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Alliant Credit Union Foundation Grants $108K to Boost AI and Digital Programs at Ridgewood High School

May 26, 2025 by Kevin Hogan
The Alliant Credit Union Foundation has awarded a $108,000 grant to Digital Leaders Now, the nonprofit that powers the Digital Leaders Academy ... Read more

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month: PepsiCo Foods North America and LNESC Partner to Bridge the Digital Literacy Divide

October 4, 2024 by ESchool News Staff
PLANO, Texas – PepsiCo Foods North America (PFNA) is proud to announce a $150,000 investment to enhance digital literacy training ... Read more
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Importance of Technology in the Classroom

September 26, 2024 by ESchool News
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Key points: Education technology in the classroom is essential for modern education, offering dynamic tools that enhance learning. It enables ... Read more
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How computer science education bridges the digital divide

January 24, 2023 by Christopher Kerr, Computer and Information Science Teacher, Newington High School
Students from underrepresented backgrounds need extra encouragement to try computer science education and reap benefits from computing skills.
Amid the havoc that the pandemic wreaked on our lives, there were important lessons to be learned. It proved that people skilled with technology could navigate and succeed,…
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ISTE, Dept. of ED target digital equity through improved tech proficiency

January 25, 2023July 14, 2022 by Laura Ascione
The EPPs for Digital Equity and Transformation Pledge builds on ISTE’s commitment to help new teachers be successful at a time of rapid change in education
The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) and the U.S. Department of Education have launched an initiative to help new teachers gain the digital skills needed to…
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Bridging the educational divide with tech skilling

December 7, 2022February 11, 2021 by Jacky Wright, Chief Digital Officer, Microsoft US
Digital competencies will be essential for students' future success as workers--here's why tech skilling is critical
Closing the educational divide and the digital skills gap has always been important to technologically-minded educators, but the disruptions of COVID-19 have brought a new urgency. Ensuring all…
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Digital Skills Playlist – a free resource for K-8 students

June 30, 2020May 12, 2020 by ESchool News Staff
Assessing students over time using digital tools also helps save teachers' time, like this little girl on a laptop.
Learning.com is offering the Digital Skills Playlist – a free resource for K-8 students. It consists of grade-specific digital literacy ... Read more
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App of the Week: Google Applied Digital Skills

January 25, 2023June 11, 2018 by Common Sense Education
Ed. note: App of the Week picks are now being curated by the editors of Common Sense Education, which helps educators find ... Read more
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5 examples of personalized learning in action

June 10, 2021February 16, 2017 by Laura Ascione
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As technology becomes more and more ubiquitous in classrooms across the nation, it is easier than ever for students with different learning styles and needs to create personalized…
Edtech Trends

The Friday 4: Your weekly ed-tech rewind

January 25, 2023September 9, 2016 by Laura Devaney, Director of News, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>
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Every Friday, I’ll recap some of the most interesting news and thought-provoking developments from the past week. I can’t fit all of this week's news stories here, though,…
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Hidden Common Core skills students need to learn…and how to learn them

February 4, 2014 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>
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As schools across the country begin to implement Common Core, assessments are asking students to use digital skills that many still need to learn. According to one school…
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Digital badges could help measure 21st-century skills

October 11, 2011October 11, 2011 by By Meris Stansbury, Online Editor
How can schools accurately measure and categorize a student’s 21st-century skills? The MacArthur Foundation hopes to solve this problem with a new competition that calls on participants to…
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4 of 7 public school board members spent beyond budgets

September 1, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports
An Education News Colorado analysis of spending by Denver school board members shows that four of the seven blew their annual $5,000 budgets for the fiscal year ending…

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