Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

That schools rely on the mega-rich to fund their digital learning at all—and that those funds could dry up at any time—illustrates some of the fundamental problems with K-12 technology spending: It is inconsistent, pieced together haphazardly, and as a result impacts student technology access in disproportionate ways.

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Technology E-rate Laptops Digital Divide 169

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

So, she may have her students type in Google Docs with their tablets instead of writing by hand, to offer them the instant feedback of the platform’s interactive built-in spelling and grammar checker. But she’ll also have them record their screens and annotate their essays with a stylus.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

pic.twitter.com/gOvmSOjcSf — Shelly (@ShellySometimes) February 14, 2017. Via WaPo : “The FCC talks the talk on the digital divide – and then walks in the other direction.” ” Via Geekwire : “ Google quietly donates $10M to University of Washington in another major computer science gift.”

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