Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2024

Many standards and curricula don’t call out creativity explicitly, and teachers aren’t often trained on how to teach and assess creative thinking. The challenge facing us right now is ensuring that this access gets to everyone without widening that digital divide. How would you respond to that?

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Neo LMS

JULY 29, 2021

A recent report shared by Google and KPMG reveals that the education tech industry would cater to about 9.6 That’s because edtech solutions, advanced research, practical assessments, and improved communication give them maximum control over their learning. million users and record a market share of $1.96

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 18, 2021

We hope to share these best practices and inform the work of many more school systems, as well as the work of state chiefs of education and governors as they plan to use unprecedented federal funding to close the digital divide. There is another consideration that we must take into account when aiming to close the Digital Learning Gap.

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Digital Promise

MAY 13, 2021

Highlights from the survey include: Keeping Up Academically and the Digital Divide : Eighty-two percent of teachers say it’s been difficult for their students to keep up academically during the pandemic, though only 45 percent of parents have the same concern for their own child. Digital Divide.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

SEL Courses Assessment Strategies for SEL In this course, you’ll get up to speed on current practices in SEL, including the history and legislation that has propelled it to the forefront of our educational focus. Online Assessment. Assessment must respect learners, provide actionable feedback, and motivate. Look at this course.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

For example, a 2019 study published in the Journal of Computer Assisted Learning reported no significant differences in academic achievement between online and traditional classroom learners. Department of Education in 2009 reported no significant differences in academic achievement between online and traditional learners.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2021

To set the foundation for technology-empowered learning during and beyond the pandemic, education leaders are actively tackling internet and device access issues to narrow the digital divide. Educators tell us that they need more support when it comes to their knowledge of using technology in ways that best accelerate learning.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

However, due to COVID-19, colleges are experiencing a 13 percent decline in freshman enrollment as of November, the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center recently reported. suffer on the no-internet side of the digital divide , according to the Federal Communications Commission. Roughly 21 million people in the U.S.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Public schools cannot rely on martyrdom and self-sacrifice to keep staff and students. The center cannot hold. For a fleeting moment in March, I had hoped that all of these disproportionate responsibilities on educators would be laid bare and people might actually care.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

If your infrastructure cannot handle the lift of a one-to-one device program, your school may want to invest in assessing and refreshing its network. . Others are creating maps for students to find free Wi-Fi zones in their areas , District Administration reports. “Are they going to be [802.11]ac, ac, which is the real fast Wi-Fi?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 14, 2021

Students can practice persuasive writing, comprehension, and typing skills by completing reviews, reports, and reading logs online. In school subscriptions, quizzes are available to assess student basic comprehension skills. Educators sign up with a Teacher account and then set up classes and accounts for students.

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Insight Education Group

MAY 27, 2021

As educational systems are rebuilt after the disruption of the global pandemic, a new relief fund is providing aid to districts to address trauma, learning acceleration, the digital divide, and much more. Between 2020 and 2021, Congress passed three stimulus bills that provided almost $190.5 and 31%, respectively” ( CDC, 2020 ).

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Insight Education Group

MAY 27, 2021

As educational systems are rebuilt after the disruption of the global pandemic, a new relief fund is providing aid to districts to address trauma, learning acceleration, the digital divide, and much more. Between 2020 and 2021, Congress passed three stimulus bills that provided almost $190.5 and 31%, respectively” ( CDC, 2020 ).

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

How Schools Are preparing – and Not Preparing – Children for Climate Change,” reported by HuffPost and The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. The Miami-Dade school district, for example, adopted a plan back in 2012 to close the digital divide.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 27, 2016

The most glaring was the OECD Report that came out last fall. Here is an excerpt: " Schools have yet to take advantage of the potential of technology in the classroom to tackle the digital divide and give every student the skills they need in today’s connected world, according to the first OECD PISA assessment of digital skills.

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Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

I have a bit more to say about some of these topics, so stay tuned… Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye these past two weeks – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. the same thing, yet it is the basis for algorithmic assessment and feedback.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

Reporting dashboards should become more student-focused. Reports in edtech products are often created for teachers or school leaders. These reports may provide recommendations for grouping students or next steps for instruction. . – Lupita Knittel, President, 7 Mindsets. Jeff Rubenstein, VP Product Strategy, Kaltura.

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Lightspeed Systems

AUGUST 3, 2023

Deliver real-time feedback and assessments, empowering students and teachers to identify strengths to leverage, opportunities to improve, and any additional supportive needs necessary. Create personalized, adaptive lesson plans based on a student’s assessed level of aptitude and performance. In that regard, there’s no time to waste.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Related: New documentary explores ‘the digital divide’. In these fields, computers can assess student understanding through multiple-choice questions and other straightforward assessments. But computers can’t assess the creativity of a design, the beauty of a poem, or the ethics of an argument.

