Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Then COVID-19 catapulted education into crisis mode, forcing her and all students and teachers into at-home learning situations across the world. Access to computers and Wi-Fi at home was woefully inadequate. Districts distributed devices and internet providers allowed free connections.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

As librarians, our job is to not only give students and teachers access to resources they need to succeed, but to be their guide when choosing these resources. As times have changed, technology has advanced, and student needs have evolved—so, too, has the role of the librarian. Who is the modern librarian?

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

This way, spaces would change depending on need — a library, a lab or group working environment. Students can use a push code lock to access a locker with outlets, keep their devices inside charging and come back to retrieve them while at sports practices or in between classes.

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Edsurge

JULY 14, 2020

Design a learning space that encourages open wondering, questioning, and inquiry. Know that having access to technology at home might be hard for your students, who might have limited resources. Know that having access to technology at home might be hard for your students, who might have limited resources.

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Edsurge

APRIL 29, 2020

The trends therefore omit disengaged students, or those who don’t have technology access and may be struggling the most. Overall, students wrote powerful reflections on the “new norm,” their experiences of remote learning, and how they are coping. Concerns I have about online learning that I have is that why is this so confusing?

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2018

An entire graduate course at Stanford University explores the principles for designing spaces that support learning. Yet most of our energy has been focused on designing physical learning spaces, even as more teaching and learning shifts online. We can’t meaningfully listen to the deafening roar of the internet.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2019

Since their glory days only a few years ago, MOOCs have been on the receiving end of much critique, and the false promises of democratizing education through simply connecting to the internet have been severely slashed. such as Coursera, EdX, Udacity and FutureLearn.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Almost instantly, nearly 40,000 students and staff each received a single, unique password to use (and remember) for access to almost 3000 different applications and resources. She says it’s the final leg in the “three-legged stool of learning”: devices, infrastructure, and student access.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Protecting Our (Online) Selves With most social interactions increasingly taking place online, instruction on identity theft, cyberbullying and hypersexualization must be directly addressed in these learning spaces. The technology field can be a great equalizer when it comes to accessibility and creating a common language.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 2, 2018

Thomas School near Seattle hopes to encourage students to develop a passion for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) by starting them young and engaging them with cool, new learning spaces featuring robots and 3D virtual reality computers. The independent private school in Medina, Wash., The room is made to be flexible.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

has announced two new education solutions to enhance science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) curriculum, and create more collaborative learning spaces. In partnership with STEM Fuse and Tidebreak, Samsung Electronics America, Inc. withMalala campaign giving away 20k He Named Me Malala DVDs to classrooms.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

AUGUST 27, 2017

Competency-based education and standards-based grading efforts that shift the focus of assessment from seat time to learning mastery. 1:1 computing initiatives (and concurrent Internet bandwidth upgrades) that give students powerful digital learning devices and access to the world’s information, individuals, and organizations.

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Edsurge

MAY 8, 2018

They create classrooms designed to maximize student learning, and do everything from fine-tuning lesson plans and homework assignments to organizing the physical layout of their learning spaces. Collaborating with peers you don’t work with every day is an important way of learning what other schools would want in a product.

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Edsurge

JULY 11, 2017

Carter says sometimes the students do not have internet access in the jail cell, so teachers have to bring in a computer and back up the class information on a desktop hard drive available in the cell. In other places where the internet is available, teachers can work online with the students.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Moreover, technology provides easy access to resources. With online libraries, research databases, and educational platforms, students can explore a wide range of topics and develop their independent learning skills. In sum, technology enriches the educational environment, making learning more effective, engaging, and accessible.

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k12 Online Schools

APRIL 26, 2025

There are several reasons driving this trend : Flexibility: Online schools allow families to adapt learning schedules around personal needs, travel, or extracurricular activities. Personalized Learning: Students can move at their own pace, spending more time on challenging subjects and accelerating through areas where they excel.

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k12 Online Schools

MAY 3, 2025

In that sense, online learning has the potential to be a global cultural exchange. Instead of imposing a single cultural framework, digital classrooms can encourage students to bring their own backgrounds into the learning space. Not all families have equal access to technology, stable internet, or a quiet learning space.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2020

Our group is forming virtual professional learning communities to think about how to transition students and teachers back to public learning spaces after extended social isolation, to leverage the benefits of lifting seat time and testing requirements to bring about lasting legislative change to our flawed structure and to ensure that internet and (..)

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 2, 2018

When Neosho Junior High School teachers and students moved into a sleek, new campus last August, they said goodbye to traditional classrooms and hello to modern learning spaces that encourage mobility, collaboration and new ways of learning. features spacious, glass-walled classrooms that open into common learning areas.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Even with limited resources, school districts can harness the growth of online tools and internet-enabled devices to find more creative solutions to address the substitute-teacher problem. This year, at Lexington High School (LHS) when teachers are absent, an “ELF” now greets students in a collaborative learning space.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2020

The cafeteria no longer was used to eat; rather, meals were individually packaged and delivered to students at their learning spaces. Screening protocols were put in place, including temperature checks and symptom questionnaires, and visitor access to our buildings was restricted. School” has become almost unrecognizable.

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