Adventures In Accessibility
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to lead a 90-minute workshop on Digital Equity at the CAST’s Annual Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Symposium. In preparation for the…
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Five Opportunities to Tackle Digital Equity at the Start of the School Year!
When the Beaverton, Oregon School District first rolled out their 1-to-1 program in 2014, they did not realize that the technology could inadvertently disadvantage some of their most vulnerable students.…
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Digital Equity isn’t just about Equal Access to Technology
Rather it’s a critical component for creating equitable access to learning for ALL students. Over the past decade, Albemarle County Public Schools has used Digital Equity as the foundation for…
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Chocolate Cookies, Pizza & Screen Time
The other night, we had pizza and wings for dinner. The night before, my husband and I each ate six, fresh-baked, chocolate chip cookies. Not fresh-baked in that we actually…
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1:1 Program Designed to Create Equitable Learning
Each year, CoSN’s Withrow CTO Award recognizes the extraordinary contributions of district Chief Technology Officers whose leadership has helped to transform their system. This year’s recipient, Phil Hintz from Gurnee…
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CoSN Applauds New Digital Equity Bill Introduced in the Senate
Keith Krueger, CEO of CoSN, issued the following statement on today’s introduction of the Digital Equity Act of 2019 in the U.S. Senate: “This new digital equity bill constitutes a…
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How Vancouver Public Schools Designed their 1:1 Program with Equity in MInd
Three years ago, CoSN created the Community Leadership Award for Digital Equity to encourage, promote, and honor districts working to reduce inequities resulting from the Digital Divide. As an organization,…
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New Bill Stands Up for Digital Equity in America’s School Districts
Keith Krueger, CEO of CoSN (the Consortium for School Networking), today issued the following statement on the bipartisan bill introduced this week by U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) and U.S.…
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Report Reveals Surprising Data About Mobile Broadband Usage in Schools
A recent Mobile Beacon report analyzing mobile broadband usage by non-profit organizations, including schools, finds that schools utilizing Mobile Beacon’s 4G LTE internet service indicate that the ability to supplement…
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Tips for School Leaders in a Post-Net Neutrality World
On December 14, 2017, the FCC voted to rescind the fairly young Net Neutrality protections put into place two years ago. The purpose of these rules was to prevent Internet Service…
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