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Five action steps to shrink the digital divide

eSchool News

The data shows that, nationally, more than 1 in 4 low-income survey respondents do not subscribe to home internet service. For many focus group participants, ISPs or the federal government are not likely to be trusted. If an individual doesn’t go online, they are probably not going to see a social media ad.

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6 Practical strategies for teaching across the digital divide

Neo LMS

Here are some highlights: While 93% of teachers are using digital tools to help guide instruction, less than 20% of classrooms have 1:1 device programs ; 56% of teachers believe data and digital tools make them better teachers; 67% of teachers feel resources (both digital and non-digital) are sufficient to meet their subject standards; and.

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Education Is the New Healthcare, and Other Trends Shaping Edtech Investing

Edsurge

hours on social media. Broadband penetration in K-12 schools reached over 98 percent , while low-cost computing devices like Chromebooks have proliferated in classrooms. Will edtech be caught up in a backlash against ‘big tech’ over data privacy? A group of U.S. Schools spent a decade buying technology.

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How a tech director increased digital access

Education Superhighway

She’s a big advocate for expanding broadband access and digital equity, and she has become a key strategic planner for school Internet in Virginia. In my role as Learning Infrastructure Coordinator, I established the KLIP working group. What were the biggest challenges to expanding broadband in Virginia?

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Announcing October 21st Mini-Conference: "Libraries as Community Anchors"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Participants are encouraged to use #library2020 and #librariesascommunityanchors on their social media posts about the event. In 1998, he created the Community TeleStructure Initiative, a national consortium advocating local community leadership responsibility for telecom/ broadband infrastructure planning.

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Common Sense Survey: Homework Gets More Digital for Teens and Tweens

Edsurge

Its primary focus is media used for entertainment. So there’s a rich data set on everything from playing games to reading for pleasure, based on a nationally representative survey of nearly 1,700 U.S. Kids were placed into two groups: tweens 8-12 years old, and teens 13-18 years old. The topline results carry a few surprises.

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"Libraries as Community Anchors" Mini-Conference - Registrations and Call for Proposals Open

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Participants are encouraged to use #library2020 and #librariesascommunityanchors on their social media posts about the event. In 1998, he created the Community TeleStructure Initiative, a national consortium advocating local community leadership responsibility for telecom/ broadband infrastructure planning.