Reaching Offline Learners Through Datacasting To Close the Digital Divide |
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Audience: | Chief technology officers/superintendents/school board members, Curriculum/district specialists, Technology coordinators/facilitators |
Skill level: | Beginner |
Attendee devices: | Devices useful |
Attendee device specification: | Smartphone: Android, iOS, Windows Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows |
Participant accounts, software and other materials: | Participants will access the datacasting platform through 1 common student user account and password which will be shared in the session. No downloads are needed. Participants only need a browser window. |
Topic: | Distance, online & blended learning |
Grade level: | PK-12 |
ISTE Standards: | For Education Leaders: Equity and Citizenship Advocate
Citizen
Empowered Learner
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Objectives:
- To provide attendees with information on what is datacasting, who it can help and why it is important.
- To provide attendees with a demonstration and use case of datacasting.
- To provide attendees with ways to get involved in providing supports to offline learners.
1. Introduction and Welcome - Survey of participants regarding the number of offline learners they have. Open discussion / sharing of how to work with offline learners. (5 mintues)
2. Overview of Datacasting (5 minutes)
3. Demonstration of the Datacasting portal
a. Teacher side (5 minutes)
b. Student side (5 minutes)
c. Participants will test out equipment on their own as students (5 minutes)
4. Description of use cases of datacasting & Q&A (5 minutes)
Overview of Datacasting - https://pennsylvaniapbs.org/learning-at-home/datacasting/
- South Carolina initiative - https://www.scetv.org/education/services-school-districts/datacasting
- Homeland Security overview of technology - https://www.dhs.gov/publication/st-datacasting-fact-sheet
How datacasting can bridge the digital divide: https://edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2021/01/how-datacasting-can-help-bridge-digital-divide
Ben is the Assistant Director of Technology at the Lincoln Intermediate Unit, a service agency in Pennsylvania. Ben has engaged in professional development across the globe in his consultancy, EdTechInnovators. He is a former ISTE Board of Directors member and was the Regional Program Chair for the 2019 ISTE Conference in Philadelphia. Ben is the President of PAECT, the PA ISTE Affiliate. He is an ISTE Certified Educator and delivers the ISTE Certification as his organization is a provider (CAP).
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