eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Key points: A federal outline for education technology intends to close access gaps How to work for equity of access in classrooms How schools can help students overcome the digital divide For more news on digital access, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership page The latest iteration of the U.S.

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More Verbs

MARCH 21, 2016

The Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI) was not designed to be primarily an equity of access to technology program (although that was part of it). Over the years, MLTI has drifted to emphasizing the equity of access to technology. MLTI was designed to be primarily a learning initiative.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 22, 2024

Key points: In today’s schools, leaders must be prepared for continuous learning See article: For school leaders, routine decisions aren’t so routine See article: How to work for equity of access in classrooms For more news on school leadership, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership page There was a time when we believed that once you knew (..)

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Learning Equity of Access Assessment Strategy 122

EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Frank Smith Next year's budget proposal for education is all about equity of access — but to get there, some educational technology items need to be funded.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 12, 2024

According to the CSTA: Inclusive Teaching Pedagogies , “UDL is an instructional planning approach designed to give all students an equal opportunity to learn by removing barriers that prevent students from fully engaging in their classroom communities” (White, 2023).

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eSchool News

JANUARY 15, 2024

The latest data shows that the number of public school students who miss at least 10 percent of their school days–whether excused or unexcused–has nearly doubled.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 17, 2017

Reporting by the poll authors aside, this is what struck me most about this year’s findings: Teachers seem to be strong proponents of equity of access to technology in high school classrooms for educational purposes.

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Digital Learning Learning Outcomes Equity of Access 186

eSchool News

APRIL 28, 2021

(Wednesday, April 28, 2021) — Discovery Education – the global leader in standards-aligned digital curriculum resources, engaging content, and professional learning for K-12 classrooms – today launched the new Social-Emotional Learning Coalition.

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Industry Resources Equity of Access Education 71

eSchool News

MAY 1, 2019

Springfield (MA) Public Schools (SPS) is committed to ensuring all students in the district are able to learn computer science and computational thinking, and during a CoSN 2019 session, Paul Foster, the district’s chief information officer, outlined how SPS is taking steps to ensure equity of access for all students.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Aligned to applicable learning standards, the new curated content supports educators’ work to bring the world to life while also connecting the classroom to careers and uniting families around learning. It takes all of us working together to ensure equity of access in education so students can live to their full potential.

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STEM Education EdTech Equity of Access 98

Edthena

JANUARY 24, 2017

We think this leads to changes in classroom teaching. Supporting devices that are commonplace in school settings is important for ensuring equity of access. The simple solution for Chromebooks would be to live-stream a classroom video to our servers (like a Google Hangout video call).

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Chromebook Video Classroom Equity of Access 40

eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2021

It takes all of us working together to ensure equity of access in education so students can reach their full potential.”. million educators and 45 million students worldwide, and its resources are accessed in over 140 countries and territories. Discovery Education serves approximately 4.5

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In recent years, K-12 tech innovation news has made it clear that educational technology has become an integral part of classrooms, influencing teaching methodologies, student interactions, and the overall educational landscape. Classroom dynamics have evolved with the introduction of interactive whiteboards, tablets, and other devices.

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eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2024

Diversity stands for acknowledging that there is a range of differences in the classroom. Equity is meeting each individual student’s needs–their exact needs. I also believe the equity should be applicable to employees, not just students. We started looking more closely at how our students were using tech in the classroom.

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More Verbs

MARCH 3, 2016

In short, given a clear view of what this stakeholder group wants the future to hold for their students, it is now time to use that vision to help design the kind of schools, school community, and classroom practices that can be reasonably expected to deliver those desired outcomes. Have a new chart paper sheet labeled “Student.”

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

[They] need to talk to a lot of different stakeholders, from classroom teachers to administrators to parents and to students.” In his district, they do that through professional development opportunities, parent forums, and by educating students on the available tools and what is and is not acceptable use inside the classroom.

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Edthena

JANUARY 23, 2018

In a world where recording and uploading a social network video, a 60-minute classroom video needs to be as easy to capture and upload as a 60-second Snap. Record classroom video with just one click. Edthena users will have immediate access to the video tool inside Edthena when using Google Chrome.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2017

Unfortunately, teachers and students are often unable to be sure there will be dependable, robust access outside of school depending on family and community circumstances. States, districts and schools are also uniquely positioned to share reduce cost or no cost out-of-school access options for families. Communicate with Families.

