Doug Levin

MAY 12, 2015

I work in K-12 education in the U.S., and I am merely a fan – not a fanboy – of open educational resources (OER).** Well, Donald Clark spurred me to consider it in mulling over his recent post, “ Is the ‘closed’ mindset of the Open Educational Resources community its own worst enemy? I beg to disagree.

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Edthena

JANUARY 23, 2018

Designing for ease of use and equity of access. The post Record and Upload Video with One Click: It’s Now Possible within Google Chrome appeared first on the Edthena blog - video coaching and instructional coaching resources. The video tool includes a timer for teachers to “set it and forget it.”

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NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Sometimes, when I am introduced, people refer to me as more than a librarian because I write a blog or speak at an occasional conference. Let me start by reframing the words of a former, well-known political advisor, It’s equity, stupid. It’s equity of access. And it’s equity of experience.

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SETDA Says

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Guest Blog post by Jeremiah Okal-Frink, PhD, Senior Education Strategist – Dell Technologies We have all witnessed the pressure that had been building within our education system to transform the way we prepare students for a drastically different future erupt over the past few years.

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Edthena

JANUARY 24, 2017

Supporting devices that are commonplace in school settings is important for ensuring equity of access. The post New Chromebook App Easily Records and Automatically Uploads Classroom Video appeared first on the Edthena blog. We want to always ensure they can upload the video easily and reliably.

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SETDA Says

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

This guest blog post was written by SETDA partner, Shannon Buerk, CEO, engage2learn, and focuses on the immediate and long-term high-value activities to address learning loss.

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SETDA Says

JUNE 25, 2020

This guest blog post was written by SETDA partner, Monica Cougan, Product Marketing Manager, ENA Unfortunately, the coronavirus pandemic looks like it will continue disrupting education this fall. But here’s the good news: schools […].

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edWeb.net

JULY 15, 2018

There are essential conditions for digital learning like state leadership, equity of access, accessibility for all students, interoperability considerations, and student data and privacy. The recommendations are finalized by the state board of education. Now, students always have access to current materials.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 27, 2015

And while assessments are the focus of this blog post, replacement thinking can be applied across the curriculum: in instructional strategies, classroom activities, or in formative data collection using tools such as Kahoot, Socrative, or Google Forms. (So long as the task is valued over the tool!). Traditional education is at a crossroads.

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Educator Innovator

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

This quote from Nicole Mirra’s post at the DML blog stuck with me after I read it not long after it appeared on DML Central’s website in May of this year. Her question prompts educators to not only choose their words and stories carefully, but to reflect on how well we plan for increased access to digital tools in schools.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

What does all this have to do with education? These barriers are impacting schools—which are growing their own competitive esports programs—through a particularly important metric: access to college scholarships. Department of Education, I co-wrote a blog post highlighting the rapid growth of esports at the collegiate level.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

In the edLeader Panel “ Artificial Intelligence and Generative AI: Empowering a Deeper Conversation ,” three innovative superintendents and the executive director of the Indiana CTO Council discussed the challenges of effectively navigating the use of AI and generative AI in K-12 education. It doesn’t know better.”

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

“The idea of students having access to high-quality, safe, and appropriate technology to empower meaningful remote learning was a big awakening for many folks around the country,” she said. Prior to this position, Dr. Evans enjoyed a successful entrepreneurial career in the technology industry including with two education technology startups.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

This new role for educators is a direct outcome of the data-driven classroom and the quest for accountability. While teachers may understand the need to collect the information, they resent inputting the same data over and over again in every learning management system, educational application, and state and federal accountability report.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 17, 2017

I have been critical of the treatment of technology in both the 2015 and 2016 Education Next back-to-school polls for a variety of reasons, including sloppiness in reporting, bias, and lack of relevance to education policy and practice considerations.

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