EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

We deployed primarily Chromebooks , and went with the newer Chrome Tablets for kindergarten, first and second grade. Modern learning environments that forgo rows of desks for new seating setups open the door to new pedagogical practices. Each of our 10 elementary schools has a digital learning specialist.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2020

When students take ownership of their learning, they’re well positioned to succeed in a remote learning environment, as Voge’s experience demonstrates. They were proficient in accessing information and completing assignments right from their Chromebooks.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

As teachers and administrators we must be more intentional when it comes to digital learning. If the norm is surface-level integration that asks students to demonstrate knowledge and comprehension the most beneficial aspects of digital are missed. This simple, yet powerful shift can be applied to all digital activities.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Eduprotocols for kindergarten and early elementary with the book’s co-author Jon Corippo. Today’s Sponsor: Really Good Stuff Digital Learning Collection. The Really Good Stuff Digital Learning Collection is here! Then, it becomes about the content and not the tools. Listen Now.

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eSchool News

MAY 6, 2016

To promote reading, encourage digital learning and support literacy goals, OverDrive is partnering with award-winning publishers like Dawn Publications, Lerner Publishing Group, Britannica Digital Learning and ABDO. OverDrive, an eBook and audiobook platform for schools, wants all kids to become great readers.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

Families are also aided by community groups like the Boston Public Library, which is lending Chromebooks and hot spot home kits to those who need them. BPS distributed 55,000 Chromebooks and 6,000 hot spots to students last year and paid for 2,000 Comcast internet vouchers.

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2019

Suzy Brooks: We had just wrapped up the third year of our one-to-one Chromebooks initiative when we brought on CatchOn. We didn't have a good handle on what digital resources we had (and were using) at the district level. Transforming Learning Outcomes With a Data-Driven Approach to Digital Learning.

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techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

Here are some of the most recent winners: School District 51 (CO) students scored 9,000 new Chromebooks for the next school year. The Chromebooks and charging carts were purchased with $3.18 The proposed bond projects include $500,000 in improvements to elementary STEM facilities and $17 million for improvements to school technology.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 18, 2016

The foundational technology pieces – Chromebooks, internet, assessment platforms – are stabilized at most Oakland schools. So the next year, the district purchased 10,000 chromebook devices on wifi-enabled carts and rolled them out equitably across our 86 schools and 36,000 students. Ask your teachers for feedback and really listen.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The Student Access to Digital Learning Resources Outside the Classroom Report , by the Department of Education, identified the three main causes of digital inequity as access and cost of high speed broadband and the lack of understanding by school families as to the importance of internet to support their students’ education.

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EdTechSandyK

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Since August 2016, I've been focusing mostly on three elementary schools in my district, working as their digital learning coach. As we are moving into Chromebooks and Google Apps and blended learning in our district, I'm having a great time exploring new approaches to enhancing learning with technology.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

Sure, you may have taken a selfie, but you likely haven’t taken an equivalent fraction selfie — and if you ask the Jefferson Elementary School fourth-graders in Jennifer Moser’s fourth-grade math class, you haven’t really lived until you’ve snapped, uploaded and shared your share of equivalent fraction selfies.

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Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2018

Alex was an enthusiastic 9th grader in my World History course and had just been issued a Chromebook as part of our district’s 1:1 implementation. Alex’s excitement was palpable as this was the first computer to ever enter his home: He was now participating in digital learning and exploration, and he appeared as enthusiastic as anyone.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

There is no one-size-fits-all remedy and no must-have suite of digital learning tools. As the struggle continues, a few overarching lessons learned — about equity, expectations and communication — are now helping schools navigate this crisis on the fly. Blaney Elementary School in Elgin, S.C., on March 18, 2020.

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 16, 2017

We serve students with autism spectrum disorder and other learning disabilities. I oversee our 1-to-1 Chromebook initiative and train teachers on how to use them in the classroom. Describe a digital learning project or initiative that you're currently working on. I also teach social studies and computer science.

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Shake Up Learning

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

He is going to help us analyze the digital equity and inclusion problem to find better ways to provide a diverse and equitable educational experience. Shout out to all of my friends with Northside ISD in San Antonio, specifically at Thornton Elementary and Rudder Middle Schools. Join our FREE Shake Up Learning Facebook group.

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eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2024

Roundtable participants included: Julie Mavrogeorge , Coordinator II – CTE (Esports, Drones, AME and Ag) with Fresno Unified School District Allison Reid , Senior Director of Digital Learning and Libraries in the Wake Forest County Public School System Dr. Cynthia Wise , Principal of J.H. We’re starting to see some changes.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 20, 2019

During the edWebinar, “ Transform Learning: Track Results for Chromebooks, Google Suite, and Every Application,” presenters Kyle Berger, Chief Technology Officer at Grapevine-Colleyville ISD, TX, and Matthew X. More important, are the tools of equal quality? Joseph, Ed.D.,

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Last fall the district checked out Chromebooks to its middle schoolers and set aside days to train teachers in ways to leverage laptops to make the most of having tech in every student’s hands. To move education forward takes using technology to engage kids and spark a passion for learning, she said – tech for transformation.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 6, 2015

One school is using a personalized and blended math curriculum to help students meet learning goals. MobyMax, a provider of personalized and blended learning curriculum for K-8 students, is helping educators at Georgia’s Screven County Elementary School personalize math instruction to meet the learning needs of every child.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 21, 2018

Today, we have a gigabit wireless network deployed at our elementary, middle and high schools , and starting this fall, we expect to have deployed more than 3,000 Chromebooks to our students, teachers and administrators. Given today’s realities, going digital was the clear choice. Transform the Classroom with Digital Tools.

