Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2020

The investment strategy does have specific parameters—the most important of which is that prospective funding recipients should be able to show how their tools and services align with Salesforce’s existing product offerings. There’s also Trailhead, its online platform for employee training.

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Digital Divide Education Company Training 132

Neo LMS

JULY 12, 2018

The gap in digital equity must be put under the spotlight if schools are going to be able to redress, and address, the yawning “homework” gap. Only 3% of teachers in high-poverty level schools said that their students had the digital tools necessary to complete homework assignments, compared to 52% of teachers in more affluent schools.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Big data, open spaces, employability, utilizing maker movements, balancing innovation and accountability, privacy, collaboration, closing the digital divide, personalized learning, and navigating the hostile political climate were just a few of the concerns the audience members brought up.

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EdTech Robotics Maker Movement Conference 60

Digital Promise

AUGUST 11, 2017

Take a look below at our proposed sessions, and click each link to vote now through August 25, 2017. Pyramid categories will include approaches to making, issues of equity and sustainability in maker education, and tools and materials of makers. Bridging the Digital Divide with Anytime/Anywhere.

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Digital Divide iPad EdTech Competency Based Learning 175

The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2021

And between 1976 and 2017, the Latino proportion of all students enrolled in college rose from 4 to 19 percent. Related: Survey reveals stark rich-poor divide in how U.S. For decades, courageous Latinos pushed hard to get national, state and district leaders to prioritize the education of Latino students, and it was paying off.

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Digital Divide Advocacy Survey System 130

eSchool News

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Our K-12 Digital Citizenship Curriculum along with our Connecting Families program give schools and communities a foundation for addressing these critical topics in and out of the classroom. For Digital Citizenship Week this year (Oct. Tips for teaching students with Autism about digital citizenship.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

Also note, and ironically so, that due to the extended nature of this episode and that we have four speakers, the AI tools I use to write the transcript had a bit of a meltdown, and I've had to apply a significant amount of human intelligence to the transcript which delayed this episode to Thursday. million downloads across the globe.

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MIND Research Institute

MAY 13, 2020

The study looked at data for over five million students in grades 3 through 8 who had taken NWEA’s MAP Growth assessments in 2017-2018. Digital Divides and the COVID Slide. School closures have meant a step backward when it comes to the digital divides. When school is online, the digital divide grows greater.

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Meeting Digital Divide Education STEM 61

eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2017

“Education is the foundation for our society to prosper, and the internet is an incredibly powerful tool for learning,” Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure said in the company’s announcement Tuesday. A full rollout of the project nationally is set for the start of the 2017-18 school year.

Digital Divide 40

Digital Divide Smartphone Laptops Tablets 40

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

The Miami-Dade school district, for example, adopted a plan back in 2012 to close the digital divide. In Occidental, California, Matthew Morgan, superintendent of the Harmony Union School District, said the pandemic has exposed a big digital divide and online learning was slow to roll out. “We

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Digital Divide Laptops Accessibility Online Learning 117

Education Superhighway

AUGUST 1, 2017

On July 13, 2017, Governor Asa Hutchinson announced that the state had connected Glen Rose School District, the final Arkansas district awaiting high-speed Internet connectivity. In a July 2017 statement , FCC Chairman Ajit Pai designated August as Rural Broadband Month at the agency. You can find the proposed meeting agenda here.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2020

A 2017 review of the literature by my Brookings colleagues found “on average, students’ achievement scores declined over summer vacation by one month’s worth of school-year learning” and that the loss was especially great for math. But, for all kids, summer learning loss is a setback.

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Learning Software Digital Divide Broadband 118

Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

According to 2017 data from the Federal Communications Commission: 2 million students and 2.6 million teachers have reached or exceeded the minimum recommended connectivity level for digital learning. 5 million students remain on the wrong side of the digital divide, still lacking access to high-speed Internet.

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Report E-rate Digital Divide Broadband 40

Education Superhighway

AUGUST 1, 2017

On July 13, 2017, Governor Asa Hutchinson announced that the state had connected Glen Rose School District, the final Arkansas district awaiting high-speed Internet connectivity. In a July 2017 statement , FCC Chairman Ajit Pai designated August as Rural Broadband Month at the agency. You can find the proposed meeting agenda here.

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Broadband Accessibility Digital Learning E-rate 40

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

Sometimes an LMS discussion will help and other times integrating with another tool can be beneficial. Look for Part 2 of this post soon, with tech tools for PBL in a blended learning environment. How do teachers and students learn about and employ these tools? What other tools are needed to compliment the LMS?

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Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Doug Levin (@douglevin) March 17, 2017. Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye the week of March 13, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 11 Edition).

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EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

This quick move to emergency remote teaching has left educators scrambling to figure out how to use digital tools, online resources, and apps to continue their teaching at a distance. In fact, there are so many digital tools, apps, and online learning resources being shared, some educators are feeling overwhelmed.

