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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. But once you know how to get the most out of those resources, your life becomes much easier.

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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. Technology impacts instruction in a positive way, the report states. Technology leaders are sometimes met with opposition.

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Clear Hurdles to Foster True Innovation in K–12 Schools

EdTech Magazine

CoSN gathered feedback from experts across the country for its Driving K–12 Innovation series, examining technology trends in education and offering a deep dive into utilizing accelerators and overcoming hurdles. I contributed to the upcoming 2020 report. . The Gap Between Technology and Pedagogy.

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Technology Makes or Breaks Esports Programs

EdTech Magazine

The High School Esports League reports it now represents about 1,200 schools — up from 200 the year before. Esports Equipment Can Support Other School Initiatives. In competitive gaming, milliseconds matter , and the technology supporting students can make or break an esports venture.

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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 These chunks can be organized as courses, books, reports, etc. As a member of Alan’s Team all year, it is a lot of fun to meet so many people from around the world at his summer conference in Boston. All content is stored in Google docs.

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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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High schoolers report on what it’s like doing school in a pandemic

The Hechinger Report

In the fourth season of the Miseducation podcast, New York City high school students report on how kids’ lives were thrown into disarray and how the inequality already baked into the system worsened. The post High schoolers report on what it’s like doing school in a pandemic appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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