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Top Tech Tools for Equity and Accessibility

The CoolCatTeacher

Top Tech Tools for Equity and Accessibility 00;00;00;04 – 00;00;07;19 John Davis This is the Ten Minute Teacher Podcast with your host Vicki Davis. Extended Episode number 780 – Top Tech Tools for Equity and Accessibility. How do you give them access to what information you're trying to share? Your district.

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#Internet4schools: Make Your Voice Heard

A Principal's Reflections

Back in 2009 when we began to transform teaching and learning at New Milford High School we were extremely fortunate at the time to have wireless Internet access throughout the school. Access to the Internet allowed us and our students to harness and leverage thousands of free tools to support teaching and learning as described above.

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Communicating and Connecting With Social Media (An Excerpt)

A Principal's Reflections

For principals, experiments in open communication typically begin with Twitter (www.twitter.com) and Facebook (www.facebook.com). Twitter and Facebook provide principals with real-time tools that are far superior to traditional forms of communication. Ferriter, W, Ramsden, J, & Sheninger, E. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition)

Doug Levin

Tagged on: April 23, 2017 Shift to online classes 'discriminates' against rural children, mother claims | Stuff.co.nz → In New Zealand, the shift to online classes 'discriminates' against rural children without easy access to the internet and who have parents who are not tech-savvy. The breach affects 1.3

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition)

Doug Levin

Tagged on: April 23, 2017 Shift to online classes 'discriminates' against rural children, mother claims | Stuff.co.nz → In New Zealand, the shift to online classes 'discriminates' against rural children without easy access to the internet and who have parents who are not tech-savvy. The breach affects 1.3

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More companies open on-site child care to help employees juggle parenting and jobs

The Hechinger Report

They exist in places like an airport, a resort, and a distribution center, tucked away from the public eye but close enough for easy access. and Lisa Hamilton, CEO of the Annie E. Follow this Facebook event for details. The cost can eclipse rent or mortgages, if parents can access care in the first place.

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Web Filtering: equally beneficial for your 5-year-old & 15-year-old

Securly

Web filtering is required by law, as long as schools wish to receive e-rate funding to supply their digital classrooms. The Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) requires that schools “block Internet access to pictures that are (a) obscene (b) child pornography or (c) harmful to minors.”