Digital Promise

OCTOBER 2, 2017

We have made great strides to level the technology playing field in education, but unfortunately the digital divide still exists between those who have the tools to research, learn and collaborate online at home, and those who don’t. 1 Further, there’s a second level digital divide 2 that’s emerging in the classroom.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Langford recently talked with EdTech about the challenges of the digital divide and practical ways to overcome them. EDTECH: What challenges related to digital equity are you facing in your district? Langford: We deployed our first round of Chromebooks to students in 2016. Langford: We’ve taken a multifaceted approach.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 21, 2020

Their graduation rate of 67 percent falls behind that of non-ELLs, which was 85 percent in the 2015-2016 school year, the most recent data available from the U.S. Yet when it comes to academic achievement, ELLs still struggle to keep up with their non-ELL peers. Department of Education.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 12, 2024

Ralabate (2016) gives us five fundamental questions that allow teachers to begin to transform their practice. Is the variability in my student’s performance due entirely to their performance, or is there variance that is due to the design of the activity (Ralabate, 2016). Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. Ralabate P. Brookes Publishing.

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TeacherCast

JANUARY 1, 2016

With many communities anxious to enhance local school systems and increase opportunities for students, teachers and pupils, 2016 appears poised to witness a lot of exciting new developments in the world of education technology. Possibly that situation will change permanently in 2016. Ubiquitous Computers on The Horizon.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

APRIL 14, 2016

Welcome to the first post in a series that allows me to share with you my journey to the ASCD 2016 Conference in Atlanta. I am now almost booked through August, and September through December of the 2016 calendar is filling fast. Ten Resources and Next Steps: Education and Poverty… ASCD 2016. Check out my Booking Page.

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Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2022

How are we ever going to bridge the digital divide—the digital abyss—if we have different realities of a pandemic, of the outcome of an election, of a war in Ukraine with Russia?” In many ways, I feel like we went from being a voice in the wilderness to an answer to a prayer, particularly after the 2016 election,” he adds.

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eSpark

JULY 11, 2016

Successful classroom technology should challenge and support every type of learner without widening the digital divide that’s often found in low-income and rural districts. Throughout ISTE 2016, we had a chance to share a booth with JAMF Software, a company that’s reimagined mobile device management for educators.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Here are five key trends that CTOs will be watching and reacting to in 2016: The modernized E-rate program. Our citizens can’t participate in learning, government, or other activities if we as school leaders don’t do our part in helping to erase the digital divide.”. Broadband isn’t a luxury anymore,” she says.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2021

1560 , and proposed adding sections designed “to close the digital divide in California.” Even when there are laws meant to address the digital divide in terms of devices and WiFi, they aren’t always effective. For instance, prior to COVID-19, Section 12100.8 Jennifer E.

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Neo LMS

JULY 12, 2018

Between September 2016 and May 2017 the program donated 1,600 computers and 870 4G mobile hotspots to low-income families in Denver, Colorado. Some studies have shown that enabling such households with mobile, rather than broadband, internet creates a more flexible solution, as these types of households tend to relocate more frequently.

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eSpark

JULY 11, 2016

Successful classroom technology should challenge and support every type of learner without widening the digital divide that’s often found in low-income and rural districts. Throughout ISTE 2016, we had a chance to share a booth with JAMF Software, a company that’s reimagined mobile device management for educators.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

suffer on the no-internet side of the digital divide , according to the Federal Communications Commission. And this spring, 60 percent of low-income parents expressed that their children are likely to experience at least one digital obstacle doing their K-12 homework online. Roughly 21 million people in the U.S.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 9, 2020

In 2016, Harris, together with the Meyster brothers, started the “ Breaking into Startups ” podcast, which interviews CEOs about their tech careers and covers many of the questions that Career Karma now addresses. But also people that have created $100-billion dollar companies.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

So, over the course of the 2015-2016 school year a team of eight teachers alongside 165 11th grade students piloted the Personalized Learning Academy (PLA) into which 160 junior students were inducted. 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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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

So, over the course of the 2015-2016 school year a team of eight teachers alongside 165 11th grade students piloted the Personalized Learning Academy (PLA) into which 160 junior students were inducted. 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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MIND Research Institute

OCTOBER 6, 2016

As a technology company, we know the value of STEM education, and are thrilled to support MIND and the 2016 Math Fair. The PSA elevates our mission to take math out of the classroom and into the community, inviting families to come together as they experience math in all its beauty, form and fun! “As

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Edsurge

MAY 25, 2017

Another thing that I don't hear about that much these days, but I know you have views on is the digital divide. Where do you see the digital divide today in terms of education? The digital divide is still a problem, and it's a growing problem. This is the real world for the community college space.

