted approach.

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How To Design A 21st Century Assessment

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How To Design A 21st Century Assessment. In my book Digital Learning Strategies , I describe four considerations for Replacement Thinking around assessments. The assessment shouldn’t tell you more about their use of a tool than it does about the student’s work using the tool. by Mike Fisher.

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What school librarians make (revisited)

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Back in November of 2010, I wrote a response to a superintendent’s proposed elimination of school libraries in New York State. The problem with libraries is that they are anachronisms , sacred cows. Let me start by reframing the words of a former, well-known political advisor, It’s equity, stupid.

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Hotspots, YouTube, WiFi, Oh My! How Renton Prioritizes Infrastructure Over Devices

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Ultimately Renton decided that the benefits outweighed the risks, and that this change would bring the district one step closer to its commitment to equity of access. Although there were many reasons, in large part the district had moved away from desktops and more teachers were using carts of devices, often for assessment.

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Tenn. district partners with Discovery to transition to digital learning

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Tennessee’s Wilson County Schools and Discovery Education announced a new six-year partnership supporting the creation of authentic digital learning environments in classrooms district-wide. The Techbook series saves teachers’ time with a comprehensive design that places model lessons, student activities and assessments at their fingertips.

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DEI in action: eSN Innovation Roundtable

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Roundtable participants included: Julie Mavrogeorge , Coordinator II – CTE (Esports, Drones, AME and Ag) with Fresno Unified School District Allison Reid , Senior Director of Digital Learning and Libraries in the Wake Forest County Public School System Dr. Cynthia Wise , Principal of J.H. And I don’t think we’re there yet.

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The Impact of Technology on Education

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In recent years, K-12 tech innovation news has made it clear that educational technology has become an integral part of classrooms, influencing teaching methodologies, student interactions, and the overall educational landscape. Classroom dynamics have evolved with the introduction of interactive whiteboards, tablets, and other devices.