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Creating Conditions for Powerful Technology Use

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Instructional technology is a critical component of teaching and learning in today’s world. Technology, when aligned to research-based practices, supports teachers in delivering instruction that is adapted to meet the needs of all students. However, it’s not enough for teachers to simply use technology tools.

Technology

Technology Case Study Broadband Professional Learning

Edtech Reports Recap: Video Is Eating the World, Broadband Fails to Keep Up

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The broadband gap isn’t only a problem for remote learning. That Broadband Gap Bar? schools had high-speed broadband connections. Well, that was at the Federal Communications Commission’s 2014-15 short-term target of 100 Kbps per student for using tech in the classroom. All in this Edtech Reports Recap.

Broadband

Broadband Report Video EdTech

State Leadership Working Towards Broadband Access for All

edWeb.net

MAY 1, 2019

If the workday of an adult typically requires seamless broadband access, then it’s reasonable that today’s students need the same access during their school day. After all, schools are preparing them for their future careers, which will include using some aspect of online technology. CEN isn’t profit focused.

Broadband

Broadband Accessibility E-rate Mobility

Ensuring Access and Opportunity; Supporting At Home Connectivity

Tom Murray

AUGUST 31, 2016

According to a report released by the Pew Research Center, approximately 5 of the 29 million households with school-aged children lack access to high quality broadband internet while at home. Coined “The Homework Gap,” this means that many of the children sitting in our classrooms lose connectivity the moment they step of of our campus.

Accessibility

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Not Just Classroom Supplies: Teachers Also Buy Edtech With Their Own Money

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

That’s arguably the case for U.S. In education technology, a litany of surveys published this decade have touted the growing adoption of digital learning tools. Recent studies by Deloitte and the Gates Foundation have shed light into how educators engage with edtech. A different ‘digital divide’ has emerged. Last year, a U.S.

EdTech

EdTech Survey Digital Divide Classroom

Schools Turned to Outdoor Learning for Safe, Equitable Instruction in 2020. They Don‘t Have to Go Back.

Edsurge

JANUARY 4, 2021

Ten months into the pandemic, there are still too many students who don’t have access to devices and reliable broadband, and who live in home environments that are not conducive to virtual learning. Outdoor classrooms are also one of the most cost-effective ways to increase school capacity.

Learning

Learning Broadband Case Study Study

Does Ownership of Instructional Materials Matter?

Doug Levin

JUNE 17, 2015

If technology doesn’t disrupt the very notion of the textbook first, its future is surely digital. OER remains a recent invention and the relatively large technology investments required to successfully implement a digital content strategy in schools just hadn’t been made in very many places. Image credits. Image credits.

Instructional Materials

Instructional Materials OER Student Data Privacy Broadband

16 Great NonProfits Working to Support EdTech in Schools

Tom Murray

AUGUST 21, 2016

Prior to my role as the Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools ® , I spent 14 years in a public school in Pennsylvania as an elementary and middle school teacher, middle school and elementary principal, and district level technology director. Organization: Code.org ®. URL: code.org. Organization: Girls Who Code. URL: www.inacol.org.

Future Ready

Future Ready EdTech Advocacy Data

What If Schools Viewed Outdoor Learning as ‘Plan A’?

Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2020

and since learning inside was deemed dubious at best, the classroom was moved outdoors, where group gatherings were considered safe. They created a sort of how-to manual for outdoor learning, detailing everything from campus site assessments and classroom infrastructure to case studies and curriculum.

Learning

Learning Analysis Assessment Groups

9 Steps for Choosing a Device

Tom Murray

JUNE 8, 2016

Work collaboratively to answer the question, “What do we want teaching and learning to look like in our classrooms in three to five years?”. During this step, school leaders across the district should collaborate to inventory what currently exists, from core curriculum and technology support resources, to types of devices already in place.

Chromebook

Chromebook Tablets Broadband Assessment

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 37 Edition)

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

And whether you are personally concerned about issues of privacy (perhaps because you believe you have nothing to hide ), you should be concerned about the ability of even the most sophisticated technology company to keep the data collected about you secure. Data breaches happen with alarming frequency. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

EdTech

EdTech Software Facebook Data

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 37 Edition)

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

And whether you are personally concerned about issues of privacy (perhaps because you believe you have nothing to hide ), you should be concerned about the ability of even the most sophisticated technology company to keep the data collected about you secure. Data breaches happen with alarming frequency. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

EdTech

EdTech Software Facebook Data

The Business of Education Technology

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

I maintain a dataset of all education technology investments and all education technology investors. Glaring in its absence from this list: “personalization,” one of the most trumpeted technology “solutions” this year. (I’ll The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is no exception.

Technology

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For two states, the digital transition requires an overhaul of the process

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 17, 2018

Refocusing classrooms around up-and-coming digital materials requires more than just adding a new tech-based product or two as many processes for reviewing and purchasing instructional materials are still built around print textbooks. And we also were not looking at bringing in technology in any type of meaningful way.”

Instructional Materials

Instructional Materials Case Study Policies OER

Navigating the Shift to OER

edWeb.net

MARCH 19, 2019

Their support for the new initiative meant that leadership could investigate methods beyond the traditional classroom. He holds six degrees from the University of Idaho in Spanish, broadcast journalism, curriculum, technology, administration and holds a doctorate of philosophy in educational leadership. Join the Community.

OER

OER Instructional Materials Policies Broadband

Using Makerspaces to Support Personalized Learning

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

But many times tech is only integrated at specific points in the classroom or with a specific tool as determined by the teacher. In the edWebinar “ Students Leverage Technology Tools and Makerspaces to Personalize Learning,” Grace Borst, Innovation Specialist at St. Technology is so pervasive in students’ day to day lives.

Personalized Learning

Personalized Learning Learning OER Broadband

Guide to Quality Instructional Resources Focuses on the Process, not the Purchase

edWeb.net

AUGUST 7, 2018

State leaders need to make sure they are giving educators the tools they need to select the best materials for the classroom. While Oregon does not specify any percentage of digital components in the materials, most schools have now incorporated digital resources into their classrooms. Flexibility in adoption options.

Instructional Materials

Instructional Materials Resources OER Policies

Early Literacy in the U.S.: Building a Pathway to Opportunity for All

Graphite Blog

MARCH 25, 2016

This piece was co-authored by Lisa Guernsey , director of the Early Education Initiative and the Learning Technologies Project in the Education Policy Program at New America and Michael H. Educators are well aware of the challenges students face in keeping up with the homework and "blended learning" demands of today's classroom.

Broadband

Broadband Digital Citizenship Industry Libraries

Early Literacy in the U.S.: Building a Pathway to Opportunity for All

Graphite Blog

MARCH 25, 2016

This piece was co-authored by Lisa Guernsey , director of the Early Education Initiative and the Learning Technologies Project in the Education Policy Program at New America and Michael H. Educators are well aware of the challenges students face in keeping up with the homework and "blended learning" demands of today's classroom.

Broadband

Broadband Digital Citizenship Industry Libraries

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Ensuring Access and Opportunity; Supporting At Home Connectivity

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 37 Edition)

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For two states, the digital transition requires an overhaul of the process

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Using Makerspaces to Support Personalized Learning

Guide to Quality Instructional Resources Focuses on the Process, not the Purchase

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Early Literacy in the U.S.: Building a Pathway to Opportunity for All

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