3 Ways Assistive Technology Supports Students with Disabilities
EdTech Magazine
NOVEMBER 7, 2017
By Meghan Bogardus Cortez Thanks to tools from tech giants such as Microsoft, students with disabilities are flourishing.
The Role of Assistive Technology in Promoting Inclusive Education
Ask a Tech Teacher
DECEMBER 2, 2023
The Role of Assistive Technology in Promoting Inclusive Education Persons with disabilities may struggle with coordination problems, short attention spans, and limited mobility, which may or may not be obvious. Among the services they provide is guidance on assistive technology in schools. What are the benefits? What are the drawbacks?
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How Technology Supports English Learners in K–12 Schools
EdTech Magazine
FEBRUARY 2, 2020
Thankfully, there are tools such as Microsoft Translator for Education and Flipgrid that can help educators bridge the language gap.
How Technology Supports English Learners in K–12 Schools
EdTech Magazine
JANUARY 31, 2020
Thankfully, there are tools such as Microsoft Translator for Education and Flipgrid that can help educators bridge the language gap.
How Technology Supports English Learners in K–12 Schools
EdTech Magazine
JANUARY 25, 2020
Thankfully, there are tools such as Microsoft Translator for Education and Flipgrid that can help educators bridge the language gap.
How Technology Supports English Learners in K–12 Schools
EdTech Magazine
JANUARY 25, 2020
Thankfully, there are tools such as Microsoft Translator for Education and Flipgrid that can help educators bridge the language gap.
How Technology Supports English Learners in K–12 Schools
EdTech Magazine
JANUARY 23, 2020
Thankfully, there are tools such as Microsoft Translator for Education and Flipgrid that can help educators bridge the language gap.
How Technology Can Help Deepen Students’ Learning
EdNews Daily
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
Fortunately, technology tools can provide support for each stage. Technology-Supported Surface-Level Learning. Technology for whole group settings, e.g., interactive flat panel displays and presentation software, can engage students by using videos and vivid images to get them curious and excited about a subject.
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Part Three: Beyond SAMR… Making Sure Technology Supports Content Standards
21st Century Educational Technology and Learning
JULY 20, 2017
In this post I would like to introduce you to way that you can ensure the standards are amplified, and not ignored, by the integration of educational technology. They include; One-Half Day PBL Splash, Full Day PBL Starter; and a One-Half Day Technology Workshop dedicated to amplifying standards and process using Technology.
IT Leaders Celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week with Shoutouts
EdTech Magazine
MAY 12, 2023
They’re fielding questions and uncertainty about new technologies such as artificial intelligence tools. At the same time, they’re championing integrated technology, personalized learning and online safety. DIVE DEEPER: Technology supports personalized learning in K–12 schools.
Personalized Learning and Digital Tools Weave Strong Fabric for Student Success
EdTech Magazine
APRIL 3, 2018
Personalized Learning and Digital Tools Weave Strong Fabric for Student Success. An effective personalized-learning approach successfully threads digital tools into the mix , creating a solid fabric for students heading out into the modern working world. Technology impacts instruction in a positive way, the report states.
Raising the Smart Classroom’s IQ – By Dr. Paul Fornelli
ViewSonic Education
OCTOBER 6, 2023
For the uninitiated, Smart Classrooms are digitally equipped learning spaces that come tailored with an array of teaching and educational resources, most of which are dependent on some form of digital technology. Given the surge in Smart Classroom technology requirements, the demands on these IT professionals gets ratcheted up ever further.
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The role of technology in the PYP
EdTech4Beginners
APRIL 16, 2017
This post will outline the aims of the PYP (the Primary Years Programme of the International Baccalaureate) and the role that technology plays in helping teachers and students to achieve those goals. What does the PYP say about technology? Can provide access to a broad range of tools to store, organize and present their learning.
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Starting a Student Technology Support Team
Gaggle Speaks
FEBRUARY 25, 2015
If tech support is not a line item in a budget, the technology plunge might be a scary one. But before you panic, consider starting a student technology team to offset the costs of hiring a full support staff. Use a tool like Google Docs where the team has access to information as it’s updated.
6 Super Science Edtech Ideas: Using Technology to Level Up Science Classrooms
The CoolCatTeacher
MARCH 13, 2018
Leah, today, we’re going to talk about how to use technology to make science more exciting and more effective. So, Leah, what’s your first idea for using technology to engage kids in science? Leah: Well, some of the best tools that I’ve used in the classroom are those that simply enhance the student’s voice. What’s another idea?
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Teacher Self-Reflection is Hard. Here’s How Technology Can Help
Edthena
JUNE 3, 2022
Luckily, technology can make the self-reflection process easier for teachers to effectively improve their teaching practices. Technology such as AI Coach by Edthena can serve as a teacher self-reflection tool. Technology can help teachers focus on the positive. Teachers can’t reflect on what they don’t see and analyze.
