Accessibility Chromebook Digital Divide Presentation 
The Innovative Educator
JANUARY 20, 2022
Access to Devices Students and adults know that access to technology is crucial for preparing students for success in the world. Pre-pandemic there was an enormous digital divide. All this when Chromebooks were available for around $200 (or $50 - $75 a year per student). Normal was a digital divide.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JULY 20, 2020
Address the digital divide. As thousands of school districts across the country have rolled out remote learning, many have discovered that students have very different sets of resources when it comes to digital education tools. Some districts are shipping off Chromebooks to students.
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Edsurge
JANUARY 20, 2020
In 2014, Palmdale School District was experiencing a major digital divide. In 2014, Palmdale School District was experiencing a major digital divide. Part of our Palmdale Promise was to provide equitable access to technology for all students, regardless of school or location. There was huge disparity.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 23, 2020
So far, the pandemic has revealed the challenges of conducting education remotely as well as uneven access to Wi-Fi and devices such as laptops. The Miami-Dade school district, for example, adopted a plan back in 2012 to close the digital divide. million kids statewide lacked access to Wi-Fi and computers.
Edsurge
MARCH 12, 2019
One of the areas that I often notice right away is the low volume of diverse representation amongst the attendees, as well as the presenters. In order to address the components of these biases we must be intentional in having conversations around race, culture and access. Educators led energizing sessions on integrating technology.
Edsurge
JUNE 15, 2022
The gist of the presentation underscored that student activity monitoring is being deployed in a widespread manner across school districts across this country,” Venzke explains, “and that it can have a negative impact on students' well-being, despite the fact that it might be implemented for laudable reasons.”
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 3, 2021
These one-time gifts from billionaires and multinational corporations are welcomed by most schools, but they are not enough to close gaps in access to learning technologies nor ultimately a sustainable financing solution for technology infrastructure. More than Devices The “digital divide” was not quite a household term two years ago.
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