Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Part of the December 2020 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! Teachers can use templates created by educators and available from the library or add interactive questions and formative assessments, such as multiple choice, draw response, drag and drop, open discussion questions, and more. This is very different than in class instruction.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

There’s a ritual that kicks off every new quarter in Michelle Luhtala’s library at New Canaan High School, one where English teachers send a gaggle of students through her doors to pick a new batch of books. I don’t want to be in the situation where I was panicking because I didn't know if I was going to have access for all of our students.”

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Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2020

In the year 2020, amid a global pandemic, millions of American students are struggling to get online to do their schoolwork and communicate with others. For some students this task is impossible, because they lack the basic Wi-Fi access or devices necessary to keep them connected. Our schools and libraries need it.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 13, 2024

And in 2020, 83.7 EBook Libraries EBook libraries are changing how students access reading materials, making heavy backpacks filled with textbooks a thing of the past. This instant accessibility promotes a love for reading via formats such as audiobooks and interactive texts. That’s about 25% of the US population.

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eSchool News

MARCH 25, 2020

Benchmark Education is are now offering free access to their extensive collection of eBooks to families and educators. The library includes books both in English and Spanish for grades K-6 and is accessible to users using nearly any device with internet access. This library is available through July 31, 2020.

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eBook Libraries Accessibility Education 99

Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 19, 2020

Part of the December 2020 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! Access a library of shapes, containers, stylized fonts and more. With the free version get access to 3 documents with up to 3 collaborators. My students love doing any learning when they get to brainstorm on their desks with a dry erase marker.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 14, 2019

Digital Promise is excited to announce 14 new districts will join the ranks of the League of Innovative Schools for the 2019-2020 school year. Demonstration of scaling access for all. Please join us in welcoming the new 2019-2020 cohort of the League of Innovative Schools!

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 31, 2018

Bureau of Labor Statistics predicted that by 2020, there will be 1.4 Few programs exist that serve adults who do not have the means, background, or needed skills to access those high-end, focused coding and computer science programs. A recent report by the U.S. million more software development jobs than applicants who can fill them.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

According to the report, the EdTech industry will reach a global value of $252 billion by 2020. Digital libraries. Digital libraries are not the brand new thing in the EdTech universe, but the concept itself is going through changes just like all other aspects of this industry. 5 New EdTech tools to watch. Conclusion.

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Waterford

MAY 12, 2020

As schools adapt to teaching in these new circumstances, many educators are in need of resources to make their lessons accessible online. For more in-depth information, check out our full Waterford.org Foundations and Grants Guide 2020. 12 of the Best School Grants in 2020 and How to Apply . You can download our guide here.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 30, 2020

In early 2020, Nashville boasted unprecedented job growth and low unemployment—good news for residents of Tennessee’s largest city. Nashville Public Library. Nashville Public Library. Service industries like restaurants, hospitality, and skilled construction offered rewarding job opportunities for residents. Begin Anew.

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Educational Technology Guy

APRIL 24, 2020

The free resources from Vernier include the following: Experiment and Sample Data Library: Teachers can access more than 250 free experiments covering many subjects to distribute to students at home. Vernier Video Analysis™: An extended free trial of this physics app is available through the end of June 2020.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 5, 2020

As a former librarian and district leader, I found that success was the best form of advocacy—when the great work of librarians is shared and documented, good things follow for students and library programs. In addition to this partnership, assessors were recruited from national library leaders participating in the Lilead Fellows program.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Part of the December 2020 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! To save time students can edit one of the several templates or create their own from scratch by choosing from a free library of stickers, animations, stock images, videos, backgrounds, fonts, frames and more. This year we could all use some cheer!

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Neo LMS

MARCH 9, 2021

Read more: Top learning myths to leave behind in 2020. How to access information like a pro. Teachers don’t have a lot of time on their hands to access all the information available. For example, students don’t learn better when they’re stressed , as stress “may hamper the updating of memories in the light of new information.”

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

In Port Orford, Oregon, it’s a quick walk from the elementary and middle school building to the town library—the two buildings are right down the street from each other. In fact, the town library and school are linked by more than geography, since the school district’s two libraries became part of the Port Orford library system in 2017.

