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CoSN 2019: K–12 Schools Address Digital Equity with Curriculum Framework

EdTech Magazine

Teachers spend seven or more hours per week, or 250 hours per year , creating or finding instructional materials for the general classroom, said Clark. This amount of time grows exponentially for teachers in underserved schools with students who may need more support. “If by Eli Zimmerman.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 17 Edition)

Doug Levin

A day late perhaps, but here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. A major contributing factor to the disparities continues to be the lack of appropriate instructional materials."

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25 digital tools and edtech resources from FETC

eSchool News

Curriculum Associates , pulling from i-Ready diagnostics data, released reports on what’s happening with unfinished learning related to the COVID-19 pandemic. K-12 school districts can now offer virtually any application to students on Chromebooks and any device, even with low bandwidth.

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The Benefits of Video in the Digital Classroom

ViewSonic Education

63% also believe it increases the relevancy and quality of the instructional materials. Increases the relevancy and quality of the instructional materials (63%). Provides an innovative way for instruction to be personalized for each student (56). That's a 45% increase in just one year.

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Pandemic Spurs Changes in the Edtech Schools Use, From the Classroom to the Admin Office

Edsurge

Top reported teachers’ apps have adapted to meet pandemic purposes. Home may be the new classroom, but instructional approaches are slower to change. All in this Edtech Reports Recap. The report is based on a survey conducted by the nonprofit think tank Christensen Institute and Bay View Analytics. Accelerated?

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What’s New: New Tools for Schools

techlearning

This program adds full home access for students, custom curriculum alignment, performance reporting, professional development, and more. Principals can access unique data insights on how teachers, parents and students are using FreshGrade through monthly reports.

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How Much Longer Will Schools Have to Scrape Together Technology Funding?

Edsurge

Only 21 states have any kind of dedicated state funding for technology, and this can range from just digital instructional materials (e.g. use Google products and services for daily school functions, with Chromebooks accounting for a majority of all K-12 device purchases. More than half of all K-12 students in the U.S.