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Teaching Online During COVID-19

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When you have internet access, download work from Google Classroom to work offline. Check with your local broadband provider to see if they have free access programs. Have a frequent virtual meeting via Google Hangouts Meet, Zoom, or an option through your LMS. Online or via Google Voice. Learn to Code (for free).

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Digital Divide 2.0: a few facts and figures

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And government policy-makers for the most part have stayed out of the economy’s way; it was not a civic issue whether or not you had the money to buy the latest PlayStation, or could afford to advertise your business on Google Ads. Now, however, access to technology is becoming a rights issue. Income vs. Access: The Digital Divide in the US.

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4 Examples of the best digital access initiatives

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A counterpoint to these figures, is also the finding that 70% of teachers assign homework requiring broadband access. Some studies have shown that enabling such households with mobile, rather than broadband, internet creates a more flexible solution, as these types of households tend to relocate more frequently.

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Celebrating School Library Month with Buncee and PebbleGo

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The American Library Association (ALA) wants to promote the idea that “libraries are places to get connected to technology by using broadband, computers, and other resources. Capstone posted a great quote by Author Neil Gaiman which said, “Google can bring you back, you know, a hundred thousand answers.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Edsurge runs with Trump’s promise to boost rural broadband like it’s a truth anyone can count on. Google ’s chairman Eric Schmidt praises Trump. ” Via The Verge : “ Google Glass gets its first update in nearly three years.” Among those cringeworthy ideas: the LMS. ” Phew!

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Smartphone Learning

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This means lower costs up-front and lower costs overall when compared to the combined costs of cellular and monthly broadband Internet service to the home. By replacing LMS threaded discussion with SMT (e.g. The cost of the smartphone is usually spread out over monthly payments within a contract. Voice Recorder, Zoom.us , Skype).

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Google announced it was cutting jobs in its Google Fiber division. And Google has put plans to expand Fiber to more cities on hold. And Google is getting into the whiteboard business. Via The New York Times : “ Broadband Providers Will Need Permission to Collect Private Data.”