Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2019

Nearly 200 colleges face federal civil rights investigations opened in 2019 about whether they are accessible and communicate effectively to people with disabilities. Among the newer aspects of these kinds of complaints is whether college social media communication meets accessibility standards.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Q&A: Kim Buryanek on Bringing Digital Equity into Classrooms. Thu, 11/07/2019 - 15:06. Asking the right question about access was our first hurdle. But when we drilled down and asked what that meant, we learned some homes have Wi-Fi and others have internet access on their phones. keara.dowd_i47Z.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Digital learning not only plays a crucial role in preparing today’s students for the jobs of tomorrow, it also has an important role in providing equity and access to education, especially in smaller and remote school districts. Links to Local Learning. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. Broadband’s Big Picture.

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Edsurge

JULY 30, 2021

Acquisitions and partnerships are a cornerstone of Byju’s early learning programs: It bought Palo Alto-based Osmo in 2019, which combines digital learning with manipulatives, an approach the companies call “phygital.” With partner Disney, Byju launched its learning app for pre-K through 3rd graders in India in 2019.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 27, 2018

Statista predicts that approximately five billion people will use a smartphone by 2019. Cost and ease of access will only lead to more schools and districts going down this path. The essential components of an infrastructure capable of supporting transformational learning experiences include the following: Ubiquitous connectivity.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Expansion of Verizon Innovative Learning Schools program to include additional student connectivity and teacher professional development for Title I schools. The platform will feature an evolving library of courses to further develop educators’ digital literacy.

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ExcelinEd

APRIL 5, 2019

Visit EducationSuperHighway.org to learn how your state can upgrade internet access in every public school classroom to empower more students to take advantage of the promise of digital learning. ” USED Office of Educational Technology , Building Technology Infrastructure for Learning. . million U.S.

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2020

Open educational resources have gone global and may help make learning more accessible, equitable and inclusive around the world. At the October 2019 UNESCO General Conference meeting, multiple governments agreed to adopt a set of legal and technical standards for OER materials so that they can be better shared across borders.

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Education Superhighway

APRIL 1, 2020

Given the disruptions caused by the pandemic, the FCC Order: Waives the service implementation deadline for special construction for all funding year 2019 applicants and extends this deadline by one year, from June 30, 2020, to June 30, 2021. Under Commission rules, applicants must complete special construction (e.g.,

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Now, in her role at Amazon, Marissa explains here how the Alexa Education team is creating a connection between school and home by giving students, parents, teachers and administrators a convenient way to access school-related information and content through the power of voice. Have you seen the same kind of adoption in education?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 1, 2020

I was humbled by these early teachers’ feedback and the learnings they shared. Fast forward to 2019. They’re using technology as an integral part of their instruction and personalizing instruction for a classroom of students with diverse learning needs. classrooms have high-speed internet access. Today, 99% of U.S.

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Education Superhighway

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

As the largest education technology program in the country, the Schools and Libraries program (E-rate) has transformed Internet access in our nation’s schools. With the E-rate 471 filing window set to close on March 27, 2019 , school districts must get started now to meet all required deadlines.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2019

The newest voices in that choir come from Bill and Melinda Gates, who declared that “ textbooks are becoming obsolete ” in their 2019 annual letter. Even as many traditional textbook providers are transitioning to digital formats, paper and ink have proved stubbornly resilient. Not so fast, say education publishers and retailers.

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Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2020

But students at some colleges and universities still rely on print , which is a problem when bookstores and libraries have closed. As colleges seek to provide alternatives to print textbooks, one digital book provider, BibliU, has launched about 100 pilots globally since the pandemic started, says CEO David Sherwood. In the U.K.,

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Kitaboo on EdTech

AUGUST 29, 2019

This helps them learn from their mistakes and also inculcates quick thinking and better decision-making skills. Access to Additional Learning Resources Through Content Library. Whitepaper: The State of Digital Content in Global K-12 Education. Teachers can also have access to these quiz scores. Download Now!

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Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 16, 2020

This will give the head of the educational institution access to all the data needed to run a school efficiently. Some applications have the option to consult dictionaries within the digital books themselves, and there are also libraries that lend e-books. Here are 9 reasons why publishers should move to digital eBook libraries.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 31, 2018

This year, I resolve to … Support high-quality learning. For 2019, our IT emphasis will be on cybersecurity and on high-availability, high-resiliency, high-speed wireless access to support 24 x 7 x 365 learning. Esra Murray, library media specialist, Cider Mill Elementary School, Connecticut.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Access to these data without authorization is called a data breach. It prevents students from accessing the institute’s network for classes or retrieving educational material or work saved on the cloud. They can be placed as attachments in phishing emails or viruses inside digital libraries and other unexpected places.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Students gain valuable experience with the help of hands-on learning activities practiced extensively in STEM-based education. Over the last few years, eBooks have become synonymous with flexible learning. Easy to carry, easy to access, interactive and engaging, and so on. Digital Libraries Offer Additional Learning Resources.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Well, it’s 2019, and most of the schools and universities have already accepted digital textbooks as the future of education. The main concern while publishing content is the quality of the final output which will be accessed by students. Once published, the etextbooks should be easily accessible by the users.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

In their district-wide tech plan for 2016 to 2022 , Renton set a goal of reaching a 1:1 device-to-student ratio for all middle and high schoolers in the 2019-2020 school year. Everyone is saying ‘we are in a digital world,’ so how do we support every student, especially those that might not have WiFi access at home?”

