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How Access to Technology Can Create Equity in Schools

Digital Promise

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. Teachers have access to workshops, in-class coaching, and building-based tech facilitators during the school year.

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Can Schools and Colleges Bring an In-Person Feel to Remote Campuses?

Edsurge

The approach aims to solve a major downside of remote learning—a sense of social isolation as students and professors sit alone at laptops. And even when students have the right gear, there can be a learning curve to new tools.

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ISTE 2015: (Re)designing tech-infused lessons for deeper thinking

Dangerously Irrelevant

Hope you will join me and Julie Graber in June for our ISTE workshop… Register here! Avoid the pitfalls of tech integration – technology for technology’s sake, focus on tools rather than the learning – by being thoughtful and purposeful about lesson (re)design. Re)designing tech-infused lessons for deeper thinking.

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We Created Subscription Boxes for Learning—and Teachers Love Them!

Edsurge

What if we could apply the subscription box model to professional learning? I spun around my laptop, which was currently displaying Mancrates , a website that sends Valentine’s boxes to avid lovers of artisanal meats. What if we could apply the subscription box model to professional learning?” I asked the team.

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The pandemic’s remote learning legacy: A lot worth keeping

The Hechinger Report

With the shift to digital learning, she collects that data through private weekly Microsoft Forms – using memes to illustrate moods – and has expanded her questions to include what they’re grateful for. The frequent workshops also offer translation services for families whose first language isn’t English.

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Beyond K-12: EdSurge’s Next Move

Edsurge

Novel, online programs enable adult student to learn anytime, anywhere. I’ll just pop open my laptop for an hour or so after the kids go to bed,” says a one adult learner, working to complete her bachelor’s degree online with the ASU Global Freshman Academy. And we’re just getting started.

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Announcing the Google Teacher Tribe Podcast!

Shake Up Learning

Laptops/desktops Chromebooks iPads Unsure/any of the above. Email me at Kasey@ShakeUpLearning.com , or submit this PD request form to bring Shake Up Learning to your 2017 event. It’s NOT About the App, It’s About the LEARNING (presentation). Just fill out the form below. Subscribe to our mailing list. indicates required.

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