eSchool News

MAY 31, 2017

According to the Stillmans, Jonah sees dialing into a meeting via video conferencing as no different than sitting face-to-face in a boardroom. Already, K-12 schools are beginning to leverage the E-Rate for a digital transformation [read here and also here ]. This has coined the term “phigital” when referencing the mindset of Gen Z.

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Educators are striving to transform learning environments to meet changing needs. Tech plays a crucial role, as districts scramble to create “the digital classroom of the future.” Principals at blended learning schools agree digital content increases student engagement. More motivated to learn.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

Elsewhere, teachers hold daily virtual office hours to check on the academic and emotional well-being of students they can no longer meet face to face. Almost no district was truly ready to plunge into remote learning full time and with no end in sight. Some also record those lessons for students who can’t meet at the appointed hour.

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Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 69

MindShift

DECEMBER 5, 2020

Lee at Brookings is working on a book about the digital divide, and she says it’s multidimensional. There are backlogs of items such as Chromebooks. ” Another of her students has a single mother who works cleaning hotel rooms; the girl goes along and often joins the class from her mother’s smartphone.

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