Digital Promise

APRIL 7, 2022

Imagine creating conditions where every learner and community can fully access and leverage the technology needed for full participation in learning, the economy, and society at large. Access to available programs and resources can be challenging.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. This summer, educators need to get some rest so that we can be our best. However, our professional accreditation requirements are still on track and need to be renewed, as we have to learn and up our abilities for the fall.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 30, 2022

In addition to teaching students about certain subjects, they also guide them, inspire them, shape their minds, and support their growth. . Instead, many teachers support all their students equally so as to be fair, but this ignores the fact that not all students live the same lives or have the same experiences.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 30, 2019

Howard champions digital equity issues for children. How can we help? Today we take a dive into digital equity and the issues we should all consider — and it is not just those with poverty who may not have access. Technology, Knowledge and Learning. Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 23(2), 1-3.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 4, 2021

For more than 35 years, Jean-Claude Brizard has worked in education as a teacher, school leader, superintendent, chief executive, funder, and education advocate. He brings that deep experience to his new role as President and CEO of Digital Promise, at a time when the need for innovation in education is especially critical.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 29, 2019

When used effectively, technology can greatly contribute to creating equity in schools. It removes barriers to learning materials, supports students where they are across varied learning contexts and needs, and gives educators more insight into the learning environments they’re creating.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 13, 2020

For more than six years, we’ve worked to close the homework gap , ensuring that all students have equitable access to the internet and technology for powerful learning opportunities outside of the classroom, augmenting what is available in school. Our first priority was making sure our Digital Promise team was safe, healthy, and supported.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 20, 2022

At the beginning of the 21st century, the definition of digital equity revolved around the provision of a digital device to every student. As digital equity discussions matured and hyperbole became reality, educators found that those loudly-touted digital devices often became paperweights. Gutenberg Project.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 20, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic caused postsecondary institutions to abruptly transition many of their spring 2020 courses to digital learning. While we know the seemingly overnight shift from in-person to remote classes was unplanned and unprecedented, it was also unequal. Creating an Equity-Centered Course.

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Neo LMS

JULY 13, 2021

Education used to be associated with classrooms and chairs, desks, and blackboards. Nowadays, education also takes place online, as an integral part of academic education or lifelong learning programs. Read more: Applying Universal Design for Learning in remote classrooms. Equity Maps.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 18, 2021

There’s no question that educators at all levels are navigating uncharted waters, making the challenges of reopening last year seemingly easier than those of this year. I often say that I am living the entire education continuum. But what does that look like? I am a father of four.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 20, 2022

In 2021, six educators representing community-based organizations, libraries, public schools, and the Digital Promise Maker Learning team embarked on a journey to increase opportunities for virtual and remote maker learning. The insights from this experience are valuable to all who wish to engage in powerful maker learning.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Our work over the past five years convening education innovation ecosystem builders has shown the potential of networks to address our deepest challenges in education. But they can also perpetuate the very inequities they seek to address. Many others have informed the tool and our ongoing learning along the way.

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Hapara

JUNE 17, 2022

This year’s ISTELive 22 conference theme is “Empowering Educators. Elevating Equity,” which has encouraged the team at H?para para to think about how we can operationalize that aspiration now and into the future. One of the most inspiring ways to do this is using project based learning (PBL).

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Neo LMS

APRIL 19, 2022

All educational acts should and usually do revolve around them. The purpose of education is no longer to pass on theoretical knowledge. Competency-based education plays an essential role in this endeavor. As its name suggests, this type of learning focuses on individual competency. What is competency-based education?

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Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 26, 2022

[this blog post is a follow-up response to the Twitter exchange with Van Schoales posted below]. I offer this longer-form blog post as an attempt to bypass the lack of nuance available in 280 Twitter characters. I don’t know if you had a chance to read my previous blog post, Much ado about NAEP , but I tried to make two key points.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

As the COVID-19 pandemic upended nearly every aspect of life, how school districts leveraged technology, engaged students in powerful learning, and supported learners and their families fundamentally shifted. A Broader View of Education Innovation. Springfield City School District. Suffern Central School District.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

I want to first acknowledge how challenging this year has been for so many of us. Educators in particular have carried a heavy load, and it has been our honor at Digital Promise to champion and support the courage and tenacity of teachers and leaders working to bring powerful learning to all students.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 23, 2019

Technology has become so pervasive in our lives that we have grown reticent to question its value when its use may not support evidence-based practices. It’s a matter of equity. Educational transformation is a civil rights imperative, so every investment we make must be evaluated through a civil rights lens.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 25, 2018

