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What is Digital Accessibility? (And Why It’s Crucial at Schools)

ViewSonic Education

At a basic level, it refers to the provision of equal access to digital products and services, regardless of whether students have disabilities or other impairments. Within the United States, the concept of accessibility is written into the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) serving as equal opportunities legislation.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 12 Edition)

Doug Levin

Tagged on: March 26, 2017 Are computers teachers? Tagged on: March 26, 2017 Arizona lags behind in schools' internet access, but change is coming | Tucson.com → “Urban Arizona keeps progressing and keeps getting access to better technology,” he said. Pretty much everything that is NOT covered by the edtech trade press.

EdTech 170
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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 12 Edition)

Doug Levin

Tagged on: March 26, 2017 Are computers teachers? Tagged on: March 26, 2017 Arizona lags behind in schools' internet access, but change is coming | Tucson.com → “Urban Arizona keeps progressing and keeps getting access to better technology,” he said. Pretty much everything that is NOT covered by the edtech trade press.

EdTech 150
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In Philadelphia, a symbol of police brutality comes down, and a monument to black student protesters will go up

The Hechinger Report

Tagging along was Gym’s daughter, Taryn Flaherty, then a freshman at Masterman. Credit: Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, PA. ” Credit: Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, PA. But she ran into vocal opposition. But we will.”.

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What is your reading personality? Which reading super-hero are you?

NeverEndingSearch

All mysteries are not created equal… someone who loves Blue Balliett may not want to read the Sammy Keyes books. Sci Fi books aren’t created equal either…neither are historical fiction…so it’s hard to narrow a person into a genre. Everyone is wired so differently.

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Learning Revolution Free Events - Future of Museums Conference Announcement - #EdTechMonth Events Today and Thursday - The Fallacy of Linearity

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. Tag your questions #eduquestion or post them on our Facebook page or Google+ community. Is your library mobile friendly?

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CUNY: canary in the coal mine for American public higher education

Bryan Alexander

Library shelves at Lehman College, part of the CUNY system, have been covered with plastic since a leak three years ago.” ” This leads to the decay in physical plant, shown by Twitter images under the #broklyncollege tag (as in “Broke-lyn”). ” Budget cuts : obviously CUNY is reducing spending.