The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 25, 2023

As I shared in my podcast this week, we've adapted our acceptable use policy to include AI considerations and allow its use with teacher permission and proper supervision. What I'll Be Sharing Now and How to Follow Now, I'm back to blogging and podcasting. The integrity gap is going to be a major issue as we move fully into Web 3.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 12, 2024

Context matters: How Should We Conceptualize Equity in Mathematics Education? In Equity in Discourse for Mathematics Education: Theories, Practices, and Policies (pp. Retrieved from [link] Gutiérrez, R. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. Ralabate P. Your UDL Lesson Planner: the Step-By-Step Guide for Teaching All Learners.

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Shake Up Learning

APRIL 25, 2023

Jaime shares her favorite lessons, how to use them, what you need to get started, and the McGraw Hill AR app! It’s all part of Verizon’s commitment to helping close the digital divide. See: Copyright Policy. In honor of Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month, this week’s post is focused on math.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2021

Related: Survey reveals stark rich-poor divide in how U.S. Overcoming the digital divide is just one of the many challenges Latino students — who make up 25 percent of all schoolchildren now and will be more than a third of that population by 2050 — are facing.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

Like McKneely, some educators, government officials and policy experts around the country say the coronavirus carries lessons for another global crisis of our time, climate change. The Miami-Dade school district, for example, adopted a plan back in 2012 to close the digital divide. Credit: AP Photo/Kantele Franko.

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Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2021

For districts in need of additional technologies to make hybrid classrooms successful, here's a closer look at the new funding available and how to secure it: ESSER Funds and How to Use Them The original CARES Act included an education stabilization fund called Elementary and Secondary Education Emergency Relief (ESSER).

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2023

Third, digital technology used by young adolescents should incorporate the best available evidence on how to support and protect the well-being of middle-school-aged youth. Digital technology companies should partner with researchers to perform ongoing safety monitoring and identify new potential areas of harm.

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Lightspeed Systems

AUGUST 3, 2023

Then, of course, the digital divide between students with and without ready access to technology may be destined to widen by generative AI in education, adversely impacting underserved and minority students. First, school districts must draft policies based on a clear understanding of emerging technologies.

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The Innovative Educator

MAY 10, 2020

They chose not to figure out ways to bridge the digital divide for the most vulnerable families and students. They chose not to think about how to serve students with special needs. We could have been focused on closing the digital divide. We could have provided the resources to support a digital education.

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 15, 2014

On March 5, 2014, I was privileged to moderate and participate on a panel on Bridging the Digital Divide with BYOD Equity at the SXSWedu conference in Austin, Texas. Forsyth County Schools was an early trailblazer in BYOD initiatives and is looked to nationwide as a resource for how to implement BYOD and implement it well.

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ExcelinEd

MAY 20, 2020

What about for students who are already three to four grade levels behind—how should supports be different than what is already being done? And now, I carry it with me in how I approach education policy. The digital divide is not new. How do we ensure continuity of learning with the digital divide?

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ExcelinEd

AUGUST 3, 2020

When COVID-19 disrupted the traditional model , Commissioner Mike Morath and his team quickly created policies to help ensure students would not fall through the cracks. . How to make operational adjustments so schools are safe for students and staff. . Bridging the Digital Divide. make certain ?all

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Edsurge

MAY 17, 2022

The pandemic has dragged on, prompting colleges to ricochet back and forth on mask mandate policies and rules about holding classes in person versus online. Recognition that the digital divide prevents academic progress has prompted colleges to do more to connect students with tech tools.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 4, 2016

When we started thinking about how to support schools working to close the Digital Learning Gap , we knew we wanted school leaders to feel just as confident and prepared as athletes ready for a race. Are policies in place? The digital divide has been bridged, and every learner now has access — at school and at home.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2020

The impetus was really to close that achievement gap and that digital divide.” The city’s library already had a program—now operating remotely—to teach technology skills to adults, such as how to complete job applications online and use the school district’s learning management system. In Norwalk, Conn.,

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

How educators respond to this next pandemic –students’ anxiety and stress–will certainly remain a critically important priority for school administrators, counselors and psychologists in 2021. The policies and infrastructures are in place to deliver. Collin Earnst, CEO, LearnWell. Adam Geller, Founder and CEO, Edthena.

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Shake Up Learning

JANUARY 25, 2022

It seems that many teachers have begun using more digital tools in their in-person instruction as well. Jen shares how she feels that teachers are utilizing digital tools in a way that now goes beyond substituting paper for computer. . Jen also shares how the digital divide has become more apparent.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund follows the same formula as Title I, so it can be used to help bridge the digital divide for students from low-income families. Susan Gentz is a partner at K20Connect, a consulting consortium of experts focused on education leadership, technology and policy.

