Digital Promise

APRIL 25, 2023

In this first post, the authors outline how they centered equity as they developed an edtech selection, implementation, and evaluation guide for school systems leaders. For edtech to fulfill this potential, school system leaders need to better understand how to center equity in edtech-related decisions.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 29, 2021

They conducted research, investigated topics, and accessed online texts, resources, and tools. When I work with secondary teachers, I often hear the statement that “station rotation is an elementary model.” I wanted students to collaborate, communicate, and create at that online station using the devices as a tool.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 30, 2024

This way, even if someone manages to crack your password, they’d still require your secondary authentication to gain access to your accounts. If your device is lost or stolen, these measures can help protect your data from unauthorized access. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

There was a significant problem in Argentina with access to instruction because of connectivity, which was also endemic to the community I served here in the states. Reliable access was such a problem in Argentina that students did not even bother to attend classes. As it was, Italy also had similar issues with distance learning.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2020

At the heart of the case are so-called “inclusive access” programs. Under this model, college students don’t procure materials on their own, but instead pay a fee (sometimes added to their tuition bills) in exchange for access to a bundle of digital textbooks and courseware systems assigned for their classes.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

With the current stresses and concerns about generative AI, turning to the vision of a variety of science fiction authors seems a reasonable tool for educators in both secondary and higher education classrooms. The story raises issues about access inequality, as only certain social classes benefit from advanced AI tools.

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2020

Nine lawsuits filed in March, April and May against major textbook companies and retailers take aim at their bulk deals with colleges to offer online course materials, sometimes referred to as “inclusive access” programs. The new lawsuits argue that inclusive access deals strangle the used book market and therefore drive up textbook prices.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 30, 2019

What sort of backup system is already in place? I talked with the outgoing IT director about any existing recovery systems and previous related discussions. The district was a CDW•G customer, so I worked with an account manager to access the district’s potential data security threats and develop a recovery plan. Your users.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2019

Millions of students lack the ability to access the internet from home — a problem compounded by increasing expectations from educators that students do so to complete homework and research. . Fourteen percent of children ages 3 to 18 lack home internet access , according to National Center for Education Statistics data.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 4, 2021

Not to say that the promise was always to teach all kids—the system was designed to do exactly what it’s doing right now. The education system needs to consider a grander vision of success that includes economic stability and positive life outcomes. Education, frankly, has failed to fulfill its promise.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 20, 2020

For instance, suppose participating university leaders identified a challenge about building community in an online course in which some students don’t have consistent access to webcams for ‘live’ lectures or discussions. A strategy for scaling the integration of continuous improvement processes focused on equity.

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Digital Promise

MAY 9, 2023

In this second post, the author outlines three questions school and systems leaders should answer before procurement when considering new edtech. As part of your examination of the edtech support you provide, consider whether it is fully accessible to fully accessible to the breadth of users in your context.

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ViewSonic Education

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Smart Classrooms have become popular because they provide a flexible, self-paced learning environment; one that levels the playing field for students by making education more accessible to all types of learners. and whiteboard. overall user experience.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

In California, College Connect is Rowland Unified School District’s solution to making college and post-secondary pathways more equitable for every student. Previously held online, meetings now take place in person and are recorded and posted on the district website for increased accessibility and transparency.

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Neo LMS

MAY 19, 2020

To quote a study on Evolllution , “60 percent of respondents said technology has fundamentally changed post-secondary teaching and learning. Read more: How to create accessible e-learning design. With the Internet and unprecedented access to information, the education sector continues to grow exponentially.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The recognition highlights Stride’s commitment to delivering accessible, personalized, and career-centric virtual learning experiences. For adult learners, career development programs like Galvanize, Tech Elevator, and MedCerts offer accessible pathways to upskilling and career transformation, fostering opportunities for lifelong learning.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The school systems and dynamic leaders that embrace change will succeed and create an educational environment that is more equitable and prepares students for their futures. Those districts and systems have successfully implemented changes and innovations since the pandemic started.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 30, 2020

The goal of the collaborative is to design an intuitive, interoperable data system that aligns and streamlines the two states’ disparate workforce systems, using innovative technology. As an adult learner, Angela Walker said, “The system is chaotic. As Mahabir explained, “We came to realize that the system itself was broken.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 30, 2020

Developed by the University of New Mexico-Taos Education and Career Center and local business partners, Taos HIVE was designed to solve challenges unique to rural communities, such as geographic isolation, education deserts , and lack of access to broadband and other services. How can students access this space?

