Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 19, 2023

Here are a list of sites that offer digital books for kids to adults: Bookopolis Bookopolis is a large collection of fiction and nonfiction books for ages 7-12. Educators sign up with a Teacher account and then set up classes and accounts for students. Access this catalog via the website. Access this collection via the website.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 20, 2022

As digital equity discussions matured and hyperbole became reality, educators found that those loudly-touted digital devices often became paperweights. Good intentions to give all students access to the world’s knowledge were derailed by the cost of the websites and webtools that made that happen. Listen and Read.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 20, 2020

For students across Texas and around the country, bridging the digital divide and providing reliable Internet connectivity that enables distance learning for students without Internet access are among the top priorities for state governments, school districts, teachers and parents alike. Many students across the U.S.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 18, 2021

There’s no question that educators at all levels are navigating uncharted waters, making the challenges of reopening last year seemingly easier than those of this year. My daughter is entering her third year of college, and I have three sons in elementary schools; my youngest starts first grade in a few weeks. I am a father of four.

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eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2022

To further the mission of closing the Digital Divide for students across the United States, each grant recipient will receive up to $25,000, which they may use for any combination of Kajeet Education Broadband solutions, including WiFi hotspots, school bus WiFi, LTE-embedded Chromebooks and routers.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

We have a divide, whether it’s a socioeconomic divide or an opportunity divide. It’s a digital divide too. Our elementary schools are almost one-to-one, with a 1-to-2 ratio of devices to students. Elementary students don’t take devices home with them because we don’t see the educational need.

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N2Y

MAY 20, 2021

Together, these three legislative acts comprise not only a gigantic relief effort to stabilize the country, but also a historic investment into our nation’s schools, with billions of dollars earmarked for education. These categories include: The Education Stabilization Fund (ESF) Discretionary Grants. Asking the Big Questions.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 14, 2021

As digital equity discussions matured and hyperbole became reality, educators found that those loudly-touted digital devices often became paperweights. Good intentions to give all students access to the world’s knowledge were derailed by the cost of the websites and webtools that made that happen. Listen and Read.

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Libraries Mobility eBook Tablets 365

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

This summer, educators need to get some rest so that we can be our best. As I look ahead to this summer and listen to educators, here are 21 hot topics that I think we should consider including in our summer PD. We have to relate to educate. From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Digital equity is one of the most complex and urgent issues facing 21st-century educators. Digital equity is one of the most complex and urgent issues facing 21st-century educators. It’s an economic concern, as schools consider how they can ensure equal access for all. Amesse Elementary at Denver Public Schools.

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MIND Research Institute

MAY 15, 2020

Unfortunately, school closures have meant a step backward for many when it comes to the digital divide. There is nothing black-and-white about how to best support our students and families,” said Dr. Barbara Adams, principal at Findley Elementary School in Des Moines, IA. Staying Connected.

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ExcelinEd

MARCH 27, 2020

Welcome to ExcelinEd’s ongoing roundup of creative solutions states and districts are taking to meet the education needs of their students affected by school closures as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Bridging the Digital Divide. Elementary school students will have a 2.5- More Information: .

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 15, 2021

We know this to be true from research on Black children’s limited access to grade-level content and higher likelihood of severe disciplinary measures. In my work as an elementary school teacher and principal, too often I saw teachers and administrators struggling to serve Black families.

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Education Superhighway

JANUARY 23, 2017

One year ago we launched the Massachusetts Digital Connections Initiative in partnership with Governor Baker’s Office, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE), and MassIT. Collaborated with the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE), MassIT, and the Department of.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2023

In the heart of the Deep South, Mississippi has wrestled with enduring educational disparities, a profoundly rooted challenge passed down through generations. Mississippi’s past, marked by a legacy of racial segregation and educational inequality, continues to cast a long shadow on its present and future.

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Education Superhighway

AUGUST 29, 2022

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) allocated over $45 billion to states for broadband deployment through the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) and Digital Equity Act (DEA) programs. The No Home Left Offline Coalition will. The No Home Left Offline Coalition will.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

While a striking amount of uncertainty remains, experts largely agree on one thing: Pandemic education has exacted the greatest tolls from the children of historically marginalized groups. schools frequently marginalize these students’ languages and cultures, but they tend to host ineffective educational approaches. Not only do U.S.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 30, 2018

Each student has a brand-new laptop and has easily mastered Google Classroom and the other educational apps you carefully chose for them. Like other K–12 school districts around the country, you’re closing the digital divide — making sure your students have access to technology that paves the way for their future successes.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2021

Students who have been underserved by a deeply inequitable education system often undergo a remarkable transformation at an HBCU. It has amplified HBCUs’ underfunding by putting new strains on education budgets. Second, we’ve taken ownership of the digital divide at the institutional level. Across the U.S.,

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Education Superhighway

AUGUST 1, 2017

Building out the infrastructure to support high-speed Internet access requires multi-layered collaboration between state and district leaders, school administrators, and service providers. students equal access to a robust, modern education, regardless of their socioeconomic background. or geographic location. at home either.