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NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Let me start by reframing the words of a former, well-known political advisor, It’s equity, stupid. It’s equity of access. And it’s equity of experience. As it continues to shift, I am here to organize the information landscape for my classroom teacher partners and our kids.

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Digital Promise

MAY 25, 2017

Someone who is going to open their classroom or library to making has to be willing to learn and take risks. First, equity of access has always been a central tenet to library missions, so if you want all students to have access to something, there’s no better place than the library.​ What were your first steps?

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EdNews Daily

JULY 10, 2019

Seattle Public Schools has recently announced a major initiative to address diversity in its schools, and Dr. Aleigha Henderson-Rosser, executive director for instructional technology at Atlanta Public Schools, also mentioned equity of access as a major concern. A duality is born.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Education has not included that real study of how you observe the world, and one of the things we started right at the beginning of our work was walking classrooms together and looking at how we saw children learning both inside and outside schools. Socol: No classes, no classrooms. Pam, you actually studied as a field biologist.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

School websites provide students with updates on school events and classroom news. The idea of students having access to high-quality, safe, and appropriate technology to empower meaningful remote learning was a big awakening for many folks around the country,” she said.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2021

The question is whether or not the FCC and the federal Department of Education will continue to support WiFi provisioning once students return to physical classrooms. COVID-19 may have been hard, but perhaps it can lead to better policy to ensure equity of access to technologies that will remain crucial for all K-12 students.

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eSchool News

JULY 6, 2015

Students see equity of access as a key ed-tech challenge for their schools, and they’d like to have newer technology in their classrooms. Students are more thoughtful about technology use than many adults give them credit for.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 1, 2016

Tennessee’s Wilson County Schools and Discovery Education announced a new six-year partnership supporting the creation of authentic digital learning environments in classrooms district-wide. Director of Schools at Wilson County Schools.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2015

The plan includes guidelines for helping all students, regardless of background or location, stay connected to technology both inside and outside of the classroom. It is critical that we embed technology in everything that we do,” said Karen Sullivan, Superintendant of Indian Prairie School District 204. “We

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2015

The plan includes guidelines for helping all students, regardless of background or location, stay connected to technology both inside and outside of the classroom. It is critical that we embed technology in everything that we do,” said Karen Sullivan, Superintendant of Indian Prairie School District 204. “We

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Future Ready Resources Equity of Access Professional Learning 40

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Ultimately Renton decided that the benefits outweighed the risks, and that this change would bring the district one step closer to its commitment to equity of access. Renton added 1,100 Access Points across its 25 campuses—increasing available internet bandwidth to 85 megabits per student, ten times the speed that it had been before.

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EdTech Accessibility Policies Equity of Access 118

eSchool News

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Chief technology officers and IT professionals in the K-12 field have a lot on their collective plates these days, what with the continued proliferation of technology in their schools, new governmental programs and compliance requirements, and the push to effectively integrate their technology in the classroom.

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 21, 2021

We also have evidence here in Pennsylvania, that at least one district claims they meet the staffing guideline because they point to a full-time classroom teacher who just happens to hold a school library certification. Data Speaks: Addressing Equity of Access to School Librarians for Students. ” Teacher Librarian 48 (3): 49-52.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

Classroom facilitator. This new role for educators is a direct outcome of the data-driven classroom and the quest for accountability. The idea, said Dr. Weeks, is to understand how data can be used to support the school and classroom, rather than just viewing it as a reporting object. Database analyst?

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 27, 2015

And while assessments are the focus of this blog post, replacement thinking can be applied across the curriculum: in instructional strategies, classroom activities, or in formative data collection using tools such as Kahoot, Socrative, or Google Forms. They are tools in a classroom toolbox and are always available. Everything.

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Assessment How To Equity of Access Strategy 40

Educator Innovator

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

At an EdCamp, unconference-like event early this year in my school district, teachers expressed interest in having a conversation about equity of access. They wrote their questions about equity on half sheets of paper and taped them to a brick wall in the high school cafeteria where we planned our professional learning.

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