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Verizon Innovative Learning Schools Recognized for Addressing Digital Divide During Pandemic

Digital Promise

As a result, Verizon Innovative Learning recently received the 2021 Halo Award for Best COVID-19 Initiative from Engage for Good. Closing the digital divide became even more important last year as students without reliable internet access at home struggled to connect to their classes.

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Championing Students to be a Force for Good in Their Communities

Edsurge

We encourage youth to submit ideas focused on one of the following three categories: Digital Empowerment, Equity In Action and Thriving Planet. Digital Empowerment ideas can be solutions that help bridge the digital divide. Khloe Kares was one of the winners / finalists in 2021. million students across the U.S.

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3 Ways edtech can help education get back on track

Neo LMS

billion in 2021, according to Analytic Insight. The digital divide in accessing learning and teaching tools and large gaps in teacher’s access to digital training are other areas of concern. A recent report shared by Google and KPMG reveals that the education tech industry would cater to about 9.6

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This Program Is Empowering the Next Generation of Computational Thinkers

Edsurge

And in a clear demonstration of its potential and early success, the program earned ISTE’s Seal of Alignment in 2021, obtaining full scores in the categories of Innovative Designer and Computational Thinker. Yang: We were first prompted to address concerns over the digital divide. And we want to close the digital divide.

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

Edsurge

How are we ever going to bridge the digital divide—the digital abyss—if we have different realities of a pandemic, of the outcome of an election, of a war in Ukraine with Russia?” A number of major events in recent years, including the 2016 presidential election in the U.S., 6, 2021, chief among them.

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Recordings Now Publicly Available - Library 2.0 "Libraries as Community Anchors" Mini-Conference

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Our third Library 2.021 mini-conference: " Libraries as Community Anchors ," was held online on Thursday, October 21st, 2021. This event was organized in partnership with Don Means, Director of the GIGABIT LIBRARIES NETWORK , and Kristen Radsliff Rebmann, Professor in the School of Information at San José State University.

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Schedule for Thursday's "Libraries as Community Anchors" Mini-Conference (Library 2.0) - Register Now

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Just a few days away, our third Library 2.021 mini-conference, " Libraries as Community Anchors ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, October 21st, 2021. There are over 3,100 people already registered for this event. This is a free event, being held live online and also recorded. Please also join this Library 2.0