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Fractus Learning

JANUARY 12, 2017

Good teaching and sound student-directed learning is not, and should not be, device dependent. High-quality learning can happen on laptops, Chromebooks, tablets, or cell phones. In many cases, it’s not the device that makes the difference, often the best learning occurs with no device.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2020

Across Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District in Texas, teachers used a “hodgepodge” of learning management systems—Canvas, Google Classroom, Google Sites, Seesaw, Schoology and other tools—recalls Khadijah Gordy, the district’s digital learning specialist. She has other support to lean on as well.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2022

As summer vacation winds down, thousands of devices—including Chromebooks, iPads, and laptops—are in the care of school district IT departments. The pandemic-era jump for elementary school students was even larger: from under half to 84 percent. Indeed, many school buildings lacked high-speed internet access.

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Reading By Example

OCTOBER 21, 2015

This post is not to put down the role of technology in education, but to offer a different perspective – my own, as a frequent observer of teaching and learning in my role as an elementary principal. There is an iPad cart and a Chromebook cart available for our 4th and 5th grade classrooms. When Technology Is Necessary.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

The school used the money for a bulk order of Google Chromebooks, allowing every classroom to have a laptop for each student. But that doesn’t mean it’s actually creating the learning experience that we’re going for.”. Related: Laptops, Chromebooks or tablets? Deciding what’s best for the nation’s schools.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Watch FOX19’s coverage of the Cincinnati rollout event: Jewel, a student at Sayler Park, served as a new correspondent for Verizon Innovative Learning in this video: Both schools in Glendale Elementary School District in Phoenix, Arizona, rolled out earlier this month. Sine Elementary School held its own celebration a few days later.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

The thought of giving 30 kindergarten students their own Chromebooks might be daunting. But for one classroom, the move yielded some surprising results for student engagement, learning progress, and for students with special needs. “We Much of that achievement is due to the Chromebooks, Morgan said.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 29, 2020

But just as owning a bicycle does not imbue a child with the ability to ride a bike, using a Chromebook to complete assignments will not by itself improve a child’s learning outcomes. With 99 percent of U.S. On its face, that sounds like a good thing. It’s not just Kolb’s observations.

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eSchool News

MARCH 24, 2020

With the support of technology levies, we have invested $1 million into new technology for both the high school and elementary levels. Over time, Billings Public Schools accumulated a complex assortment of devices, including 16,000 Chromebooks, 7,000 Apple iPads, 3,000 Macs, and 2,000 Windows devices.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

CDI COMPUTER DEALERS CHROMEBOOK TRADE-IN PROGRAM ( cdicomputers.com ) CDI Computer Dealers has launched a Chromebook Trade-In Program that provides a hassle-free, environmentally-friendly way for schools to dispose of their aging Chromebooks and obtain a free two-year premium extended warranty on the new ones purchased from CDI.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Ultimately, from Upchurch and the technology team to leadership districtwide, AISD knows how important technology is in today’s learning environment and wants every student to have the same opportunity to be successful. Nominee: Link Text Becky Alexander, Morris Elementary Nominated by: Istation.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 29, 2018

ShakeUpLearning.com provides teachers and educators with easy to understand, use tomorrow resources for Google and G Suite for Education, mobile learning and classroom technology integration through digital learning resources, technology tips and tricks, in-depth e-courses, books, resources, cheat sheets, blog publications.

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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

MAY 18, 2015

Helping Your Students Collaborate with Google Apps Intended audience: Educator Level: Beginner; elementary +Rolland Chidiac describes how GAFE has changed the culture of his classroom, beyond the technology. Using Google+ to develop stronger classroom community and enhance student learning Intended audience: Educator.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2023

Tang now works part time as a tutor at DuPont Elementary, in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The forced move to digital learning and work made the consequences of inadequate internet access glaring. “We Before that, she worked in special education. As part of that, school families can qualify for free internet access.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2023

Education and student well-being are stretched thin, and lingering learning gaps, exacerbated by the pandemic, present hurdles for all students–especially underrepresented students groups who were already at a disadvantage. One way education is doing this is by offering CTE, even in the elementary grades.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

At least two other schools — including Keams Canyon Elementary on the Hopi Reservation and Rocky Ridge Boarding School on the Navajo Nation — also had students or staff report to school after March 16. Nearly 70 percent of public schools serving Native students were conducting digital learning, according to the survey.

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