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Getting the Most Out of Your District Technology Support Staff

Edsurge

Integrating technology into your classroom can be overwhelming at first—especially navigating the different resources and district technology support staff that are available to you. They also train teachers to create, administer, and analyze assessments in the classroom.

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Personalized Learning and Digital Tools Weave Strong Fabric for Student Success

EdTech Magazine

As reported in April 2016 (the most recent year for which data is available from the National Assessment of Educational Progress ) only 37 percent of high school seniors in the U.S. They may be on to something. will be able to handle college-level reading, and only 25 percent will grasp college-level math.

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CUE 2018: How IT Departments Can Minimize Downtime and Maximize Education

EdTech Magazine

Rather than instructors pointing fingers at IT staff (or vice versa), Antwon Lincoln, instructional technology coordinator at Chula Vista Elementary School District , says that collaboration and communication are the keys to success. How to Marry IT and Instructional Technology.

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What is Learning Sciences and Why Does It Matter?

Digital Promise

Designs innovative approaches to learning and assessment, often taking into account a social, collaborative view of learning and using technology creatively.

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Part Three: Beyond SAMR… Making Sure Technology Supports Content Standards

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Part Three: Beyond SAMR… Making Sure Technology Supports Content Standards. “We You will note that many activities let the teacher see assessment results after student completion of an activity. This allows for outstanding formative learning and assessment which makes alignment with lessons quick, easy, and rewarding!

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Closing the Digital Learning Gap

Digital Promise

And, accessibility technologies support learner variability and people with disabilities by ensuring navigation and information display is available in multiple ways. However, even as technology has evolved to more effectively support learning, our education system faces another great divide: the Digital Learning Gap.

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What Schools Reopen, It Shouldn’t Be Business as Usual

Edsurge

In addition, many states have cancelled giving the required state assessment tests that usually occur in the spring. I have also seen many teachers express relief from the usual feeling of being encumbered by grades and state assessments. It has hopefully also shown others that while technology supports teaching, it doesn’t replace it.