Many students lack access to internet or technology devices at home, which can negatively affect achievement. In this blog post, REL Northwest explores how educators can better understand these digital equity gaps to inform initiatives, monitor progress, and close the digital divide.
What core questions should district leaders ask as they consider using technology to improve student outcomes? The Leveraging Technology framework outlines three critical phases of technology integration and two key considerations.
Adventures Aboard S.S.GRIN, a game-based learning program, is designed to improve students' social and emotional skills and peer relationships. On average, the game benefited all students across a variety of measures, demonstrating that the program is an appropriate resource for all learners.
Join WestEd’s Tracy Huebner at the upcoming annual conference of the International Society for Technology in Education. Huebner’s session will explore how technology-enabled instruction can be used to improve teaching and learning.
Collecting and integrating data across sectors is crucial for effective policy, but state rules, privacy concerns, and required knowledge make it challenging. The Data Integration Support Center at WestEd helps public agencies address those challenges and support data integration efforts.
Students spend significant time online but often need support engaging meaningfully with the content they see. The Digital Literacy Accelerator project aimed to surface innovative edtech strategies to support students in evaluating and battling misinformation and promoting civil discourse online.
Adult education focusing on numeracy is a complex field for learners and educators. Based on an initial scan of the field, this brief presents findings that can be used to strengthen the research base and inform a new approach to adult numeracy education.
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