Digital Promise

APRIL 29, 2019

One of the most straightforward ways that technology contributes to equity in schools is ensuring that every student has access to learning materials, even outside of the classroom. Resources to help you use technology to increase equity in schools: Learn more about the Digital Learning Gap and how we’re working to close it.

Accessibility 334

Accessibility Technology E-rate Data 334

EdTech4Beginners

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

While it’s essential to understand the limits of digital media in the classroom, an outright ban could prove detrimental. For students with learning disabilities or required accommodations, for example, a laptop or digital learning program may encourage interaction with material in a personalized way.

Classroom 176

Classroom Laptops E-rate Social Media 176

TeacherCast

JANUARY 27, 2022

Who dares to TEACH must never cease to LEARN – John Cotton Dana For many school districts, the ability to create a dynamic and effective Instructional Coaching program is a challenge. Choosing Your PD Sessions The PD Course Catalogue is a key component in the planning and development of the Day Time Professional Development Program.

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Survey E-rate Course Assessment 88

TeacherCast

JANUARY 27, 2022

You have a few hundred teachers scattered across several school buildings, each with their own comfort level digital learning, and only one or a few coaches to support everyone. The PD Course Catalogue is a key component in the planning and development of the Day Time Professional Development Program. Choosing Your PD Sessions.

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Survey E-rate Course Assessment 88

Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2017

In many cases, the use of digital tools, platforms, and applications has helped to boost student engagement, grow pass rates, and increase retention. RCCC’s e-Text initiative has saved students up to 50 percent on the cost of their course materials, and has increased classroom engagement and retention.

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Data E-rate Course Tablets 60

Hapara

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Listen to an audio version of this post: [link] A digital learning platform is designed to make teaching easier by allowing educators to manage and individualize lessons and evaluate students. To get the maximum out of any digital learning platform your school uses, your operators need to be well-trained and skilled.

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Training Digital Learning How To EdTech 157

Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2018

For example, a professor might have to toggle between a learning management system ( LMS) for grading, an e-reader that delivers the textbook, a platform used to present information in class, an app that helps with student participation and a homework solution for out-of-class assignments.

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Trends EdTech E-rate LMS 127

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

Today, students frequently work in digital environments to read course materials, take tests and complete assignments. More than 4 out of 10 college students wind up in remedial math or English courses, and those that do are even less likely than other students to finish college.

Education 217

Education Learning Software Knewton 217

Neo LMS

MARCH 7, 2019

Graham Glass, CEO of CYPHER LEARNING, participated to a live event for Digital Learning Day 2019. The event was hosted by Phill Bevan, Community Advisor at VETR , a digital learning community for the Australian vocational education and training sector. Digital learning trends that are reshaping EdTech.

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Trends Digital Learning EdTech Gamification 317

Edsurge

JULY 3, 2017

Digital Learning Innovation Awards (DLIAwards) from the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) last November. The awards recognize educators’ and institutions’ innovative use of digital courseware to improve outcomes for students, especially underrepresented ones. The result?

Tools 87

Tools Outcomes Flipped Classroom E-rate 87

Hapara

AUGUST 8, 2022

In general, OER was rated ‘considerably better on multiple specific aspects of teaching and learning, such as extending the core knowledge to novel tasks and situations and collaborating with others.’” . If you and a team of educators are interested in writing your own digital book, there are a few options. Jupyter Notebook.

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OER Resources How To Education 130

Kitaboo on EdTech

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Are you still looking for reasons to create e-textbooks for students? Well, it’s 2019, and most of the schools and universities have already accepted digital textbooks as the future of education. Make the Course Interesting with Gamification. Digital Schools – Are they the future? REQUEST DEMO READ MORE.

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eBook E-rate Libraries Software 64

Tom Murray

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Future Ready Schools, a project of the Alliance for Excellent Education, supports school leadership teams in implementing high quality personalized student learning, based on the Future Ready Framework. The Alliance also has run Digital Learning Day for the past five years. ASCD. Connect: www.ascd.org , @ASCD.

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Future Ready Secondary Advocacy Elementary 100

Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Because digital devices and online environments can simultaneously be transformatively empowering and maddeningly disruptive, the work of integrating digital learning tools into schools is usually difficult and complex. Fears, of course, need to be surfaced and addressed.

Digital Learning 83

Digital Learning Technology Mobility E-rate 83

Education Superhighway

OCTOBER 15, 2015

A new school year means new opportunities, ambitious learning goals, and heightened prospects for kids, but for millions of our nation’s students, those opportunities come with an asterisk. If we connect every classroom, both inner city students and their suburban neighbors alike will be able to access the same learning opportunities.

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Broadband Digital Divide E-rate Digital Learning 40

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 4, 2018

Elearning design needs to engage and persuade the learner to know how to engage with the content and learning. Dr. Laurie Korte talks about e-learning design that engages learners and common mistakes of e-learning and blended learning classrooms. It takes the stress away from their learning environment.

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Strategy Learning E-rate Course 173

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed. Elizabeth Bassford, Vice President of Content & Implementation, Curriculum Associates As the multidisciplinary nature of astronomy is recognized, schools should look to expand curriculums with more astronomy-focused courses in 2024.

