Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Prior to the pandemic, students participating in College Connect gathered at a local school after school to access applications and resources while receiving support from staff, including the superintendent. Jacob, the district’s superintendent. Thanks to the district’s efforts, connectivity in the community has reached 100 percent.

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Advocacy E-rate Digital Divide Meeting 416

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter The conversation is about Artificial Intelligence. Website: www.theaieducator.io Twitter: @ danfitztweets Amanda Fox Amanda Fox, is the Chief Content Officer for Teachergoals.com and currently resides in Louisville, Kentucky. Is it helpful?

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Classroom Tools Data Twitter 425

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

I give the kids access to all the tools pretty much right off the bat,” said Eric Bredder, with a sweeping gesture taking in the computer workstations, 3-D printers, laser cutters and milling machines, plus a bevy of wood and metalworking tools that he uses while teaching computer science, engineering and design classes.

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Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Blackboard 91

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter, gave $10 million to a single school district in California, aimed at closing digital disparities. More than Devices The “digital divide” was not quite a household term two years ago. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

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Technology E-rate Laptops Digital Divide 166

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

The partnership aims to bridge the digital divide in Pittsburg by offering parents refurbished computers free of charge. Census data, and the divide among states in internet accessibility is apparent. It isn’t even good direct instruction." " Readers respond.with gusto.

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EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, The key word in that headline isn’t “digital”; it’s “force.”

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Hayden is the first new librarian of Congress since 1987,” The New York Times observed at her swearing in in September, “and brings with her another generation’s ideas about accessibility, technology and the role that libraries play in society.” million in E-Rate rebates.).

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Technology Education Facebook Company 40