The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

We have this huge digital divide that’s making it hard for [students] to get their education,” she said. David Silver, the director of education for the mayor’s office, said people talked about the digital divide, but there had never been enough energy to tackle it. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. “We

Digital Divide 111

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 111

Learning with 'e's

MARCH 3, 2014

"If you can imagine it, you can invent it" - unknown I recall Nicky Hockley''s keynote for the Reform Symposium 2013. This week I read an article that documented the recent partnership between futurist Ray Kurzweil and Google''s Larry Page. It has learnt to determine shapes and identify specific objects from among billions of images.

Learning 59

Learning E-rate Digital Divide Microsoft 59

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

For example, a student could be assigned a slide on a Class Google Slide show to share some work while other students and the teacher provide critique. Could Google Draw be used for a collaborative visual thinking activity such as Chalk Talk, or Zoom breakout rooms be used for online critique and revision?

Blended Learning 192

Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

“I’m slightly wary of building a Google data profile of a young child,” says @ashleyrcarman @verge [link]. " Tagged on: March 19, 2017 Technology switch leaves some upset | Columbia Daily Tribune → Battle High School students and teachers have had iPads since the school opened in 2013.

EdTech 170

EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

EdTechSandyK

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

billion people worldwide will have mobile phones by 2013. We used to hear about the digital divide. Songify - read or speak into the app; app changes it into a song Titan Pad - a way to collaborate on a document without using Google docs. 90% of people in the U.S. have a mobile phone. 80+% have mobile phones.

BYOD 60

BYOD Poll Everywhere Mobility Laptops 60

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” Um, they do.) It’s that their parents are opting them out of exposure to these technologies. Altius Education.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

He was an instructor in one of several high-profile Coursera failures back in 2013. The New York Times on “The Challenges of Closing the Digital Divide.” According to the conservative news site The Daily Caller , “Bailing On Common Core Tests Is Costing States Millions.” Remember Richard McKenzie?

Education 48

Education MOOC Company Report 48