At its heart, personalized learning requires profound shifts in our thinking about education and schooling.” Personalized learning is not a new concept. The burgeoning field of learning sciences research that addresses learner variability 4 ; and. “We cannot teach students well if we do not know them well.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

As schools become more focused on continuous improvement and the development of growth mindsets, educators continue to evaluate how they can assess their students' learning to better inform instructional practices. EdSurge: There is a lot of discussion right now about learning loss and learning gaps.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Often, the most powerful learning happens when students explore different perspectives, step outside of their typical environments, and are exposed to new ways of doing and thinking. However, what makes study tours distinctive is that they can occur within the context of international learning ecosystems.

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Neo LMS

JULY 18, 2019

Along with concepts like blended learning, adaptive learning and virtual learning, the need to focus on the main character in the learning process came about. This is how personalized learning became the key to every new approach to learning and teaching.

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Lightspeed Systems

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Access to education fundamentally changes life outcomes. And after all, isn’t that the penultimate goal of our overworked educational community? For a long time, technology enabled access to education. Gradually, learning management systems created efficiency and awareness, along with, admittedly, a healthy dose of frustration.

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Digital Promise

MAY 13, 2021

Modest majorities of teachers and parents, though, rate their school highly for communicating about how it’s operating in the pandemic. Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) : Teachers perceived their students’ top problem as missing social interactions at school or with friends (88 percent), followed by keeping up academically (82 percent).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 14, 2021

At the beginning of the 21st century, the definition of digital equity revolved around the provision of a digital device to every student. As digital equity discussions matured and hyperbole became reality, educators found that those loudly-touted digital devices often became paperweights. Gutenberg Project.

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Edthena

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Coaching is a core element of supporting teacher learning and growth. Perhaps coaches don’t want to “bother” more experienced teachers with more on their plates, or it’s been perceived that veteran educators are doing well enough on their own. Such a decline in support can inadvertently promote learned helplessness.

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Hapara

JANUARY 14, 2022

Blog series: Spotlighting SEL in the H?para-supported para-supported classroom. This blog series is designed to provide educators with examples from the classroom of how the H?para para Instructional Suite can be used to support social emotional learning (SEL). How can we use the H?para

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 8, 2019

Most Americans agree that education is a national priority. public education system falls in the middle of international quality rankings. But let’s be clear: the problem with education in America is not lack of excellence. It’s lack of equity. In a rapidly changing world, this is no longer possible.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Which education challenges are schools and districts prioritizing? The survey also asked respondents how much progress their school or district has made toward addressing each challenge. Survey Results Highlight Priority Education Challenges. Social-emotional learning (#2). Personalized learning (#4).

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Neo LMS

JUNE 8, 2021

In a previous blog post, we talked about spider web discussions and how teachers can make the most out of this method in synchronous online classes. This method encourages students to become learning leaders and promotes critical thinking, social skills, and even equity in the classroom.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 4, 2019

Already, nearly 170 entries across dozens of districts offer models, strategies, and lessons learned. First-person accounts of innovation from education leaders across the country. Education innovation is often touted but not demonstrated. Each story has supporting resources, allowing readers to dive a bit deeper.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 25, 2020

Across the country, local networks known as Education Innovation Clusters (EdClusters) are bringing together partners and resources to meet urgent needs and envision a new future for teaching and learning. Their collective efforts are meeting a range of needs—from internet access to devices to social-emotional supports.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 9, 2019

We’re excited for the opportunity to share our work and highlight possibilities for the future of education, covering topics such as educational equity, the power of digital learning, workforce development, Challenge Based Learning, and inclusive innovation. Connected: The Power of Digital Learning Every Day.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 15, 2022

Equity—making sure each student receives the specific resources, support, and opportunities they need to succeed—is a process. It can neither be planned for nor achieved all at once, and the target keeps moving, as was discussed during the edWebinar, “ How to Improve Equity: One Step, One Goal at a Time.”.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 13, 2018

While in some cases, technology is used in powerful ways to support students in developing critical thinking and collaboration skills, and to develop a sense of agency, in other situations it is used in things like drill and practice exercises, test prep, and reading online content.

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Tom Murray

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

How can schools and districts systemically create a vision of teaching and learning that’s personal, authentic, relevant, and harnesses the power of technology? The Future Ready Frame work , a dynamic, research-based support for school leaders, created by Future Ready Schools? Budget and Resources.

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