A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 23, 2020

Technology plays a huge role, which is why all efforts need to be made to eliminate the digital divide. Asynchronous learning provides much-needed flexibility that better meets the needs of both students and teachers by relinquishing the familiar rigidity of school. The key, however, is balance.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 2, 2020

Additionally, the digital divide is wider than many perceived. It also provides school leaders with a lens to provide valuable feedback to teachers when it comes to addressing priority standards, implementing scaffolding techniques, creating performance tasks, and developing quality assessments.

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Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

20-25% of the digital divide is concentrated in affordable multi-dwelling units (MDUs). However, the first step in leveraging Free Apartment Wi-Fi to cost-effectively meet a state’s obligations for connecting households in MDUs is to ensure that the state has the correct list of MDUs that are unserved or underserved.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2023

By offering flexibility, schools can better meet the individual needs of students, ensuring that everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed. This flexibility should extend to assessment methods, allowing students to demonstrate understanding in various ways.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 26, 2020

Difficult decisions have had to be made regarding grading, making funds available to get technology in the hands of disadvantaged kids, getting school work to kids where the digital divide could not be overcome, and figuring out how to provide professional learning support virtually. Ensure SPED accommodations are being met.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 18, 2021

She wrote , “Equitable access to digital learning means that every student has a device and access to the internet regardless of location, allowing for critically important connections with teachers and peers, instant feedback on mathematical problem sets, the ability to research, ask questions, find answers and explanations, and so much more.

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Digital Promise

MAY 13, 2021

Highlights from the survey include: Keeping Up Academically and the Digital Divide : Eighty-two percent of teachers say it’s been difficult for their students to keep up academically during the pandemic, though only 45 percent of parents have the same concern for their own child. Digital Divide.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 12, 2024

Good teachers are finding ways to meet the learning needs of all of these diverse brains within the same classroom. Valid Does my assessment evaluate the specific learning objective I am attempting to assess? Reliability measures the ability for a learning activity to meet its goals.

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MIND Research Institute

MAY 13, 2020

The study looked at data for over five million students in grades 3 through 8 who had taken NWEA’s MAP Growth assessments in 2017-2018. Digital Divides and the COVID Slide. School closures have meant a step backward when it comes to the digital divides. When school is online, the digital divide grows greater.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

school districts—6,132, to be exact, representing about one-third of public K-12 students—do indeed meet the higher 1 Mbps standard. Connect All Students: How States and School Districts Can Close the Digital Divide” is a follow up to a June analysis by Boston Consulting Group and Common Sense.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 14, 2021

Turns out — and not really a surprise — the cost of the digital devices was minor compared to the cost of the websites and webtools required to meet goals. In school subscriptions, quizzes are available to assess student basic comprehension skills. There is one bright spot in this story: Online books.

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Edsurge

JUNE 2, 2023

This is easy for educators using McGraw Hill AR , a free app created by McGraw Hill in partnership with Verizon for Verizon Innovative Learning , an educational initiative that seeks to help bridge the digital divide with a goal of providing digital skills training to 10 million students by 2030.

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Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2020

We started a couple of years ago with a digital equity group to focus on this issue when we started seeing issues related to the digital divide. But access is maybe the first part of the digital divide. Hiefield: We’re a standards-based district and we assess our learning targets.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

MAY 8, 2024

Teachers can customize lessons to meet individual student needs using data analytics. Online digital textbook platforms and interactive learning software like KITABOO offer a wide range of educational materials that encourage essential digital skills. Clear goals help tailor the approach to meet desired outcomes.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

As part of our celebration of Black History Month, EdSurge spoke to Hicks about his culturally relevant approach to closing the digital divide. They meet all the tasks and skills but in a larger, portfolio-based approach. EdSurge: As an educator, what are your thoughts on Black History Month?

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Neo LMS

APRIL 27, 2017

There is also a concern that BYOD creates digital divides in the classroom between well-resourced students and those from families that simply cannot afford to give their children devices. Challenges for BYOD are, however, also obvious: strain on school internet networks, content management, cheating and distraction.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

The Miami-Dade school district, for example, adopted a plan back in 2012 to close the digital divide. As of mid-April, schools had distributed supplies to meet about half of that need, said Darling-Hammond. But more work needs to be done to shrink the digital divide. Credit: AP Photo/Kantele Franko.

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Edsurge

MAY 4, 2020

First, she schedules two class meetings for social interaction, where her 22 second graders read aloud and play games. That seems to be referring to actual screen time or formal assessment or assignment work.” They see their teacher for a brief meeting each morning and then do some math and writing.

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Graphite Blog

APRIL 19, 2021

The coronavirus pandemic has come with specific challenges for teachers: Keeping students engaged during hybrid or fully remote learning, addressing systemic inequity and the digital divide, and coping with days of seemingly endless multitasking are just a few among so many other obstacles. featured_content_1%%.

