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Student Agency: Moving From Talk to Action

A Principal's Reflections

Image credit: https://andrewherrick.files.wordpress.com If we are to improve learning and ultimately school-based outcomes student agency needs to be a real element of school culture. It is driven by choice, voice, and advocacy. BYOD, 1;1, grading, homework, technology purchases, space renovations, etc.)

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Planning for and Sustaining District Technology Innovations

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Sponsored by ClassLink How to balance student outcomes with budgets is a challenge for district leaders. Total Cost of Ownership Educational technology comes with direct and indirect costs. A sound TCO assessment will also provide IT teams with the data to make informed decisions about technology initiatives and investments.

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Scaling, Sustaining, and Budgeting for Education Technology Innovations

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As highlighted in the EmpowerED Superintendent Toolkit , there are three essential focus points of smart IT decision making: total cost of ownership (TCO), student outcomes and budgeting management, and the value of the investment. With the value of the investment, sometimes technology is overcomplicated. Sustaining.

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Rethinking Professional Learning for Technology Initiatives

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Why should professional learning be a part of every technology initiative? ” Every single student should have access to an educator who can integrate technology into the lessons, and every teacher should have the support of administrators who understand how technology can enhance the learning process. .”

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Taking Districts’ Technology Integration to the Next Level

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Due to pandemic-driven increases in school districts’ purchases of devices and software, there’s now a need to develop cohesive systems in which data can be transferred and analyzed quickly and easily in order to improve student outcomes and district operations. ClassLink is ideal for 1 to1 and BYOD initiatives. Achieving the Vision.

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Effective Technology Professional Learning: Leading and Collaborating to Assure Success

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When planning for and evaluating professional learning opportunities, the presenters recognized that technology enables teachers to be engaged in sustained social learning with their mentors and peers. The CoSN Driving K-12 Innovation report identified “technology vs. the pedagogy gap” as a hurdle to innovation in schools.

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Insights from CoSN Community Leadership Award for Digital Equity Winners

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Every district plan has goals and outcomes, but both districts cautioned that you need to make sure you’re not just talking about test results. For the last two years, she has served as the assistant superintendent over educational and technology services. Dr. Ryan has a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction.