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Digital Equity in Rural School Districts

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Providing families with used school-issued Chromebooks, adding access points outside the school buildings, and collaborating with community partners on projects such as youth centers and public libraries are providing students and the entire community with access to technology. Even more widespread in school districts are LTE hotspots.

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Effective Technology Professional Learning: Leading and Collaborating to Assure Success

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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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Funding Edtech with the E-Rate Program and Grants

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Investment in these areas and a strategy for obtaining E-Rate discounts should be part of every district’s five- or ten-year technology plan, so that schools can continue to have reliable service that accommodates changing needs. In 2010 the FCC appointed her to the USAC board representing the nation’s schools and libraries on ERATE.

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Lead for Digital Equity with These Community Engagement Strategies

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During the edWebinar, “ Leading for Digital Equity: Award-Winning Community Engagement Strategies ,” honorees of this award discussed the community engagement strategies they used to address the digital inequities superintendents, technology directors, and school communities face every day. Communication.

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eSN Hero Awards Finalists: 10 dedicated educators

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Michelle Kruse, Content Lead for Libraries, Roosevelt Creative Corridor Business Academy, Cedar Rapids Community School District Nominated by: Follett Michelle Kruse is the teacher librarian at Roosevelt Creative Corridor Business Academy (RCCBA), a magnet middle school in the Cedar Rapids Community School District (CRCSD). Dr. Dana T.

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School Leadership Strategies for Preventing and Responding to Cyberattacks

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In a recent edWebinar , sponsored by ClassLink and co-hosted by CoSN and AASA , three district superintendents discussed the impact a district cyberattack has on school communities and strategies to mitigate future attacks. ClassLink empowers your students and teachers with instant access to their learning resources.

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Prioritizing Diversity and Equity in Technology

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The panelists offered strategies to support and grow their personnel within their districts. Learn more about this edWeb broadcast, “ Addressing Technology’s Diversity and Equity Through District Policies, Practices, and Personnel ,” presented by CoSN and AASA , and sponsored by ClassLink.