EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2019

The district is in the middle of a digital equity revolution, being led by a particularly sharp Director of Education Technology and Library Programs, Dewayne McClary. When McClary joined the district as the manager of educational technology in 2014, progress was less than stellar. no implementation support? It includes $4.6

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Moving away from the pandemic, educators still grapple with learning loss and academic disparities and inequities. In 2023, a new popular kid in town, better known as AI, dominated headlines and prompted debates around how students could abuse–and should use–the generative tool for learning.

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Digital Promise

JULY 13, 2016

Recognizing that transformation, especially digital transformation, is complex and sometimes “messy,” Digital Promise is launching a second cohort of our Leadership Coaching program to support K-12 leaders working towards transforming learning in their districts through technology. Technology Infrastructure.

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

The answer is to value staff by providing them with relevant learning opportunities as they work. In many large organisations today this is changing, with learning and development now conducted largely while employees are on the move, or sitting at their work stations. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2019

Though I was technology savvy, none of my classwork or student teaching prepared me for this. At the time, my district didn't offer any professional development (PD) opportunities to prepare educators without a computer science background to teach CS in their classes. It was my first full-time teaching job.

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The Innovative Educator

OCTOBER 30, 2016

Read The Innovative Educator blog, where I will share my suggestions and insights around each consideration. . __ This is the first in a series sharing insights from my conversation with author and professor Liz Kolb , who is teaching a course at the University of Michigan that addresses ways technology supports modern teaching and learning.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Digital learning not only plays a crucial role in preparing today’s students for the jobs of tomorrow, it also has an important role in providing equity and access to education, especially in smaller and remote school districts. Links to Local Learning.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 22, 2021

Cougan noted that education data has taken on even more importance during the pandemic, as teachers and administrators strive to determine how they can keep students connected, engaged, on task, and safe, whether the students are learning remotely, in hybrid settings, or in classrooms.

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Edsurge

MAY 14, 2018

This issue has many implications for student learning, but one that is often overlooked is that a shortage of qualified instructors can have a crippling effect on a school district’s ability to implement technology effectively. teachers leave the profession every year, most before reaching the age of retirement.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Moving away from the pandemic, educators still grapple with learning loss and academic disparities and inequities. In 2023, a new popular kid in town, better known as AI, dominated headlines and prompted debates around how students could abuse–and should use–the generative tool for learning.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2017

But after talking to a number of different educators and reading their various accounts, what I can tell you is that your peers have discovered creative, technology-supported ways to approach teaching reading, writing and vocabulary in their multi-subject classrooms—and they were willing to share it to help you out.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Assistive technology teachers working at schools in the Fairfax County, VA school district, one of the largest in the United States, are finding that the use of audiobooks is improving access to grade-level content while also developing the love of reading that motivates many students to continue improving.

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EdTechTeam

APRIL 4, 2018

Further learning is always had with these informal and powerful conversations. Same Tech, New Ways – The core applications of G-Suite remain the same from conference to conference, but the ways in which individuals use them in their professional roles are so different! So many unique and magical learning rides to be had!

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

They need tools that are easy to use, support active learning, and can accommodate the needs of diverse learners. And, unless yours is a very fortunate system, technology staff hasn’t increased at a rate commensurate with the reliance on, and the complexity of, technology that supports school operation and education of students.

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Learning with 'e's

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

This refers not only to what we buy (clothing, food, goods) but also how we learn, consume news, spend our leisure time as we are continually exposed to media. In this context, it is perhaps easier to understand how resistance to technological forces comes about. Resistance to New Technology. Touraine, A. Unported License.

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Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 3, 2012

Anderson is known to many in the world of education as a passionate and knowledgeable promoter of social media and technology for learning. He has been a prime mover in some of the most innovative projects for technology supported learning in the past few years. I love the idea of learning and I love to learn.

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Dr. Shannon Doak

JUNE 7, 2019

In the Guide to Capstone Education from the National Capstone Consortium there are a series of questions posed about technology and the role it should, could or might possibly play in a capstone course. All capstones include the following phases: Proposal creation Content learning Skill building Research Implementation.

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Graphite Blog

JULY 17, 2015

This is the second in a series of posts that examine how schools and districts are planning for and implementing digital learning efforts. Providing technical support for a large fleet of devices that travel between school and home is no simple task. Management and support of technology is a lot like managing and caring for people.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 13, 2019

A pilot program of the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) has made 12 states’ reviews of secondary math and language arts materials available, with a wide range of K-12 resources from these and other states to follow. He and his wife Billie are the parents of 11 children and live in West Haven, Utah.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

The district is working toward this goal through a wide range of bold initiatives, which include offering two years of kindergarten, ending “social promotion,” connecting every student to technology, and putting significant resources into athletic facilities and music programs. “We Supporting Students from Day One.

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Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2017

Baked-In Innovation Schools are staffed with operations, logistics and technology teams that enable teaching and learning staff to focus on curriculum development and delivery, assessment, and professional learning. The network also piloted and uses Cortex, a next-generation learning platform developed by InnovateEDU.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

The district is working toward this goal through a wide range of bold initiatives, which include offering two years of kindergarten, ending “social promotion,” connecting every student to technology, and putting significant resources into athletic facilities and music programs. Supporting Students from Day One. "That’s

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The PL2C Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Digital Learning Coach, Instructional Technology Facilitator and Research Associate at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation. Dr. Ruben Puentedura developed the SAMR model as a way for educators to reflect on how they are incorporating technology into their instructional practice: Is it an act of Substitution?

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The PL2C Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Digital Learning Coach, Instructional Technology Facilitator and Research Associate at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation. Dr. Ruben Puentedura developed the SAMR model as a way for educators to reflect on how they are incorporating technology into their instructional practice: Is it an act of Substitution?

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