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Micro-credentials and COVID-19: Supporting Professional Learning When Schools are Closed

Digital Promise

Moreover, the Empowering Parents Through Technology micro-credential helps educators use one- and two-way technology for outreach to families. Parents are also increasingly worried about what their children may access or be exposed to online. Student data privacy should not be a victim to tumultuous times.

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Students Are Online Like Never Before. What Does That Mean for Their Privacy?

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Technology is enabling learning like never before, with millions of students attending school remotely for some or all of their regular instruction this fall. With this skyrocketing growth in technology use, however, comes greater concerns around student privacy. How is that data being used?

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Lessons and Leadership During the Switch to Online Learning

edWeb.net

During a recent edLeader Panel , sponsored by The ProEthica® Program, the superintendent of one of America’s largest school districts spoke with a former state superintendent and other education leaders about key issues affecting students, parents, and educators, including digital access and equity, online privacy, and funding.

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Coronavirus FAQ: Everything Schools and Companies Need and Want to Know

Edsurge

. — Tony Wan, Managing Editor Access and Equity How can we accommodate students who have learning disabilities in online instruction and practice universal design principles? During these first few days of schools moving online, educators are adjusting to a new—and likely chaotic—environment.

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Tart Retorts and Tools: Overheard at SXSWedu

Edsurge

For instance, at last year’s conference, only 3 percent of the 350 panels explicitly addressed the role that technology plays in widening or closing the opportunity gap. But 76 percent of kids prefer to get their news from social media (especially from Facebook). but will eventually be brought to the U.S. at a later date.

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16 Great NonProfits Working to Support EdTech in Schools

Tom Murray

Prior to my role as the Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools ® , I spent 14 years in a public school in Pennsylvania as an elementary and middle school teacher, middle school and elementary principal, and district level technology director. Organization: International Association of K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL).

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Teacher-Student Digital Communication Makes for Good Learning

edWeb.net

The report is one of four reports featured in the executive brief series 90 Days that Changed K-12 Teaching & Learning. Without the opportunity for immediate or regular face-to-face support from teachers, students are using texting, social media posts, mobile app alerts, and personal emails for the interaction and support they need.