MIND Research Institute

MAY 13, 2020

These resources include everything from guidance on how to talk with children about COVID-19, to using trauma-informed practices to support students. With that larger context in mind, let’s look at the current academic challenges, and how we are working to help schools, teachers, families and students. Psychology Today. Hiefield, M.

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Meeting Digital Divide Education STEM 61

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

The Miami-Dade school district, for example, adopted a plan back in 2012 to close the digital divide. In Occidental, California, Matthew Morgan, superintendent of the Harmony Union School District, said the pandemic has exposed a big digital divide and online learning was slow to roll out. “We

Digital Divide 113

Digital Divide Laptops Accessibility Online Learning 113

MindShift

OCTOBER 19, 2017

And, the average amount of time our smallest children spend with those handheld devices each day is skyrocketing too: from 5 minutes a day in 2011, to 15 minutes a day in 2013, to 48 minutes a day in 2017. Screen media use among infants under 2 appears to be trending downward, from 58 minutes a day in 2013 to 42 minutes in 2017.

Digital Divide 54

Digital Divide Smartphone Tablets Mobility 54

Education Superhighway

AUGUST 1, 2017

On July 13, 2017, Governor Asa Hutchinson announced that the state had connected Glen Rose School District, the final Arkansas district awaiting high-speed Internet connectivity. In a July 2017 statement , FCC Chairman Ajit Pai designated August as Rural Broadband Month at the agency. HOW TO LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD FOR RURAL AMERICA.

Broadband 58

Broadband Accessibility Digital Learning E-rate 58

Gaggle Speaks

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

We were talking about how Gaggle and Common Sense Education could work together to draw attention to the need to teach Digital Citizenship and further protect students when they use school- or district-provided technology. He compared both of our organizations’ work to teaching teenagers how to drive. Charts and Graphs.

Digital Citizenship 45

Digital Citizenship Digital Divide Survey Mobility 45

Education Superhighway

AUGUST 1, 2017

On July 13, 2017, Governor Asa Hutchinson announced that the state had connected Glen Rose School District, the final Arkansas district awaiting high-speed Internet connectivity. In a July 2017 statement , FCC Chairman Ajit Pai designated August as Rural Broadband Month at the agency. HOW TO LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD FOR RURAL AMERICA.

Broadband 40

Broadband Accessibility Digital Learning E-rate 40

Bryan Alexander

JULY 18, 2019

percent did so in 2017. Think about how this vision will play into state legislatures as they consider merging or closing campuses, or how funders plan their investments, or how presidents consider their campus and its strategies. percent of Americans moved between counties or states in 1990, only 3.6

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Report Digital Divide Mobility Robotics 64

Bryan Alexander

JULY 18, 2019

percent did so in 2017. Think about how this vision will play into state legislatures as they consider merging or closing campuses, or how funders plan their investments, or how presidents consider their campus and its strategies. percent of Americans moved between counties or states in 1990, only 3.6

Report 40

Report Digital Divide Mobility Robotics 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2019

We’re doing a disservice if we’re not teaching the next generation how to use technology. What’s unusual about James Lick’s Chromebook program isn’t the laptops themselves, but how they were paid for. Here the digital divide for access is now almost zero,” Porter says of his Chromebook program.

Technology 107

Technology Chromebook Laptops iPad 107

The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Friday, September 22, 2017. You kow, we haven’t closed that digital divide quite yet. Don’t worry about how to do it. How to make exciting videos that students will want to watch. But as we finish up, could you give us a pep talk about how to make exciting video that kids want to watch? Enhanced Transcript.

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Classroom Khan Academy Flipped Classroom Video 72

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Doug Levin (@douglevin) March 17, 2017. Also, this week, thanks to my invited participation in the National Governors Association regional summit, Meet the Threat: States Confront the Cyber Challenge , I published a new post “ How Should We Address the Cybersecurity Threats Facing K-12 Schools?

EdTech 170

EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

In total, the homework gap hits some 12 million school-aged kids nationwide, according to a 2017 congressional report, “ America’s Digital Divide.”. By the summer of 2017, Eyre and his counterparts in other districts had persuaded UETN to back a wireless expansion of their broadband service statewide.

Broadband 84

Broadband Chromebook Accessibility Mobility 84

Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

This quick move to emergency remote teaching has left educators scrambling to figure out how to use digital tools, online resources, and apps to continue their teaching at a distance. Butash is right in pointing out the risks involved in this quick shift to using digital technologies.

Digital Divide 204

Digital Divide Social Media Microsoft Policies 204

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

Stats on the First 800 Episodes 00;01;23;21 – 00;01;45;21 John Davis Well, Mom, since you and Dad started the 10 Minute teacher back in February of 2017, this show has reached over 6.5 Dan developed Prep, which is all about how to prep the machine in prompt prompted to get the desired output. million downloads across the globe.

