Digital Promise
MAY 28, 2021
When schools were forced to quickly shift to distance learning in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools (VILS) team immediately sprung into action to provide professional learning and support to educators within the network—which grew to 264 middle and high schools across the country by late 2020.
A Principal's Reflections
JULY 12, 2020
One of the more glaring issues was the vast digital divide that still exists in many places, especially the United States. Inadequate WIFI and the availability of computers at home for kids to use for learning caught many educators off guard. The COVID19 pandemic unearthed many harsh realities for education across the globe.
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Edsurge
JULY 18, 2020
Along the way, we focused on five areas that we felt were necessary to serve our community of young people: Mitigate the Digital and Connectivity Divide Access to computers and a dependable internet connection is critical to delivering any form of online learning.
A Principal's Reflections
OCTOBER 18, 2020
A move to real personalized learning at scale is the most logical step. At the same time, the digital divide has to be tackled where all learners have equitable access to a device, reliable WIFI, and quality resources. One important lesson learned is the shift from this to job-embedded and on-going experiences.
A Principal's Reflections
AUGUST 2, 2020
Additionally, the digital divide is wider than many perceived. Access to devices and reliable WIFI needs to be emphasized. Kids also need access to equitable resources and learning experiences. If students are not engaged, then they most likely are not learning. We can ill-afford not to address this fact.
A Principal's Reflections
MAY 17, 2020
Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) There might not be a more critical area of focus than SEL. Many students have been traumatized over the past couple of months as a result of inadequate access to food, social isolation, parents being laid off, and in some cases, the lack of a caring adult in the home.
More Verbs
FEBRUARY 3, 2019
.” It is true, MLTI has helped close the digital divide. There are schools, especially our rural schools north and east of Bangor, that the only significant access to technology students have is to MLTI provided devices. But there are two digital divides. This first one is the Digital Access Divide.
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