Remove Accessibility Remove Broadband Remove Facebook Remove Technology
article thumbnail

Equity Isn’t Just About Technology. It’s About Supporting Students and Families.

Edsurge

Fourteen percent of households with school-age children do not have internet access, most of which earn less than $50,000 a year. But the term doesn’t just mean equipping students with the same devices and broadband access. Maybe it is about learning new technology, but it also could be about reading a book together.”

article thumbnail

How Parents Can Protect Kid’s Privacy and Safety Online

Ask a Tech Teacher

Many people witnessed the change in technology from dial-up modems to broadband. However, a child born in this technological era permeates every activity they do. It is highly important to understand children’s addictive behavior when it comes to technology. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Awareness, Assessment, and Access: Improving Adult Digital Literacy

Digital Promise

The classes are a product of RIFLI’s plan to create a 1:1 classroom computing model that, according to RIFLI’s Director Karisa Tashjian, “blurs the lines between language/content learning and using technology.” But lending the tablets is only part of the access puzzle. As a result, Ms.

article thumbnail

How Leveraging Curiosity May Keep Students Engaged From Afar

Edsurge

(For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) and LEGO? This newfound passion led Bongiorno to transition to teaching general technology in the classroom and, eventually, robotics. Another challenge we deal with is internet access. We live in a rural area, and our broadband doesn't always hold.

article thumbnail

A Sideways Look at the Future of Higher Education

Edsurge

The development and widespread adoption of new technologies—VHS tapes and DVD discs- empowered consumers. Consumers could place classified ads for free on sites such as Craigslist and advertisers could more efficiently reach their target audiences with digital advertising through Facebook or Google. Many colleges are nonprofits.

Industry 172
article thumbnail

Alaska Governor Bill Walker Announces Partnership with EducationSuperHighway

Education Superhighway

We are thrilled to share that Governor Bill Walker and the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development (DEED) launched the Alaska K-12 Broadband Initiative today. ” Currently, an estimated 59,107 Alaska students lack the bandwidth needed to support the integration of technology into classroom instruction.

article thumbnail

Students Size Up Edtech’s Dark Side

Edsurge

This semester I’m teaching a graduate seminar on education and technology for Georgetown University. When students in my graduate seminar on education technology were given the chance to select a topic for a class session, they wanted to devote time to the digital world’s dark side. This is part 5. This made a great deal of sense.