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Digital Divide Social Media Microsoft Policies 211

edWeb.net

MAY 1, 2019

By providing these examples of state leadership to support technology in education, though, states can work towards bridging the digital divide. CatchOn is a user-friendly data analytics tool that enables school districts to make data-informed decisions about the apps and online tools their educators and students are using.

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Broadband Accessibility E-rate Mobility 41

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Like much of rural America, Garfield County is on the wrong side of the “homework gap” — a stubborn disparity in at-home broadband that hinders millions of students’ access to the array of online learning, collaboration and research tools that are enjoyed by their better-connected peers.

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Broadband Chromebook Accessibility Mobility 82

The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Today’s Sponsor: Edpuzzle is my new favorite flipped classroom tool. Friday, September 22, 2017. I have to do the in-flip, which means I do the videos sometimes in class, and use tools like “EdPuzzle” to kind of insert that formative assessment and that sort of thing. You kow, we haven’t closed that digital divide quite yet.

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Classroom Khan Academy Flipped Classroom Video 71

Edsurge

JUNE 15, 2022

Using these tools, schools can filter web content; monitor students’ search engine queries and browsing history; view students’ emails, messages and social media content; and/or view their screens in real-time. This ensured that every student had a device and that all of those devices were the same,” he says.

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Software Chromebook Data Social Media 150

The Daring Librarian

AUGUST 25, 2018

Makey Makey is another inexpensive (less than $60) flexible, creative, and cool tool to add to any makerspace. We've discovered that the mix of the digital divide, possible turbulent home lives, and general teenage forgetfulness can result in a loss of power. Legos rule! No software needed! Just plug and play! It's OK to fail.

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Gamification Robotics Libraries Guidelines 63

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Since taking over as principal in 2017, Robert has established a pre-kindergarten and forged creative partnerships in the community to raise funds to build a new playground and launch a school-based therapy program. This dedication to meeting the needs of his students has served the school well. Smart transportation, and VR, among others.

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Education Advocacy EdTech Elementary 130

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.

Technology 169

Technology E-rate Laptops Digital Divide 169

EdTechTeam

JULY 27, 2017

Cross-posted from Digital Promise Addressing the Digital Learning Gap with Effective Educator Coaching JULY 26, 2017 | BY KAREN CATOR In 2014, I wrote – The problem with education in America is not the lack of excellence. It’s lack of equity. This dichotomy is especially pronounced in underserved schools.

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Digital Learning Digital Divide Education Learning 73

Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2017

In 2017, +Acumen co-developed a new online course on Systems Practice with The Omidyar Group. If you don’t tread carefully, you can introduce new apps, tools or programs that have unintended consequences—or worse, exacerbate a problem you intended to solve. See full-size image.

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System Education Laptops Digital Divide 167

Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 12 Edition). Tagged on: March 26, 2017 Are computers teachers? Tagged on: March 25, 2017 Who’s logging your face?

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EdTech Symantec Facebook Data 170

Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 12 Edition). Tagged on: March 26, 2017 Are computers teachers? Tagged on: March 25, 2017 Who’s logging your face?

EdTech 150

EdTech Symantec Facebook Data 150

Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

A blogger , speaker, author, technology advocate and prominent voice in social media, Rafranz Davis aims to bridge the digital divide in schools. She is the winner of ISTE’s Outstanding Leadership Award 2017 and holds many other industry distinctions, including a Microsoft Innovative Education Expert and Global Minecraft Mentor.

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EdTech E-rate Trends Microsoft 150

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

The digital divide is showing real signs of narrowing—but there are still 6.5 Even when these benchmarks are hit and every school can boast a fiber connection, it won’t be nearly enough to close the digital divide. According to the report, 58 percent of those districts wouldn’t even have to switch service providers.

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E-rate Report Broadband Digital Divide 69

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. In 2017, just a week before Christmas, the New Media Consortium abruptly announced its immediate closure “because of apparent errors and omissions by its former Controller and Chief Financial Officer.” Good for you. But that’s not my job.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

” “ University of Michigan adds an automated text-analysis tool to a growing program intended to give more students a chance to learn through writing,” Inside Higher Ed reports. ” are you s g me pic.twitter.com/4MZQqbVdOG — Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) July 8, 2017.

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Education Pearson Report Robotics 45

Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

Questions that have been a long time coming… Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 13 Edition). Strong opinions may be weakly held. It is that bad.

EdTech 150

EdTech Data Broadband Company 150

Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

Questions that have been a long time coming… Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 13 Edition). Strong opinions may be weakly held. It is that bad.

EdTech 150

EdTech Data Broadband Company 150

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 Education Dive : “ Digital ed tech pricing library brings transparency to procurement.”

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Education Company MOOC Khan Academy 45

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

And now, the final weeks of 2016 revolve around what will happen after January 20, 2017. Cambridge Analytica, a company on whose board Trump’s campaign manager and now chief strategist Steve Bannon sits, used Facebook “as a tool to build psychological profiles that represent some 230 million adult Americans.”

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Technology Education Facebook Company 40