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Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

I have a bit more to say about some of these topics, so stay tuned… Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye these past two weeks – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. No endorsements; no sponsored content; no apologies for my eclectic tastes.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

Dan developed Prep, which is all about how to prep the machine in prompt prompted to get the desired output. You know, we all remember that teacher that study hall teacher who walked you through your first college application or the social studies teacher who taught you what taxes were and how to file them. It's nothing new.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

One key issue that emerged was an ongoing digital divide. That divide affected a significant share of college students in West Virginia, a state where officials say nearly 40 percent of rural residents don’t have broadband. How do we make sure that our students have access in this changing world?” she asked. “If

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Education Superhighway

AUGUST 1, 2017

HOW TO LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD FOR RURAL AMERICA. Equal digital access is important everywhere in America, for all students. The meeting will address policies aimed to bridge the digital divide. See how your district’s broadband pricing compares to what districts in your area are paying.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

As districts across the United States consider how to get student learning back on track and fortify parent interest in public schools, they’re asking the same question as Steve Joel: What should we keep after the pandemic? Federal funds help narrow the digital divide. The benefits of digital equity go far beyond education.

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Bryan Alexander

JULY 18, 2019

The report isn’t happy with this, and asks us to make policy changes now. Think about how this vision will play into state legislatures as they consider merging or closing campuses, or how funders plan their investments, or how presidents consider their campus and its strategies.

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Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2019

That raises the question: is the move to digital homework systems creating a new kind of digital divide at colleges? Textbook companies defend their new model, arguing that digital titles help students learn better than past methods and are sold for far less than traditional textbooks.

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eSchool News

APRIL 7, 2016

. “Internet access is no longer an afterthought in education; instead high-speed broadband and wi-fi are now a vital component of K-12 school infrastructure, there is an increased emphasis on digital learning,” according to the report. A number of states have policies in support of broadband and wi-fi connectivity.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Here’s what they had to say: Text-based AI interfaces provide an opportunity to help close the digital divide…and avoid an impending AI divide. Lindsay Dworkin, SVP of Policy & Government Affairs, NWEA The pendulum has swung quickly toward the Science of Reading.

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Education Superhighway

AUGUST 1, 2017

HOW TO LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD FOR RURAL AMERICA. Equal digital access is important everywhere in America, for all students. The meeting will address policies aimed to bridge the digital divide. See how your district’s broadband pricing compares to what districts in your area are paying.

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

This quick move to emergency remote teaching has left educators scrambling to figure out how to use digital tools, online resources, and apps to continue their teaching at a distance. Butash is right in pointing out the risks involved in this quick shift to using digital technologies.

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Graphite Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2017

If you have mobile devices in the classroom, learn how to integrate apps in meaningful ways. Introduce digital citizenship skills early. For more key findings plus essays on the implications of the data from thought leaders in children’s health, education, and policy, download the full report.

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Linways Technologies

JANUARY 14, 2021

Also how to get the students engaged. I think the policy is to get them involved by making them engaged and that is how we faced this challenges. But look at how a state like Kerala overcame the problem of digital divide during the lockdown. It was exciting to get the students also into it.

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Bryan Alexander

JULY 18, 2019

The report isn’t happy with this, and asks us to make policy changes now. Think about how this vision will play into state legislatures as they consider merging or closing campuses, or how funders plan their investments, or how presidents consider their campus and its strategies.

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MindShift

JULY 31, 2020

On a recent summer day, librarian Lyn Hunter posted a video to YouTube on how to make a weather thermometer using a straw, rubbing alcohol and a bottle. Digital book loans have skyrocketed, with children’s e-book checkouts more than doubling since the COVID-19 closures began, according to a report from NPR.

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

One of the most important digital divides to overcome is the technophobia divide - the wills and the will nots. Often I see raised eyebrows from teachers and parents when I advocate students as advisers on school internet policies.

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Educational Technology Guy

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

With the relentless barrage of emails, websites, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Google+ notifications we all receive on a daily basis, a simple, short, and concise text message cuts through all the noise of our digital lifestyles,” said Shawn Carrié, member of the Occupy Wall Street’s Tech Ops Working Group.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2019

We’re doing a disservice if we’re not teaching the next generation how to use technology. What’s unusual about James Lick’s Chromebook program isn’t the laptops themselves, but how they were paid for. Here the digital divide for access is now almost zero,” Porter says of his Chromebook program.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Read more: Top 10 BYOD concerns — and how to overcome them [Part 1]. A strong BYOD policy can help schools avoid these security concerns. Sometimes school IT architects underestimate the need for bandwidth, or how many users can access the internet at the same time, so the IT infrastructure must also be scalable.

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