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Digital Equity: It’s More Than Just Student Access

techlearning

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. Palmer High School in Colorado Springs. Palmer High School.

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29 K-12 edtech predictions for 2021

eSchool News

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 changing geography of work: a new report

Bryan Alexander

Automation technologies may widen these disparities at a time when workforce mobility is at historic lows. Not a good idea, it seems: geographic mobility in the United States has eroded to historically low levels. Plus employers don’t want to pay more for older folks when they can pay less for younger ones and robots.

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Will a new batch of licenses help rural students get online?

The Hechinger Report

They settle in at the computers where Caine teaches coding and software, such as Illustrator and Photoshop, or they head to the back room for the 3-D printer, vinyl cutter and robotics kits. All their work is on that computer,” said Caine, “and they need that access.”. Some kids come to log extra time on class projects.

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ISTE 2016: Educational Equity, Lifelong Learning, and a Simpler Approach to Edtech

eSpark

Successful classroom technology should challenge and support every type of learner without widening the digital divide that’s often found in low-income and rural districts. Throughout ISTE 2016, we had a chance to share a booth with JAMF Software, a company that’s reimagined mobile device management for educators.

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The changing geography of work: a new report

Bryan Alexander

Automation technologies may widen these disparities at a time when workforce mobility is at historic lows. Not a good idea, it seems: geographic mobility in the United States has eroded to historically low levels. Plus employers don’t want to pay more for older folks when they can pay less for younger ones and robots.

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ISTE 2016: Educational Equity, Lifelong Learning, and a Simpler Approach to Edtech

eSpark

Successful classroom technology should challenge and support every type of learner without widening the digital divide that’s often found in low-income and rural districts. Throughout ISTE 2016, we had a chance to share a booth with JAMF Software, a company that’s reimagined mobile device management for educators.

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