Digital Promise

APRIL 23, 2019

Recently, I attended the 2019 Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in Portland, Oregon, hosted by NTEN , to catch up on the newest trends in educational technology (edtech) and learn about cutting-edge tools that may be integrated to boost adult learning and workforce development initiatives at Digital Promise.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 22, 2024

Schools house sensitive data, including students’ personal identifiable information. People see education as an area where you may not need heavy security, but the truth is quite the opposite. On top of that, IT departments are often small teams wearing multiple hats.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 13, 2023

This creates tension when I guide educators in exploring alternative instructional models that use technology strategically. These technology-enhanced instructional models require more from students in terms of self-regulation and self-directed learning. They also necessitate that teachers trust their students.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 25, 2024

Technology enables it to differentiate authentically for the diverse group of learners that walk across your threshold. Until the day of, the technology that is its foundation fails. All that matters is an effort to use technology to add rigor and excitement to a tired lesson plan fails, leaving the teacher more technophobic than ever.

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ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

There are many benefits of technology in the classroom, so we’ve picked five of the most significant for this handy list. Read on for the top 5 advantages to technology in the classroom or visit our education solutions page for more insights on EdTech. Benefit #1: Makes Students More Engaged and Helps Them Retain Information.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Each page in their app not only requires citations of sources of information and contextual links, but I require AI feedback citations giving any chats with AI tools that gave them feedback or ideas for a page. That said, I make sure that valid sources of information underlie any content and assertions. AI can have flawed information.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2022

The best Instructional Technology Coaches are partners, culture leaders, encouragers, and easy to work with, says Dr. Katie Ritter. She covers ten essential points for being a successful education technology coach based on her research and her personal coaching of instructional technology coaches and teachers.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 2, 2023

The Role of Assistive Technology in Promoting Inclusive Education Persons with disabilities may struggle with coordination problems, short attention spans, and limited mobility, which may or may not be obvious. These symptoms can make it challenging for them to read, write, understand information, and communicate. Let’s find out below.

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2024

It turns out many students don’t inform their colleges of their disability and that has led to a support gap.The truth is, too many college and university students with disabilities decide to forgo a request for the accommodations that they may need to be successful.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

In today’s heavily technologized world, pedagogy and technology go hand in hand. The Covid-19 pandemic has urged educators worldwide to embrace technology as many of their classes shifted to a fully remote or hybrid environment. However, technology alone can’t make up for a lack of teaching experience or formal preparation.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 17, 2021

Oscar Rico describes his first days as technology director at Canutillo Independent School District in El Paso, Texas, as an effort to “swim an ocean” of information. He had experience as a biology teacher, high school administrator and middle school principal, but none in technology. In some ways, the…

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ViewSonic Education

JUNE 1, 2022

While color blindness has long been a major challenge to color management, the latest monitor technology provides extended controls over this workflow, making it more user-friendly than ever. Read on to find out more about color management, color blindness, and relevant monitor technology, or explore Viewsonic solutions for creative work. .

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 28, 2022

“In the school districts, we want to do all of these great things, but we also have to teach kids how to read,” said Bill Bass, the innovation coordinator for instructional technology, information, library media and federal programs in the Parkway School District in St. That’s our mission. I don’t want to be an expert in everything.

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ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Interactive whiteboards are a technological leap similar to the leap to the first blackboard, and is set to revolutionize education. A new era of teaching that integrates multiple media and information sources has begun. Never before have there been so many different technologies at our disposal for educating.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 18, 2019

SmartBrief has a free EdTech newsletter that will keep you informed. The SmartBrief on EdTech newsletter provides a daily snapshot of education technology insights. Their editors read thousands of articles each day and condense the best into just a 2-minute read. They use leading sources such as EdTech Magazine, T.H.E.

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EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 1, 2021

By Robert Iskander It is hard to overstate the gravity of personally identifiable information as it relates to any and all student and minor populations. By definition, personally identifiable information (PII) is a clear and present danger to every school and every district.

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EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

To an educator, these are opportunities for cognitive growth for their students and to assist them on their journey to being informed citizens. The post Facilitating the Journey to Informed Citizenry first appeared on EdNews Daily. Many of our citizens might even say we are in crisis.

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ViewSonic Education

OCTOBER 17, 2023

In our recent article Best Practices for More Inclusive Meetings , explored why it’s important to foster inclusivity in your meetings and how technology plays a role. The post Transform Your Meetings: 3 Ways to Drive Inclusivity with ViewBoard Technology appeared first on ViewSonic Library.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 17, 2023

In today’s rapidly evolving educational landscape, the integration of technology in the classroom is not just a luxury but a necessity. However, understanding how to effectively integrate technology can be a challenge. First, I explored what technology integration really means. What is Technology Integration?