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MIND Research Institute

MAY 13, 2020

The study looked at data for over five million students in grades 3 through 8 who had taken NWEA’s MAP Growth assessments in 2017-2018. According to the report, students could return to school in the fall “with less than 50% of the learning gains and in some grades, nearly a full year behind what we would observe in normal conditions.”.

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Education Superhighway

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Digital learning opportunities now extend far beyond online testing and digitized versions of textbooks. Today, 99% of America’s schools have enough Internet connectivity to make digital learning available in their classrooms , but 1% of students are still on the wrong side of the digital divide. Learn more.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 28, 2020

Administrators at Dorchester School District Two in suburban Summerville, South Carolina, were well aware of the digital divide when they decided to give students both paper and online resources after shuttering schools because of coronavirus. She received her first response on the morning of April 9 and opened it immediately.

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Education Superhighway

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Digital learning opportunities now extend far beyond online testing and digitized versions of textbooks. Today, 98% of America’s school districts can take advantage of digital learning, but 2% of students are still on the wrong side of the digital divide. Learn more.

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TeacherCast

JANUARY 1, 2016

For instance, one recent survey reported that 75% of the responding K-12 educators in the United States assessed their student’s access to technology in the classroom as “good” or “great” Roughly four out of five teachers planned to utilize these types of resources more extensively during the 2016 academic year.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 14, 2017

Students can practice persuasive writing, comprehension, and typing skills by completing reviews, reports, and reading logs online. In school subscriptions, quizzes are available to assess student basic comprehension skills. Educators sign up with a Teacher account and then set up classes and accounts for students.

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The Daring Librarian

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

(graphic by Tim Holt) The digital shift revolution in educational practice isn''t about throwing everything out that has been done before (sometimes to Ad nauseam ) but to add projects & product choices that enhance learning and better demonstrate research assessments and the comprehension of data. It''s worth it.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Here’s what they had to say: Text-based AI interfaces provide an opportunity to help close the digital divide…and avoid an impending AI divide. 2024 presents an opportunity for teachers leading the adoption curve to experiment with AI as a tool for assessment.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

But a few pioneering districts have shown that it’s possible, and Albemarle County has joined a nascent trend of districts trying to build their own bridges across the digital divide. Textbooks have given way to Google Classroom and the Blackboard Learn management system, and lessons are assigned, submitted and assessed online.

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Education Superhighway

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Report from BCG, Common Sense, and EducationSuperHighway Offers Fresh Insights and Guidance on How States and Districts Can Make Greater Progress During COVID-19 on One of America’s Toughest Challenges. It highlights emerging best practices in three key areas: Assessing who needs connectivity and devices, and determining where they live.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 10, 2024

Imagine interacting with an avatar that dissolves into tears – and being assessed on how intelligently and empathetically you respond to its emotional display. But they also warn that the use of AI in assessments carries risks. “AI When it comes to using AI to design tests, there are all sorts of opportunities.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Socrative , Kahoot and TopHat , are great tools for augmenting assessment, especially in flipped classrooms. These digital tools gamify the process of learning and help teachers quickly assess topics that require either more or less discussion, allowing students to move to independent and group work faster.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Here’s what they had to say: Text-based AI interfaces provide an opportunity to help close the digital divide…and avoid an impending AI divide. 2024 presents an opportunity for teachers leading the adoption curve to experiment with AI as a tool for assessment.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

With the ambitious goal of closing the digital divide, Congress approved and President Biden recently signed into law $65 billion for broadband infrastructure—the largest federal investment in history. A new report from the nonprofit EducationSuperHighway found that 28.2 million households remain unconnected.

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The Daring Librarian

JANUARY 23, 2011

The Power of the Product: Creative, Meaningful, & Daring Ways to Demonstrate Information Mastery The conversation is a working and discovery session fueled by questions and assisted virtually by connected PLN members via Twitter with the goal of empowering our students by freeing them from repetitious, banal, and limiting assessments.

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Education Superhighway

APRIL 12, 2024

The current National Broadband Map relies on self-reported service availability data from Internet Service Providers regarding the connectivity status of MDUs, and this data varies greatly in accuracy. Why Are We Submitting Challenges?

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Lightspeed Systems

OCTOBER 20, 2023

A final consideration is the impact of AI on the ‘digital divide’ and digital equity. For example, generative AI applications that reside beyond a paywall only exacerbate inequities in digital access. Simply, the digital divide, a digital inequity, places too many students at a distinct disadvantage.

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eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2024

And this creates a digital divide between those who can afford it and those who cannot. There’s not a single subject you cannot teach within Minecraft, not a single assessment you cannot do within Minecraft. We have to take us older-school education people and retrain our way of thinking about how to deliver [instruction].

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