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This Student Saw Teachers Lacked a Place to Share Digital Resources. So He Created One.

ED Surge

In his former school district in California, San Ramon Valley Unified School District, Rahul Bir noticed that the schools seemed inundated by technology. Lightning struck: There didn’t seem to be a place where teachers could share educational resources with each other, which might help them sort through it all.

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Quantifying Innovative Practices

A Principal's Reflections

The critical element in this equation was skillfully purposefully employing digital resources while ensuring consistency and continuity in all our old and new practices. We merged quantitative and qualitative measures to validate each innovative idea's reasons, processes, and outcomes in detail.

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Students’ worry: education technology might predict failure before they have a chance to succeed

The Hechinger Report

“At the community college where we teach – as at many community colleges nationwide – where digital resources are scarce and the students and faculty are embedded in working class realities, digital redlining imposes losses that directly limit the futures of our students,” they wrote. Read more about Blended Learning.

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The Power of Video

A Principal's Reflections

This educational tool includes over 1,200 video testimonies of Holocaust and genocide survivors. The program incorporates multimedia activities and digital resources, which allow students to engage in active learning. educational technology IWitness New Milford High School video'

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Students Know What They’re Looking for Online. Are Colleges Delivering What They Want?

ED Surge

Many depend on accessing course resources and lessons seamlessly from online textbooks or other digital resources. After all, about 70 percent of online students work , while in the wider college population, only about 40 percent are employed. Others find it enriching to participate in online chat and polling.

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Challenges and Possible Solutions for Edtech Procurement: Part 1

Digital Promise

Classrooms are evolving as technology influences the way students learn and educators teach. Educational technology (edtech) companies have capitalized on technology’s potential to personalize learning experiences for students, which can result in content that is layered with mechanisms to support the needs of diverse learners.

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OPINION: Online homework tools trade ‘busy work’ for feedback to help end inequities in schools

The Hechinger Report

These programs can only work — and narrow, rather than widen, gaps — if all students have equitable access to digital resources. Youth from low-income homes often lack access to reliable technology and the internet at home. In fact, studies have shown that student-paced learning tools may sometimes exacerbate achievement gaps.