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SETDA Provides Tips on Equity of Access for Students Outside of School

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Unfortunately, teachers and students are often unable to be sure there will be dependable, robust access outside of school depending on family and community circumstances. She holds firm to the belief that student access to technology is the great equalizer. Join the Community.

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Report: The way we buy digital instructional materials may need an overhaul

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A new report urges care when purchasing digital instructional materials, and notes that factors such as interoperability, accessibility, and device access should be considered during the process. The report also outlines next steps for strategic support of the transition: 1. The DMAPS site is available here: [link].

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3 tips for connecting students to internet resources during summer

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Unfortunately, teachers and students are often unable to be sure there will be dependable, robust access outside of school depending on family and community circumstances. She holds firm to the belief that student access to technology is the great equalizer. Communicate with Families. Join the Community.

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The Fans, Fanboys, and Fanatics of OER

Doug Levin

Wouldn’t that serve the dual purpose of offering (what seems to me to be) an incredibly powerful professional learning opportunity, while also improving the quality of instructional materials? I’m aware of some nascent efforts along these lines, but would love to learn more if others are pursuing a related path in the U.S.

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K-12 Leaders on the Impact of Artificial Intelligence and Generative AI

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Reporting: Educate the school community about how to report incidents or concerns. As they did this, they realized that as they learn together, they can grow together with this new technology. As they consider reporting processes, district leaders should: Identify and define the concern.

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Data Interoperability: Beyond Accountability and Reporting

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While teachers may understand the need to collect the information, they resent inputting the same data over and over again in every learning management system, educational application, and state and federal accountability report. More important, the data entry can seem pointless when the outcomes aren’t applicable to the students.

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Future Ready update adds new resources and PD for leaders

eSchool News

One of the major new commitments from the Office of Educational Technology for Future Ready moving into 2016 will be a set of professional learning resources to help district superintendents and their principals and teachers most effectively transition to digital learning. “United in purpose and mission, we can do anything.”.