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Strategies for fostering equitable use of technology in the classroom

Hapara

Listen to an audio version of this post: Digital resources are expanding the limits of today’s K-12 classrooms. From interactive learning platforms and collaborative tools to virtual reality and interactive chatbots, the technology options available for education are exhilarating.

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How Access to Technology Can Create Equity in Schools

Digital Promise

When used effectively, technology can greatly contribute to creating equity in schools. It removes barriers to learning materials, supports students where they are across varied learning contexts and needs, and gives educators more insight into the learning environments they’re creating.

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Paper vs. Screens by Christine McDonnell, CEO at Codelicious

Teacher Reboot Camp

Get your copy of Hacking Digital Learning or The 30 Goals Challenge or take a fully accredited online course for graduate credit ( Online Learning Best Practices , Connected Educators or TESOL Methodologies )! Unplugged activities allow educators to teach coding away from laptops and tablets.

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Smart Technologies Could Benefit Education – or Could Make Our Problems Worse

EdNews Daily

Now, as my colleagues and I discussed in in Navigating the Future of Learning: A Strategy Guide , smart technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and neuro-enhancement tools promise to enable new approaches and efficiencies that can help personalize learning and chip away at the inequities lurking within our education system.

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Giving Voice to the End Users in Districts’ Technology Decisions

Digital Promise

Districts around the country are enacting similar plans, and many start by deciding on what technology to use in the classroom. We spent nearly two years talking to stakeholders and developing our instructional and academic goals before considering what technology to purchase. At BCPS, we took a curriculum-first approach.

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Photos: This Is What Educators’ COVID-19 ‘Classrooms’ Look Like

Edsurge

Many educators described the switch from a traditional classroom to a so-called “COVID-19 classroom” in their homes as an unwelcome one, where student-teacher relationships are hampered, technology adds complications, and beloved teaching aids are sorely missed. Not to mention all the technology she had to implement at a “breakneck pace.” “My

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In China, Online Degrees on Hold, Even as MOOCs Rise

Edsurge

With China muscling its way into the first ranks as a global power in science and technology— building vast new academic complexes, climbing to the top ranks of the world's elite universities, surpassing the U.S. Online Degrees On Hold China actually has a long history of distance learning—mostly at correspondence schools and on broadcast TV.

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