eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Among the key findings in the report and survey: Cybersecurity Tops the List: The report underscores that “cybersecurity” is now the paramount concern in K-12 education–an increase in priority since 2022. The report highlights the urgent need for comprehensive AI strategies at the federal and state level.

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EdTech Digital Divide Policies Survey 105

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Who doesn’t want all students to access and participate in powerful learning opportunities? With an intentional focus on students at the margins, it is possible to create equitable access, participation, and outcomes. The post Inclusive Innovation: Designing for Equity appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Digital Divide Policies Outcomes Report 230

Edsurge

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Ertmer and Anne Ottenbreit-Leftwich that refers not just to whether technology is used in the classroom but also when and how teachers use technology to improve learning outcomes. If a classroom has spotty Wi-Fi or a teacher has inadequate access to devices for students, it’s awfully hard to make the most of edtech.

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EdTech Groups Digital Divide Training 188

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

In addition, you’ll create practical tools such as rubrics for teacher observation, surveys for self-assessment reports, and data collection checklists and notes for interviews. Education Technology Accessibility for All Students. Many technology tools require teacher customization in order for all students to access the content.

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Course Assessment Online Assessments Strategy 486

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

When new trends become the norm, report findings sometimes elicit more shrugs than surprise. In education technology, a litany of surveys published this decade have touted the growing adoption of digital learning tools. A different ‘digital divide’ has emerged. That’s arguably the case for U.S.

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EdTech Survey Digital Divide Classroom 140

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2023

The digital world can provide safe spaces to hang out with friends and form new relationships with peers. It can offer opportunities for parents and educators to influence learning and support positive outcomes during this pivotal time, when youth are exploring who they are and what is important to them.

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Smartphone Social Media Learning Digital Divide 79

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2020

The seminal Coleman Report published in 1966 showed that student outcomes inside the classroom are predicated on their circumstances outside the classroom. We must continue to provide access to software, online libraries and educational videos. Summer has always been a time when gaps get wider.

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Learning Software Digital Divide Broadband 117

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. Almost a third of all homes in the county lack broadband access.

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Guidelines Laptops Learning Digital Divide 111

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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Broadband Digital Divide Libraries Company 138

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

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. – Lupita Knittel, President, 7 Mindsets.

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EdTech Digital Divide Broadband PresenceLearning 145

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Here’s what they had to say: Text-based AI interfaces provide an opportunity to help close the digital divide…and avoid an impending AI divide. In 2024, developing more meaningful school-home relationships and partnering with families to support better student outcomes will be imperative.

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Trends EdTech Industry Data 144

MIND Research Institute

MAY 13, 2020

According to the report, students could return to school in the fall “with less than 50% of the learning gains and in some grades, nearly a full year behind what we would observe in normal conditions.”. Digital Divides and the COVID Slide. And access by itself is not enough.

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Meeting Digital Divide Education STEM 61

Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2018

Taos Academy Charter School, which serves 225 students in grades 5-12, uses a blended learning model to improve student outcomes across diverse measures such as student achievement, career and college readiness, and graduation rate. Our digital core curriculum is meant to support him in accessing his lessons around the clock.

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Blended Learning Digital Divide Course STEM 100

Educator Innovator

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

After the school day and school year ends, disparities in access to technology are further compounded. Only three percent of teachers in high-poverty schools agree that “students have the digital tools they need to effectively complete assignments while at home,” compared to 52 percent of teachers in more affluent schools.

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Technology Digital Divide Blackboard Outcomes 41

Learning with 'e's

MARCH 19, 2012

There are also teachers who fear that allowing children to bring their own devices will amplify the socio-economic digital divide - a kind of Bring Your Own Divide. Some teachers have no strong views about BYOD, but for those who are actually implementing BYOD in the classroom, there are claims of positive outcomes.

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BYOD Digital Divide Mobility Laptops 59

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Here’s what they had to say: Text-based AI interfaces provide an opportunity to help close the digital divide…and avoid an impending AI divide. In 2024, developing more meaningful school-home relationships and partnering with families to support better student outcomes will be imperative.

Trends 52

Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

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. Gentz reports that there has been confusion about deadlines, many of which are federal but some of which are state imposed.

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EdTech Guidelines Policies Secondary 97

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. Black Southerners, who already suffer from some of the worst health outcomes in the country, have contracted and died from the virus at a disproportionately higher rate.

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Broadband Digital Divide Education Accessibility 145

Lightspeed Systems

OCTOBER 20, 2023

A final consideration is the impact of AI on the ‘digital divide’ and digital equity. For example, generative AI applications that reside beyond a paywall only exacerbate inequities in digital access. Furthermore, off-campus access to the internet is far from equitable.

