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Colleges Are Providing Tech to Students to Shrink the Digital Divide

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When colleges in the California State University system sent students home from campus in spring 2020, it quickly became clear that some students lacked reliable access to the internet or computers through which to participate in their pandemic-era emergency remote courses.

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3 Things for School Leaders to Consider During the Transition to Distance Learning

EdTechTeam

You might also consider holding weekly virtual staff meetings. Google Meet has released its recording feature free for 2 months. You could create a Meet and record it with only you present and send them that link. Meet could be an option to conduct a virtual staff meeting as well. Only you know.

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The Learning Counsel launches digital curriculum survey

eSchool News

Without understanding the needs, interests, and objectives of our current state, we would not be able to provide the vision and resources that effectively meet the needs of our district. The Learning Counsel’s 2015 Digital Curriculum Strategy School Assessment Tool & Survey proved to be a valuable tool in this process!

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Learning to learn: A skill set for the 21st century student

Neo LMS

Fast Company collected a few jobs of the future that might have a plausible existence, but who knows how the world will look like in 2036? Companies expect all their employees to know how to communicate well and are sometimes surprised at the number of young people who prove the contrary. In the end, they all get a grade.

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A trio of reviews

Kathy Schrock

Three companies have sent me items to review and reviews of them follow. ThinkWrite specifically made a headset to meet the needs of schools. If your computer is hooked up to a video projector, of course, the teacher and students can share their findings, work, or questions with the rest of the class.

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Edsby: “What You Should Know About Our ‘New-School’ Learning Management System”

TeachThought - Learn better.

It features tightly integrated capabilities like social learning, school news, group collaboration, assessment management, timetables and calendars, course planning, report cards, and attendance. Edsby’s intention is to increase engagement between K-12 students, teachers, parents and administrators. Sounds good enough, but how does it work?

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CrazyIdeas.Doc

techlearning

Start Up Bus is a hackathon where people meet for the first time on a bus that is headed to a pitchfest. My favorite company to come out of Start Up Bus was Course Align. Course Align aims to “to create data driven curriculum that clearly aligns to evolving business needs.” Read more at Teched Up Teacher.