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Take Action: Make equity, diversity part of advocacy efforts
09/25/2019
Topics: Advocacy
When someone talks about advocacy, what do you think about? You may imagine ISTE members walking the halls of Congress or writing letters to their state legislators, sharing their values. These activities are…
Partnerships net critical resolution that makes edtech a priority
06/17/2019
Topics: Advocacy
California schools are funded at a per-pupil level that currently places them at somewhere between 46th and 49th out of 50 states. This lack of funding is compounded by the fact that the cost of living in most…
ISTE Carefully Watching Congress as Education Dollars for Local Schools and Students Face Uncertain Futures
07/14/2017
Topics: Advocacy, Advocacy and funding, Course of Mind
WASHINGTON, DC - July 14, 2017 - The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) is anxiously following Congress as it eyes a slight increase in funding for education technology while also looking to severely curtail investments…
Passion drives Nemko to advocate for ed tech
04/25/2017
Topics: Advocacy, Education leadership
There’s no great secret to being an effective advocate for technology in education, says Barbara Nemko, the longtime Napa County (California) Superintendent of Schools.
“You can’t be an advocate unless you’re passionate about it, too,” she said.
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Edtech Advocacy Gives Voice to Those Who Need It Most
03/01/2022
Topics: Advocacy
In its purest form, advocacy aims to guarantee that the voices of the underrepresented are heard when decisions directly impact their rights, lives and best interests.
When it comes to education, all advocacy efforts should focus first on securing what’s not available to students but is…
Advocacy with a capital WHY
09/21/2018
Topics: Advocacy, Advocacy and funding
“People at work are thirsting for context, yearning to know that what they do contributes to the larger whole.”
I’m certain that when Daniel Pink wrote this, he wasn’t thinking specifically of advocacy. Yet this quote helps answer the question as to why one would become an advocate?…
Customize learning with Google Forms
08/31/2018
Topics: Advocacy, Assessment, Corporate innovation, Education leadership, Personalized Learning, professional learning, Standards
We know that students do not all learn the same way. Some need a great deal of repetition to learn new material while others can see it once and have it down. Some need absolute quiet to learn while others feel uncomfortable with too much stillness. One might prefer reading while another…
Use advocacy, storytelling to grow learning initiatives
06/19/2018
Topics: Advocacy, Advocacy and funding
Advocacy, in education and elsewhere, involves working individually and as a group to influence decisions within political, economic and social systems and institutions. But advocacy involves more than providing testimony to your local, state or federal elected officials to influence legislation…
Edtech advocacy in 3 easy steps
04/04/2018
Topics: Advocacy
Our nation recently mourned the loss of civil rights activist Linda Brown — the little girl at the heart of the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision "Brown vs…
WHAT WORKS: Teaching digital citizenship without devices
12/15/2017
Topics: Advocacy, Digital Citizenship, Education leadership
Over the summer, a group of preteens attended a camp to learn how to communicate online. They explored computational thinking concepts, practiced using social media and developed their media literacy skills.
And they did it all without a lick of technology.
Instead, they put on…