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5 Ways K–12 Schools Can Get the Most Out of a Cloud Assessment

EdTech Magazine

But the shift highlights how modern K–12 schools are dependent on network-accessed apps and data for learning and administration purposes. This exercise can provide clarity around what cloud solutions would work best…

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How Access to Technology Can Create Equity in Schools

Digital Promise

That means we shouldn’t just use edtech to replace worksheets, run “drill and kill” exercises, or crunch assessment performance numbers. Students can access learning materials outside of school. Ensuring internet access outside of school. Technology will help create equity in schools when it’s used powerfully.

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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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The Importance of Staying Active While Pursuing an Online Degree

EdTech4Beginners

While there are a number of reasons for this such as the SAD American diet, easy access to starchy and sugary foods, or just too large portion sizes, that is just a part of poor national cardiovascular health. Luckily, just like cardio, regular exercise easily and quickly burns calories and builds muscle.

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Internet access must become human right or we risk ever-widening inequality

ScienceDaily (EdTech section)

People around the globe are so dependent on the internet to exercise socio-economic human rights such as education, healthcare, work, and housing that online access must now be considered a basic human right, a new study reveals.

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CUE 2018: 5 Steps to Create More Accessible, Personalized Professional Development

EdTech Magazine

CUE 2018: 5 Steps to Create More Accessible, Personalized Professional Development. Douglas explained that the gamified training was designed to be a quick microlearning experience where teachers can do one 5-to-10-minute exercise at a time. meghan.bogardu…. Fri, 03/16/2018 - 16:13. When Tulare Joint Union High School District (Calif.)

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Exercise Tips To Help Kids, Teens and Families Stay Balanced at Home

MindShift

It’s no mystery that exercise boosts mental health and cognitive function in kids. A March 2020 report published in Lancet found that 12-, 14- and 16-year-olds who exercised regularly were less likely to develop depression by age 18. For kids who may not have access to yards or parks, Hip Hop Public Health offers in-house alternatives.