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Trends EdTech Industry Data 143

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

LG Business Solutions spotlighted a full range of education-focused solutions, headlined by the new LG CreateBoard (model TR3DK), a purpose-built solution to address a variety of needs for in-person, remote and blended learning. provided a first look at the new Samsung Education Community Platform.

EdTech 131

EdTech Lenovo Robotics Laptops 131

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

What’s needed to address the digital divide for all is sustainable, dedicated funding that allows districts to meet the needs of the community. Pringle said that the NEA is currently working with the FCC on how to get increased investment in the E-rate program because, through that program, dollars can be distributed in an equitable manner.

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System Digital Divide E-rate Education 53

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed. Elizabeth Bassford, Vice President of Content & Implementation, Curriculum Associates As the multidisciplinary nature of astronomy is recognized, schools should look to expand curriculums with more astronomy-focused courses in 2024.

Trends 52

Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

techlearning

MARCH 23, 2018

As they go “all-in” on digital learning, schools are demanding more from their networks. The shift to personalized and inquiry-based learning not only engages students more effectively, it depends on efficient technology. For them, untethered digital learning is fundamental for future success.

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Mobility Mobile Learning BYOD E-rate 40

Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Here’s more about her journey to connect all Texas students to digital learning opportunities, and her top tips to help educators invest in technology funding to improve student engagement. I was teaching several social studies courses, including one called International Problems.

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Policies Technology Advocacy E-rate 49

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Sueann Galt, STEM Coordinator Does the use of ‘Learning Menus’ increase students’ intrinsic motivation? - Karla Pobke Coordinator Personalised Learning Born Accessible STEM: Making Sure Accessibility is Not Just an Afterthought - Anh Bui Director of Product Strategy for Global Literacy Project-Based Learning: You''re almost doing it already!

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STEM Maker Movement MOOC Common Core 47

Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2020

Of course finding the funds for such purchases is another story. Although the federal government makes funding available to schools and libraries in the form of E-Rate, that money can’t be used to pay for students’ home access or even solutions like Wi-Fi-equipped school busses parked in neighborhoods.

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Accessibility Broadband E-rate Smartphone 206

Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2019

He reads e-books and takes courses using a tablet computer. An APDS tablet, which students use to study, read e-books and watch TED Talks. / At first, the computers primarily offered online college courses from Ashland University. “I WASHINGTON, D.C. Jerard Briscoe is away at school. It’s a plausible story. At the D.C.

Tablets 166

Tablets E-rate Khan Academy Study 166

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Virtual and hybrid learning continued into the spring, but then classrooms welcomed back students for full-time in-person learning in the fall. Many silver linings emerged and digital learning cemented itself as a “must have” in schools. Currently, the esports ecosystem is projected to surpass $1.8

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EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 115

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

Virtual and hybrid learning continued into the spring, but then classrooms welcomed back students for full-time in-person learning in the fall. Many silver linings emerged and digital learning cemented itself as a “must have” in schools. Currently, the esports ecosystem is projected to surpass $1.8

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EdTech Learning Data Classroom 145

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Digital learning tools and digital technologies have broken down geographical barriers and provided access to educational resources for students no matter their socioeconomic status or geographic location. One of the most notable changes is the digitization of educational materials.

Technology 72

Technology Education Adaptive Learning Accessibility 72

Hack Education

APRIL 6, 2018

Via Education Week : “ FCC Chair Moves to Block E-Rate Funds for Companies Deemed ‘Security Risk’ ” (State and Local) Education Politics. Via the AP : “ Wyoming begins path to computer science courses in schools.” ” Warning: income sharing agreements. ” asks Edsurge. ”). .”

Education 45

Education MOOC E-rate Facebook 45

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

” “ State educational technology directors have outlined ambitious targets for increasing school bandwidth capacity in an effort to support digital learning and bridge the technology divide that exists in schools and in students’ homes,” says Education Week. ” “ 2016 E-Rate Trends.”

Education 40

Education Coursera Facebook Social Media 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, There are, of course, vast inequalities in access to technology — in school and at home and otherwise — and in how these technologies get used. The key word in that headline isn’t “digital”; it’s “force.”

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Via CNET : “ Verizon to pay $17M to resolve FCC, Justice E-Rate probes.” Second, we will focus on locally-driven solutions identified by networks of schools , and support their efforts to use data-driven continuous learning and evidence-based interventions to improve student achievement. ” More via Buzzfeed.

Education 48

Education Coursera MOOC Report 48

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “How Much Hollywood Glitz Should Colleges Use in Their Online Courses ?” Speaking of Hollywood Glitz, Variety reports that “ Kevin Spacey ’s Online Acting Course Pulled by MasterClass.” Publishers love this, of course. ” No.

Education 45

Education Facebook Company Report 45

Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “More than 50 groups have signed a letter demanding that Candice E. ” Of course none of this – not Africa is a Country’s excellent reporting nor Peg Tyre’s recent story in the NYT – stops Nicholas Kristof from touting Bridge as a “solution.”

Education 46

Education LMS Robotics E-rate 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

The reporting often isolates education technology from other developments in the computer technology sector and tends to isolate education technology from education politics and policies more broadly (unless, of course, those policies dovetail with the political interests of ed-tech and ed-reform, which they often do).

Technology 40

Technology Education Facebook Company 40