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Digital Promise
MAY 28, 2021
Closing the digital divide became even more important last year as students without reliable internet access at home struggled to connect to their classes. Blog COVID-19 Educators Verizon Innovative Learning Schools
Digital Promise
AUGUST 25, 2020
Across the country, local networks known as Education Innovation Clusters (EdClusters) are bringing together partners and resources to meet urgent needs and envision a new future for teaching and learning. Tackling the Digital Divide with Device Deployment in Kansas City.
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The Hechinger Report
APRIL 14, 2022
We have this huge digital divide that’s making it hard for [students] to get their education,” she said. David Silver, the director of education for the mayor’s office, said people talked about the digital divide, but there had never been enough energy to tackle it.
Neo LMS
JANUARY 9, 2018
Last week we discussed the digital divide , and today I thought we could explore some practical strategies that teachers, as individuals, can adopt in an effort to bridge the digital divide in their classrooms. We all read about glamorous examples of 1:1 programs where students enjoy an almost Utopian relationship with their school and teachers via a host of remarkable digital tools. 59% of teachers feel the digital tools they use frequently are effective.
Edsurge
OCTOBER 5, 2021
And one, Mississippi, has made important strides in closing the digital divide through a pandemic response plan that took each school district’s unique needs and challenges into account. It is worth remembering that the digital divide is not an all or nothing phenomenon.
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 25, 2021
There’s a simmering sense of anticipation about how far educators have come with technology, and its potential to enhance student learning. “I My goal for this year is to see how I’ll make [digital tools] effective in the classroom.”. Our world is digital literacy now.
Edsurge
DECEMBER 15, 2020
Even before the pandemic, more than 25 million Americans lacked access to broadband internet. Once COVID broke out, it was very clear how much the achievement gap is exacerbated by inequitable access to good learning at home,” says Nick Simmons, the director of strategic initiatives for Gov.
eSchool News
MAY 13, 2016
This week, the digital divide is back in focus yet again. But there are some Google Fiber programs that might be well-positioned to tackle the digital divide. Read on for more: 3 Google Fiber programs that could help ease the digital divide. The latest Digital Equity report from the Consortium of School Networking paints a rosy picture of an educational environment where students have generally good access to high-speed wi-fi while in school.
eSchool News
AUGUST 10, 2016
No child should have to go to such lengths just to do homework, and every child should have easy and affordable access to the Internet and the opportunity that access brings. The digital divide is a reality for three out of four American families, meaning approximately eight million individuals under the age of 18 are living without internet access. In short, without an Internet connection you are both economically and educationally marginalized.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 23, 2017
For years policymakers have fretted about the “digital divide,” that poor students are less likely to have computers and high-speed internet at home than rich students. The fear was, and is, that technology might cause achievement gaps between rich and poor students to grow if it’s easier for rich kids to use educational software, practice computer coding or learn about the world online. Even high-speed internet access is becoming more commonplace.
eSchool News
AUGUST 26, 2022
Americans overwhelmingly believe that high-speed internet access is a basic necessity, according to a new survey from Kajeet. The survey also finds that 64 percent of U.S. million Americans lack home broadband access.
Digital Promise
MAY 13, 2021
Highlights from the survey include: Keeping Up Academically and the Digital Divide : Eighty-two percent of teachers say it’s been difficult for their students to keep up academically during the pandemic, though only 45 percent of parents have the same concern for their own child.
Edsurge
OCTOBER 16, 2018
First some good news: the divide in access to digital devices is decreasing. Educators are beginning to take note of a new problem: a digital participation divide. Previously, the digital participation divide seemed to revolve around access time. Wealthier students traditionally had more access at home, while students of poverty had less access due to a variety of economic factors.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 14, 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. There’s actually access allocation issues,” Levy said.
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 10, 2020
It’s no secret that the coronavirus pandemic poses many dangers to American higher education. If you look at data from the National Center for Education Statistics, you can see steady gains made between 2000 and 2018. But the benefits of a higher education are not simply economic.
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 18, 2021
We haven’t really known who are the kids at risk for being frequent users of these technologies as they grow up,” said lead researcher Paul Morgan, a professor of education at Penn State.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 4, 2020
Students who haven’t had access to technology since mid-March could face significant problems, said Karen Cator, CEO of Digital Promise, a nonprofit that works for innovation in schools. “If If we can’t get every student access, that’s going to exacerbate the gaps even more.”
EdTech Magazine
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
Some may say 2020 is the year of educational technology. When COVID-19 pushed schools to go remote, educators and students became more reliant on technology than ever before. The transition to this learning environment also revealed new insights on the state of technology in education.
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. Since the initiative launched, EducationSuperHighway and our state partners have focused our efforts on ensuring that every student in Massachusetts gets the bandwidth necessary to support digital learning in the classroom.
Edsurge
JULY 23, 2021
Though about 12 million students in this country still lack any internet access at all—a problem cast into relief during the pandemic—there is good news: That number is steadily shrinking. Multiple studies and surveys have documented the ever-narrowing digital divide.
eSchool News
OCTOBER 5, 2018
The digital divide is proving one of the most pervasive and stubborn challenges in U.S. education, and its effects can follow students from kindergarten through college. A new study confirms that, despite efforts to close the space, the gap between students who have access to devices and the internet and those who lack it compounds equity problems within U.S. 56 percent of students reporting access to only one device at home say that device is a smartphone.
