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Closing the Digital Learning Gap

Digital Promise

Technology, and especially the internet and mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones, has become ubiquitous in our daily lives and affordable even to our public schools. And, accessibility technologies support learner variability and people with disabilities by ensuring navigation and information display is available in multiple ways.

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The role of technology in the PYP

EdTech4Beginners

The PYP acknowledges the transformative potential of technology, when it is used purposefully and meaningfully as a tool to facilitate learning. An excerpt from Making The PYP Happen : The use of ICT: Can document the learning, making it available to all parties. Technology has made these things possible for all teachers.

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Communicating Through Change: How a CA District Is Supporting Families in the Year Ahead

Edsurge

District staff compiled an FAQ document that we could peruse at our leisure, and repeatedly as needed. Technology training for parents and caregivers can help those at home gain the knowledge they need to support learning at home. Translate important information shared through video, websites, or documents.

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Two Models for Leveling Up How You Integrate Technology and Teaching

EdNews Daily

Once the school started getting classroom computers, tablets, and Chromebooks, Paul began placing notes, resources and worksheets on his website and having students download the documents and complete notes and summary activities in a Word document or Google Docs. Augmentation.

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How to evolve your K-12 cybersecurity approach

eSchool News

Technology supports the transformation of every industry imaginable–especially education. terabytes of data, including academic transcripts, resumes and financial support documents, being exposed due to unsecure processes and storage. In just one month in 2021, educational organizations were hit by 5.8

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3 Principles for School Leaders Who Want to Foster Technologically Innovative Schools

The 21st Century Principal

After providing training using Gmail and Google Docs for our staff last August, the staff at my two schools are more likely to share and collaborate using a Google document, Google spreadsheet or a Google form than they would be to create a Office document and email it as an attachment.

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Here’s Why Teachers Adopt New Tech — and Why They Don’t

Edsurge

If the technology supports this, it meets the primary requirement. Can the tech support or provide a learning activity that can be classified within Bloom’s taxonomy? would welcome the opportunity to explore new technology if it could enhance her teaching. Does it meet subject- and grade-level Common Core standards?

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