A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 11, 2021

Even with all of these challenges, opportunities have arisen to take education in a different and better direction to create a new normal that better meets learners' needs. Educators can benefit from thousands of publicly shared Workspaces aligned to the local curriculum and customize them to meet their learners' needs.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Teachers must meet the challenge of creating engaging instructional resources to support personalized learning, develop lessons to spark student curiosity, and facilitate opportunities for collaboration. With more than 40,000 topics available in the Discovery Library , teachers can quickly assign a topic to one or all classes.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 13, 2020

When it became clear COVID-19 would dramatically impact the public education system, we quickly assessed how we could provide value, drawing on our years of expertise with digital learning. Our first priority was making sure our Digital Promise team was safe, healthy, and supported. How can we best assess our technology needs?

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 25, 2020

Across the country, local networks known as Education Innovation Clusters (EdClusters) are bringing together partners and resources to meet urgent needs and envision a new future for teaching and learning. Their collective efforts are meeting a range of needs—from internet access to devices to social-emotional supports.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 11, 2020

E-learning has now become the primary source of instruction — but this is new territory for a number of teachers. The sudden pivot to digital learning has thrown the education system into flux. Here are seven tips for making the digital teaching experience more fruitful for everyone involved: 1. Communicate often.

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TeacherCast

MARCH 17, 2022

Are you constantly looking for “the next best thing” when it comes to digital learning activities? Have you run out of ideas and are looking for something new to bring to teacher planning meetings to meet their curricular needs? Then, they design their booksnap to meet our criteria.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Maybe some of these challenges sound familiar, whether you’re a district, a school, a curriculum leader or an instructional coach, a digital learning specialist, or a librarian. In New Hampshire, all preK-12 schools have access to high-quality digital content through the New Hampshire Education Department. Now that’s incentive!

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2024

From interactive simulations to online databases of primary sources, these tools offer educators a wide array of resources to enrich their curriculum and foster student learning.

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Digital Promise

JULY 16, 2020

Our team at Lexington County School District One in South Carolina has focused on mitigating one of these complexities by addressing the human need for connection, support, and ongoing professional learning. Supporting Educators through the Shift to Digital Learning. VPL2Go Structure.

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ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Interactivity in the Classroom Gone are the days of passive learning, where students simply absorbed information without playing an active role in their learning. Today, the aim is to foster peer collaboration, engagement with digital tools, and teacher-student communication within the classroom.

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NeverEndingSearch

JANUARY 13, 2021

We’re exited to launch SchoolLibraryNJ , a evolving project designed to address inequitable access to resources for K12 schools and libraries and to present the value of librarians in digitally curating resources for teaching and learning. Not every library has a realistic budget.

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ViewSonic Education

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In general, education in the metaverse relies on the use of avatars, digital representations of users, which students can use to interact with one another. Educators can also interact within these digital learning spaces using their own avatars, resulting in a classroom situation within a virtual learning environment.

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ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The metaverse is most commonly associated with extended reality technology (virtual reality and augmented reality), as well as with social media capabilities and the use of digital avatars controlled by users. Additionally, the use of avatars within the metaverse delivers something akin to student-centered learning.

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Hapara

MARCH 17, 2022

and Mrs. Perkins, a fifth-grade teacher, browses the district’s library of content in H?para para Student Dashboard Digital Backpack. . Student Dashboard Digital Backpack is the one-stop location for all the district’s digital resources. Accessing digital learning resources . It’s 6:30 a.m.,

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TeacherCast

JANUARY 16, 2022

Coach / Library Media Specialist Relationship. When a teacher (new or experienced) first meets an Instructional Coach, it is natural for them to feel a bit taken back by the concept of having someone else in their room “coaching” or helping them out. The Library Media Specialist / Coach Relationship.

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Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2019

Proponents of digital learning, as well as those committed to closing the nation's “homework gap,” rejoiced on Thursday when the U.S. students without home internet access, many of whom are now expected to use digital learning every day to access class materials and complete homework assignments. The same holds for U.S.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Jacksonville, FL — TeacherMade, the online platform for making interactive digital learning activities, has released a software update that allows Teachers to share account access with other Teachers, paraprofessionals, substitutes, administrators, IEP/504 teams, or any other stakeholder.

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Digital Promise

JULY 29, 2016

To learn about forming these mutually beneficial partnerships, watch our webinar with partners Chicago Public Library (CPL) and Digital Learn as they talk about working together to create an ed-tech product to meet CPL’s specific needs. User-tested, effective, and scaleable ed-tech products are the result.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Describe a digital learning project or initiative that you're currently working on. We've had several meetings with Common Sense's senior director, Jeff Mao, and have a tentative cohort launch date this coming January. The simple answer is Common Sense. What are you most excited about in education?