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Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

An 2016 EdWeek analysis showed that 2 in 5 high schools did not offer physics, which is problematic in an era when S.T.E.M. In almost every case, that will involve ensuring that schools have the capacity to offer such programs, and that underserved communities are not stuck on the wrong side of the digital divide.

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Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2019

That raises the question: is the move to digital homework systems creating a new kind of digital divide at colleges? Textbook companies defend their new model, arguing that digital titles help students learn better than past methods and are sold for far less than traditional textbooks.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 28, 2020

Administrators at Dorchester School District Two in suburban Summerville, South Carolina, were well aware of the digital divide when they decided to give students both paper and online resources after shuttering schools because of coronavirus. She received her first response on the morning of April 9 and opened it immediately.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Kajeet, a provider of safe mobile student internet connectivity, has launched its 2016 campaign to highlight the “real action heroes” in school districts working to close the Homework Gap for their students. 1 million Homework Gap hours ‘rescued’ by Kajeet Customers.

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Tech Helpful

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Advocate for equitable access to educational technology, digital content and learning opportunities to meet the diverse needs of all students. Model for colleagues the identification, exploration, evaluation, curation and adoption of new digital resources and tools for learning. In theory, yes.

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Educator Innovator

MARCH 16, 2016

In its 2016 National Education Technology Plan, the Department of Education emphasizes model approaches to digital learning. The most obvious addition to the plan is its focus on the “digital-use divide.” Ellis said the 2016 plan should be just the beginning.

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eSchool News

APRIL 7, 2016

. “Internet access is no longer an afterthought in education; instead high-speed broadband and wi-fi are now a vital component of K-12 school infrastructure, there is an increased emphasis on digital learning,” according to the report. Even fewer schools have met the long-term goal of 1 Gbps/1,000 users.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 18, 2021

More than 10,000 of the students had answered questions on their technology use in the spring of fifth grade in 2016. The children are selected to represent the nation’s geographic, income and racial diversity. The researchers compared the most frequent users with the children’s earlier kindergarten attributes.

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Marketplace K-12

JULY 5, 2016

The new analysis, titled “Teachers and Technology Use in the Classroom: Exclusive Survey Results,” represents an in-depth follow up to the Education Week Tech Confidence Index , released earlier this month as part of Education Week’s 2016 Technology Counts report.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 12, 2016

note : Joelle Bejarano will present a session related to this topic, called “Touch-Interactive and Digital Signage Displays for Parent and Community Engagement in Education,” at DSE 2016 on Wednesday, March 16 in Las Vegas. However, there still exists a digital divide to conquer. For more information, visit www.dse2016.com.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2018

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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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Bryan was the lead author of the just-released Digital Literacy - An NMC Horizon Project Strategic Brief , which was commissioned by Adobe to "explore an increasingly pressing challenge for United States higher education institutions: advancing digital literacy among students and faculty."

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edWeb.net

JULY 26, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed and, in many ways, worsened the digital divide and other inequitable aspects of America’s education system. However, it also created opportunities to develop more equitable outcomes, based on the widespread switch to digital learning experiences and new education models.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

Recipient of the 2016 ISTE Emerging Leader Award, recognized as a PBS Digital innovator for her initiatives in enhancing student learning with technology, Fox has also served as President of the Young Educator Network for ISTE, and received the President's Volunteer Award in 2018.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Myths No 3: BYOD will deepen the digital divide. If schools allow students to bring their own devices to class, do they really deepen this digital divide? These are just a few possible solutions schools have found to address the digital divide issue. Whether we like it or not, students are not equal.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

And the more I thought about it, I realized that this was an equity access issue that ran even deeper than the digital divide. — Art Lopez (@ArtLopez_CS) September 14, 2016. Lopez teaches in San Diego at Sweetwater High School, where 85% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch programs. “I

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NeverEndingSearch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Permissive website access at school allows students who don’t have home Internet access to find essential resources for their personal and educational development, narrowing the digital divide that these students already may be experiencing. Digital Citizenship by OSAPAC. Teacher Resources by MediaSmarts.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

I think it’s absolutely trying to bridge the digital gap and the digital divide, and I say that knowing that it doesn’t solve everything. In 2016, Mary Jo was named to the Forbes "30 Under 30" list in education. I can only answer from my experience—I’m not an expert. But I think that access is critical for young people.

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techlearning

APRIL 17, 2019

A 2016 survey of 1,200 parents revealed that while 94 percent of families are connected to the internet, 23 percent access it on mobile devices, 26 percent share a single computer and 20 percent experienced loss of internet service due to lack of payment

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