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Education Superhighway

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

With potential rule changes on the horizon, we hope to show how the program has improved access to a crucial funding source for schools, provide insight into the future of the program, and share a few ways to make sure your school is taking advantage of it before the E-rate window closes on March 27, 2019. Current program set up.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

We're just over a week away from our free Library 2.016 online mini-conference, " Libraries of the Future " on October 6th! Be sure to also join the Library 2.0 network to be able to connect with and correspond with 22,000 other individuals in the library world, and to be kept updated on this and future events.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2019

Instructors can upload a video or post a YouTube link within Canvas to your Arc library. Clint Smith (@ClintSmithIII) January 2, 2019. As a person who primarily engages in reading via digital devices , I get to participate in a version of this kind of history showing up in the margins when I am reading a digital book.

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 8, 2022

Using Digital Media in Your Teaching. It's a double-edged sword: Students and teachers have more access to digital media than ever before. Because so much instruction shifted online during the pandemic, many of us have become overly reliant on screens and digital media. Are distractions just a click away?

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Learning Confluence

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

In this case study Judy shares her journey from High School English teacher, to be a leader in school libraries, and now a leader in the tertiary sector. In this case study her understanding about knowledge and information in a digital society is shared in relation to being a global connected educator. Digital Learning (9).

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Together with National PTA, littleBits is poised to capture the imagination of kids at a critical time in their development -- ensuring that STEM is fun and accessible to everyone. Today, more than 20,000 schools, libraries, home schools, and makerspaces have incorporated littleBits’ education products.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 20, 2019

The question is, are the teachers within a school, grade, or subject area accessing the same toolbox? During the edWebinar, “ Transform Learning: Track Results for Chromebooks, Google Suite, and Every Application,” presenters Kyle Berger, Chief Technology Officer at Grapevine-Colleyville ISD, TX, and Matthew X. Joseph, Ed.D.,

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

We’ve had families who just needed some layer of support or to continue to access their education, and the online environment provided immediate response to that,” shared Mr. Hatcher. In fall 2019, Michelle became the Content Lead for CRCSD’s 32 school libraries. Her advocacy resulted in $1.5

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edWeb.net

JULY 12, 2022

Partially spurred by the pandemic but also by a desire to increase equitable access to reading materials, district leaders made a digital library one of the seven essential tools in all of the schools. Finally, they also used the program to give teachers access to a professional library. Join the Community.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Moore says that before any rollout of sustainable and effective professional learning, there are four factors that school leaders must consider. Gaddis explained how Wake County focused their professional learning by first identifying three groups: teachers, leadership, and school library media coordinators.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 19, 2021

Every year, CoSN awards a school district with the Community Leadership Award for Digital Equity to encourage and recognize those districts that are working to eliminate inequities and narrow the digital access gap. He says, “We need to teach students the way they want to learn, not necessarily how we were taught.”

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2022

Todd Burks teaches students to navigate the University of Virginia library. Students will need to craft a research question, read relevant sources and synthesize what they learn in a short paper. The exercise aims to get students comfortable using the university library. But he does work in a library.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

AUGUST 20, 2023

Teachers can have all time access to the cloud content and can add or update contents of the course module as required. Helps Students to Learn Faster: When teachers use eBooks in classrooms, students tend to pay more attention. In the classroom, they are used as digital versions of traditional textbooks and reading materials.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Finally, students learn how to take what they have heard and edit it into a cohesive, well-communicated, creative work that they can share with the world. Scripting a new approach Attending SXSW Edu 2019? Learn about paid partnerships, the July Education Summit, and more. Design and assign specific roles What Is Course Hero?

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Education Superhighway

JULY 31, 2020

With the possibility of remote learning returning this fall, the City of Chicago, Chicago Public Schools (CPS), the philanthropic community, and leading Internet Service Providers (ISPs) recognized a historic opportunity to eliminate broadband accessibility as a barrier to digital learning. On June 25, 2020, Mayor Lori E.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Behind her, and on a shelf in front of her, are signs that spell out the word “library,” with Spanish translations beneath them: “biblioteca.” The courses were created to make higher education more accessible to early childhood educators and improve the quality of teaching in the field. State leaders are trying to change those stats.

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