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ExcelinEd

AUGUST 3, 2020

Since Texas schools closed in March , the TEA has continued implementing new programs and providing resources focused on four key goals: designing new school models ; innovating special education instruction ; bridging the digital divide ; and assessing anticipated learning loss. . platform. .

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

What type of performance-based formative and summative assessment took place? A learning management system can have a tendency to promote a “surface” type of assessment. Teachers must be intentional at exploring ways online to ensure that assessment is formative and allows them to plan scaffolding for next steps in learning.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

AI-powered adaptive learning platforms analyze individual student strengths and weaknesses, tailoring educational content to meet specific needs. AI algorithms analyze students’ individual strengths, weaknesses, and learning styles to tailor educational content, pacing, and assessments accordingly.

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eSpark

APRIL 12, 2022

Plan regular meet ups. If a joint grant application seems like a bridge too far, but you still want to encourage cross district collaboration, reach out to administrators at other districts and arrange a series of lectures, meet ups, or skill shares throughout the the year. Medium Commitment. Use data to measure success.

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ExcelinEd

JUNE 23, 2020

In addition to $27 million for devices and internet to bridge the digital divide and $10 million towards early childhood education, the Commonwealth’s plan outlines several further initiatives aimed at education support and recovery, including: Expand Virtual Learning. Support Students’ Social and Emotional Needs.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

COVID-19 highlighted that the digital divide was not exclusive to rural areas, as many families in urban areas cannot afford internet connectivity. Zoom Meeting hacks, ransomware). – We believe that embedded assessment will take on even more importance due to hybrid classroom environments.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Here’s what they had to say: Text-based AI interfaces provide an opportunity to help close the digital divide…and avoid an impending AI divide. By improving access to district systems and processes, school leaders will be able to better serve and meet the needs and expectations of the families they serve.

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My Island View

MARCH 27, 2020

The earliest indications of our preparedness to meet the online challenge to educators underscored the gap that exists in professional development for educators. The digital divide must be addressed. From chaos we now have opportunity. Teaching online is not the same as teaching in the classroom.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 14, 2017

Turns out — and not really a surprise — the cost of the digital devices was minor compared to the cost of the websites and webtools required to meet goals. In school subscriptions, quizzes are available to assess student basic comprehension skills. There is one bright spot in this story: Online books.

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Tech Helpful

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Advocate for equitable access to educational technology, digital content and learning opportunities to meet the diverse needs of all students. Model for colleagues the identification, exploration, evaluation, curation and adoption of new digital resources and tools for learning. In theory, yes.

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MindShift

JUNE 9, 2021

She said that specifically identifying which standard is being assessed, and providing accommodations for the standards not presently up to bat, can help make school more accessible for all students. Offered on both Google Meet and Zoom, closed captioning can have benefits for all students. She has been teaching online for seven years.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Substitution: Oxford meet Oxford 2.0 For example, when my students create a digital concept map in coggle about a unit on biodiversity, they substitute a paper and pencil version of a concept map with a living document that can be shared and revised from home or school. The simplest level of the SAMR model is substitution.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

But a few pioneering districts have shown that it’s possible, and Albemarle County has joined a nascent trend of districts trying to build their own bridges across the digital divide. Related: Most students go to a school that meets federal standards for internet speed. Read more about the Digital Divide.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 28, 2020

Administrators at Dorchester School District Two in suburban Summerville, South Carolina, were well aware of the digital divide when they decided to give students both paper and online resources after shuttering schools because of coronavirus. She received her first response on the morning of April 9 and opened it immediately.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

As schools and districts strive to meet their existing technology needs and prepare for the future, access to federal and state funding, along with other grants, is making a major difference in whether students engage in 21 st century learning or are left behind. Cynthia Schultz, Esq.

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edWeb.net

JULY 26, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed and, in many ways, worsened the digital divide and other inequitable aspects of America’s education system. However, it also created opportunities to develop more equitable outcomes, based on the widespread switch to digital learning experiences and new education models.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 26, 2011

learncentral.org/event/143030/ APPLES AND ORANGES: EMPLOYEE SKILLS ASSESSMENT DRIVING BUSINESS PERFORMANCE (Elluminate) Wed 30 Mar 01:00PM New York / Wed 30 Mar 05:00PM GMT / Thu 31 Mar 05:00AM Sydney Ajay Pangarkar. tools that can be used to assist teachers and schools in closing the digital-divide and most importantly, the achievement gap.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Here’s what they had to say: Text-based AI interfaces provide an opportunity to help close the digital divide…and avoid an impending AI divide. By improving access to district systems and processes, school leaders will be able to better serve and meet the needs and expectations of the families they serve.

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