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Our online school and EdOptions Academy, Edmentum Services, has really provided us with the flexibility to meet the needs of families as soon as they arrive. In fall 2019, Michelle became the Content Lead for CRCSD’s 32 school libraries. “Our entire partnership has really helped our district to continue to thrive. Dr. Dana T.

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edWeb.net

JULY 12, 2022

Partially spurred by the pandemic but also by a desire to increase equitable access to reading materials, district leaders made a digital library one of the seven essential tools in all of the schools. Next, school leaders would talk about the digital library many times throughout the year, showing support that goes beyond money.

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TeacherCast

JANUARY 16, 2022

When a teacher (new or experienced) first meets an Instructional Coach, it is natural for them to feel a bit taken back by the concept of having someone else in their room “coaching” or helping them out. They may look at this as an opportunity to allow the coach to instruct their students. How can the LMS Support the Coach?

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Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2020

That can make it tough to move to a digital workflow even when classes are meeting as scheduled. 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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Edsurge

MAY 11, 2021

EdSurge talked with Just to learn how ClassLink helped remove barriers for all students and how this particular platform can grow to meet other digital challenges. Just: Twenty years ago, we launched a significant commitment to digital learning, starting with our online school.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2014

This is a GREAT week for library learning and conversations! Then our fourth annual (and free) Future of Libraries conference, Library 2.014, starts on Wednesday, October 8th, at 10:00am US-Eastern Time with the opening keynote by conference co-chair Dr. Sandra Hirsh from the School of Information at San José State University.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Web-based platforms with lesson libraries of high-quality, standards-aligned interactive lessons, games and activities are especially useful, as are resources that let you upload your own slides, videos and PDFs. I spent five years working as a technology coach where I helped teachers integrate digital learning into their classrooms.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Moore says that before any rollout of sustainable and effective professional learning, there are four factors that school leaders must consider. Gaddis explained how Wake County focused their professional learning by first identifying three groups: teachers, leadership, and school library media coordinators.

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eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2024

Roundtable participants included: Julie Mavrogeorge , Coordinator II – CTE (Esports, Drones, AME and Ag) with Fresno Unified School District Allison Reid , Senior Director of Digital Learning and Libraries in the Wake Forest County Public School System Dr. Cynthia Wise , Principal of J.H.

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Graphite Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2016

I am the director of libraries and educational technology at Currey Ingram Academy in Brentwood, Tennessee. As part of the Currey Ingram LibTech team, I oversee the acquisition and implementation of resources that provide enhanced learning for our students. Today we're spotlighting Ambassador Ginann Franklin. What do you do?

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Hapara

AUGUST 8, 2022

You know your learners best, and adopted curriculum and textbooks may not meet every student’s needs. If you decide to develop K-12 OER, you can create resources that specifically target students’ learning needs. Using backward design can help you focus your plan and make sure you meet your goals. OER Commons.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 23, 2019

I relish the opportunity for an in-person meeting or training to connect with colleagues and partners. Organizations can create more effective and engaging online learning experiences by dedicating time to focus on people, the platform, and the process. Different Flavors of Digital Inclusion Programming.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 1, 2020

They’re using technology as an integral part of their instruction and personalizing instruction for a classroom of students with diverse learning needs. I, like many teachers, share a deep belief that we should decide how to best meet the needs of students before turning to technology. I talked about mastery learning a lot back then.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 26, 2021

Gale In Context: For Educators is an award-winning lesson planning tool that enables educators to find and personalize digital learning content, plan learning activities that work well for remote or in-person environments and provide equity for all students. Gale, a Cengage company, believes in the power and joy of learning.

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Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Especially important is a strategy to align digital learning plans to participation in the E-rate program and any state programs designed to meet similar ends (including those beyond K-12 education that support broadband build out to universities, hospitals, libraries, or public safety institutions).

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 13, 2015

.” This rarely noticed charge helps fund a variety of programs that enable families, libraries, and schools to stay connected. One of those programs is the Universal Service Program for Schools and Libraries, better known as E-rate.

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eSchool News

JULY 1, 2021

“Additionally, it aids the teacher in streamlining the learning experience for students, while still giving the teacher access to all the Canvas features and customization they are used to. Updated fonts make letters and numbers more distinguishable, while meeting accessibility guidelines. Comment Library.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 2, 2018

The two-story building also includes a makerspace and comfortable chairs in the library, a large courtyard with a covered patio that can serve as an outdoor class­room, and an Innovation Station that houses a computer lab, 3D printers, a video and audio production ­studio and a workshop where students build things.

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