Digital Promise

APRIL 13, 2020

For more than six years, we’ve worked to close the homework gap , ensuring that all students have equitable access to the internet and technology for powerful learning opportunities outside of the classroom, augmenting what is available in school. How can we best assess our technology needs?

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Digital Learning Accessibility Assessment Online Learning 427

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 14, 2021

Good intentions to give all students access to the world’s knowledge were derailed by the cost of the websites and webtools that made that happen. International Children’s Digital Library. Books are made available from a variety of sources including the Library of Congress. Open Library. Listen and Read.

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Libraries Mobility eBook Tablets 459

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

One fear expressed was about how the mostly Black and Latino students at 28 schools would fare under a plan created by new Superintendent Mike Miles that would require school libraries to cease, in essence, functioning as libraries. Demonstrators gather in August 2023 in protest of Houston ISD's plan to close libraries in schools.

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Libraries Elementary System Meeting 218

Neo LMS

JUNE 3, 2021

As teachers, we need to be able to check in with students to see how they are doing, first and foremost, and to assess their progress in our class. How do I assess students ? Should all students take a digital assessment, or should I provide a paper assessment for students in the classroom?

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How To Assessment Video Social Media 470

Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 15, 2020

These tools allow multiple ways for all students to participate, are amazing assessment tools, and require no registration for students. With a free subscription teachers get 100 MB of storage and access to over standards aligned 8000 interactive lessons. You can even access Flocabulary lessons and integrate Flipgrid.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 8, 2022

Luckily, Common Core–and many State standards–provide an excellent starter list of seven ways to blend technology into your everyday teaching: have digital ebooks included in your class library. have online libraries included with student resources. Treat them exactly as though they were print books.

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Common Core Libraries Digital Citizenship eBook 475

Edsurge

MARCH 10, 2025

The recently released National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) found that only 31 percent of 4th graders and 30 percent of 8th graders were reading at or above a proficient level. My daughters success story underscores the benefits of offering students a variety of reading formats, not only in libraries but in the classroom, too.

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Study Libraries Groups Survey 164

EdTech Magazine

JUNE 26, 2019

Google Classroom Tools Let Educators Access PD Anywhere. To make the program more manageable for teachers and facilitators, Corney-McGee and his colleagues narrowed their focus, selecting only a handful of tools from the G Suite library. “We

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Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2020

Colleges have long had offices designed to support students who have learning disabilities and to encourage broader accessibility in the classroom and beyond. On the latest installment of our monthly online discussion forum, EdSurge Live , we explored accessibility in this unusual era of emergency remote teaching.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 7, 2025

OVERVIEW: Our first Library 2.025 mini-conference (and our third mini-conference on AI and Libraries), " AI and Libraries: Literacy, Ethics, and Responsible Use , " will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, March 13th, 2025, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. Please also join the Library 2.0

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Neo LMS

MARCH 15, 2022

For this to happen, teachers can opt for a mix of game-based learning tools, conducting a quick assessment or social and emotional learning (SE)L check-in, or asking students to create and share what they have learned in a way that meets their interests. There are sample lessons and other templates ready to use in their library.

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Student Engagement Tools Game-Based Learning Gamification 530

Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

The goal of the assessment was to analyze how technology is implemented in adult education classrooms throughout the city. Learner access to computers at home is limited, while access to mobile phones is high. Data gathered by way of this pilot will help inform mobile-first strategies for technology integration moving forward.

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Technology Mobility Assessment Software 297

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 4, 2024

A School License is a multi-user PDF of most books (or videos where available) we offer–textbooks, curricula, lesson plans, student workbooks, and more–that can be used on every digital device in your school–iPads, Macs, PCs, Chromebooks, laptops, netbooks, smartphones, iPods whether they’re in a classroom, the library, one of the tech labs.

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Digital Citizenship Smartphone Chromebook Laptops 397

ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 13, 2022

These powerful handheld devices not only enable access to the Internet and a universe of educational apps, but their fast speeds and vast processing power make them essential tools, particularly for engineering and science students. Assess Learning and Stay Organized. Halla also uses polleverywhere.com to assess learning.

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Smartphone Mobile Learning Mobility Khan Academy 448

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 13, 2024

Interactive Quizzing Platforms Interactive quizzing platforms are revolutionizing the way educators assess understanding and retention in the classroom. EBook Libraries EBook libraries are changing how students access reading materials, making heavy backpacks filled with textbooks a thing of the past.

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Tools Gamification eBook Software 418

Digital Promise

JANUARY 8, 2019

Gaps also exist between high-performing and low-performing public schools based on differences in access to funding and resources, community engagement and commitment, and the ability and willingness of district and school leaders to embrace innovation and try new strategies. school and library to the internet.

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Digital Learning E-rate Learning Mobility 335

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 2, 2022

All of them, no matter whether they’re in a classroom, the library, one of the tech labs. provide access to full text PDF (or videos where relevant) from every digital device in your school, 24 hours a day. provide multiple authentic and organic formative and summative assessments. As many as the school wants.

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Digital Citizenship Smartphone Chromebook Laptops 396

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Assess learning –today’s favorite is gameshow webtools such as Kahoot and Quizizz. Online Reading –when the classroom library isn’t available, use one of the many online libraries or story collections to inspire reading. An alternative is a class reading program like RAZ-Kids.

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Game-Based Learning Learning Common Core Digital Citizenship 452

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 23, 2024

When Microsoft Publisher came out a lifetime ago, it was the first major desktop publishing effort to blend layout, colors, and multimedia that was accessible to everyone. There’s no cost for basic (a yearly cost for premium) to use the thousands of free illustrations and images in the Canva library or uploading your own.

