Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 9, 2024

I didn’t think PDF annotation grading tools would work, not even a little but, so when my colleague, George, introduced them in his online history class, I watched amazed at how seamlessly George could highlight key points, strike through errors, and add personalized feedback on student assignments. x Interested?

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Assignments Grades Feedback Evaluation 167

eSchool News

AUGUST 10, 2016

For Darriale, sitting in the parking lot was the only way she could do her online homework since she didn’t have a home internet connection. No child should have to go to such lengths just to do homework, and every child should have easy and affordable access to the Internet and the opportunity that access brings.

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Internet Accessibility Assignments Achievement 187

eSchool News

JULY 3, 2020

Before COVID-19, home internet access for all students was a goal—one that some districts even thought they had achieved. David Miyashiro, superintendent of the Cajon Valley School District (CA), called the false positives of 100 percent home internet access.

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Distance Learning Internet Assignments Achievement 342

Edsurge

JULY 19, 2024

His ambitions to learn were thwarted because his teacher had assigned handouts and a three-week-long lesson plan that relied on a website that wasn’t easy for him to navigate. They have to learn just like other students, but they can also have to deal with assignments they can’t access and other digital hurdles.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 7, 2024

Although some gains in high school students’ technological device and internet access have occurred since ACT first investigated the digital divide in 2018, device and internet access of students with lower family incomes is lagging that of students with higher family incomes,” said Jeff Schiel, Ph.D,

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Internet Students Accessibility Study 305

eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2025

The 16- to 18-year-old students queried are participants in this years MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge (M3 Challenge), an annual internet-based, intensive math modeling contest organized by SIAM. The survey polled 1,500 11th and 12th grade students from across the U.S. How can AI help reduce math anxiety?

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Math Participation Feedback High School 257

Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2020

With no guaranteed end in sight, we need Congress to take swift and decisive action to empower the federal E-rate funding program to support off-campus learning devices and connectivity, delivered via secure internet access. Along with the rest of society, K-12 students are facing a new challenge. This is not right.

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Accessibility Internet Learning Students 216

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Proposed legislation would ensure students have access to digital learning resources, internet outside of school. New legislation introduced in Congress would support “innovative strategies and methods to increase out-of-school access to digital learning resources” in an effort to boost both student and educator engagement.

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Internet Assignments Achievement Study 279

Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2020

Colleges have long had offices designed to support students who have learning disabilities and to encourage broader accessibility in the classroom and beyond. On the latest installment of our monthly online discussion forum, EdSurge Live , we explored accessibility in this unusual era of emergency remote teaching.

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Accessibility Disabilities Universal Design Syllabus 218

eSchool News

MAY 24, 2022

It shouldn’t rely on home internet access, a community hotspot or a ride to the library. Technology brings the opportunity for students to access the same plethora of information, regardless of location or status. Districts that had yet to assign devices to each student rushed to make that happen when remote learning began.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Efforts to bring high-speed internet to all classrooms in the country have been bolstered by advocacy groups and by President Obama’s ConnectEd initiative , but one critical area lags behind: the so-called “homework gap” caused by students’ lack of home internet access.

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Internet Assignments Accessibility Schools 272

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

auditory processing, attention deficit, lack of background knowledge or vocabulary, absences), teachers record video instruction and assign those videos for homework. The benefit of assigning video instruction for homework is that students can control the time, place, and pace of the learning experience when they watch the video at home.

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Blended Learning Students Assignments Lecturing 465

eSchool News

MAY 27, 2019

For me, students’ access to tech at school wasn’t the issue. Because the majority of my students lacked internet access at home, I never assigned homework that required technology. However, I knew that things were a lot different once students left my classroom.

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Assignments Internet Middle School Middle School 279

eSchool News

OCTOBER 12, 2016

1) High-speed internet access at home as well as school. At school, students have access to high-speed internet service. As a growing number of assignments require internet access, this phenomenon has become known as the “homework gap.”

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Mobile Devices Internet Elementary School Elementary School 278

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 30, 2020

1 Use the StudySync Access Prior Knowledge Activities to Facilitate Online Discussions. Teachers using StudySync can use the Access Prior Knowledge Activities in the First Read Lessons to engage students in asynchronous online discussions using Google Classroom or a learning management system, like Schoology. StudySyncVocab.

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Collaborative Research Students Knowledge Assignments 370

eSchool News

JUNE 28, 2024

It takes only seconds to plug a writing prompt into a generative AI tool and receive a completed assignment. The bottom line: When students are confident in their writing skills, they will be less tempted to run directly to AI to generate a writing assignment. It’s important to make the writing process less intimidating.

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Writing Essay Plagiarism Assignments 328

eSchool News

JUNE 29, 2020

struggled to find existing or reliable internet connections, many didn’t have access to appropriate devices to complete online assignments, others waited for weeks until schools managed to organize device-lending programs, while still others had to share devices with siblings and, sometimes, parents who also had to work from home.

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Internet Assignments Study Accessibility 275

Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2020

It has disabled our education system, creating challenges to educational access, barriers to student academic progress and strains on teachers’ and students’ physical and emotional well-being. Simultaneously, educators needed to identify what content students needed, how to organize it and how to help students access it.

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Accessibility Distance Learning Learning Students 218

EdTech Magazine

JUNE 1, 2018

Schools Need Robust Networks to Support Internet of Things. Recognizing the value of smart and connected classrooms, most school districts are experimenting with the Internet of Things or plan to do so in the near future. Those deploying new wireless access points should select 802.11ac Wave 2 technology for high performance.

