Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2024

Closing global education gaps How is Learning Equality addressing the challenge of the digital divide and the 2.6 The term digital divide often refers to not having affordable access to the internet or specific hardware. But another important aspect is thinking about digital literacy skills and digital rights.

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Digital Promise

MAY 13, 2021

Highlights from the survey include: Keeping Up Academically and the Digital Divide : Eighty-two percent of teachers say it’s been difficult for their students to keep up academically during the pandemic, though only 45 percent of parents have the same concern for their own child. Digital Divide.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 2, 2017

We have made great strides to level the technology playing field in education, but unfortunately the digital divide still exists between those who have the tools to research, learn and collaborate online at home, and those who don’t. 1 Further, there’s a second level digital divide 2 that’s emerging in the classroom.

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EdTech4Beginners

APRIL 24, 2023

in K-12 education leadership has been created for educators who wish to pursue further studies as they need to thoroughly assess the components of K-12 education, including the integration of technology. To maintain students’ attention to the lesson, teachers can ask questions, provide examples, and engage them in class discussions.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 13, 2020

For example, one of the most frequently repeated benefits of online learning, according to teenagers , has been the flexibility it offers when it comes to time. Read more: 6 Practical strategies for teaching across the digital divide. We can propose changes to the school calendar year, traditional schedules, and assessments.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2020

It’s a longstanding national crisis, often referred to as the “digital divide,” which at Kapor Capital we identify as one of the cumulative barriers across The Leaky Tech Pipeline. And it means funding companies and founders who are committed to closing the digital divide.

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Edsurge

JUNE 2, 2023

For example, an AR app can create interactive 3D models of historical artifacts or scientific specimens that students can learn from and explore. AR can also create digital overlays on printed textbooks, allowing students to access additional content, such as videos or animations, with their mobile devices.

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Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2020

I think of Corona-Norco Unified School District, for example, here in California. We started a couple of years ago with a digital equity group to focus on this issue when we started seeing issues related to the digital divide. But access is maybe the first part of the digital divide. Howard : Absolutely.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

If your infrastructure cannot handle the lift of a one-to-one device program, your school may want to invest in assessing and refreshing its network. . For example, for teachers introducing Chromebooks into the classroom, Google offers a number of training videos through its Teacher Center. “Are they going to be [802.11]ac,

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Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2021

For example, Gwinnett County Public Schools designed an online learning system (eCLASS) to support emergency online learning needs. To set the foundation for technology-empowered learning during and beyond the pandemic, education leaders are actively tackling internet and device access issues to narrow the digital divide.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2020

As an example of how a startup in the Salesforce portfolio has complemented the company’s broader education work, Emeott offered AdmitHub, which sells colleges an AI-powered chatbot technology to help them keep in touch with students: “We both shared a large number of customers, and we knew there was a natural tie-in with our CRM. (If

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

For example, a 2019 study published in the Journal of Computer Assisted Learning reported no significant differences in academic achievement between online and traditional classroom learners. Subsequent studies have provided mixed findings. Are students more successful through online learning?

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

suffer on the no-internet side of the digital divide , according to the Federal Communications Commission. And this spring, 60 percent of low-income parents expressed that their children are likely to experience at least one digital obstacle doing their K-12 homework online. Roughly 21 million people in the U.S.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 27, 2016

Here is an excerpt: " Schools have yet to take advantage of the potential of technology in the classroom to tackle the digital divide and give every student the skills they need in today’s connected world, according to the first OECD PISA assessment of digital skills.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

As part of our celebration of Black History Month, EdSurge spoke to Hicks about his culturally relevant approach to closing the digital divide. How does Applied Digital Skills help you achieve your goals as a teacher focused on culturally relevant instruction? Mr. Hicks proudly shares examples of his students’ work.

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Insight Education Group

MAY 27, 2021

As educational systems are rebuilt after the disruption of the global pandemic, a new relief fund is providing aid to districts to address trauma, learning acceleration, the digital divide, and much more. These are just a few examples to consider as districts decide how to allocate their ESSER funds effectively.

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Insight Education Group

MAY 27, 2021

As educational systems are rebuilt after the disruption of the global pandemic, a new relief fund is providing aid to districts to address trauma, learning acceleration, the digital divide, and much more. These are just a few examples to consider as districts decide how to allocate their ESSER funds effectively.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Where last time we drew attention to schools that had made innovative leaps in assessment protocols, today we look at schools that are taking the design of personalized learning pathways seriously. One example of how this personalized curriculum rolls out in practical terms is the “Challenge” course. The Challenge.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Where last time we drew attention to schools that had made innovative leaps in assessment protocols, today we look at schools that are taking the design of personalized learning pathways seriously. One example of how this personalized curriculum rolls out in practical terms is the “Challenge” course. The Challenge.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

MAY 8, 2024

For example, professional organizations are using interactive learning software for professional development and training that helps trainers and employees adapt to blended learning. Schools can overcome the digital divide by providing devices and access to digital resources.