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Student Data Privacy Digital Divide Guidelines Policies 69

Connecting 2 the World

SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

Information becomes content when there is a situation to apply it (Nonaka, 1999, Yaklief, 2010), but does not require a depth of understanding to access or transfer. Once created, individual, groups, departments, or the organization can control the dissemination and access to a larger number of people.

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Groups Outcomes Training Study 52

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Data released at the end of the 2021-22 school year showed the district increased math scores by double digits in grades 3-8, outperforming pre-COVID levels. Cleveland’s leadership and vision for equitable healthcare access have been instrumental in expanding access to healthcare services for students across the district.

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Education Advocacy EdTech Elementary 132

eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2023

Ebert, Superintendent of Public Instruction, State of Nevada Department of Education Nominated by: Discovery Education The shift to distance education precipitated by the COVID pandemic highlighted challenges including access to technology, professional learning for educators, and high-quality instructional materials.

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Edmentum Digital Divide Professional Learning Industry 98

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. More than Devices The “digital divide” was not quite a household term two years ago.

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Technology E-rate Laptops Digital Divide 169

Digital Promise

JUNE 30, 2020

Beyond access, CSIU leaders identified social capital as the key component to postsecondary success and designed a mechanism to connect learners across disparate communities using technology. As Timothy Cambell, director of the LPN program, poignantly noted, “In listening to students, we realized that it wasn’t about the outcomes.

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Training Data Outcomes Digital Divide 172

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Modification tools are those that redesign typical classroom tasks like book reports and science projects. Typical book reports become Siskel and Ebert style video reviews using tools like YouTube Capture. These tools become truly transformative when they’re used by teachers.

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Assessment Educreations Digital Divide Tools 156

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

More than two years ago, educators around the country began to engage in dialogue regarding the digital divide , as they recognized the reality that many students did not have access and connectivity as once believed. So a new concept has emerged: “digital equity.” This definition points to opportunities to take action.

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Digital Divide Broadband Education Accessibility 200

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 22, 2021

A meta-analysis of 39 studies of children’s picture books finds that children score better on comprehension tests after reading a paper book than after reading a digital book. Photo: Sarah Garland/The Hechinger Report. Digital picture books have been a godsend during the pandemic. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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Analysis Study Smartphone Report 145

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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Accessibility LMS Chromebook Digital Divide 86

Shake Up Learning

MARCH 20, 2018

When you are planning a digital learning experience, be goal oriented! Begin with your learning outcomes, not the technology. Just because you are using technology doesn’t ensure you are meeting any objectives or learning outcomes. The question is always, “What are the desired student outcomes? Be Consistent.

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Google Tools Technology Outcomes 78

eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Digital learning cemented itself as a “must have” in schools this year, and equity remained front and center, too, continuing conversations around inequitable technology access, along with racial and socioeconomic disparities and discrimination. We headed into a fourth year of learning in the pandemic’s shadow.

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EdTech Learning Industry Data 75

Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

While it may seem quaint or old fashioned to some (when accessing WiFi and on-demand videos seem de rigueur), it has been part of my travel routine for too many years to casually cast it aside. "In these cases, boards need to provide access to a school device. Strong opinions may be weakly held. Rural Arizona keeps falling behind.

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EdTech Symantec Facebook Data 170

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2016

We also know that other school districts across the country are in the midst of trying to incorporate technology to enhance learning, and to close the so-called digital divide — to ensure all students have access to an Internet-enabled device. One way to solve the access issue is to allow students to use smartphones in class.

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Smartphone Accessibility Learning Social Media 40

Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

While it may seem quaint or old fashioned to some (when accessing WiFi and on-demand videos seem de rigueur), it has been part of my travel routine for too many years to casually cast it aside. "In these cases, boards need to provide access to a school device. Strong opinions may be weakly held. Rural Arizona keeps falling behind.

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EdTech Symantec Facebook Data 150

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Many silver linings emerged and digital learning cemented itself as a “must have” in schools. Equity remained front and center, too, raising issues of inequitable technology access, along with racial and socioeconomic disparities and discrimination. Access to interactive experiences, 3D drawings, site visits, etc.

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EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 122

Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2020

A focus on tackling the digital divide and resource inequities laid bare by the pandemic. He emphasized that school buildings provide not only instruction but also access to meals, resources and other important services that are difficult to deliver remotely. An advocate for programs supporting underserved learners. Ned Lamont.

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Education Digital Divide Policies Common Core 218

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

Greeley offers a lens into how wide the digital divide in the US has become, how much it is contributing to a two-tiered society, and, perhaps most important, whether it can be bridged – something that will be crucial to keeping the country competitive in the global economy of tomorrow. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter.

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Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Horizon Report. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. But as the ed-tech sector is never willing to let a bad idea die, the report will live on. The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade.

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Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145