2019, Digital Divide, Mobility and Technology

Here’s How Colleges Should Help Close the Digital Divide in the COVID-Era

Edsurge

JULY 13, 2020

One key problem prevalent in many low-socioeconomic communities around the nation—like San Antonio, which now has the highest poverty rate of the country's 25 largest metro areas —is the digital divide. That’s been a goal at my institution. billion Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF).

Digital Divide

Digital Divide Laptops Mobility Accessibility

Championing Students to be a Force for Good in Their Communities

Edsurge

MAY 1, 2023

Brigitta Witt Vice President of Social Impact and Sustainability at T-Mobile One of the most rewarding educator experiences is witnessing students become agents of change and positively impacting their communities with their own creativity, grit and innovation. EdSurge: How did T-Mobile's Changemaker Challenge get started?

Digital Divide

Digital Divide Mobility Laptops Tablets

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

EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

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.

Digital Divide

Digital Divide Broadband EdTech Chromebook

Q&A: Kim Buryanek on Bringing Digital Equity into Classrooms

EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Q&A: Kim Buryanek on Bringing Digital Equity into Classrooms. Thu, 11/07/2019 - 15:06. School districts can’t just invest in laptops, mobile devices and other hardware, then call it a day. EDTECH: What challenges related to digital equity are you facing in your district? It’s a digital divide too.

Classroom

Classroom Digital Divide Laptops Elementary

Announcing the 2021-2022 League of Innovative Schools Cohort

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

As the COVID-19 pandemic upended nearly every aspect of life, how school districts leveraged technology, engaged students in powerful learning, and supported learners and their families fundamentally shifted. The district invested in mobile hotspot vehicles that are deployed daily across eight areas of town.

Advocacy

Advocacy E-rate Digital Divide Meeting

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

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Qustodio today released their 5th Annual Report, offering valuable insights into children’s digital habits across 2023. Gaming took a dip in 2023 with children spending 8% less time on mobile games than in 2022. Despite a tumultuous 2023 – and a name change – Twitter/X saw a 27% boost in popularity among children.

Chromebook

Chromebook Data Trends Social Media

Verizon launches free trainings and tools to help educators navigate digital instruction

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Educators across the nation can now access Teacher Training Pathways , a free platform offering courses aligned to micro-credentials on remote and hybrid learning, instructional technology coaching and more. The platform will feature an evolving library of courses to further develop educators’ digital literacy. billion in 2019.

Training

Training Digital Divide Tools Education

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

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

After all, in October 2019 the nonprofit EducationSuperHighway declared that nearly 99 percent of U.S. 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. All in this Edtech Reports Recap. That Broadband Gap Bar?

Broadband

Broadband Report Video EdTech

The Pandemic Will Leave More Students Unprepared For College. Developmental Education Must Help.

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

suffer on the no-internet side of the digital divide , according to the Federal Communications Commission. And this spring, 60 percent of low-income parents expressed that their children are likely to experience at least one digital obstacle doing their K-12 homework online. Despite in 2019 the U.S. poverty rate being 10.5

Handbook

Handbook Education Digital Divide Course

OPINION: U.S. public schools should be federally funded

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Doug Ducey announcing that the state would “donate” 200 mobile hotpots to its public schools in an effort to kickstart private hotspot donations. We see even bigger disparities in public preschool spending : In 2019, the District of Columbia spent $18,669 per child, while North Dakota and Nebraska each spent less than $2,000 per child.

Digital Divide

Digital Divide Laptops Accessibility Report

OPINION: The biggest danger to U.S. higher education? Losing 20 years’ worth of gains in access for first-generation and minority students

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2020

Higher education is America’s most effective engine of economic and social mobility, and it plays a historically important role in creating a thriving democracy. Individuals with postsecondary degrees earn more, pay more taxes and are more likely than others to be employed, according to the College Board’s Education Pays 2019.

Accessibility

Accessibility Broadband Survey Digital Divide

The changing geography of work: a new report

Bryan Alexander

JULY 18, 2019

McKinsey just published a new report, “The future of work in America: People and places, today and tomorrow” ( summary ; longer document ), looking ahead to 2030 after new technologies have had some impact. Let me identify what I see as the key bits for the future of higher education and technology. percent did so in 2017.

Report

Report Digital Divide Mobility Robotics

The changing geography of work: a new report

Bryan Alexander

JULY 18, 2019

McKinsey just published a new report, “The future of work in America: People and places, today and tomorrow” ( summary ; longer document ), looking ahead to 2030 after new technologies have had some impact. Let me identify what I see as the key bits for the future of higher education and technology. percent did so in 2017.

Report

Report Digital Divide Mobility Robotics

Solving Mysteries on Mars: TimePod AR – SULS0202

Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 3, 2023

It’s all part of Verizon’s commitment to help close the digital divide. The United Nations General Assembly declared October 4th-10th World Space Week, an international celebration of science and technology. Using the power of AR/VR and immersive technology, teachers have the ability to bring space to life for their students.

STEM

STEM Digital Divide Elementary iPhone

The Digital Divide 2.0: Navigating Digital Equity and Health Equity in Education

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

More than two years ago, educators around the country began to engage in dialogue regarding the digital divide , as they recognized the reality that many students did not have access and connectivity as once believed. The digital divide can actually negatively affect people’s health. million Michigan households (31.5

Digital Divide

Digital Divide Broadband Education Accessibility

Breaking Down the FCC’s Latest Broadband Brouhaha

Edsurge

JULY 11, 2019

“For those who care about rural education, this is a big disappointment,” says Keith Krueger, CEO of the Consortium for School Networking , a nonprofit membership organization for school technology leaders. radio, TV, mobile data, broadband. Jessica Rosenworcel (@JRosenworcel) July 10, 2019. They do this by providing licenses.

Broadband

Broadband Policies Company Libraries

The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. It’s not that paying for a piece of technology will treat you any better, mind you.).

Pearson

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Here’s How Colleges Should Help Close the Digital Divide in the COVID-Era

Championing Students to be a Force for Good in Their Communities

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

Q&A: Kim Buryanek on Bringing Digital Equity into Classrooms

Announcing the 2021-2022 League of Innovative Schools Cohort

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

Verizon launches free trainings and tools to help educators navigate digital instruction

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

The Pandemic Will Leave More Students Unprepared For College. Developmental Education Must Help.

OPINION: U.S. public schools should be federally funded

OPINION: The biggest danger to U.S. higher education? Losing 20 years’ worth of gains in access for first-generation and minority students

The changing geography of work: a new report

The changing geography of work: a new report

Solving Mysteries on Mars: TimePod AR – SULS0202

The Digital Divide 2.0: Navigating Digital Equity and Health Equity in Education

Breaking Down the FCC’s Latest Broadband Brouhaha

The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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