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Defeat the Digital Divide Helps Bring Reliable Internet Connections to Schools Nationwide

eSchool News

Defeat the Digital Divide ( [link] ) offers school districts engaging learning tools to build solutions that will enable them to close the gap between those who have access to reliable internet service and those who don’t. Each scenario can be tailored to the area’s specific needs, challenges, and local requirements. Cradlepoint?to

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Khan Academy: Friend or Foe?

A Principal's Reflections

In addition to using Yahoo doodle, he began writing quiz software in 2006. Next challenge: we have to bridge the digital divide for kids @irasocal: There are few bigger frauds in American than Sal Khan #NSBAconf Khan Academy is not a silver bullet that will fix education and improve achievement as a stand-alone entity.

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After Net Neutrality, Experts Expect Changes to FCC’s E-Rate

Edsurge

John Harrington, Funds for Learning Among the groups commenting on the issue, both ISTE and the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) raised the possibility that digital education providers can pay to deliver their content more quickly, and wondered aloud if the move would deepen the digital divide.

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Developing Systems for Effective, Equitable Education for All Students

edWeb.net

First, districts need to address the digital divide/homework gap in meaningful ways. Another aspect of the digital divide includes teachers. What’s needed to address the digital divide for all is sustainable, dedicated funding that allows districts to meet the needs of the community.

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Digital pervasion and loss of identity

Learning with 'e's

Image from Pixabay “We are all digital now” claimed Paul Longley of University College London, in a research report (BBC News, 2006). In so doing, he identified a global digital tribe. There is none the less a need to acknowledge the digital divides that are perpetuated wherever technology is applied.

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A traditional model of organizational knowledge creation

Connecting 2 the World

Crossing the digital divide safely and trustingly: How ecologies of learning scaffold the journey. Community development among distance learners: Temporal and technological dimensions, Journal of Computer Mediated Communication (Vol. Henning, E., & Van Der Westhuizen, D. Computers and Education, 42, 333-352. Syriquin, A.

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A hidden, public internet asset that could get more kids online for learning

The Hechinger Report

They stressed the enhanced educational potential of EBS, including the need to help bridge the digital divide: “By these actions,” they wrote, “we make significant progress towards the goal of providing all Americans with access to ubiquitous wireless broadband connections, regardless of their location.”.