The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 25, 2023

The digital divide is, of course, still an issue as well, which can further compound this issue, although with all of these technologies coming to smartphones (as well as emerging satellite technologies) there is less of a divide than there was pre-pandemic.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2023

How can digital technology help middle schoolers thrive? After years of researching the effects of digital technology, we have found that most of the evidence to date does not support the view that social media and smartphones are the cause of these problems. Smartphones are making it worse.

Smartphone 86

Smartphone Social Media Learning Digital Divide 86

Shake Up Learning

APRIL 25, 2023

Jaime shares her favorite lessons, how to use them, what you need to get started, and the McGraw Hill AR app! It’s all part of Verizon’s commitment to helping close the digital divide. Math teachers are always asking for specific resources, and sometimes it can feel difficult to find the right technology.

Digital Divide 99

Digital Divide Smartphone Tablets Technology 99

Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2017

kids live in a house with some form of a mobile device—and those smartphones and tablets are gobbling up a greater portion of kids' screen time than ever. But time with tablets and smartphones is triple what it was in 2013. A whopping 98 percent of U.S. That need is still astronomical and cuts across all demographics.”

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Survey Mobility Digital Divide Tablets 98

Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2022

-Alan Miller, founder and outgoing CEO of the News Literacy Project In 2008, when Miller started the News Literacy Project following a visit to his daughter’s sixth grade class, he thought news literacy would be an important skill for students and educators in the age of burgeoning social media and smartphones.

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Education Digital Divide Smartphone Social Media 154

Edsurge

MAY 25, 2017

EdSurge: Despite great interest in community colleges these days, there are also plenty of challenges, including falling enrollments and trying to keep up with technology change. Now it's starting to go down, and we're kind of in a flux, trying to understand what do we do and how to we stop the ex-flux.

Digital Divide 86

Digital Divide Smartphone System Outcomes 86

MindShift

OCTOBER 19, 2017

The nationally representative parent survey found that 98 percent of homes with children now have a mobile device — such as a tablet or smartphone. One part of the Common Sense report that really plays up this contradiction is the section on the so-called digital divide. ” Copyright 2017 NPR.

Digital Divide 54

Digital Divide Smartphone Tablets Mobility 54

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

He was recognized with the Tech Champion Award at the 2022 Digital Industry Dynamite Awards and featured in the EdTech50. Dan is a respected authority in educational technology and artificial intelligence. As Director at Edufuturists, he is committed to shaping the future of education through technology and innovation.

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Classroom Tools Data Twitter 425

Educational Technology Guy

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

With the relentless barrage of emails, websites, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Google+ notifications we all receive on a daily basis, a simple, short, and concise text message cuts through all the noise of our digital lifestyles,” said Shawn Carrié, member of the Occupy Wall Street’s Tech Ops Working Group. Get started with Celly at cel.

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Android Mobility Smartphone Facebook 170

Connecting 2 the World

JULY 14, 2014

Mobile Technology is here to stay. Many of us may try to resist integrating mobile technology into our classrooms. What are some ways in which mobile technology has changed the classroom? What are some ways in which mobile technology has changed the classroom? It is a fact of academic life. This is true of all majors.

Mobility 54

Mobility Smartphone Edmodo Digital Divide 54

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

After dealing with the first priority — making sure students were safe and fed — schools had to figure out how to keep the learning alive. But America’s persistent digital divide has greatly hampered efforts toward this goal. When it comes to technology, the best options for teachers during this crisis are usually the simplest.

Learning 73

Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 73

Neo LMS

AUGUST 17, 2021

While there are video and audio tools that help bridge the physical distance, your communications strategy needs to include cognizance of the digital divide and your students’ access to these tools. Read more: 6 Practical strategies for teaching across the digital divide.

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Strategy Tools Digital Divide Exercises 368

Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

We can no longer overlook the importance of the use of technology in schools. Read more: Top 10 BYOD concerns — and how to overcome them [Part 1]. However, the education system must prepare students for the adult life, and we, adults, use technology more than we would like to admit.

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BYOD Digital Divide Classroom Smartphone 382

The Daring Librarian

DECEMBER 11, 2010

The code allows you to use your smartphone to scan the image, being lead to an exclusive 40-second sexy commercial - "It’s often difficult to measure engagement with billboards, and QR codes help advertisers better measure their impact."

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Libraries Classroom Smartphone Wiki 74

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Shawn Caine, who teaches technology at Panguitch High School in Garfield County, Utah, lets students who don’t have adequate home internet service get online in her classroom before and after school. Tom Rolfes, education IT manager for the Nebraska Information Technology Commission. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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Broadband Chromebook Accessibility Mobility 85

MindShift

AUGUST 10, 2021

While especially helpful for her students with less digital experience, it also seemed to lessen the technology fatigue of her students overall. He teaches the students he works with how to turn on the service: as a user-based, rather than teacher-based, function, students need to enable it on their own.

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Tools eBook Digital Divide Broadband 43

The Hechinger Report

MAY 14, 2018

This research is important because children are watching more videos on tablets and smartphones, often while commuting in cars or on public transportation or waiting for an appointment. Related: Technology overuse may be the new digital divide. In effect, they have extra mental branches to hang new knowledge.

Video 91

Video Education Digital Divide Study 91

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 22, 2021

Digital picture books have been a godsend during the pandemic. With libraries shuttered and bookstores a nonessential trip, many parents have downloaded book after book on tablets and smartphones to keep their little ones reading. Bottom line, if it’s a digital book that gets your kid to read, that’s great.”.

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Analysis Study Smartphone Report 145

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2016

Students Adonis Scott (left), and Donavin Haugen (right) use their smartphones to sign up for an online review quiz. I have guidelines for cellphone and smartphone use, but it’s a constant struggle to keep kids engaged in lessons and off their phones. Related : A class of teenagers gave up smartphones for a week, and lived.

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Smartphone Accessibility Learning Social Media 40

Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

I think a lot about the future of technology and its potential impacts on students and the K-12 education system (intended and unintended). While not every piece speaks directly to K-12 education issues at present, they all speak to the wider milieu from which our conceptions of public education and consumer technology are derived.

EdTech 170

EdTech Symantec Facebook Data 170

Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

I think a lot about the future of technology and its potential impacts on students and the K-12 education system (intended and unintended). While not every piece speaks directly to K-12 education issues at present, they all speak to the wider milieu from which our conceptions of public education and consumer technology are derived.

EdTech 150

EdTech Symantec Facebook Data 150

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Many silver linings emerged and digital learning cemented itself as a “must have” in schools. Equity remained front and center, too, raising issues of inequitable technology access, along with racial and socioeconomic disparities and discrimination. — Babak D. –Remco Bergsma, CEO, MiEN Company.

EdTech 109

EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 109