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How Access to Technology Can Create Equity in Schools

Digital Promise

That means we shouldn’t just use edtech to replace worksheets, run “drill and kill” exercises, or crunch assessment performance numbers. Students can access learning materials outside of school. Ensuring internet access outside of school. Technology will help create equity in schools when it’s used powerfully.

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Powerful Learning is Personal and Accessible

Digital Promise

In this first post, we explore how Powerful Learning is personal and accessible, share research that grounds these two principles, and provide resources to support your own learning and teaching practices. Powerful learning practices are attuned to the variability of individual learners and ensure that learning is accessible to all.

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Internet access must become human right or we risk ever-widening inequality

ScienceDaily (EdTech section)

People around the globe are so dependent on the internet to exercise socio-economic human rights such as education, healthcare, work, and housing that online access must now be considered a basic human right, a new study reveals.

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100th Day of School — It’s about Learning

Ask a Tech Teacher

Students can engage in various counting exercises related to the number 100. PE Physical activities during winter often become calisthenics or personal fitness, exercises that can be done indoors or in the gym. Have students do ten sets of ten different exercises (i.e.,

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CUE 2018: 5 Steps to Create More Accessible, Personalized Professional Development

EdTech Magazine

CUE 2018: 5 Steps to Create More Accessible, Personalized Professional Development. Douglas explained that the gamified training was designed to be a quick microlearning experience where teachers can do one 5-to-10-minute exercise at a time. meghan.bogardu…. Fri, 03/16/2018 - 16:13. When Tulare Joint Union High School District (Calif.)

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7 Ways To Use Technology For Exam Prep

Ask a Tech Teacher

Have students complete interactive activities and exercises online. There are a number of websites that offer interactive activities and exercises for students to complete in order to prepare for their exams. Supplement traditional textbooks with digital versions that can be accessed online.

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Exercise Tips To Help Kids, Teens and Families Stay Balanced at Home

MindShift

It’s no mystery that exercise boosts mental health and cognitive function in kids. A March 2020 report published in Lancet found that 12-, 14- and 16-year-olds who exercised regularly were less likely to develop depression by age 18. For kids who may not have access to yards or parks, Hip Hop Public Health offers in-house alternatives.