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Working Toward Digital Equity in K–12 Education

EdTech Magazine

The Consortium for School Networking’s “Driving K–12 Innovation: 2021 Hurdles + Accelerators” report describes digital equity as three interrelated concepts: digital foundations, learning conditions and meaningful learning opportunities. Yet recent data from Future Ready Schools shows that 16.9 million households are…

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Districts Partner with Businesses to Train Tomorrow’s IT Workforce

EdTech Magazine

By 2025, an estimated 80 percent of living-wage jobs in Tennessee’s Hamilton County will require a degree or technical credential, according to the report “Chattanooga 2.0: Helping To Shape The Future Of The Workforce.”

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Closing the digital use divide with active and engaging learning

eSchool News

Passive learning doesn’t help students develop future-ready skills, like critical thinking or creativity, in the same way active learning does. A majority of teachers report engaging students in active learning with classroom technology. Students reported more instances of passive technology use, however.

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To Develop Future-Ready Students, Project-Based Lessons Teach Real World Skills

Edsurge

In the course of adapting many of our curricular resources to fit teachers’ changing needs, we have distilled a robust collection of skills into lessons we believe will help teachers foster social-emotional learning, and in doing so develop future-ready students. Are your students future ready? said no teacher ever.

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Measuring Impact with the Digital Practice Assessment (DPA)

A Principal's Reflections

Once collected and analyzed, a detailed summary report outlining areas of success, focus opportunities, and recommended next steps will guide the professional learning partnership with ICLE, supporting the development of a strategic professional learning and implementation plan.

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Schools Need Robust Networks to Support Internet of Things

EdTech Magazine

School districts would be wise to consider now what capacity and capabilities their networks will need to support smart devices and IoT applications in the near future. Ready or Not, Now's the Time to Prepare for IoT. Most deployments will call for a mix of on-premises systems and public and private clouds, according to the IDC report.

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Personalized Learning and Digital Tools Weave Strong Fabric for Student Success

EdTech Magazine

According to Project Tomorrow’s 2017 Speak Up Research Project for Digital Learning , 56 percent of parents of school-aged children are concerned that their child isn’t learning the right skills in school to be successful in college or a future job. Technology impacts instruction in a positive way, the report states.