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98 Integrating Digital Tools for Adult Learners: Four Critical Factors
Digital Promise
JUNE 27, 2017
Technology has the potential to be a powerful tool for improving access to learning for adult learners. According to a Tyton Partners study , there is increasing demand for education technology among adult education program administrators and educators. Support the evolving role of the instructor.
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Two Models for Leveling Up How You Integrate Technology and Teaching
EdNews Daily
AUGUST 14, 2019
A 2019 Common Sense survey found that only four out of every 10 teachers consider the professional development that they received on the use of technology in the classroom to be effective. Reuben Puentedura, founder of the consulting firm Hippasus, and it presents a choice of four levels of technology integration. Substitution.
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What's Really Getting in the Way of Teachers Embracing Edtech?
Edsurge
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Yet Ballard’s main focus is not the tools themselves, but rather, how to support teachers leveraging edtech to help improve student learning. “I This project was supported by Google for Education and involved a number of partners, including our organization, WestEd. Amy Ballard, Ph.D., Ballard understands that better than most.
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Differentiating Instruction with Technology
EdTechTeacher
APRIL 18, 2019
It is the process by which teachers utilize a variety of tools and strategies to meet the needs of their diverse group of students. Teachers need to acquire their own skills in using technology to provide accessible instructional materials and alternatives that will provide voice and choice for students. EdTechTeacher Summer Workshops.
How a Feedback Tool Improves Both Instruction and Student Outcomes for This Math Teacher
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 23, 2021
Here, Wood explains why Free Math was the right tool at the right time for her and her students. EdSurge: How is math instruction evolving, and how does technology support this? Students can quickly paste images from their favorite tools like Desmos or Geogebra. Free Math has the tools and resources right there.
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Integrating technology
Learning with 'e's
APRIL 16, 2020
I designed the series with teachers in mind, especially those who have been compelled by the recent crisis to migrate all of their teaching to online and technology supported education. Several people have already completed the first three modules and have posted favourable comments, so I guess I'm doing something right!
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The 3 C’s to Survive and Thrive in Disruptive Times
A Principal's Reflections
NOVEMBER 6, 2022
It can also occur when we experience any exponential change, as we see with advances in technology. Support is imperative, but also there is a need to ask the right questions so that lessons learned can pave the way to develop ways to improve teaching, learning, and leadership that lead to better outcomes for all.
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Technology Use Is A Right, Not A Privilege
The Innovative Educator
NOVEMBER 27, 2018
Some traditional educators may still view student access to technology as a privilege, but it is not. Today, technology is necessary for learning to be accessible, real, and relevant in the modern world. The college, careers, and citizenship for which our students need to be prepared require the use of technology.
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9 in 10 K-12 tech leaders predict surge in IT workload
eSchool News
APRIL 9, 2024
To meet these growing demands, we’ll have to shift our processes and platforms to focus on workflow technology that is efficient, cost-effective and streamlined. Incident IQ distributed a survey to the thirty members of the Technology Leadership Council in December of 2023, and received 23 responses.
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From pencils to pixels: Tech is shaping the future of education
eSchool News
OCTOBER 12, 2023
Students would laugh as the teachers mumbled about the annoyances of technology. Undoubtedly, the pandemic accelerated the shift to technology adoption in schools. However, this push to digitize doesn’t just involve remote learning technologies, but also tools for in-person learning.
?Anticipating and Addressing Challenges With Technology in Developmental Education
Edsurge
OCTOBER 16, 2017
Colleges and universities in the United States are increasingly integrating technology into developmental education programs, which are designed to bring underprepared students up to college level. Policymakers in Tennessee and Texas, for example, have explicitly encouraged the use of technology in developmental education reform.
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124 Closing the Digital Learning Gap
Digital Promise
JANUARY 8, 2019
Today, students must acquire knowledge, competencies, and mindsets that prepare them to be productive members of a modern workforce in a global economy powered by technology. And, accessibility technologies support learner variability and people with disabilities by ensuring navigation and information display is available in multiple ways.
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318 Building Good Relationships with Your Students’ Parents
The CoolCatTeacher
JANUARY 28, 2019
Mike Daugherty, a Director of Technology in Ohio, has been studying this topic and experimenting for the last several years to find optimal ways to communicate with today’s parents. He has eighteen years of experience in K-12 technology support serving in a wide variety of roles. Today, he shares what he has learned.
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Is early childhood education ready for AI?
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 3, 2024
Are there any specific ways you’re seeing AI technology emerge in early childhood classrooms? It’s a tool my colleague, Dr. Philip Fisher, has developed called FIND that looks at child-adult interactions and takes video of that interaction. When you look up AI tools or products for early educators online, a lot comes up.
