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Crunch the Numbers—New Data on Student Tech Use; Chromebook Predictions; And the Impact of Pandemic Relief Funds

eSchool News

Qustodio today released their 5th Annual Report, offering valuable insights into children’s digital habits across 2023. ” To see the full report on children’s digital habits across 2023, and how they have evolved since 2019, visit the Qustodio website.

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Responding to COVID-19: How Are the Children?

Digital Promise

As teachers look for supplemental material to send home, they can share this Roadmap with parents via school portals, email, social media platforms, and texting. Bridging The Digital Divide. Across the country, several school districts are diligently working to try and bridge the digital divide as best they can.

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Make Parents Comfortable with Tech for a Successful 1:1 Program

EdTech Magazine

Your school has finally gone one-to-one with Chromebooks. Like other K–12 school districts around the country, you’re closing the digital divide — making sure your students have access to technology that paves the way for their future successes. Use Social Media and Events to Keep Parents in the Know.

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Hundreds of thousands of students still can’t access online learning

The Hechinger Report

New organizations like Devices for Students , a coalition of educators, tech employees, nonprofits and local businesses working to close the digital divide in the Bay Area, have sprung up alongside additional programs from established groups, like the new initiative, DigitalBridgeK-12 , from EducationSuperHighway.

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How Libraries Stretch Their Capabilities to Serve Kids During a Pandemic

MindShift

At the San Francisco Public Library, family engagement specialist Christina Mitra has invested heavily in developing deep lines of digital communication with families through a targeted newsletter and their social media channels. Families can pick up a Chromebook and hot spot from the library.

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Are Schools Disproportionately Surveilling Students Who Rely on School-Owned Devices?

Edsurge

Monitoring student activity online has become a hot button issue for districts, schools and parents alike in the digital age, where information is often shared freely and copiously via email, social media and other channels. This ensured that every student had a device and that all of those devices were the same,” he says.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 11 Edition)

Doug Levin

The partnership aims to bridge the digital divide in Pittsburg by offering parents refurbished computers free of charge. Tagged on: March 16, 2017 Bettendorf schools switch technology, puts used iPads up for sale | Quad-City Times → The Bettendorf district has changed to using Chromebooks. That's a lot of computers.

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