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Closing the Digital Divide with an Emphasis on Learning

A Principal's Reflections

Sponsored post Bridging the digital divide is a monumental task. Verizon is not only working to increase access to close the digital divide, but they are also providing critical support to improve learning. There are also learning outcomes aligned to Common Core, ISTE, and Next Generation Science Standards.

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What Parents Need To Know About the Common Core (technology tips included)

Saving Socrates

What Parents Need to Know About the Common Core and How They Can Help Their Children The Common Core is an attempt to nationalize the curriculum creating common core standards in grades K-12. assessments Common Core computers content critical thinking knowledge NON-FICTION PARCC parents skills vocabulary'

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Khan Academy: Friend or Foe?

A Principal's Reflections

The Khan Academy site now contains over 3000 videos mapped to the Common Core and associated assessments that allow learners to practice and reinforce skills acquired through the videos. As the site increased in popularity it caught the eye of Bill Gates and Google with an end result being over 4 million in funding. And they do.

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Ready or not, a new era of homeschooling has begun

The Hechinger Report

In the meantime, remote workers who are parents are fretting over how they’ll have time to oversee lessons and keep their children on top of Common Core math. A list of homeschooling activities organized by teacher Jamie Matus (Photo by Jamie Matus). Working parents wonder how they’ll arrange childcare so they don’t lose their jobs.

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Which Remote Learning Tools Will Teachers Bring Back In Person?

Graphite Blog

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.

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How Much Screen Time Is Too Much for Kids?

Edsurge

The digital divide between rich and poor students isn’t what it used to be. As more devices find their way into homes, screen time across the socioeconomic spectrum is growing. But some more affluent parents are starting to pull back, setting stricter limits on device use both in and out of the classroom.

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A guest post from AASL’s Banned Websites Awareness Day Committee

NeverEndingSearch

Permissive website access at school allows students who don’t have home Internet access to find essential resources for their personal and educational development, narrowing the digital divide that these students already may be experiencing. Linked to the Common Core Standards for high school.

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