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Technology overuse may be the new digital divide

The Hechinger Report

For years policymakers have fretted about the “digital divide,” that poor students are less likely to have computers and high-speed internet at home than rich students. Nearly 75 percent of families making less than $30,000 a year said they had high-speed internet access in 2017, up from 46 percent in 2013.

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Next Generation Learning: Personalization

Neo LMS

In 2013, Vista Unified’s acting superintendent interviewed more than 2,000 middle- and high-school students about their school experiences. He then put their raw responses into a software program, and was astounded to find that the most frequently mentioned word was “irrelevant.”.

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New Generation Learning: Personalization

Neo LMS

In 2013, Vista Unified’s acting superintendent interviewed more than 2,000 middle- and high-school students about their school experiences. He then put their raw responses into a software program, and was astounded to find that the most frequently mentioned word was “irrelevant.”.

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A Perfect Storm for Maker Education

User Generated Education

If one of the characteristics of the maker movement is democratization of related tools, software, and techniques, then efforts need to focus on the education institutions that serve children (school, libraries, museums, after-school programs) especially underrepresented and underserved children. Dougherty, The Maker Mindset, 2013 ).

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 11 Edition)

Doug Levin

." 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. The partnership aims to bridge the digital divide in Pittsburg by offering parents refurbished computers free of charge.

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School Boards: 7 Steps to Supporting Digital Learning

Education Superhighway

Digital learning opportunities now extend far beyond online testing and digitized versions of textbooks. Today, 99% of America’s schools have enough Internet connectivity to make digital learning available in their classrooms , but 1% of students are still on the wrong side of the digital divide.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 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.” And “free” doesn’t last. Um, they do.)

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