Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Moreover, issues like digital dividewhere not all students have equal access to technologyraise concerns about equity in education. Another concern is the varying levels of access to technology. This can result in some students falling behind due to circumstances beyond their control.

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Its about building understanding through firsthand experiences, not just textbooks. Its about opening doors, sharing stories, and giving our students access to the kind of real-world advice that can shape their futures. The sense of community at Elmwood is something you feel the moment you walk through the doors.

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Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

The case reveals insights about a question relevant to a marathon course or an academic course: How can the integrity of results be ensured when there is easy access to technology that can be used to cheat? In other words, regardless of students access to AI tools, cheating has been and continues to be endemic. Come back for more.

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

That vision became AEF Schools , a place designed for students who needed something differenta structured, supportive environment where learning goes beyond textbooks and tests. At the heart of AEFs teaching methods is the belief that learning should be engaging and accessible.

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Edsurge

JULY 2, 2025

Librarians have been on the forefront of efforts to protect access to books in school libraries, and experts from two library organizations recently released their analysis on the state of book bans. While book bans have also proven to be “deeply unpopular,” Wood Forrest says, they still pose a threat to libraries and information access.

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k12

JUNE 10, 2025

In addition, I have access to many different course levels that might not be available otherwise. Next to my desk, I have a black multi-drawer organizer that holds my textbooks, notebooks, papers, and folders for school. For starters, my online school allows me to have flexibility in my class and assignment schedule.

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Edtech IRL

JULY 16, 2025

It’s literally a textbook example of a AitM (Adversary in the Middle) attack. If you realize what you’ve done at this point, even if you change your password, the attacker still has the session cookie and access to your account. It definitely doesn’t hurt to deny-list *.nauportal[.]com nauportal[.]com The worst part?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Textbooks play a central role in discussions around higher ed affordability , and publishers have long been cast as the villain, pulling in high profits as textbook prices rise. These days some publishers are trying a new sales model they say will save students money: textbook subscription services. higher education product.

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Edsurge

JULY 11, 2024

There’s a new battle raging in the long-running war over costly college textbooks , one that may strike a serious blow to the textbook subscription programs promoted by publishers and criticized by student advocates. Such a shift would not necessarily doom “inclusive access” programs, both supporters and detractors say.

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2020

Student complaints about the digital textbook and courseware bundles now assigned in many college classes have escalated into a new batch of legal challenges. Through these deals, colleges become digital book brokers , selling students access codes for packaged digital texts and online homework systems created by commercial publishers.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2020

Complaints about the textbook subscription deals that colleges are signing with large publishers and retailers landed in federal court last week when a group of off-campus bookstores filed a class-action lawsuit alleging the practice amounts to creating an illegal monopoly. At the heart of the case are so-called “inclusive access” programs.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

Accessibility is a “critical key” when it comes to leveraging technology for all students — including those with disabilities, according to a new toolkit offering accessibility resources and tips for state and district education leaders.

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Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2020

Among contemporary education critics, the textbook is a classic and perennial foil—perhaps because its very construction is essentially a compromise between experts and politicians, groups with sometimes competing agendas. Yet despite these limitations, textbooks are still the most popular way to teach and learn history.

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Edsurge

JULY 28, 2020

Two decades ago, people purchased physical DVDs and CDs of their favorite films and albums, but today, fans increasingly use digital subscription services, like Netflix and Spotify, to access that material. The college textbook publishing industry is trying to move in a similar direction. And so this sort of equalizes that out.”

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2021

Will I really need to buy textbooks for these classes? Some institutions are removing the burden by providing free textbooks to their entire undergraduate student body?and The best way was to make sure they have the tools and resources they need to succeed at Muskingum, and textbooks are a big part of class delivery.”

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Millie González and her colleagues aren’t here to argue about whether open educational resources are on par with traditional textbooks?she Like: What would happen if students had access to a catalog of free and?this culturally relevant textbooks? she says research has borne that out. this is important here? González says.

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Edsurge

APRIL 19, 2022

High textbook costs continue to prove a barrier to college for some students, with some studies showing that many students skip textbook purchases even if they worry it’ll harm their grades because of the price tag. It has created a market dynamic where some educators prefer to pay for what they view as a superior learning experience.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

I highlighted some of the affordances available online that can help students to manipulate digital information to make it more accessible. Traditional textbooks or workbooks provide limited means of interacting with information. In this post, I want to explore the third, and final, UDL principle of action and expression.

