Digital Promise

APRIL 22, 2019

Since the first Earth Day in 1970, these actions have taken many forms, from advocacy to direct action to storytelling. It’s also a very engaging tool that young people want to experiment with. […] It’s a strong participatory tool and adds people’s voices to the conversation and connects them with decision-makers.”.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Now I am not going to rehash the details of this tool as I have been writing about it for years, but I will provide an image of it below. Student agency and technology both play a huge role throughout by empowering learners through choice, voice, and advocacy. Enter the Rigor Relevance Framework.

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Learning Advocacy Blended Learning Personalized Learning 338

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 7, 2024

For teachers, they need to be involved in the process of selecting any AI tools to use in the classroom as well as developing the guidelines. Limitations At the same time, all community members need to know that this is just another tool and not a silver bullet for education.

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Guidelines Student Data Privacy Policies Digital Citizenship 95

Digital Promise

APRIL 29, 2019

Technology isn’t the only tool we can use to create equitable learning environments, but there are a few ways it can assist in that mission. Students and educators have more tools to create a learning environment that fosters personalized learning. Three ways technology can help increase equity in schools.

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Accessibility Technology E-rate Data 336

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Brian Johnsrud Director of Education Learning and Advocacy, Adobe Recently, EdSurge spoke with Brian Johnsrud , the director of education learning and advocacy at Adobe , about using educational tools that not only harness the power of AI but also uphold the creative integrity of students and teachers.

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Classroom Adobe Advocacy Personalized Learning 200

eSchool News

MARCH 30, 2018

In this series, we will be profiling innovative and award-winning library media specialists who will share their favorite tools, lessons, and advice. [ Editor’s note : Welcome to our new series, The New Librarian. If you are or know a librarian we should write about, send a note to eullman@eschoolmedia.com.] .

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Advocacy Libraries Trends Professional Learning 104

ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 7, 2025

By integrating advanced tools like ViewSonics cutting-edge gaming monitors , New York City schools are creating dynamic environments that foster the development of critical skills such as teamwork, critical thinking, and technological proficiency. Such achievements require not just talent but also access to reliable, high-quality tools.

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Learning Advocacy Libraries Industry 195

Digital Promise

APRIL 3, 2019

For CLX, that meant creating a city-wide catalogue of the landscape of out-of-school-time (OST) programs offering learning experiences with digital media tools and technology (DMTT) citywide. With the assistance of data visualization tools, they can easily pinpoint areas of the city where OST programs are thriving and where they’re needed.

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Data Report Survey Advocacy 312

Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2020

SwiftStudent is the product of a partnership between the Seldin/Haring-Smith Foundation and FormSwift, a company best known for its tool for creating, sending and signing digital legal documents. Even more, the report noted that schools “are not required to inform students about the dependent care allowance.”

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Brian Johnsrud Director of Education Learning and Advocacy, Adobe To explore this challenge, EdSurge sat down with Brian Johnsrud , the director of education learning and advocacy at Adobe. How can creative tools help students develop both technical and soft skills needed for future careers?

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Adobe Technology Advocacy Industry 187

EdTech Magazine

MARCH 27, 2020

What she discovered, and what more and more educators across the country are beginning to realize, is that VR is a useful tool for students with special needs, particularly those on the autism spectrum. “We’re always looking for what’s new out there to help our students move forward,” Powell says.

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Advocacy Assistive Technology Software Learning 195

EdTech Magazine

MARCH 26, 2020

What she discovered, and what more and more educators across the country are beginning to realize, is that VR is a useful tool for students with special needs, particularly those on the autism spectrum. “We’re always looking for what’s new out there to help our students move forward,” Powell says.

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Advocacy Assistive Technology Software Learning 195

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. That said, it’s often difficult to effectively tell the story about how librarians make a difference for students and colleagues.

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Future Ready Maker Movement Libraries Professional Learning 286

Dangerously Irrelevant

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Unfortunately, two decades after the Internet became accessible to the masses, many educators still are slow to realize the possibilities that accompany our new digital tools and online environments. They are great models for how to use social media in empowered ways for research dissemination, policy advocacy, and educational impact.

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Social Media Advocacy Twitter Facebook 262

EdTech4Beginners

DECEMBER 20, 2017

I’m excited to introduce Empatico , a free, online tool that recently launched with the bold vision of enabling more than one million students to discover how their peers around the world live. Over the coming months, we plan to collect feedback to continue to improve the tool and release more content and features.

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Tools Advocacy EdTech Classroom 113

Doug Levin

MAY 18, 2015

Consider that: School districts are – or should be – in the driver’s seat with respect to which online services, tools, and applications are used and under what conditions with their students in school.

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Internet Safety Student Data Privacy Policies Company 295

Iterating Toward Openness

MARCH 21, 2023

At some point over the last decade, open educational resources (OER) advocacy in US higher education became zero textbook costs (ZTC) advocacy. This is why I refer to this line of advocacy as “free no matter the cost.” There are plenty of practical reasons why this might have happened.

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OER Advocacy Outcomes Instructional Materials 164

Edsurge

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Fortunately, several tools have done the heavy lifting for educators and parents. Common Sense Privacy Evaluations Common Sense, a nonprofit education and advocacy organization, maintains a database that evaluates edtech tools on whether they are safe for use in schools. Source: Common Sense, AppCensus and Exodus.

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Tools Policies Android Data 148

Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2021

As an organization on a mission to build a strong, socially conscious and diverse tech workforce, the past year showed us where we can strengthen our existing practices and sharpen our focus and advocacy efforts to be even further out on the leading edge of innovative learning.

