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Digital Divide 2.0: a few facts and figures

Neo LMS

Today we launch right in with a topic that is on the minds and hearts of many teachers – the “digital divide”; that silent, pernicious socioeconomic gap between students that have and students that do not have access to technology. Digital divide: facts and figures. Income vs. Access: The Digital Divide in the US.

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OPINION: Historically underserved school districts in Mississippi were hit hard in the pandemic and need immediate help  

The Hechinger Report

A significant challenge for Delta communities is the ever-growing digital divide. billion surplus of state revenue in 2023 , legislators finally have the means to fully fund the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP) for the first time since 2008.

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Nonprofit News Literacy Project Welcomes Former Educator as CEO, With Plans to Expand

Edsurge

Alan Miller, founder and outgoing CEO of the News Literacy Project In 2008, when Miller started the News Literacy Project following a visit to his daughter’s sixth grade class, he thought news literacy would be an important skill for students and educators in the age of burgeoning social media and smartphones.

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School districts are going into debt to keep up with technology

The Hechinger Report

In 2008, the San Diego Unified School District won voter approval for $2.1 Here the digital divide for access is now almost zero,” Porter says of his Chromebook program. The divide we still have is in the three Rs,” he acknowledges. Related : School districts’ uphill battle to get good deals on ed tech.

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Developing Systems for Effective, Equitable Education for All Students

edWeb.net

First, districts need to address the digital divide/homework gap in meaningful ways. Another aspect of the digital divide includes teachers. What’s needed to address the digital divide for all is sustainable, dedicated funding that allows districts to meet the needs of the community.

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A traditional model of organizational knowledge creation

Connecting 2 the World

Crossing the digital divide safely and trustingly: How ecologies of learning scaffold the journey. Community development among distance learners: Temporal and technological dimensions, Journal of Computer Mediated Communication (Vol. Henning, E., & Van Der Westhuizen, D. Computers and Education, 42, 333-352. Posner, I., & Baecker, R.

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16 Great NonProfits Working to Support EdTech in Schools

Tom Murray

The organization represents over 10 million students in school districts nationwide and provides various toolkits on topics such as digital equity, infrastructure, and privacy. Organization: Digital Promise. CoSN also holds a national conference each year. URL: www.digitalpromise.org. Organization: EveryoneOn. URL: www.everyoneon.org.