The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2017

2017 Common Sense Census: media use by kids age zero to eight. 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. “It’s not a technology divide, it’s a content divide.

Digital Divide 62

Digital Divide Technology Survey Smartphone 62

The Hechinger Report

MAY 15, 2020

Waterford.org also provides families with laptops and internet service, helping reduce the digital divide that would have prevented many low-income kids from logging on. Families at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines (an income no higher than $52,400 for a family of four) qualify to sign up.

Guidelines 110

Guidelines Laptops Learning Digital Divide 110

edWeb.net

MAY 1, 2019

After all, schools are preparing them for their future careers, which will include using some aspect of online technology. Similarly, 28 states have policies and guidelines for external connections; 23 have them for internal wireless connections. The key is the state leadership to make broadband accessible to all.

Broadband 41

Broadband Accessibility E-rate Mobility 41

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. We must allow our students to use their gifts and skills to make and create using technology the teacher may not even be familiar with. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations.

Blended Learning 192

Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

The Daring Librarian

AUGUST 25, 2018

Remember, you can date new technology (or innovation) you don't have to marry it ! but after a couple months of a wasted materials (ex: uncompleted duct tape raincoats that ended up in a sticky ball) and some messy LEGO behavior, I realized we did indeed need a few guidelines. That's on you. So be cool - don't be all uncool!

Gamification 63

Gamification Robotics Libraries Guidelines 63

The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2017

Yet, the fact remains that too many students still scrounge for the vital internet access their classmates (and technology-enamored school reformers) take for granted. This issue constitutes a new civil right: the right to digital equity,” concluded a June 2017 report on the “homework gap” from the Consortium for School Networking.

Broadband 87

Broadband Mobility Digital Divide Learning 87

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

pic.twitter.com/gOvmSOjcSf — Shelly (@ShellySometimes) February 14, 2017. Via The New York Times : “ Trump Drops Defense of Obama Guidelines on Transgender Students.” Via WaPo : “The FCC talks the talk on the digital divide – and then walks in the other direction.” Contests and Awards.

Education 45

Education Company MOOC Khan Academy 45