Digital Equity with Beth Holland S1E1

30/01/2020 24 min Temporada 1 Episodio 1

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In the debut episode of the podcast, edCircuit interviews Beth Holland, CoSN’s Digital Equity and rural Project Director.Holland earned her undergrad degree in communications studies from Northwestern, a Master’s in Technology Innovation and Education from Harvard, and a doctorate from Johns Hopkins in Entrepreneurial Leadership in Education. Her professional career is just as impressive, with time spent as an English teacher, Director of Academic Technology, and a number of roles in the Navy, among others.In this episode, the conversation touches on a number of topics relevant to technology leaders in education. Among other themes, Holland discusses Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and its importance to equity [1:05], understanding the continuum of equity and how to make implementation practical [8:57], the reasons districts should consider students as stakeholders [16:53], and why we need to create low-risk, low-threat opportunities in the digital space so kids have a safe environment to learn from mistakes [23:05].Follow @EdCircuit, and follow Beth @brhollandThe CoSN Podcast is produced in partnership with edCircuit. To learn more about CoSN, visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.cosn.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and to learn more about ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠edCircuit, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.edcircuit.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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