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eSchool News

MAY 19, 2021

Singapore and Mumbai, India– May 19, 2021 – Emeritus , the global leader in making high-quality education accessible and affordable to individuals, companies, and governments around the world, announced today a definitive agreement to acquire iD Tech , the world leader in youth STEM education for $200 million. About Emeritus.

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Insight Education Group

MAY 27, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has left elementary and secondary schools across the country in need of additional resources to operate and support their school communities. billion to the Elementary and Secondary Emergency Education Relief Fund, also known as ESSER ( NCSL, 2021 ).

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Insight Education Group

MAY 27, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has left elementary and secondary schools across the country in need of additional resources to operate and support their school communities. billion to the Elementary and Secondary Emergency Education Relief Fund, also known as ESSER ( NCSL, 2021 ).

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Education Superhighway

AUGUST 1, 2017

Building out the infrastructure to support high-speed Internet access requires multi-layered collaboration between state and district leaders, school administrators, and service providers. students equal access to a robust, modern education, regardless of their socioeconomic background. or geographic location. at home either.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The end goal is not to just provide access to digital devices — it’s to develop the skills to use these tools for heightened learning, critical thinking and self-expression. Related: Digital divide: Gap is narrowing, but how will schools maintain progress? This is a big change and must be prioritized by district leaders.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2021

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. We need to look at this like any other utility,” said Christopher Rush, the director of educational technology for the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2020

In Mississippi and across the nation, schools closed because of coronavirus are struggling to find ways to educate children remotely. But even as Mississippi’s education leaders adapt to new platforms, experts say, they must begin to plan ahead. Pedro Noguera, an education professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 15, 2018

boast broadband access these days, and plenty of assignments require the internet, when students head home, their connections are not quite in lockstep with schools. Thus, there is a homework gap—the problem created when students who use digital learning in class can’t get online at home to finish up their schoolwork.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2020

Rising fourth graders listen as a teacher reads a book at an elementary school summer program in Silver Spring, MD. Department of Education, kindergarteners from non-poor families were more than 5 times as likely to enroll in summer camp as children from poor families (39 percent versus 7 percent). According to 2018 study by the U.S.

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edWeb.net

JULY 26, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed and, in many ways, worsened the digital divide and other inequitable aspects of America’s education system. However, it also created opportunities to develop more equitable outcomes, based on the widespread switch to digital learning experiences and new education models.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 15, 2020

Thousands of Mississippi children will have access to the software this summer as part of an effort to support incoming kindergarteners during the coronavirus pandemic.Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. He also sees an upside to more children gaining access to technology devices like laptops.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

education system. It will provide more support for students who are struggling in the online environment, it will take some of the burden off of the teachers, and it will help schools support educational equity by creating greater access to services that previously were only available to families that could afford it. –

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

Sifting out solutions from the struggle may help solve chronic problems of quality and equity, say education experts. After a moment of disruption – of major disruption – the conditions are ripe for accelerating innovation,” says Richard Culatta, CEO of the International Society for Technology in Education. “We Learning from Lockdown.

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The Innovative Educator

MAY 10, 2020

They sighted accessibility concerns saying that remote learning couldn’t meet the needs of all students. They chose not to figure out ways to bridge the digital divide for the most vulnerable families and students. We could have been focused on closing the digital divide.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 18, 2021

Researchers at Penn State analyzed 10,000 students and found that kindergarteners in low-income families and Black kindergarteners of all incomes had a higher propensity to be heavy users of technology by the end of elementary school. Department of Education database that tracks a large group of students who started kindergarten in 2010.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

As we wave farewell to 2023 , we’re looking ahead to edtech trends in 2024 with optimism for education as a whole. Moving away from the pandemic, educators still grapple with learning loss and academic disparities and inequities. This begs the question: What’s next for education? What are the projections for edtech?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 14, 2017

As digital equity discussions matured and hyperbole became reality, educators found that those loudly-touted digital devices often became paperweights. Good intentions to give all students access to the world’s knowledge were derailed by the cost of the websites and webtools that made that happen. Listen and Read.

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Libraries Mobility eBook Android 124