EdTech Magazine
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
Some may say 2020 is the year of educational technology. When COVID-19 pushed schools to go remote, educators and students became more reliant on technology than ever before. The transition to this learning environment also revealed new insights on the state of technology in education.
Edsurge
OCTOBER 19, 2017
That’s one of the key findings in a just-released Common Sense Media survey tracking media habits among children aged 0-8, which also found a narrowing but significant digital divide among lower-income households, and the first signs that virtual reality and internet-connected toys are finding their way into American homes. But more than half of all respondents said they are optimistic about technology’s promise as an educational tool and to spur kids’ creativity.
Neo LMS
JULY 29, 2021
A recent report shared by Google and KPMG reveals that the education tech industry would cater to about 9.6 Even more appealing is that edtech has the potential to get education back on track in a post-pandemic world. Address new education challenges and changing needs.
EdTech Magazine
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
Some may say 2020 is the year of educational technology. When COVID-19 pushed schools to go remote, educators and students became more reliant on technology than ever before. The transition to this learning environment also revealed new insights on the state of technology in education.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JULY 20, 2020
With education turning on the technology skills of students and teachers, its important to gain a rudimentary understanding of foundational technology. Ready or not, digital transformation has come to education. Strategies for educators to leverage technology for better learning.
Neo LMS
OCTOBER 5, 2021
October 5th is all about celebrating all the wonderful educators around the world. At the same time, this day is also about supporting teachers so that every learner can have access to quality education. Happy World Teachers’ Day!
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 30, 2020
And as video dominates online instruction, more educators need easy-to-use resources for video creation. On the home front, three organizations have released a “guidebook” to help schools and states close the internet access and device gap.
Edsurge
JULY 22, 2020
Baker’s experience was reflected in the results of a survey sent by BrightBytes, an education data company, from April to June 15. ISTE, EdSurge’s parent organization, helped design the survey questions.) Uneven access to devices makes getting assignments a challenge.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 1, 2020
It was one of the first major institutions of higher education to say that courses could be virtual to start the semester, depending on updates from health officials about in-person classes. A history with online education made this spring’s transition easier for some schools.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 27, 2020
Her cellphone’s data plan — the only way she could access the internet at home — wasn’t up to the task. Widespread lack of broadband access complicates learning. Meanwhile, education is just one role schools fill. The digital divide.
Marketplace K-12
JULY 5, 2016
Cross-posted from the Digital Education blog. Teachers who are most confident about educational technology tend to work in low-poverty and suburban schools, bringing their students a wide range of experiences and potential benefits that other young people may lack, concludes a survey released today by the Education Week Research Center. Read more about the Education Week Tech Confidence Index.
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. Department of Education, during the forum. It has been digitized.
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 11, 2019
In education technology, a litany of surveys published this decade have touted the growing adoption of digital learning tools. Recent studies by Deloitte and the Gates Foundation have shed light into how educators engage with edtech. Now adding to that list is one of the most thorough efforts—a new survey from Gallup and NewSchools Venture Fund , a nonprofit that provides grants to education technology and innovation efforts.
Digital Promise
JULY 25, 2017
In 2014, I wrote – The problem with education in America is not the lack of excellence. Although we’ve made progress, inequities with regard to education opportunities remain a pressing issue. There are pockets of inspiration and excellence where students and teachers are leveraging technology to solve complex problems, work with big data sets, connect across borders, access experts, collaborate with peers, and engage in compelling projects.
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.
Educator Innovator
MARCH 7, 2014
Using digital tools in the classroom isn’t the future of learning, it’s the present—except at the significant percentage of schools without reliable high-speed internet. This made it difficult to run programs like Pixie or access online math games. Along with the increase in speed, there’s been an exponential increase in the use of digital tools in the classroom. Without reliable [internet] access, there’s no way you can do something like that,” Tower said.
Edsurge
JUNE 11, 2021
They just weren’t ready for distance learning, and a big part of that was that too many students lacked adequate WiFi access to get to virtual class. First, there are states that lack any laws about what connectivity should be provided for education.
The Hechinger Report
MARCH 17, 2021
The superintendent in Lincoln, Nebraska, says a district survey this past fall found that 10% of parents liked remote learning – pandemic or not. Sifting out solutions from the struggle may help solve chronic problems of quality and equity, say education experts.
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 30, 2020
Nearly 20 million students were projected to attend an institution of higher education in the United States during the fall 2020 semester, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. As a result, states started defunding developmental education.
MIND Research Institute
MAY 15, 2020
Unfortunately, school closures have meant a step backward for many when it comes to the digital divide. Findley educators and staff distribute food and supplies to families. I am inspired and encouraged by the innovations I’m seeing in schools and homes across the country.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 23, 2020
How Schools Are preparing – and Not Preparing – Children for Climate Change,” reported by HuffPost and The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. million kids statewide lacked access to Wi-Fi and computers.
Edsurge
JUNE 16, 2020
It’s a problem that many educators have been grappling with for years, but one that has been exacerbated—and made more public—by COVID-19: Many students lack sufficient internet connections at home to be able to complete their schoolwork. The digital divide, like so many issues in the U.S.,
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