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FETC 2025: Transformation, innovation, and 5 new sessions

eSchool News

This session will share how the skills gained in producing an esports event can be the foundation for careers in live event production, media production, marketing, animation/VFX, and much more. E-rate & Edtech Funding: Essential Insights for Educators: What do edtech leaders need to know? January 15; 12:00 p.m.

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COVID-19 Is Accelerating the Digital Blending of Working and Learning

Edsurge

E-commerce purchases of all types have surged. Retailers such as The Gap are accelerating the adoption of robots in their warehouses. Knowledge work has moved online as professionals work remotely. And workers who are not at desk jobs may be more likely to consume learning in short bites of mobile microlearning.

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A new teacher’s perspective: Today’s best edtech resources

eSchool News

It can also act as a study companion, generating practice questions, summarizing key points from e-textbooks and webpages, and much more. That’s because such activities have been proven to increase attendance rates and student GPAs. Esports is one such extracurricular activity.

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Is the hardest job in education convincing parents to send their kids to a San Francisco public school?

The Hechinger Report

Before the Covid-19 pandemic, public school enrollment in the United States had been trending downward , thanks to birth-rate declines and more restrictive immigration policies, but the decreases rarely exceeded half a percentage point. Not this specific conversation, of course, but ones like it. Once home, she refused to go back.

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Lessons from Digital Learning Day

Educator Innovator

By Kathleen Costanza Digital Learning Day (DLD), held on February 5, immersed kids from coast to coast in activities like tinkering with robotics, penning blog posts, and painting digital canvases. Spearheaded by The Alliance for Excellent Education , the event provided teachers with resources like lesson plans and toolkits.

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Transforming Compton’s Schools into a STEAM Pipeline for Students

edWeb.net

99% of the students qualify for free or reduced-price lunches, but the district’s graduation rate is now over 90%, exceeding the state and national averages. These sorts of partnerships enhance rigorous K-12 STEAM classes, which are supplemented by after-school programs, summer camps, and family and community events.

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Lessons from Digital Learning Day

Educator Innovator

Digital Learning Day (DLD), held on February 5, immersed kids from coast to coast in activities like tinkering with robotics, penning blog posts, and painting digital canvases. Spearheaded by The Alliance for Excellent Education , the event provided teachers with resources like lesson plans and toolkits. So it should be with E-Rate.