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Kindergarten Kindness Superheroes and the DNA of Kindergarteners

The CoolCatTeacher

Laurie McIntosh on episode 374 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. She also shares how she surveys student’s DNA (dreams, needs, and abilities) and a touching story about the impact this has on the classroom. Twitter: @lauriesmcintosh.

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Digital Equity: How Far Have We Come?

EdTech Magazine

First, they lead the effort to distribute digital devices such as notebooks and tablets. That disparity, known as the homework gap, is increasingly a concern for districts, according to 95 percent of IT leaders who responded to the Consortium for School Networking’s 2019 K-12 IT Leadership Survey Report. by Wylie Wong. by Wylie Wong.

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Educators See Positive Impact of Mobile Devices in K–12

EdTech Magazine

Programs that provide students with an assigned laptop, tablet or Chromebook level the playing field for students’ technology access at school. In fact, 60 percent of school principals surveyed indicated their schools have adopted a one-to-one mobile device program (an increase of 9 percentage points from last year’s report).

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CoSN 2019: How to Design an Effective K–12 Technology Evaluation Program

EdTech Magazine

For example, when Baule conducted a survey during his time as a superintendent in Indiana, he found only one-third of schools were assessing their one-to-one device programs. . JOIN THE CONVERSATION: Follow @EdTech_K12 on Twitter for continued COSN 2019 coverage. 4 Key Evaluation Questions for K–12 Schools. by Eli Zimmerman.

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Google Supports Ed Tech Research into Modern Classrooms

EdTech Magazine

The report, which surveyed 1,200 teachers in 16 countries, found that laptops still aid teaching better than any other form of technology. The teachers surveyed indicate that laptops, educational games, interactive whiteboards, educational videos, tablets and apps are among the most helpful technologies. CDW Segment. Engagement.

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Why your young students love e-learning

Neo LMS

Some people even lobby for a right to technology for every student, in the hope of making the presence of laptops and tablets in classrooms as spread as that of blackboards and notebooks. They turn to other social media sites , like Instagram, Snapchat, Tumblr, Yik Yak, or Twitter.

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Is a Backpack the Key to Closing the Homework Gap?

EdTech Magazine

Approximately 71 percent of K–12 teachers allowed students to use the internet to research subjects in class, according to a 2017 University of Phoenix survey. Seventy percent of U.S. teachers also assigned internet-based homework last year, according to the Pew Research Center. by Erin Brereton.

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