Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 14, 2021

Thanks to the efforts of many devoted professionals and the financial support of more, there are a wide variety of free/inexpensive sources for books that students can use for classroom activities as well as pleasure. International Children’s Digital Library. Open Library. Books are read on the website or a tablet.

Libraries 366

Libraries Mobility eBook Tablets 366

ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The Impact of Education’s Digital Transformation In recent years, education has undergone a digital transformation , and this will be apparent when you consider the average classroom today compared to the average classroom 20 or 30 years ago.

Learning 327

Learning Smartphone Accessibility Social Media 327

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Created in partnership with the education non-profit Digital Promise , Teacher Training Pathways will help teachers become more efficient and effective in delivering technology-integrated instruction. The platform will feature an evolving library of courses to further develop educators’ digital literacy.

Training 92

Training Digital Divide Tools Education 92

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 14, 2017

Thanks to the efforts of many devoted professionals and the financial support of more, there are a wide variety of free/inexpensive sources for books that students can use for classroom activities as well as pleasure. International Children’s Digital Library. Open Library. Books are read on the website or a tablet.

Libraries 124

Libraries Mobility eBook Android 124

Neo LMS

OCTOBER 12, 2016

More and more schools adopt BYOD policies and allow students to bring their own mobile phones, tablets, eBooks, and other devices in the classroom, and use them as tools to enhance learning. BYOD deepens the digital divide. The teacher will not disappear from the classroom when students bring their devices to school.

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BYOD How To Digital Divide Mobility 150

Learning with 'e's

MARCH 28, 2013

LILAC was held in the heart of Manchester University , in a well appointed conference centre, where almost 300 library and information professionals gathered for three days to discuss information literacy. A social event in the spectacular surrounds of the iconic John Rylands Library was a fitting conclusion to Day 1.

Technology 78

Technology BYOD Libraries Gamification 78

Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Not long ago, mobile devices were considered perfect for any past-time activity, and had no place in the classroom. There are plenty of concerns about implementing BYOD in the classroom, which makes many educators unwilling to plunge in this still new pool. Top 3 myths about BYOD in the classroom.

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BYOD Digital Divide Classroom Smartphone 382

Educator Innovator

MARCH 16, 2016

Katie and Jason’s work, part of a collected free ebook called Teaching in the Connected Learning Classroom , was one of several highlighted in the Department of Education’s 2016 National Education Technology Plan , “ Future Ready Learning: Reimagining the Role of Technology in Education (PDF).”

Technology 46

Technology Future Ready Edcamps Laptops 46

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

But America’s persistent digital divide has greatly hampered efforts toward this goal. Miami-Dade County Public Schools has distributed some 100,000 tablets and other mobile devices, and more than 11,000 smartphones that double as Wi-Fi hot spots. Inequity looms large. Credit: Elizabeth Frantz for The New York Times.

Learning 73

Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 73

Educator Innovator

MARCH 7, 2014

Using digital tools in the classroom isn’t the future of learning, it’s the present—except at the significant percentage of schools without reliable high-speed internet. The activity falls short, but not because of an inherent problem with the program or its application in the classroom. By Heidi Moore.

Broadband 41

Broadband E-rate Digital Divide Survey 41

eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

The various services and products acquired by consolidators over the last year or two will be integrated into increasingly comprehensive platforms offering instructional content, assessments, and classroom tools all in one place. It is time to find the balance again. It is all about the balance.

EdTech 69

EdTech Learning Industry Data 69

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Integrating technology in the classroom not only cultivates digital literacy but also fosters collaborative and personalized learning environments. Coding platforms, such as Scratch and Code.org, promote digital literacy and computational thinking. There are a limitless number of technology tools used in the classroom.

Khan Academy 56

Khan Academy Technology Tools LMS 56

eSchool News

DECEMBER 12, 2021

MetaBot is an interactive learning experience that enables all children to build coding literacy and create with technology in any environment using a single smartphone or tablet. . Whether at home, in the classroom or on-the-go, students can use a smartphone or tablet to bring a 3D Evo robot to life instantly, right in front of their eyes.

Robotics 102

Robotics Smartphone Tablets Digital Divide 102

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

— Inside a high-ceilinged library at Northridge High School here, seniors are typing on 16-year-old laptops donated by a local Rotary Club. Norton, as the seniors in the library close their balky laptops and head to class. The students live in homes with multiple laptops, iPads, tablets, iPhones – iEverything.

Laptops 40

Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, The Flipped Classroom". Um, they do.)

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MARCH 8, 2017

As an op-ed in The Washington Post put it , “The FCC talks the talk on the digital divide – and then walks in the other direction.” E-rate is the name commonly used to describe the Schools and Libraries Program of the Universal Service Fund, established as part of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

E-rate 49

E-rate Digital Divide Broadband Libraries 49

Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

Tagged on: April 1, 2017 A (Electronic) Textbook Case of Disruption | The American Interest → Schools are starting to take advantage of cheap tablets and open-sourced learning materials to give their students touchscreen, on-demand textbooks that—and here’s the kicker—can save school districts millions of dollars every year.

EdTech 150

EdTech Data Broadband Company 150

Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

Tagged on: April 1, 2017 A (Electronic) Textbook Case of Disruption | The American Interest → Schools are starting to take advantage of cheap tablets and open-sourced learning materials to give their students touchscreen, on-demand textbooks that—and here’s the kicker—can save school districts millions of dollars every year.

EdTech 150

EdTech Data Broadband Company 150