The Web20Classroom

OCTOBER 7, 2016

to help figure out the best ways to overcome this digital divide and get that access to where it is needed the most. Sure libraries and community centers already do this but why not add additional locations that have good equipment and are already set up? Download the post image. What can be done?

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Accessibility Digital Divide Broadband Digital Citizenship 239

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 14, 2017

You can read them online, on a mobile device, or download them. International Children’s Digital Library. The ICDL offers over 4,600 digital children’s books in over 59 languages that exhibit tolerance and respect for diverse cultures, languages, and ideas. Open Library.

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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. Her kids love to read, and they want to download new books rather than re-read the paperbacks at home. Read more about the Digital Divide.

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Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Blackboard 90

The Daring Librarian

AUGUST 25, 2018

Three years ago I shared with you what I was buying to boost our Makerspace area using four empty Library study carrels that no longer held desktop Macs. Our MHMS Makerspace How it works: Kids can come in before school, during lunch, or when they've finished their work to explore, craft, and create in the Library Media Center.

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Gamification Robotics Libraries Guidelines 63

MindShift

MARCH 24, 2020

While there are plenty of best practice guides available for online learning, strategies for bridging the digital divide are scarce. . Although local libraries may be closed, their routers are likely still on. We regularly use our library’s wifi from outside when it’s closed. Seek Out Hotspots But Don’t Rely On Them.

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Learning Digital Divide Data Flipped Classroom 47

The Daring Librarian

APRIL 3, 2013

Challenge: Limited Technology, Time, & Maximize Engagement A simple shared library book cart loaded with World Book Encyclopedias, pulled mythology books, a MentorMob playlist (embedded below), a Wikipspaces page , and a few MacBooks can = meaningful mythology research!

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Social Media Digital Divide Facebook Study 65

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

million downloads across the globe. They have a wonderful lesson library that they've created as well. So just asking students to hand in something that they could easily download off the Internet, I get ChatGPT, but we have to be smarter than that. Your top show has reached over 25,000 alone. Now let's get this show started.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

School buses provide Wi-Fi access for downloading homework assignments, as well as lunches, at various locations in South Carolina. But America’s persistent digital divide has greatly hampered efforts toward this goal. Blaney Elementary School in Elgin, S.C., on March 18, 2020. Credit: Kershaw County School District.

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Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 68

Education Superhighway

JULY 31, 2020

With the possibility of remote learning returning this fall, the City of Chicago, Chicago Public Schools (CPS), the philanthropic community, and leading Internet Service Providers (ISPs) recognized a historic opportunity to eliminate broadband accessibility as a barrier to digital learning. 1 | FIRSTHAND ACCOUNTS EXPOSE DIGITAL INEQUITIES.

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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. A free download called ‘Take What You Need’ helps to infuse more calm, joy and gratitude into even the busiest routine. New technology in the library or for your counselors?

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Trends EdTech Industry Data 143

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 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. A free download called ‘Take What You Need’ helps to infuse more calm, joy and gratitude into even the busiest routine. New technology in the library or for your counselors?

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Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 22, 2021

A meta-analysis of 39 studies of children’s picture books finds that children score better on comprehension tests after reading a paper book than after reading a digital book. Digital picture books have been a godsend during the pandemic. Photo: Sarah Garland/The Hechinger Report.

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The Daring Librarian

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Download it to your machine & take into school! - Buy & Download a Single Copy Mac/Win Version for only $19.95! " A new digital divide going on: - Those who know how to “think” about search vs. those don’t. You and your library are already invaluable.now, let the world see it! Liked the Video? Here it is!

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Social Media Wiki Resources Digital Divide 41

MindShift

MARCH 20, 2015

She had spent plenty of time at school while her daughters were students in Brentwood, an affluent Nashville suburb with famously great schools, as a room mother and fundraiser, she even volunteered to work in the library. While there is an on-site counselor at school, counseling is only offered to students with Medicaid.

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Facebook Digital Divide Meeting Mobility 28

The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2017

Meanwhile, millions of American students trek to public libraries and fast-food restaurants to get online after school, or they go without — a problem known as the “homework gap.”. Zach Leverenz, an advocate for closing the digital divide, on the use of electromagnetic spectrum set aside for education.

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Broadband Mobility Digital Divide Learning 87

eSchool News

DECEMBER 12, 2021

MetaBot is our answer to the digital divide and furthers our mission to democratize educational technology while also allowing us to stake a claim in the metaverse with education,” said Andy Fathollahi, CEO, Ozobot. “We No physical robots, apps or fees required.

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Robotics Smartphone Tablets Digital Divide 103

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 End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That).

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