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ViewSonic Education

JUNE 28, 2022

Good news is technology can help develop these skills, bringing faster and robust results. Keep reading to learn more about the CASEL 5 competencies and technology’s role in developing them or discover ViewSonic Education Solutions. . The Role of Technology in Building CASEL Competencies .

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EdTech4Beginners

AUGUST 8, 2023

Verify and confirm through an affidavit that the information provided is true and complete. Enrich Your Teaching Career With Technology Integration Education technology is an integral part of the modern educator’s working life. How can educators make education technology part of their interaction with students?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 21, 2021

We know technology is a challenge for veteran teachers. What is surprising is that many teacher programs don’t prepare their graduates well for the rigors of using technology to meet current educational requirements. Moreover, the general use of technology has changed. And here lies the problem.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

6 Assistive Technologies That Can Help Students Reach Their Full Potential. As the number of these students continues to grow, teachers and educators are increasingly turning to assistive technologies to help students across all ranges of ability learn more effectively and reach their full potential. . eli.zimmerman_9856.

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EdTech4Beginners

APRIL 24, 2023

Nowadays, technology is ubiquitous in people’s lives, including K-12 education. Despite the technology’s undeniable benefits, teachers and school leaders must take into account the downsides of technology before incorporating it into the classroom. How does technology help promote student engagement and learning?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2021

That research paper was the beginning of my relationship with what most educators know as “trauma-informed practices,” a term used for acknowledging the widespread effects of trauma, and started me on my journey of advocating for Native youth through education.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

The first step in building open communication lines is ensuring that all stakeholders have a clear understanding of the coaching and mentorship initiatives, both formal and informal, available to teachers in the school. School leaders and coaches should collaborate to compile information related to each coaching role.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 14, 2022

From informal hammock gardens to high-tech tents, outdoor learning spaces have become markedly more popular over the past few years because of the pandemic. Educators say these spaces give students a chance to breathe fresh air, experience a change of scenery and, most importantly, gain opportunities for increased learning engagement.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 22, 2014

Thankfully technology came to the rescue and I wised up by saving it on my computer. Now don''t get me wrong, this service is great, but like anything in life it is not full-proof or the preferred way to receive the information. In my opinion the "Information Age" demands this now. Talk about throwing a wrench into the system.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 11, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has illustrated the importance of instructional technology, and instructional technology coaching is key to assisting teachers with powerful uses of technology. These efforts were largely informal, though, as the Puerto Rico Department of Education does not have a formalized coaching structure in place.

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eSchool News

MARCH 26, 2024

By prioritizing critical components like best-of-breed communication technology, school leaders can ensure their integrated safety plan will help minimize emergencies and significantly contribute to the academic growth and wellbeing of students and staff. Introducing a routine maintenance schedule is one of the simplest ways to get this done.

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User Generated Education

MARCH 28, 2021

I found information about how to do it at the Makey Makey blog post entitled, Scratch Coding Literacy Project Ideas for Makey Makey micro:bit Inventions. This project was developed by Colleen Graves. She designed it to be used with Scratch programming and the micro:bit micro-controller.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

But is all that money well spent on learning products with proven efficacy in the classroom, or are those billions going toward technology for technology’s sake? Determining Efficacy Finally, the product team needs to establish a system for validating learning science-informed features.

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User Generated Education

MAY 22, 2022

This blog post provides some background information as well as presents a few student examples. ISTE (Technology) Standards for Students. For the stop motion animations, both English Language Arts Common Core and ISTE Standards were addressed. Standards Addressed. English Language Arts Common Core Standards. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.3

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Digital Promise

JUNE 23, 2021

Kudos to district leaders for guiding their school districts through the ins and out of technology integration and remote learning for more than a year. School communities have learned a lot about both the amazing capabilities and the dire failures that embedded technology in the learning process can bring.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 6, 2019

“All learners should have equitable access to powerful, research-based education technology. However, when edtech products are not designed or developed with diverse learners in mind, technology can accelerate and deepen existing inequalities in our education system. ” – Karen Cator, CEO, Digital Promise.

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ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 4, 2022

Accessibility is taking center stage in user experience and user interface design so that people with color blindness can access the same information as those without. Thankfully the rise of digital experiences has been mirrored by an increase in technological solutions for people with color blindness, which is what we dive into below.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 29, 2019

When used effectively, technology can greatly contribute to creating equity in schools. However, we can only realize these equity-centered benefits when we use technology in innovative and powerful ways. However, we can only realize these equity-centered benefits when we use technology in innovative and powerful ways.

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