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Education Advocacy Learning Broadband 218

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

That’s according to the 2021 State of Computer Science report jointly released last week by the Code.org Advocacy Coalition, Computer Science Teachers Association and the Expanding Computing Education Pathways Alliance. The figure is based on data from public high schools in 37 states, a first for the report.

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Accessibility Advocacy Policies Course 199

A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 11, 2017

Value-added schools capitalize on methodologies, ideas, and tools to better understand students while improving the learning experience. Emphasize student agency (voice, choice, advocacy) as a right for all Re-think homework and outdated grading practices to create a culture focused on R.E.A.L

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Policies Advocacy Strategy Accessibility 245

Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2017

That’s starting to change, though, as more companies and campuses create technology-augmented advising systems like predictive analytics, self-service course registration platforms and early-alert tools. EdSurge asked academic advisors using these tools what’s still lacking. A tool is only meaningful if someone is using it.

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Tools Mobility Data System 129

Neo LMS

OCTOBER 8, 2019

In most schools across the globe, students leave their classrooms only with the tools teachers provide them, and with the knowledge and skills they acquire throughout their development. These actions contribute enormously to students’ achievement and their advocacy since they are an intrinsic part of the work environment.

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Learning Competency Based Learning Advocacy LMS 334

Digital Promise

APRIL 23, 2019

As such, we have to establish standards that differentiate strong and weak pedagogy in edtech tools and help us decipher between real innovation and snake oil. While there are certainly exceptions, this human interaction standard can serve as a compass to guide our investments and advocacy. We need to make a change.

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EdTech Dropout Advocacy System 334

Edsurge

MAY 5, 2023

Tacy Trowbridge Lead for Global Education Thought Leadership & Advocacy Adobe What importance does creativity play when it comes to college and career pathways? What tools or resources can teachers use to help encourage creativity in the classroom? What creative skills are employers looking for? Today’s careers require creativity.

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Adobe Advocacy UDL Digital Citizenship 169

A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 17, 2017

We developed look fors that aligned to both our McREL observation/evaluation tool to prepare teachers for these in the future and the purposeful use of technology to improve student learning. With any learning walk form or tool, there has to be a great deal of flexibility regarding how you use it.

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Learning Outcomes Assessment Advocacy 256

Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2024

Brian Johnsrud Global Head of Education Learning and Advocacy at Adobe The past two years have witnessed a notable surge in the use of artificial intelligence within education, marked by increased investment, deployment and integration into various educational practices. AI isn't just a new tool; it is a shift in pedagogy.

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Khan Academy Adobe Advocacy Assessment 201

edWeb.net

MARCH 5, 2025

Teachers must recognize that some tech tools they want to bring into the classroom do not comply with student data privacy laws. If tools can significantly benefit teaching and learning, parents should know about what those tools mean for student data and give their consent to use them.

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Data Student Data Privacy Guidelines Training 92

A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

It is driven by choice, voice, and advocacy. Tools like TodaysMeet and Mentimeter can also be used to gather perception data from kids Implement portfolios as a means of authentic assessment When hiring new teachers and administrators have kids on the interview committee As policies that impact students are created or updated (i.e.

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Advocacy Edmodo BYOD Assessment 150

Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2020

Like tens of thousands of other schools, Berkeley Unified School District in Northern California picked Zoom as its video-conferencing tool to support its remote instruction plan. There is a wide range of expertise among teachers when it comes to understanding all the different tools available to them.”

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Report Video Schoology Microsoft 197

Waterford

APRIL 10, 2020

Self-Care Tools, Strategies and Assessment. National Immigrant Women’s Advocacy Project, June 2014, pp. Technical Assistance and Training System. Helping Your Child Develop Independence: Self-Care Skills. Retrieved from ucf.edu: [link]. and Molina, M. and Watson, M. Self-care: Managing compassion fatigue. 364-367.

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How To Handbook Strategy Advocacy 360

Education Superhighway

DECEMBER 16, 2024

This $50 million initiative could connect up to 130,000 households to high-speed internet an endeavor that EducationSuperHighway is proud to have helped shape through our technical expertise and advocacy. This partnership began with our response to an RFI issued in 2022.

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Digital Divide Broadband Advocacy Strategy 52

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 5, 2019

Urkund: Today’s Sponsor Urkund is great as a plagiarism prevention tool and connects with most common Learning Management Systems like Google Classroom, Moodle, and Canvas or as a stand-alone web tool or by email. And yes, you’ll hear birds chirping, but that is ok! Students just turn in work.

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How To Twitter Moodle Elementary 347

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

CoderZ , an online learning environment where students learn robotics and STEM by coding virtual robots, has been named a 2020 Tech Edvocate Award winner in the Best Coding App or Tool category. A complete list of winners of the 2020 Tech Edvocate Awards can be found here.

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Robotics Tools STEM Advocacy 108

EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Advocate: Young introverts need parental advocacy for public school. For example, students can write a report, create an art project, use technology to build a program, or incorporate music as a tool for expression. Set up meetings to chat with your child’s teacher to explain unique concerns and necessary accommodations.

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Classroom How To Advocacy Outcomes 279

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

By engaging with schools, collaborating with their communities and advocating for transparency and inclusivity, they can ensure that AI serves as a tool for empowerment rather than exclusion. Imagine an AI tool acting as a helpful assistant for finding the perfect kindergarten. Related: Become a lifelong learner.

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EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

As Rachel’s story illustrates, in addition to being outstanding assessment tools, rubrics perform another, equally important function. Rubrics as Teaching Tools. For rubrics to serve as a teaching tool, as well as a valid assessment tool, they must meet certain criteria. Rubrics become an information tool.

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Learning Advocacy Assessment Meeting 182