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Spring ISD Selects BenQ Boards for Classrooms
eSchool News
MARCH 4, 2024
Purchased as part of Spring ISD’s most recent school bond, the BenQ Boards were chosen over other smart board vendors because of the rich and forward-thinking feature set the BenQ Boards offer, including ease of use and flexibility for teachers, advanced learning tools for students, and free built-in remote management solutions for IT.
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64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024
eSchool News
JANUARY 1, 2024
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. With AI, we have just begun to see the possibilities this technology can provide for education. This begs the question: What’s next for education?
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What Schools Reopen, It Shouldn’t Be Business as Usual
Edsurge
MAY 11, 2020
Technology Equity Throughout this pandemic, it’s become clear that technology is a necessity for teaching and learning. It has hopefully also shown others that while technology supports teaching, it doesn’t replace it. Learning is, at its basic construct, a social activity.
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Incident IQ Releases Integration With ClassLink Single Sign-on
eSchool News
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
As school districts continue to rely on more technology in today’s classrooms, Incident IQ offers advanced integrations that provide data-rich help requests to K-12 IT teams, while being easy to use for end-users. ClassLink’s single sign-on platform gives teachers and students access to classroom resources with a single login. .
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Why Single Sign-On Has Teachers Cheering
Edsurge
DECEMBER 17, 2018
That’s the beauty of ClassLink—it’s technology that makes using other technology easier. For us, SSO has become a learning enabler when sometimes technology can be a learning variable. Can you imagine an edtech tool so supportive and effective teachers cheer when it arrives? Ask plenty of questions.
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Learning Technologies and Creativity in the Classroom
GoConqr
OCTOBER 5, 2015
If newer technologies can foster creativity in students then educators must seriously think about how they can incorporate them into their classroom teaching strategies. Technology supports creativity because it is a medium that requires interaction, unlike the one-way participation of an activity such as watching TV.
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4 Critical Characteristics of High-Quality Instructional Content
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
Teaching in a Digital Age: How Educators Use Technology to Improve Student Learning. Teachers Know Best: What Educators Want from Digital Instruction Tools. Educational Technology Support! E-textbooks: A Personalized Learning Experience or a Digital Distraction? What Do Educators Want? Why Do They Want It?
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Facilitating Open Debate In and Out of School
A Principal's Reflections
NOVEMBER 13, 2016
As I continue to grow in this area, I am always on the look out for new tools that I can integrate into my presentations to demonstrate these two points as well as to illustrate the pedagogical link that technology supports in our schools. It was time to take a risk and learn a new tool. I settled on ProConIt.
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150 The Benefits of Preschool Last Into Adulthood. Let’s Make High-Quality Pre-K Available to All
Edsurge
JULY 8, 2019
Digital tools may help to augment high-quality early learning programs for those children who cannot take advantage of, or access, in-person offerings. Parent-involved and technology-supported programs can deliver results. But high-quality digital tools can also play a role to reach families who do not have other options.
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Beyond the Test: How Have We Learned This Decade?
Edsurge
DECEMBER 31, 2019
This op-ed is part of a series of reflections on the past decade in education technology. The quiz seems deceptively easy: The past decade has seen literally hundreds of technologies and ideas emerge, many aimed at engaging or involving K-12 students and supporting student learning. Betsy Corcoran is co-founder of EdSurge.
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21 education technology recommendations for 2016
eSchool News
DECEMBER 14, 2015
The new National Education Technology Plan offers a vision and roadmap for technology-supported learning. A new federal National Education Technology Plan reveals 21 recommendations for policymakers, administrators, teachers and teacher preparation professionals. Next page: The 21 technology recommendations.
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New Online Platform from Vernier Boosts High School Students’ STEM Learning with Fun, Interactive Investigations and Projects
eSchool News
MARCH 31, 2022
BEAVERTON, Oregon, March 31, 2022 — Leveraging standards-based instructional content and its award-winning technology, Vernier Software & Technology is announcing Vernier Connections , an innovative web-based platform to engage high school students in hands-on STEM learning and exploration. About Vernier Software & Technology.
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98 Technology Integration, 1 to 1, and Student Centered Learning: Five Ideas to Consider
21st Century Educational Technology and Learning
SEPTEMBER 24, 2015
Welcome to this first in a series of posts devoted to student centered learning in the technology enhanced classroom. This classroom might be 1 to 1, or might be using technology to leverage student centered learning. I have five powerful ideas on facilitating student centered learning with technology in this post. ▪Celebrate.
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How is a Successful Instructional Coaching Newsletter Created?
TeacherCast
JULY 24, 2022
In this post, we are going to examine one of the many tools that are in an Instructional Coaches utility belt, the Coaching Newsletter, and share what might be a slightly different approach to creating digital communications for your staff. . Cool Tools. How to create a Digital Learning Curriculum through the Newsletter. New Updates.
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