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Powerful Learning is Personal and Accessible

Digital Promise

In this first post, we explore how Powerful Learning is personal and accessible, share research that grounds these two principles, and provide resources to support your own learning and teaching practices. Powerful learning practices are attuned to the variability of individual learners and ensure that learning is accessible to all.

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Courageous Conversations: Let’s Talk about Fighting Racism

The CoolCatTeacher

The PD series provides every educator, especially those from under-resourced communities, the access and materials needed to transform teaching during COVID-19 and beyond. Check it out at coolcatteacher.com/tgr.

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Use Personalized Learning Tools to Boost Classroom Equity

EdTech Magazine

Instead, schools need to choose technology that provides teachers with access to the digital resources, digital content and digital tools that can really help show where students are in their learning. Digital Tools Help K–12 Teachers Address Student Needs. Interest in competency-based education is growing across the U.S. by Wendy McMahon.

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5 steps to ensure accessibility

eSchool News

While the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was last reauthorized in 2004, with amendments in 2015, and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) updated back in 2008, the demand for accessibility and equality in education continues to grow. Related: 3 steps to a more accessible classroom.

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The Surprising History of Google's Push to Scan Millions of Library Books

Edsurge

So remind us what Google did back around 2004. So the way that folks discovered books was really different. You browsed a card catalog or you went to a bookstore, or you browsed the stacks. It was a very, very different experience. There had been a whole series of efforts to digitize library materials beforehand. And then along came Google.

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Understanding, Teaching, and Reaching Digital Native Students—and Digital Native Caregivers

Waterford

Teachers should remember that not every family may be able to afford Internet access, so old-fashioned printed notes and bulletins still have a place in the student’s backpack. Education, Communication & Information, 2004, 4(1), pp. Sources: “Teaching Digital Natives.” ASCD InService. Reissman, H. “7 September 2017. Venezky, R.L.

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Technology and Digital Media in the Classroom: A Guide for Educators

Waterford

By learning to view it as a means of enhancing your lessons and resources, you can provide your students with tools and opportunities they may not otherwise access. With the help of technology, you can introduce your classroom to opportunities and resources they may not otherwise be able to access.[5] Venezky, R.L. Buckenmeyer, J.A.