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 2, 2020

AHS eventually buys a ceiling-mounted ‘GCam’ for every classroom, which captures video, sound (through an area microphone), and screen capture into unified ‘GCasts’ that can be uploaded to the AHS Learning Management System, which also contains RSS feeds, blogs, and Google Docs-like environments for every course.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 18, 2024

The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund gave districts nearly $200 billion. School systems leveraged these funds to pay for high-dosage tutoring, early literacy support, leadership development, enhanced counseling, expanded student exposure to career pathways and other endeavors.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 15, 2024

That disparity highlights a pressing need to raise awareness of and increase parental involvement in AI discussions, and advance the implementation of AI in American primary and secondary education.

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EdTech4Beginners

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

In the US alone, students experiencing more than 60 minutes per week of device use achieved higher academic results through 2020, while 81% of facilitators said that having access to EdTech improved outputs considerably during the same period. The Last Word.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2024

That’s why low-income, Black, Hispanic, Native American and rural students — and growing populations such as English learners — have less, or just slower, access to algebra. It’s an inefficiency in the education system, leaving talent on the table, he says, adding: “Doing nothing is going backward.”

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 30, 2019

What sort of backup system is already in place? I talked with the outgoing IT director about any existing recovery systems and previous related discussions. The district was a CDW•G customer, so I worked with an account manager to access the district’s potential data security threats and develop a recovery plan. Your users.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2023

They are also concerned about exacerbating existing inequities in accessing digital technologies and tools, presenting further structural barriers for students and communities. How Students Use AI to Design Solutions for Their Community How Using AI Optimizes Instruction and Learning in Secondary Writing Can AI Help Teachers With Grading?

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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. billion in Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funding into our education system. Why local communities?

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

In 2005, Hurricane Katrina literally washed away the New Orleans public school system. Many lead K-12 programs and are grappling with issues such as technology access and equity, when and how to open schools safely, preparing teachers to instruct online and union demands for teacher safety.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2021

AI shows up in instructional chatbots, personalized learning systems and administrative tools. Educators’ ethical questions around AI education must start by ensuring equitable access to this learning for all students—across subject areas, grade levels and demographic backgrounds.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

To date, our education systems sit atop a cultural assumption—that information is scarce. Our higher education system formed around libraries. Our primary and secondary education systems formed around teachers imparting knowledge. All of this creates an industry ripe for further disruption on a global scale.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 24, 2024

As many experts will point out, DEI initiatives are prone to fail when they arent getting at the crux of the issue–existing systemic processes and challenges that prevent promising solutions and DEI-focused policies from being successful. Through one of our internet providers, families can also get internet access for $10 per month.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Furthermore, schools that offer flexible payment plans and secure payment methods can make themselves more accessible to a wider audience, which may increase enrollment rates, particularly among international and non-local students​. This turnkey integration ensures tightly linked payment processing within the Blackbaud system.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Secondary trends, found in only a few of the reviewed resources, included: blended learning, dashboards and learning analytics, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence. Joosten believes that it is critical to link technology to teaching and learning and recognize that each piece of technology is a part of much larger systems.

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2022

But Caposey, the superintendent of Meridian CUSD 223 in Illinois, added that the pandemic also forced them to realize “massive equity and access issues.” As a district in a small, rural community, they suffered from the kind of broadband access issues that were spotlighted by the pandemic. Quite frankly, I’m embarrassed,” Caposey said.

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Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2020

The challenge: how students can complete lab work without access to a science lab. But in the world of science education, the lack of lab access has led educators to seek alternatives. Our goal is to allow students to gain access to realistic labs that enable them to perform experiments and achieve desired learning outcomes,” he said.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

We give low-income students and students of color less access to early childhood education, less access to resources in K-12. Low-income and students of color get less access to the strongest teachers. They get less access to advanced coursework like Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2022

BLUFFDALE, UTAH – Listen Technologies, the leading provider of advanced wireless listening solutions for 24 years, announced that John Rennie High School , a secondary school in Quebec, Canada, has selected Listen EVERYWHERE for use in its theater to support assistive listening. .

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