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eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2021

These CTE and elective courses add to the 150+ courses already available in the EdisonLearning library and expand schools’ access to well-rounded content to support students’ college, career, civic and life readiness. The courses feature project-based learning, engaging video content, a variety of assessments, and interactive activities.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The crisis also revealed that access to devices and the internet remained uneven in many places. Taking on Textbooks Like its peers in the digital curriculum market, Newsela has its sights set on beating textbooks; in fact, the press release devotes a paragraph pointing out their shortcomings. That traction is paying off.

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Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2022

The transition to digital has been tough to crack for traditional textbook publishers. The textbook publisher had announced the sale back in February. Fragmented and Competitive The textbook world is much more fragmented and competitive than it was in the mid 2000s, according to experts.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 23, 2020

Even if teachers cannot require that students attend a live meeting due to concerns around access, connectivity, and availability, these sessions can be recorded and posted on class websites, Google Classroom, or a learning management system. These online sessions are an excellent way to continue teaching and connecting with learners.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2022

The programs, supported by General Motors (GM) and Schmidt Futures, a philanthropic initiative of Eric and Wendy Schmidt, are focused on leveraging AI to make complex visuals, graphs, and equations in science and math educational materials accessible to people with dyslexia, vision loss, and other reading barriers. Making Graphs Accessible.

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eSchool News

APRIL 6, 2021

When planning this initiative, Keysight sought to strengthen equity of access in education with modern digital resources. million educators and 45 million students worldwide, and its resources are accessed in over 140 countries and territories. Discovery Education currently serves approximately 4.5

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Edsurge

MAY 11, 2021

We needed a solution that would simplify access for our students and staff. The result of this combined effort is an impressive graduation rate of 91 percent, despite the fact that 76 percent of the district’s 16,484 students qualify for free and reduced lunch and textbooks. What does access look like now?

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eSchool News

MAY 24, 2022

It shouldn’t rely on home internet access, a community hotspot or a ride to the library. It shouldn’t be exclusive to kids who attend schools stocked with new textbooks and state-of-the-art laboratories. Technology brings the opportunity for students to access the same plethora of information, regardless of location or status.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2024

Lessonbee , Mount Vernon, NY Lessonbee facilitates equitable student access to standards-aligned health education and provides teachers with tools and resources to help drive health equity in schools. Perlego , London, UK Perlego is an online subscription for more than one million academic textbooks. Oblio, Inc. Quizard AI, Inc.

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eSchool News

MAY 31, 2024

VR allows educators to move past pages in a textbook to create totally immersive experiences that stimulate and inspire students. Equity of access is often one of the biggest problems when discussing advantages and disadvantages of AR and VR. What is the main problem with VR and AR?

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2020

So Hardy and a colleague decided to create their own lab manual—and make it open access. After all, a free or inexpensive alternative to a pricey commercial textbook can make a big difference for students at institutions like Salt Lake Community College, who are “mostly not affluent,” Hardy says. “It was not good at all,” Hardy says.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 14, 2016

The need for digital learning content in classrooms is nothing new, but teachers, parents, and students are becoming more vocal in their desire to provide or have access to such materials outside of the school day or school year. The top five devices used at least weekly in the classroom are: Laptops (56 percent). Desktops (54 percent).

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 17, 2018

A majority of school principals say instruction in their classrooms regularly includes digital games, online textbooks, and online videos, animations and simulations. Here are 10 examples of equity resources and efforts to address equity in action: 1.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

A coalition of industry partners joining forces with Discovery Education to create a culture of STEM education in K-12 schools nationwide, the STEM Careers Coalition empowers educators to teach STEM effectively in the classroom, fosters equity and access to quality education, and is building the next generation of solution-seekers.

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eSchool News

APRIL 11, 2023

Companies like Chegg have become multi-billion dollar platforms , which is mainly attributable to students seeking on-demand access to textbook and exam answers. The cheating-related concerns are warranted, but many appear to overlook a key point: students opting to cheat on homework, essays, or exams is not a new phenomenon.

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2020

Open educational resources have gone global and may help make learning more accessible, equitable and inclusive around the world. For example, students in Egypt generally lack access to high-quality textbooks, and those that are available are usually expensive and written in English, not Arabic.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Students, in turn, have benefited from increased access to information, personalized learning experiences, and opportunities for collaboration. Looking at K-12 tech innovation news, perhaps the biggest positive impact of technology on education is that of equity of access.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Georgia’s Liberty County School System to outfit its school bus fleet with wi-fi in an effort to extend the school day — the first school district in Georgia to provide students free internet access through mobile wi-fi units. to 11:30 p.m.

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eSchool News

JUNE 14, 2023

Key points: AI can provide new opportunities and allow us to see things differently AI tools can help create learner profiles to give educators a more accurate impression of students Learning now is so much more than making notes from a textbook and critiquing other people’s ideas. In many ways, AI is an extension of ourselves.

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