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Classroom Microsoft Digital Citizenship eBook 426

eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2025

An Enhanced AI-Powered Assessment Tool: Originally launched in 2024, this tool is the first in a new suite of AI-powered teaching tools currently under development, and it empowers educators to create high-quality assessments using vetted resources right from within Experience.

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Education Libraries Strategy Social Media 101

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 22, 2020

The LINCspring platform offers educators access to coaches, like myself, as well as online templates, tools, and resources that help you implement these new ideas. A community discussion forum also supports collaboration across districts, so you’ll get the benefit of shared ideas and insights beyond your own school.

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Blended Learning Learning Professional Learning Strategy 363

Digital Promise

JUNE 24, 2021

Access to both devices and powerful learning experiences is essential to address the inequities COVID-19 highlighted across educational opportunities. The Educating All Learners Alliance provides a tech tool library that describes accessibility information for digital educational products.

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EdTech Learning Tools Data 399

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 24, 2024

Thanks to the pervasiveness of easy-to-use and free web-based tools, most teachers have one or more computers in the classroom with internet access. Looking up data in an encyclopedia, using themed books in the classroom library, listening to content distilled by the teacher has always worked. Why does it matter? So why change?

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Digital Citizenship Differentiated Instruction Facebook Strategy 435

The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

If you use my link to sign up for Edpuzzle , you’ll gain access to a curated library of 50,000 free videos to use with your school. Assess the video. You can get started by clicking this link and you’ll get access to the 50,000 curated videos in their library. This blog post is sponsored by Edpuzzle.

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Flipped Classroom Video Assessment Libraries 384

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 18, 2022

The platform also has a library of over 45,000 topics teachers can access when looking for a content lesson or idea. Kami integrates seamlessly with Canvas, Google Drive, Google Classroom, and One Drive and also has a Google Chrome extension that is easily accessible for students.

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Tools LMS Social Media EdTech 395

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 10, 2025

Well-Being to Improve Productivity and Service Quality An Affordable 4-Month Series with Loida Garcia-Febo The Library 2.0 Well-Being to Improve Productivity and Service Quality An Affordable 4-Month Series with Loida Garcia-Febo The Library 2.0 Anyone signing up mid-series will have immediate access to the previous session recordings.

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Libraries Strategy Advocacy Outcomes 51

Digital Promise

AUGUST 25, 2020

Their collective efforts are meeting a range of needs—from internet access to devices to social-emotional supports. Witnessing how many students lacked access to the most basic components of online learning—devices and internet access—LEANLAB and their partners across the metro region took immediate action.

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Digital Divide Libraries Survey Meeting 296

Digital Promise

AUGUST 26, 2021

The immersive environment places learners in the World of Work, making the district’s career development framework all the more accessible and tangible for students. Using the RIASEC framework as a tool, teachers can better understand their students on an individual level and assess student interests and strengths.

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Education Libraries Blended Learning Exercises 421

Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2024

Endless Network , a global organization committed to addressing equity disparities, strategically invests worldwide to tackle challenges such as insufficient internet access. However, the challenge lies in addressing disparities in access, especially in underserved communities where internet connectivity is crucial.

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Accessibility System Broadband STEM 158

eSchool News

JANUARY 30, 2025

Some educators may not want children spending time staring at screens during school and dont think their young students need to have access to a device. Digital content libraries: Students can access many digital content libraries to read, listen to audiobooks, or watch animated stories.

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EdTech Blended Learning Tools Learning 109

Digital Promise

MARCH 6, 2018

It is no coincidence, however, that students with access to strong library programs demonstrate stronger literacy proficiency. These findings suggest that staffing libraries with certified librarians can help close achievement gaps.” This is especially the case with striving readers.

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Libraries Study EdTech System 308

Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2020

This stack includes: Conducting a Needs Assessment for Digital Learning. 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. Developing a Virtual Desk for Digital Learning.

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Professional Learning Learning Digital Learning Assessment 300

Neo LMS

JUNE 27, 2019

Schools that use more software related to assessment reported higher student outcomes than those that didn’t. It is now more accessible than ever to create interactive lessons, implement PBL projects , offer personalized learning, and organize classroom activities. Examples of technology in the classroom. Video conferencing.

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Examples Classroom Education Tablets 370

Digital Promise

JUNE 30, 2020

Barriers such as limited English proficiency, unreliable care for children or elders, and lack of access to transportation have prevented many adults from accessing vital education and skills training to engage in the thriving economy and secure gainful employment. Nashville Public Library. Nashville Public Library.

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Libraries Case Study Data System 278

Neo LMS

AUGUST 2, 2022

We have access to more information than ever before. As we assess students or gather data in an experiment, for example, we use it to make decisions in our teaching practice or other work. Our instruction is often informed based on the data we receive from assessing students in a variety of ways.

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Data Khan Academy Course Examples 519

ViewSonic Education

MARCH 7, 2023

Another tool is ViewSonic Originals , an extensive library of interactive content, educational games, and materials, that teachers can tap into when planning upcoming classes. Interactive and interesting content is an essential element to include in any classroom as it provides an engaging way for students to learn.

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Education Software Trends Outcomes 397

Hapara

APRIL 11, 2022

For example, educators and learners may not have access to the materials they need in their school or where they live. Transitioning to OER, though, narrows the divide of access and creates equitable learning opportunities. Are there opportunities for formative assessment? Library of Congress NYC travel poster.

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OER Differentiated Instruction Hapara Assessment 289