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Internet Schools Intelligence Communication 166

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

As internet connectivity becomes a necessity for schools and students, there is a new call for the government to make school bus wi-fi eligible for federal E-rate funding. School bus wi-fi also is viewed as a way to close the persistent homework gap that occurs when students have internet access during school, but lack it at home.

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Internet Schools Assignments Communication 279

Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2019

On the production side, other pedagogies cropped up, as teachers can now assign video assignments that turn students into the creators, letting them find their voices and learn technical skills that could apply to jobs. Video also has greater “bandwidth” for communication, than text discussion forums, adding images to audio.

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Assignments Teaching Learning Lecturing 166

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Thanks to E-rate, as well as other state and local policy efforts, the education community has largely achieved the original 1997 goal of connecting every classroom to the internet. Digital equity increasingly requires that all students have broadband access when they leave the school campus, especially at home.

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Internet Accessibility Assignments Achievement 279

eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2024

In 2023, the internet is likely near the top of those concerns. However, they may still need to remotely access school websites or learning modules for homework, group assignments, or to check their grades. Ransomware: The use of malicious software to block access to computer or data systems.

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Internet Schools Accessibility Assignments 295

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 11, 2019

Classically, the transfer of information has occurred in class via lecture and practice has been assigned for homework. Teachers are concerned about: Sending video content home with students who may not have access to the internet or a device. Adding to the time students already spend staring at a screen. Flipping in Class.

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Multiple Choice Questions Lecturing Blended Learning Evaluation 420

eSchool News

JANUARY 8, 2019

Wi-fi access on school buses doesn’t just help the students who ride the buses–it brings wi-fi access to surrounding communities and neighborhoods through designated Homework Zones. Bring wi-fi to the buses. Focus on closing the Homework Gap.

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Internet Assignments Accessibility Achievement 276

Edsurge

JULY 27, 2023

That has sparked a burst of activity by teachers at schools and colleges to change their assignments to make them harder to game with this new tech — and hopefully more human in the process. For instance, on a recent assignment, some of the homework that came in didn’t sound like typical student work he was used to.

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Assignments Instructors Writing History 148

eSchool News

MARCH 30, 2020

These changes are even more profound when you work in an under-resourced community where many students rely on school lunches for their meals, and where many families do not have reliable internet access at home. This requires a blended approach to account for families in our community without access to technology in their homes.

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Internet Assignments Testing Student Engagement 288

eSchool News

MAY 1, 2024

The power of connectivity Verizon’s commitment to education extends beyond providing network access. Learning management systems (LMS) that facilitate online content delivery, assignments, and grading. Mobile apps that enhance communication, collaboration, and access to educational resources.

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Internet Critical Thinking Quizzes Teaching Methods 310

eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2024

These AI tools help students fine-tune their essays before they connect with a live tutor or before they submit their assignments to teachers. Educators who use the Chrome extension Brisk are using AI to ensure information is accessible to all learners. The company is fully committed to using AI for good.

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Feedback Essay Writing Learning Styles 334

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

Vote ensures internet remains open, equally accessible through net neutrality policy. The vote regulates internet service providers in the same manner as public utilities, with a stricter set of regulations to make sure all customers receive equal service. Broadband and internet IT Newsletter news sidebar Policy Top News'

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Internet Fairness Assignments Communication 217

eSchool News

OCTOBER 17, 2018

The data is pulled from principals who implemented at 1:1 program where students are assigned a device, and principals with those programs are more likely than other principals to report that technology use is effective in core academic subjects.

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Textbooks Internet Assignments Accessibility 278

eSchool News

JULY 31, 2024

Online learning, for example, requires constant connectivity–should the network go down, students will have no way of accessing learning materials or turning in assignments. Likewise, network outages can block staff from accessing financial and operational systems and learning management applications.

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Technology Schools Failure Internet 286

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Students can study, learn, communicate with teachers and collaborate on class assignments to and from school and extra-curricular excursions. Advanced technology has made internet connectivity in the classroom fundamental to teaching and learning,” said Miami Dade County Superintendent of Schools Alberto M.

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Schools Internet Assignments Communication 268

eSchool News

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Passive learning, on the other hand, means students passively receive information–for example, students might use a Chromebook to take a test or submit assignments in a learning management system. Active learning with technology involves the use of edtech tools and digital resources to discover, analyze, and apply learning.

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Activities Middle School Middle School Critical Thinking 317

eSchool News

APRIL 28, 2015

Novatel Wireless, Kajeet launch pilot project for educational broadband access. Seven in 10 teachers assign homework that requires high-speed internet access, and yet, on average, only 30 percent of students can access the internet at home, according to the Federal Communications Commission.

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Internet Textbooks Assignments Communication 189

eSchool News

JULY 22, 2024

The platform’s customization options enable me to design assignments that cater to each student’s unique learning needs, promoting a more inclusive and effective educational experience. To support them, I used Classkick’s built-in audio tools to record and embed verbal instructions and questions into assignments.

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Special Education Skills Education Feedback 286

eSchool News

JANUARY 24, 2023

But for those without digital skills or access to a computer and an internet connection, it was a very different story. During the pandemic, the term ‘homework gap’ was used to describe children without reliable or any access to the internet and appropriate digital devices and who were unable to complete their assignments.

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Science Education Internet Skills 300