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How Librarians Hold the Key to Future Ready Schools

Digital Promise

Digital citizenship, content curation, making and coding, student data privacy, blended learning, open educational resources. Across the League, there is renewed interest and commitment to reimagine library spaces and programs.

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How Districts Can Unlock Actionable Data

edWeb.net

With up-to-the-minute data analysis, districts can make informed decisions about critical components of edtech integration, including digital curricula, professional development, investment, and student data privacy. This edWeb webinar was sponsored by Education Networks of America (ENA) and CatchOn. About the Presenters.

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Meet Caliper, the Data Standard That May Help Us (Finally) Measure Edtech Efficacy

Edsurge

Caliper promises to do something new and exciting: It can make available sharing the data of students’ online activities, such as students’. answers to quizzes; responses on worksheets; views of videos; clicks on interactive resources. This data is stored in what is called a Learning Record Store.

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Teacher-Student Digital Communication Makes for Good Learning

edWeb.net

Most critical to the evolving approaches to two-way communication is ensuring that teachers recognize their students’ needs to individualize and personalize interactions. What remote learning has unveiled, explained Dr. Evans, is that many students do not have the tech resources distance learning requires.

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Profile of Asbury Park (NJ) Superintendent Sancha Gray

techlearning

This is no small feat, considering that she and now-NJ Commissioner of Education Lamont Repollet stepped into a struggling district with 75% of students reading below grade level (half of those being three-to-six grades below). They trained volunteers to access Lexia’s reports and use the data to adjust direct instruction.

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16 Great NonProfits Working to Support EdTech in Schools

Tom Murray

When I got connected on social media, my lens grew and I became aware of more organizations, as well as some of their supporting tools and resources. This post is the first of a short series meant to highlight the great work of many nonprofit organizations that are working diligently to support studentslearning on a daily basis.

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How can schools protect student data without training teachers in privacy basics?

The Hechinger Report

“The first line of defense in protecting student privacy are our teachers, and we’re not making sure that they have the tools to keep that data safe,” said Amelia Vance, policy counsel for the nonprofit Future of Privacy Forum. Bill Fitzgerald, director of the privacy initiative, Common Sense Education.