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How Education Leaders Can Build Capacity for Digital Teaching and Learning
03/17/2021
Topics: Advocacy and funding
As the rate of COVID-19 vaccinations accelerate, increasing numbers of students are returning…
Speak Up About Racial Microaggressions in Schools
02/11/2021
Topics: Inclusion
Cheyenne Batista, a former classroom educator and school founder, was about to get into a taxi in New York’s swanky Upper East Side in the fall of 2020 when the insult occurred. A woman exiting a taxi that…
4 Best Practices for States to Ensure Digital Readiness for Educators
02/02/2021
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Due to the rapid transition to online and blended instruction in response to COVID-19, schools and districts have faced unprecedented challenges that continue into the new year. At the same time, there is also…
Use Research-Based Approaches to Choose Edtech Apps
11/12/2021
Topics: Learning sciences
Evaluating and choosing educational applications for school learning has often been compared to the wild, wild West. Yet, selecting the “just right” app for teaching and learning to meet learning targets is…
What the 2020 General Election Results Mean for Edtech
11/12/2020
Topics: Advocacy and funding
The 2020 campaigns leading up to Election Day 2020 have been contentious, and the issue of how to ensure safe and effective student learning during the ongoing pandemic has been a flashpoint. By and large,…
3 Ways to Ensure IT and Edtech Plans Promote Learning
10/21/2020
Topics: IT infrastructure
If there is a silver lining surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s that the national spotlight is shining brightly on equitable access to effective use of technology in schools. But in order to keep…
5 Reasons Why It Is More Important Than Ever to Teach Creativity
10/05/2021
Topics: Creativity
On the laundry list of skills and content areas teachers have to cover, creativity doesn’t traditionally get top billing. It’s usually lumped together with other soft skills like communication and collaboration…
Education Leaders: Get Federal Funding for Your District!
01/03/2021
Topics: Funding, Online learning
As school building closures extend into 2021, states and districts continue to leverage online and blended learning models to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to do so effectively, strategic…
COVID-19: Support urgent federal funding for effective edtech use
05/19/2020
Topics: coronavirus, COVID-19, Online learning
With school closures likely to extend into the 2020-21 school year, educator readiness remains a large…
Interview: How Wyoming is reimagining edtech professional learning
02/27/2020
Topics: Advocacy and funding, ISTE Certification, professional learning
State leaders, including Wyoming’s State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jillian Balow, are learning that access to technology alone doesn’t guarantee improved pedagogy. Access must be matched by efforts…