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How Can We Close the Digital Learning Gap This School Year?

Digital Promise

Last year, my predecessor, Karen Cator outlined ways in which we can finally close the Digital Learning Gap. Digital learning also strengthens each teacher’s ability to meet the needs of each student, regardless of whether they are in the classroom or at home.” appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Closing the Digital Learning Gap

Digital Promise

However, even as technology has evolved to more effectively support learning, our education system faces another great divide: the Digital Learning Gap. The Digital Learning Gap is caused by differences in how Americans in and out of school access and use technology to improve learning opportunity and outcomes.

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Best practices for managing web filtering in a digital learning environment

Hapara

Listen to an audio version of this post: [link] A digital learning environment offers students all kinds of options for research, class projects, collaboration, activities and assessments. So how do you manage web filtering so that it protects students but doesn’t restrict learning?

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Measuring Impact with the Digital Practice Assessment (DPA)

A Principal's Reflections

As Senior Fellow with the International Center for Leadership in Education (ICLE), I have worked with a fantastic team to develop services and tools to help districts, schools, and organizations across the world transform teaching, learning, and leadership. One of these tools is the Digital Practice Assessment (DPA).

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Filtering Current Events to Promote Safe Digital Learning

Lightspeed Systems

Review Most Accessed Websites Use reporting from Lightspeed Filter to determine what potential harmful websites are most frequently being visited, and recategorize or block completely as needed. The post Filtering Current Events to Promote Safe Digital Learning appeared first on Lightspeed Systems.

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10 findings about K-12 digital learning

eSchool News

Digital learning itself is expanding in schools, but access to classroom and home technology still remains a major obstacle, according to a new study from Schoology. K-12 classroom teachers say their top two digital learning challenges are juggling multiple digital tools for teaching and learning and student access to technology.

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5 Clear Ways Digital Benefits Learners

A Principal's Reflections

By understanding how these tools impact teaching and learning, educators can determine which ones to use and how to implement them effectively. Innovative assessments The changing formats and contexts of assignments have necessitated a corresponding evolution in assessment methods. Purposeful use by the learner is vital.