21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

PBL… Blended and eLearning – Part 1: Important Questions for the New School Year. How do I facilitate PBL in blended learning environment?”. The sudden shift in the learning environment last year may have provided an obstacle for the way we wanted to see this happen. Thanks so much. Leave a comment.

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Shake Up Learning

APRIL 25, 2023

In this episode, I’m chatting with AR expert Jaime Donally about the awesome (and FREE) AR Math lessons from Verizon Innovative Learning HQ. Jaime shares her favorite lessons, how to use them, what you need to get started, and the McGraw Hill AR app! It’s all part of Verizon’s commitment to helping close the digital divide.

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Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2021

The Samsung Interactive Display provides engaging, exciting learning experiences for students—from anywhere. Read our free, complete guide to securing grants for remote learning. As you consider how to communicate your digital needs to your state's board of education, these four essential steps will help you stay organized: 1.

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Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

Tagged on: July 11, 2017 Maine Charter School Moves Away From Online Learning Model | Maine Public → The Snow Pond Arts Academy charter school in Sidney had an ambitious goal — to be the first public school in Maine to use a model called “blended learning,” in which most of student work takes place in an online platform.

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eSpark

APRIL 12, 2022

Carefully planning the student populations that will participate in your pilot will help you to ensure that your technology in the classroom is empowering all students and isn’t exacerbating an achievement gap or digital divide. Make sure that valuable PD time isn’t wasted on learning how to use technology in the classroom.

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Shake Up Learning

JANUARY 25, 2022

It seems that many teachers have begun using more digital tools in their in-person instruction as well. Jen shares how she feels that teachers are utilizing digital tools in a way that now goes beyond substituting paper for computer. . Jen also shares how the digital divide has become more apparent.

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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. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. Read more about the Digital Divide. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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eSpark

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Carefully planning the student populations that will participate in your pilot will help you to ensure that classroom technology is empowering all students and isn’t exacerbating an achievement gap or digital divide. There are variety of different instruction models already in use in blended learning districts across the country.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Here are 10 of the NEO Blog’s best posts from the third year of its existence: 6 Practical strategies for teaching across the digital divide. The figures in that report indicate that the digitization of the classroom is not happening as rapidly as the tech media would have us think. Just remember: start small and keep on going!

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LMS E-rate Digital Divide Blended Learning 279

Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 3, 2023

It’s all part of Verizon’s commitment to help close the digital divide. Students will work through questions to help them think through how to best utilize and secure water on Mars. This back-to-school season, new curricula are available from partners including Discovery Education, McGraw Hill, and NYU.

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STEM Digital Divide Elementary iPhone 72

edWeb.net

AUGUST 17, 2020

Ensuring learners have access to technology is essential to bridge the digital divide. But, this comes with the awareness that remote learning can be uneven for students depending on their home environments, the complexity of their socio-emotional needs (that could impede learning readiness), and in some cases, transient lifestyles.

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Learning Assessment Digital Divide Professional Learning 83

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The rise of collaborative learning environments within hybrid and blended learning models is another notable development in K-12 technology trends. While the pandemic did cause learning loss, it also pushed forth an increased use of online and hybrid/blended learning technologies for students.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 20, 2018

But we have too many teachers, even new teachers fresh out of college, with no idea how to utilize digital tools to increase student learning. You will probably notice that most of these tips are NOT about tech tools specifically, but how to maximize their use to improve student learning.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 16, 2023

Training teachers to adapt to a blended learning environment during COVID by becoming more adept at using Canvas, a learning management system (LMS) that gives students equitable access to the district’s instructional resources and assignments and promotes collaboration among teachers.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2016

I’m not alone in feeling frustrated at Fern Creek, where many teachers are stumped about how to deal with student cellphone and smartphone use. On the one hand, we know that most students bring a mini-supercomputer to school every day, a device with vast potential for learning. Reproduction of this story is not permitted.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

Greeley offers a lens into how wide the digital divide in the US has become, how much it is contributing to a two-tiered society, and, perhaps most important, whether it can be bridged – something that will be crucial to keeping the country competitive in the global economy of tomorrow. “I’m A real plan.”.

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Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

What follows are summaries of five of the ways they suggest improving online learning for all students, using data, evidence and research. Connect All Learners The most crucial issue to address is the digital divide. You can read the full report, including the other five suggestions, here.

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Digital Divide How To Learning Broadband 218

Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

Tagged on: March 31, 2017 The Digital Divide: A Quarter of the Nation Is Without Broadband | Time → Politically, the persistence of the digital gap defies logic. " But, wait, there's more.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

Tagged on: March 31, 2017 The Digital Divide: A Quarter of the Nation Is Without Broadband | Time → Politically, the persistence of the digital gap defies logic. " But, wait, there's more.

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