EdTech Magazine

JULY 30, 2018

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. Do the same for apps and software. Powering their devices is a robust network and state-of-the-art cloud technology.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 30, 2020

As the Coronavirus has changed the landscape of education, I have become more and more aware of inequity and the digital divide. In my reflection, I have attempted to present ideas for all schools across the digital divide. Conduct teacher meetings via video conferencing software. There may be different levels.

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LMS Digital Divide Blended Learning Survey 217

Edsurge

JANUARY 20, 2020

In 2014, Palmdale School District was experiencing a major digital divide. In 2014, Palmdale School District was experiencing a major digital divide. With these regular training sessions, every teacher feels more comfortable with the panels’ features and accompanying software.

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Digital Learning Digital Divide Classroom Learning 109

Graphite Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Be flexible with format You've probably had Google Meets or Zoom calls freeze or glitch at some point this year, which was maybe due to a weak internet connection or software glitches. After all, the digital divide remains a big issue across the country, and students may be participating in distance learning from wireless hot spots.

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Conference Digital Divide LMS Meeting 98

TeacherCast

JANUARY 1, 2016

For instance, one recent survey reported that 75% of the responding K-12 educators in the United States assessed their student’s access to technology in the classroom as “good” or “great” Roughly four out of five teachers planned to utilize these types of resources more extensively during the 2016 academic year.

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Technology LMS Classroom Trends 68

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

Take a look at my last post on surveys for educators, students, and parents. Teachers should also be surveyed. Coronavirus eLearning Series… Ideas To Think About Now… Before Next Year: Idea 2…Feedback and Surveys. Coronavirus eLearning Series… Ideas To Think About Now… Before Next Year: Idea 1…Feedback and Surveys.

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Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2019

Nationwide, one out of four teenagers from low-income households lacks access to a home computer and, overall, Latino students have less access than their black and white peers, according to a 2018 survey by the Pew Research Center. million for the Chromebooks, software licenses and the infrastructure needed to maintain them. “In

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Technology Chromebook Laptops iPad 107

Educator Innovator

MARCH 7, 2014

Enabling users to combine text with images and narration, the software has the potential to help boost literacy skills and appeal to diverse learning styles. While broadband wasn’t a specific focus of the survey, Purcell said that the issue did arise frequently in focus groups.

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Broadband E-rate Digital Divide Survey 41

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. The school building itself has Wi-Fi, but a recent survey found that about one-quarter of Walton students had limited or no internet at home.

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Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Blackboard 89

Edsurge

JUNE 15, 2022

In response to these trends, the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), a nonprofit organization that works to shape tech policy and architecture with a focus on democracy and the rights of the individual, says there’s been widespread adoption of software that monitors students in K-12 schools nationwide.

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Software Chromebook Data Social Media 143

Lightspeed Systems

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

As a result, administrators proactively identify students with poor or no internet access at scale, saving considerable time troubleshooting and maximizing the impact of digital learning. Most importantly, they empower all students to excel!”

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Digital Divide Broadband EdTech Guidelines 52

The Daring Librarian

DECEMBER 11, 2010

Through “scanning” the code by way of photographing it, and installing a a FREE APP or simple piece of software to your smartphone, anyone can access the information behind the QR which might contain images, easily launched website links, and text.

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Libraries Classroom Smartphone Wiki 74

Lightspeed Systems

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Secondly, utilize edtech solutions like Lightspeed Digital Insight to learn when data privacy terms and conditions are changed. A final consideration is the impact of AI on the ‘digital divide’ and digital equity. Simply, the digital divide, a digital inequity, places too many students at a distinct disadvantage.

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Student Data Privacy Digital Divide Guidelines Policies 69

Connecting 2 the World

SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

Crossing the digital divide safely and trustingly: How ecologies of learning scaffold the journey. A survey of current research on online communities of practice. Cognitive divergence and shared mental models in software development project teams. Henning, E., & Van Der Westhuizen, D. Computers and Education, 42, 333-352.

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Groups Outcomes Training Study 52

The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2020

At least 17 percent of high schoolers nationwide had “seriously considered” attempting suicide and 14 percent reported they had made a suicide plan in the past year, according to the results of the most recent Youth Risk Behavior Survey by the CDC. Still, Wheeler acknowledged that tactic may not catch every student in need. It’s tough.

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Survey Report Elementary Exercises 145

Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

Tagged on: March 25, 2017 Lower-income Americans still lag in tech adoption | Pew Research Center → Even as many aspects of the digital divide have narrowed over time, the digital lives of lower- and higher-income Americans remain markedly different. This is ALSO true for edtech.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

Tagged on: March 25, 2017 Lower-income Americans still lag in tech adoption | Pew Research Center → Even as many aspects of the digital divide have narrowed over time, the digital lives of lower- and higher-income Americans remain markedly different. This is ALSO true for edtech.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Bridget Jones, Director of Client Support & Success, Scribbles Software With the combination of federal grants that came about due to the pandemic and the supply chain delays for equipment, many districts are just now getting the needed equipment, including here at Livonia Public Schools.

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EdTech Learning Industry Data 69

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

Greeley offers a lens into how wide the digital divide in the US has become, how much it is contributing to a two-tiered society, and, perhaps most important, whether it can be bridged – something that will be crucial to keeping the country competitive in the global economy of tomorrow. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter.

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Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Or the company will have to start charging for the software. 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, Um, they do.)

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

Edsurge profiles “ personalized learning ” software used in a virtual school that has some 450 incarcerated students. The software in question, Odysseyware , is featured in a recent series of articles in Slate , chronicling the worst online classes , particularly those used for credit recovery programs. .”

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Education Pearson Report Robotics 45

Hack Education

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Via e-Literate : “Experience Economy: Enterprise software view into persistence and future of LMS market.” Via Edsurge : “In a New Survey, Teachers Say There’s a Disconnect in Computer Science Education.” ” Via The New York Times : “ Digital Divide Is Wider Than We Think, Study Says.”

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Education MOOC Report Data 54

Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Teaching Tolerance released a report on the increased harassment and bullying witnessed this year – something it tied directly to the Trump campaign: 90% of K–12 educators that the organization surveyed said that their school climate had been adversely affected by the racist, nationalist, sexist rhetoric of the Presidential campaign.

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Technology Education Pearson Company 40

Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

Tagged on: March 31, 2017 The Digital Divide: A Quarter of the Nation Is Without Broadband | Time → Politically, the persistence of the digital gap defies logic. And yet survey after survey says that we expect that this data is being used to obtain medical or educational breakthroughs.”

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Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

Tagged on: March 31, 2017 The Digital Divide: A Quarter of the Nation Is Without Broadband | Time → Politically, the persistence of the digital gap defies logic. And yet survey after survey says that we expect that this data is being used to obtain medical or educational breakthroughs.”

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