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Classroom Tools Data Twitter 432

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

If an LMS is in use, perhaps many educators had just started learning how to create class content area for students and parents online. As the Coronavirus has changed the landscape of education, I have become more and more aware of inequity and the digital divide. 2017 Beyond SAMR. 2017 STEM Dewey. 2017 STEM PBL.

Blended Learning 192

Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

Evelyn Learning

JUNE 7, 2023

Reasons for Hike in Education Expenses According to the 2017 research report of College Board, tuition fee in colleges at four-year private and public colleges have increased by 36%. How to Make Education Affordable? All of these speakers made some really interesting points about how to make education affordable.

How To 40

How To Secondary Education E-rate 40

Edsurge

JUNE 15, 2022

When monitored, students may also lose trust in the very tools being used to close the digital divide, and that can negatively impact equity. It's been long demonstrated that historically marginalized groups of students have [fewer] educational opportunities than their peers do,” Madrigal explains.

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Software Chromebook Data Social Media 143

The Daring Librarian

AUGUST 25, 2018

I'll be honest, I'm not really sure how providing device chargers to my students really fits into the Makerspace movement, I think it's important, and here's why. We've discovered that the mix of the digital divide, possible turbulent home lives, and general teenage forgetfulness can result in a loss of power. It's OK to fail.

Gamification 63

Gamification Robotics Libraries Guidelines 63

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

That schools rely on the mega-rich to fund their digital learning at all—and that those funds could dry up at any time—illustrates some of the fundamental problems with K-12 technology spending: It is inconsistent, pieced together haphazardly, and as a result impacts student technology access in disproportionate ways.

Technology 158

Technology E-rate Laptops Digital Divide 158

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

To meet this challenge, in the summer of 2020, Jhone Ebert, Nevada State’s Superintendent of Public Instruction, announced the launch of the Nevada Digital Learning Collaborative (DLC). Except, after a year and a half of using this hand-picked program, Robert had to admit the truth: His students just weren’t learning how to read.

Education 123

Education Advocacy EdTech Elementary 123

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2021

Parents from the two schools spent hours at spaghetti dinners and in mediation sessions making sure both sides understood the strengths of the other: Green Lake parents knew how to write a grant application; Rising Star parents knew a good accountant. Related: A parent-led effort to close the digital divide. García said. “My

Elementary 144

Elementary Education Report Groups 144

The Hechinger Report

MAY 14, 2018

One 2017 survey found that children under age 8 are spending 48 minutes on mobile devices a day in addition to two hours of television. Neuman’s findings not only can help parents select better educational videos for their children but can also advise television producers how to create educational programs that really teach.

Video 84

Video Education Digital Divide Study 84

Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 12 Edition). Tagged on: March 26, 2017 Are computers teachers? Tagged on: March 26, 2017 Arizona lags behind in schools' internet access, but change is coming | Tucson.com → “Urban Arizona keeps progressing and keeps getting access to better technology,” he said.

EdTech 170

EdTech Symantec Facebook Data 170

Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 12 Edition). Tagged on: March 26, 2017 Are computers teachers? Tagged on: March 26, 2017 Arizona lags behind in schools' internet access, but change is coming | Tucson.com → “Urban Arizona keeps progressing and keeps getting access to better technology,” he said.

EdTech 150

EdTech Symantec Facebook Data 150

Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

How to know which is which? A blogger , speaker, author, technology advocate and prominent voice in social media, Rafranz Davis aims to bridge the digital divide in schools. Thanks to — or because of — technology change happens at a faster rate than ever before, and education makes no exception. Edtech is always changing.

EdTech 150

EdTech E-rate Trends Microsoft 150

Edsurge

MAY 25, 2021

The island is still struggling with the aftermath of the 2017 Hurricane Maria, which destroyed a large part of the electrical system. However, the digital divide has remained. San Juan, Puerto Rico— The pandemic has been just one of the challenges facing teachers in Puerto Rico.

Khan Academy 157

Khan Academy Digital Divide Microsoft System 157

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

The digital divide is showing real signs of narrowing—but there are still 6.5 Even when these benchmarks are hit and every school can boast a fiber connection, it won’t be nearly enough to close the digital divide.

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E-rate Report Broadband Digital Divide 66

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

I think it is worthwhile, as the decade draws to a close, to review those stories and to see how much (or how little) things have changed. You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. After all, Amazon knows how to run online marketplaces; Amazon knows how to sell texts.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 13 Edition). Tagged on: April 2, 2017 School IT Leaders Share Strategies on Defending Against DDoS Attacks | EdTech Magazine → This article claims students are primarily responsible for denial of service attacks on schools. Strong opinions may be weakly held. It is that bad.

EdTech 150

EdTech Data Broadband Company 150

Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 13 Edition). Tagged on: April 2, 2017 School IT Leaders Share Strategies on Defending Against DDoS Attacks | EdTech Magazine → This article claims students are primarily responsible for denial of service attacks on schools. Strong opinions may be weakly held. It is that bad.

EdTech 150

EdTech Data Broadband Company 150