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Graphite Blog

APRIL 19, 2021

The coronavirus pandemic has come with specific challenges for teachers: Keeping students engaged during hybrid or fully remote learning, addressing systemic inequity and the digital divide, and coping with days of seemingly endless multitasking are just a few among so many other obstacles. Screencastify and the power of voice.

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Insight Education Group

APRIL 8, 2021

In order for schools and districts to truly assess the needs of their students, they will have to lead with this information. Schools and districts should expect to assess students early and try to find other mechanisms to assess student learning. It will take much more than one week to get students up to speed.

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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

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Edsurge

MAY 4, 2020

According to the plan, school days can last up to seven hours for high schoolers if they max out their time for digital learning (three hours), supplemental activities like reading and crafting (two hours), and nutrition and wellness breaks (two hours) that include meals, handwashing and physical activity.

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Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 19, 2022

For example, it’s easy to find this free and open ebook on HyFlex co-edited by Brian Beatty, who coined the term, did important work on it, and is unnamed in Schaberg’s piece. The problem is that the piece cites a liberal arts campus as an example of post-secondary education as a whole. I also enjoyed the DeLillo passage.

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Lightspeed Systems

AUGUST 3, 2023

A few of the many use case examples of generative AI in education include: Generate questions based on a student’s current level of understanding or achievement. Create personalized, adaptive lesson plans based on a student’s assessed level of aptitude and performance.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 4, 2017

For example, if a student made a mistake in converting inches to centimeters, the system might show an animation or video that illustrated strategies for converting between different units of measurement. Related: New documentary explores ‘the digital divide’. Even more important is the issue of control.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

AI algorithms analyze students’ individual strengths, weaknesses, and learning styles to tailor educational content, pacing, and assessments accordingly. Adaptive learning platforms leverage AI algorithms to assess students’ strengths and weaknesses, allowing for the customization of lessons to suit their pace and learning style.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

COVID-19 highlighted that the digital divide was not exclusive to rural areas, as many families in urban areas cannot afford internet connectivity. For example, teachers who need to stay home for a day for mild cold symptoms can teach from home remotely using online technology with the introduction of an in-person aide for a day.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Here’s what they had to say: Text-based AI interfaces provide an opportunity to help close the digital divide…and avoid an impending AI divide. For example, this year our district launched the Exploration AI program to boost educators’ use and understanding of this emerging technology through self-directed, gamified learning.

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Learning with 'e's

OCTOBER 7, 2019

In many parts of the world this won't happen at all, usually because of what has been called the digital divide. He writes: "As an example, course developers at leading institutions will utilize AI technologies to help them quickly assemble their courseware and reduce the manual effort required by up to 80 percent.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

What type of performance-based formative and summative assessment took place? A learning management system can have a tendency to promote a “surface” type of assessment. Teachers must be intentional at exploring ways online to ensure that assessment is formative and allows them to plan scaffolding for next steps in learning.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 28, 2020

Administrators at Dorchester School District Two in suburban Summerville, South Carolina, were well aware of the digital divide when they decided to give students both paper and online resources after shuttering schools because of coronavirus. She received her first response on the morning of April 9 and opened it immediately.

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Educator Innovator

MARCH 16, 2016

To help her students better connect to the material, she also asked them to draw comic strips about microaggressions they faced in their own lives—being left out of a game for not speaking English fluently, for example. The most obvious addition to the plan is its focus on the “digital-use divide.”

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Education Superhighway

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Now a follow-up report by BCG, Common Sense, and EducationSuperHighway analyzes relevant case studies and highlights best practices for closing the K–12 digital divide during the COVID-19 pandemic. It highlights emerging best practices in three key areas: Assessing who needs connectivity and devices, and determining where they live.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

For example, a student in the application category is able to implement or execute existing knowledge in novel tasks. For example, technology tools in the augment category provide teachers with improved ways of interacting with students. This taxonomy provides verbs that describe the cognitive processes students use during learning.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

But a few pioneering districts have shown that it’s possible, and Albemarle County has joined a nascent trend of districts trying to build their own bridges across the digital divide. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) divides up the spectrum into allowable uses, such as for TV, radio, satellites and mobile data.

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