Digital Promise

OCTOBER 2, 2017

We have made great strides to level the technology playing field in education, but unfortunately the digital divide still exists between those who have the tools to research, learn and collaborate online at home, and those who don’t. 1 Further, there’s a second level digital divide 2 that’s emerging in the classroom.

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Edsurge

JUNE 15, 2022

Some of those big names include Google Classroom in K-12, Blackboard and Canvas learning management systems in higher ed, and across education the once-obscure video software named Zoom became ubiquitous during the COVID-19 pandemic. Both are enhancements and add-ons to PowerPoint or Google Slides, and both work well.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 18, 2023

This project was supported by Google for Education and involved a number of partners, including our organization, WestEd. Others shared that they or their colleagues fear being reprimanded by school leaders for trying something new, don’t feel adequately trained, or lack access to the tools they need to implement edtech effectively.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

From training teachers to choosing the right network, bringing personal devices into the classroom is a lot of work. And are your access points able to do that?”. Schools can also take advantage of online resources for training programs. The issue of internet access is especially important. Are they going to be [802.11]ac,

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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. The reasons were varied (teacher training, infrastructure, and professional support to name a few), but one of the most prominent was money. Access this catalog via the website.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 13, 2020

Improvement needed: streamlined messaging, all resources for each student in one place that parents can easily access, tutorials for parents. Frequently soliciting feedback and concerns through tools like Google Forms can help teachers to make curriculum decisions and students to feel like their input is valued.

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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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Edsurge

JANUARY 20, 2020

In 2014, Palmdale School District was experiencing a major digital divide. In 2014, Palmdale School District was experiencing a major digital divide. Part of our Palmdale Promise was to provide equitable access to technology for all students, regardless of school or location. There was huge disparity.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 9, 2020

It claims the platform now attracts more than one million people every month, and in the last year it has placed over 3,000 people into training programs leading to jobs at companies including Gemini, Stitch Fix and Tesla. And many of them don’t have access to a laptop.” The diversity of these backers echoes Career Karma’s $1.5

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2023

Tailwinds: An Enabling Ecosystem A baseline enabling condition for game-based learning is access to computers and broadband. While there is still work to do in closing the digital divide, access is becoming less of a limiting factor for game-based learning. We’re also seeing innovative pilots and early success with AR.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 30, 2020

As the Coronavirus has changed the landscape of education, I have become more and more aware of inequity and the digital divide. In my reflection, I have attempted to present ideas for all schools across the digital divide. What can be provided with low bandwidth and quick access limitations?

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Shake Up Learning

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

It’s all part of Verizon’s commitment to help close the digital divide. Be sure to sign up for your Verizon Innovative Learning account here to get the access codes to launch the app in teacher or student mode. She provides staff development and training on immersive technology as an edtech consultant.

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Graphite Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Check out the following tools to make that happen: Google Calendar Appointments. Google Forms ( here's an example ) Sign Up Genius (free basic account) 2. After all, the digital divide remains a big issue across the country, and students may be participating in distance learning from wireless hot spots.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

So far, the pandemic has revealed the challenges of conducting education remotely as well as uneven access to Wi-Fi and devices such as laptops. The Miami-Dade school district, for example, adopted a plan back in 2012 to close the digital divide. million kids statewide lacked access to Wi-Fi and computers.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2020

How to homeschool” is trending on Google. In the coming days, city schools will begin training teachers in remote learning while “practicing social distancing,” Carranza said. Then, they’ll be given three days of training to learn how to teach virtually, which he acknowledged is not ideal. “We Photo by Jamie Matus).

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Lightspeed Systems

AUGUST 3, 2023

Every verbal request to voice assistants like Siri, Alexa and Google are dependent on AI, as are many of the chatbots that pop up when navigating websites. Generative AI learns from existing data to generate — at scale — new content that reflects the characteristics of the training data but does not repeat it. What is Generative AI?

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

D-ID – Digital people text to video Prof Jim – AI text to video to add to lessons Speaker Bios as Submitted Dan Fitzpatrick Dan Fitzpatrick is the author of The AI Classroom: The Ultimate Guide to Artificial Intelligence in Education. It's not as powerful or robust as Midjourney or DALL·E , but it's accessible to students.