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eSchool News

APRIL 13, 2020

Macking one of the world’s largest providers of print books, ebooks, audiobooks, and video is offering access to its ebook library and distance learning content for free. Free titles are only available to download through June 30, 2020. Elementary School. 4,500+ Multi-User eBooks. Middle School. 3,000+ Multi-User eBooks.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 8, 2020

The Class of 2020 is graduating from a distance. Sadly, though, the reality is that millions of Americans — in rural and urban areas alike, and including many underrepresented minorities — lack the reliable broadband connections needed to access postsecondary and K-12 education in a nation that remains in partial lockdown.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2020

Micro-credentials launched in 2020. Schools and districts looking to support their educators or individual educators looking for streamlined resources can utilize this stack to support digital learning that centers around equity and access. Educators are encouraged to complete this stack in order.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Part of the December 2020 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! Teachers can use templates created by educators and available from the library or add interactive questions and formative assessments, such as multiple choice, draw response, drag and drop, open discussion questions, and more. This is very different than in class instruction.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 5, 2021

At the same time, this day is also about supporting teachers so that every learner can have access to quality education. In fact, more than three in four teachers say that job-related stress has taken its toll on them during the 2020-2021 school year. Offer to help with technology. Some school IT departments are woefully understaffed.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

With the addition of the new licenses, more than 24 million readers at over 55,000 schools, public libraries and higher education institutions can now access TeachingBooks’ curated educational materials. More than 55,000 schools and libraries have received more than 70 million unique investigations and searches since August 2020.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

While E-rate remains a crucial program for schools and libraries to ensure connectivity, the COVID-19 pandemic brought attention to the need for increased flexibility and funds for off-campus learning. ” Key 2020 report findings include: 1. Related content: How school librarians are getting creative in a pandemic.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Picture of library shelves with “caution do not enter” tape. Elsewhere, a school used caution tape to prevent students from roaming through bookshelves in the library. Teacher Skylar Primm noticed the change while visiting the school in August for a much-delayed outdoor graduation ceremony for the Class of 2020.

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ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

That was already a big trend before the pandemic hit causing an impressive global spike of the video conferencing market in 2020 amounting to 5.77 billion in 2020 as per Fortune Business Insights. With Intel Unite, you can manage your room’s VC from one single point of access. As Lifesize’s . billion in 2028. .

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JANUARY 30, 2020

Colleges and universities have huge libraries stacked with books. Brick and mortar libraries are still standing strong and are maintained by educational institutions. But let’s be practical here, how often are students excited at the prospect of going to the library to search for a book? Benefits for Institutions 1.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 31, 2020

Students hungry for higher education even when few colleges cared much about them—they could go to a library, use Schlachter’s books and find money to fund their academic ambitions. She was the first person to earn a doctorate in library science from the University of Minnesota. Today’s students need scholarships more than ever.

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ViewSonic Education

MARCH 24, 2025

For instance, some educators may allow students to use smartphones to access educational apps like gamified quizzes or interactive polls, which can help boost participation. months of additional learning progress compared to those without access. For starters, shared access is still a powerful tool. Globally, about 2.6

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Many young children have been away from peers, caregivers, extended family members and other adults, as well as all manner of stimulating activities outside the home, from playgrounds to grocery stores to story time at the library, for nearly half a year now. While 2020 has pushed many of us to our limits, we parents should not abandon hope.

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Waterford

JULY 7, 2022

When planning lessons or choosing books for your classroom library , it’s important to include stories that both reflect the experiences of your students and provide them with insights into the experiences of others. 4] You can carry that into lesson plans, activities, and books in the classroom library. November 5, 2020.

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Edsurge

JULY 17, 2020

education technology company in 2020. In an interview with EdSurge, Maggioncalda said the fundraising process started in May, a couple months after it made its library of online courses available for free, through September 30, to any higher-ed institution closed by the pandemic. But its time on the throne proved to be short-lived.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2022

This computing device return-and-repair ritual looks different from the end-of-year textbook and library book return that was a staple of decades past. One survey of educators found a jump from about two-thirds of middle and high school students having access to a school-issued device prior to the pandemic, to 90 percent a year later.

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Edsurge

APRIL 19, 2021

During the crises of 2020-21, we clearly saw that our education system needs to innovate to make it more equitable, agile, relevant and responsive. Contrary to the prevalent narrative of learning pods as the province of privilege, Edgecombe County Schools in North Carolina created learning pods for students without wifi access.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Over the 10 years of the Read on myON collaboration, hundreds of thousands of children from birth through 8th grade have had free access to the myON platform. in the 2020–2021 school year. Hillsborough Schools boasts the 2020 #1 Elementary Magnet School of the Year—MacFarlane Park Elementary, the Florida Teacher of the Year, Dr.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 19, 2020

Part of the December 2020 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! Access a library of shapes, containers, stylized fonts and more. With the free version get access to 3 documents with up to 3 collaborators. My students love doing any learning when they get to brainstorm on their desks with a dry erase marker.

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Tools Android iPad STEM 195

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Our third Library 2.022 mini-conference: " Libraries and Privacy: Critical Issues for Information Professionals ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, October 13th, 2022, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. Please also join this Library 2.0 Everyone is invited to participate in our Library 2.0

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ViewSonic Education

AUGUST 10, 2023

While technology has opened a world of learning opportunities for students beyond the classroom, many teachers lack access to these resources and the know-how to integrate them effectively. To support the technology and equipment used in the lab, the chosen location must have enough electrical outlets and offer strong internet access.

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