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Supporting Districts to Develop Inclusive Computing Pathways

Edsurge

They are consistent across classrooms, cumulative from year to year and competency-based (i.e., Districts must bring together available resources, activities, national events and tools to create a learning progression that allows students to engage in computing opportunities equitably.

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Today’s Innovations are Tomorrow’s Practices: Adapting Learning to Meet Students

Digital Promise

Essentially, every student should have a personalized learning plan which will help to enrich family and community engagement. Janice Mertes, Assistant Director of Teaching and Learning-Digital Learning, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (Wisconsin). Matt Miller, Superintendent, Lakota Public Schools, Ohio.

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Interoperability Boosts the Speed of School Communications

EdTech Magazine

Digital backpacks follow students throughout their K–12 academic career, and they can be securely transferred and added to from grade to grade. Interoperable networks don’t just allow teachers to share information with each other, but also streamline outside learning tools directly to students.

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Don’t Teach Grit. Embed It.

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But what has been left unsaid is how our current system of education works systematically against instilling these skills in students, and how we could naturally embed the development of grit in students—in a way that doesn’t talk explicitly about grit—by moving to a competency-based learning system. Are they despondent?

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When to Teach Online Classes Live and When to Let Students Learn on Demand

Edsurge

Or students can create joint projects using collaboration tools like Padlet, she adds. In Many Cases, Simpler Is Better While using the latest tools to include video and shared whiteboards may be slick, there’s also a benefit to using low-tech tools, says Eaton.

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Discovery Education’s K-12 Learning Platform Earns Learner Variability Product Certification From Digital Promise

eSchool News

Working at the intersection of education leaders, researchers, and technology developers, Digital Promise seeks to improve learning opportunities for all and close the Digital Learning Gap. . Discovery Education serves approximately 4.5

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Innovative School District Seeks Middle School Science and Social Studies Apps

Digital Promise

WHAT: Piedmont Middle School is seeking to pilot digital learning programs that support competency-based learning in science and social studies. WHY: Piedmont is a member of the Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools. from Digital Promise on Vimeo.

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