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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. The reasons were varied (teacher training, infrastructure, and professional support to name a few), but one of the most prominent was money. Access this catalog via the website.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

School buses provide Wi-Fi access for downloading homework assignments, as well as lunches, at various locations in South Carolina. But America’s persistent digital divide has greatly hampered efforts toward this goal. With everything shut down, the chronic issue of home internet access became an immense and acute challenge.

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Connecting 2 the World

JULY 14, 2014

Students have access to information on their mobile devises which can broaden the curriculum. This is especially important for adjuncts and contingent faculty who may not have access to offices or private spaces for discussion. And new mobile technologies allow for more natural conversation through facetime, skype, or google hangouts.

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

Privacy and Student Data During these pressing circumstances, many educators are curating and sharing digital tools, strategies, and tips for remote teaching with their networks. Butash is right in pointing out the risks involved in this quick shift to using digital technologies.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund follows the same formula as Title I, so it can be used to help bridge the digital divide for students from low-income families. She has also leveraged these skills to create employee onboarding and training programs at Apple, Facebook, Google and Uber.

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Educator Innovator

MARCH 16, 2016

The most obvious addition to the plan is its focus on the “digital-use divide.” In 2010, when the department published its last National Ed Tech Plan, the phrase “digital divide” usually meant unequal access to devices like laptops and high-speed internet, a severe disparity.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

For example, a student could be assigned a slide on a Class Google Slide show to share some work while other students and the teacher provide critique. Could Google Draw be used for a collaborative visual thinking activity such as Chalk Talk, or Zoom breakout rooms be used for online critique and revision?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

These one-time gifts from billionaires and multinational corporations are welcomed by most schools, but they are not enough to close gaps in access to learning technologies nor ultimately a sustainable financing solution for technology infrastructure. Or their latest crop of teachers needs training?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2014

We will provide training for volunteers over the next few weeks, and your assistance will be greatly appreciated by our conference presenters. The Webinars are free, but when you purchase the "Mattering IS the Agenda" toolkit you get exclusive access to the recordings. Volunteer at the 5th Annual Global Education Conference.

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Shake Up Learning

JANUARY 30, 2018

The post 5 Tips to Become a Google Certified Innovator appeared first on Shake Up Learning. 5 Tips to Become a Google Certified Innovator. Wanna be a Google Certified Innovator?! I am often asked what it takes to become a Google Certified Innovator, and it is not a one-size-fits-all answer like the other Google Certifications.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Despite the promise of digital technologies, not all communities around the world have the access they need. One way to lessen the global digital divide is to provide affordable and accessible computing education to all, regardless of socioeconomic background. This is where Code Clubs come in.

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TeacherCast

AUGUST 27, 2015

You likely didn’t get training on how to be an IT guru. Should individual teachers have to assess the pros and cons for themselves of systems like Edsby , Google Classroom, Edmodo, Schoology or Moodle? Should teachers be getting trained in how to find and configure LMS-like applications? Too many apps make parents unhappy.

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MindShift

DECEMBER 5, 2020

The digital divide is still big and complex. Lee at Brookings is working on a book about the digital divide, and she says it’s multidimensional. And the digital divide is about more than equipment. ” Another organization, Cadence, is also trying to improve digital teaching at scale.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 16, 2023

In the case of Corpus Christi Independent School District (CCISD), it was narrowing the digital access gap, landing it CoSN’s Community Leadership Award for Digital Equity. Parents can also access the LMS to see what their children are learning.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Online collaboration tools, such as Google Workspace and Microsoft Teams, empower students to collaborate on projects and share resources in real time. E-books and online libraries provide instant access to an extensive range of reading materials, fostering literacy in digital formats. What is an educational technology tool?

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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, Um, they do.) Despite a few anecdotes, they’re really not.). You're sexist.

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Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

” The proposed bill would eliminate the 15-year time limit on accessing education benefits. On the US House of Representatives’ proposed budget : “$2 Billion for Teacher Training, Salaries Eliminated in House Budget Plan,” Education Week reports. The Business of Job Training. Contests and Awards.

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Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

Now the group will be called Career Education Colleges and Universities , to reflect its focus on career training.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “For-profit Ashford University , facing loss of access to GI Bill benefits by month’s end, needs approval from a state to stop thousands of student veterans from losing aid.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Facebook, like Google, is an advertising company. 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.”

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