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A Struggle of Online Learning: Too Remote to Connect

EdTech Magazine

IT staff at Beekmantown Central School District in upstate New York spent six years working on a digital transformation that involved equipping students with Chromebooks , providing professional development to teachers and letting students borrow Wi-Fi hotspots. Many other U.S.

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A Struggle of Online Learning: Too Remote to Connect

EdTech Magazine

IT staff at Beekmantown Central School District in upstate New York spent six years working on a digital transformation that involved equipping students with Chromebooks , providing professional development to teachers and letting students borrow Wi-Fi hotspots. Many other U.S.

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How Educators Can Empower Students Through Technology

Ask a Tech Teacher

With education turning on the technology skills of students and teachers, its important to gain a rudimentary understanding of foundational technology. I mean the basics of how to use the tech tools that are driving learning. Online learning has been shown to increase retention and tends to take less time.

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New! Screencast App for Chromebooks from Google

Shake Up Learning

Screencast App for Chromebooks from Google appeared first on Shake Up Learning. The new Chrome OS application by Google is called Screencast (Available for all Chromebooks running ChromeOS v. The simplicity of this app allows teachers and students to quickly learn the tool’s features and use it immediately. The post New!

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Level Up Your Virtual Teaching with Screencasting Tools!

Teacher Reboot Camp

Discover more ways to integrate technology effectively by taking one of my fully accredited online courses or get one of my books ! Screencast-o-matic is a web tool to screencast your computer or Chromebook screen and add narration. You can also record a short lesson students can access anytime. Digital Advent Calendar.

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Balance the Delivery

Ask a Tech Teacher

At the time, I thought this was a novel approach to address the lack of technology for students. It worked until our site eventually became one of the first sites to roll out a one-to-one policy with Chromebooks. Seven years ago, I proposed a day without technology to the site administration.

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Hundreds of thousands of students still can’t access online learning

The Hechinger Report

After schools switched from physical instruction to remote learning in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, districts and state leaders assured families they would get devices for students and the technology resources needed to do schoolwork at home. He called for companies, foundations and individuals to donate technology resources.