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Digital Divide 2.0: a few facts and figures

Neo LMS

Today we launch right in with a topic that is on the minds and hearts of many teachers – the “digital divide”; that silent, pernicious socioeconomic gap between students that have and students that do not have access to technology. Now, however, access to technology is becoming a rights issue.

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How one city closed the digital divide for nearly all its students

The Hechinger Report

Ramos knew there were many kids like her, eager to keep up with school but lacking the technology to do so. We have this huge digital divide that’s making it hard for [students] to get their education,” she said. efore the pandemic, the digital divide was often considered a rural problem. We can’t afford not to.”.

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Technology overuse may be the new digital divide

The Hechinger Report

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. .

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4 Examples of the best digital access initiatives

Neo LMS

Mobile Beacon. Mobile Beacon is a mobile data provider established by the North American Catholic Educational Programming Foundation (NACEPF), and provides high quality 4G data to nonprofits and schools, for as little as $10 a month. The post 4 Examples of the best digital access initiatives appeared first on NEO BLOG.

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Kajeet Awards $550,000 To 22 Organizations for Purchasing Connectivity Solutions That Drive Digital Inclusion in Education

eSchool News

To further the mission of closing the Digital Divide for students across the United States, each grant recipient will receive up to $25,000, which they may use for any combination of Kajeet Education Broadband solutions, including WiFi hotspots, school bus WiFi, LTE-embedded Chromebooks and routers. patents in mobile technologies.

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Edtech Reports Recap: Video Is Eating the World, Broadband Fails to Keep Up

Edsurge

Connect All Students: How States and School Districts Can Close the Digital Divide” is a follow up to a June analysis by Boston Consulting Group and Common Sense. One takeaway since the last time the Census was done in 2017 is that for the first time, online video viewing dominates screen activity of kids ages 0-8.

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Vote for Digital Promise’s SXSW and SXSW EDU 2018 Session Ideas

Digital Promise

Every day at Digital Promise, we work with leading educators, researchers, and developers across the country to help close the Digital Learning Gap and improve learning for all. Take a look below at our proposed sessions, and click each link to vote now through August 25, 2017. Bridging the Digital Divide with Anytime/Anywhere.