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Digital Divide 2.0: a few facts and figures

Neo LMS

Welcome to NEO Blog 2018! 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. Digital divide: facts and figures.

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Ray Allen Foundation Gifts Computer Lab to Miami-Dade Middle School to Help Bridge the Digital Divide

EdTech Magazine

Ray Allen Foundation Gifts Computer Lab to Miami-Dade Middle School to Help Bridge the Digital Divide. Tue, 05/29/2018 - 23:37. I want to say thank you for your accomplishments and your efforts to close the digital divide,” Bulnes told Allen. ricky.ribeiro. by Ricky Ribeiro.

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Experts Weigh in on Key Considerations for K–12 1:1 Programs

EdTech Magazine

Fri, 09/07/2018 - 14:15. Before implementing a one-to-one device program, school districts should have a well-structured integration plan in place , according to experts at the International Society for Technology in Education 2018 conference earlier this year. Experts Weigh in on Key Considerations for K–12 1:1 Programs.

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Make Parents Comfortable with Tech for a Successful 1:1 Program

EdTech Magazine

Mon, 07/30/2018 - 11:28. Each student has a brand-new laptop and has easily mastered Google Classroom and the other educational apps you carefully chose for them. Make Parents Comfortable with Tech for a Successful 1:1 Program. eli.zimmerman_9856. Your school has finally gone one-to-one with Chromebooks.

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Karma Is a $10M Series A for This Startup That Helps Learners Break Into Tech

Edsurge

The company, founded in 2018, saw early growth linking job seekers with the myriad coding bootcamps and tech-education opportunities that have emerged in recent years. The pandemic widened already significant social disparities, and as education and training have shifted online fears about the “digital divide” have intensified.

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Coronavirus is the practice run for schools. But soon comes climate change

The Hechinger Report

The Miami-Dade school district, for example, adopted a plan back in 2012 to close the digital divide. In the 2018 school year, roughly one in every five California school children missed at least one day because of a natural disaster, school maintenance issue, shooting or other emergency, according to an analysis by CalMatters.

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AI in the Classroom: A Complete AI Classroom Guide

The CoolCatTeacher

D-ID – Digital people text to video Prof Jim – AI text to video to add to lessons Speaker Bios as Submitted Dan Fitzpatrick Dan Fitzpatrick is the author of The AI Classroom: The Ultimate Guide to Artificial Intelligence in Education. And she's @AmandaFoxSTEM on Twitter.

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