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Crunch the Numbers—New Data on Student Tech Use; Chromebook Predictions; And the Impact of Pandemic Relief Funds

eSchool News

.” To see the full report on children’s digital habits across 2023, and how they have evolved since 2019, visit the Qustodio website. Based on trends observed in its markets, CTL executives provided an advanced look at what to expect in 2024 for Chromebook and ChromeOS device technologies and market trends.

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Student engagement requires more than edtech tools

eSchool News

. “We could be 100 percent digital and also at 100 percent low-level learning.” A Chromebook can be a digital worksheet storage hub, but it also can be a pathway to unleash genius,” because the level of student engagement comes from how a device is used – the device itself is neutral, Murray said. ”

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Q&A: Steve Langford on Equalizing Student Access to the Web and Tech

EdTech Magazine

Fri, 11/08/2019 - 15:29. School districts can improve digital equity through investments, partnerships with businesses and national grants, says Steve Langford, CIO of Beaverton School District in Oregon. Langford recently talked with EdTech about the challenges of the digital divide and practical ways to overcome them.

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Q&A: Tracy Smith on the Value of a Team Approach to Digital Equity

EdTech Magazine

Q&A: Tracy Smith on the Value of a Team Approach to Digital Equity. Mon, 11/11/2019 - 12:34. Parkland School District in Pennsylvania, like many of the nation’s public school systems, is seeing increases in student poverty rates and English language proficiency — trends that could make any existing digital divides worse.

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Closing the Communication Chasm for Schools and Families

Edsurge

Unfortunately, for many schools and districts, the need for digital services and software to support basic communication between teachers, parents and students across the digital divide is one that is often overlooked and underfunded. For schools across the country, there is a digital chasm.

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Rolling Out Across Verizon Innovative Learning Schools

Digital Promise

— Andy Choi (@dudeitsandychoi) September 7, 2019. — Andy Choi (@dudeitsandychoi) September 12, 2019. The whole basis for this initiative with Verizon and Digital Promise is to bridge the digital divide,” Mansfeld principal Dr. Seth Aleshire added. — Andy Choi (@dudeitsandychoi) September 13, 2019.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” The last half of WeWork’s 2019 was an unmitigated disaster. Um, they do.) Common Wood Pigeon. WeGrow and WeWork.

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