eSpark

JULY 11, 2016

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. During his keynote address, Dr. Michio Kaku predicted that in the not-so-distant future, the majority of today’s jobs will be taken over by robots.

EdTech 52

EdTech Digital Divide Education Future Ready 52

eSpark

JULY 11, 2016

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. During his keynote address, Dr. Michio Kaku predicted that in the not-so-distant future, the majority of today’s jobs will be taken over by robots.

EdTech 40

EdTech Digital Divide Education Future Ready 40

eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2024

We would like for them to watch a video; we would like for them to do a drill-and-kill online. Now, our advanced students–when we give them technology, we ask them to create with it–create a video, or a slide deck, or make a movie. And this creates a digital divide between those who can afford it and those who cannot.

Chromebook 122

Chromebook Robotics Elementary Training 122

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

The partnership aims to bridge the digital divide in Pittsburg by offering parents refurbished computers free of charge. Tagged on: March 16, 2017 Shenzhen Capital Co-leads $29M Round In Chinese Robotics Firm Makeblock | China Money Network → "Recently, we are focusing on educational technology industry.

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EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Students now have access to a wealth of information at their fingertips, allowing for self-directed exploration and reinforcing classroom concepts. This digital ecosystem not only enhances academic knowledge but also cultivates digital literacy skills essential for the modern workforce.

Trends 103

Trends Digital Divide EdTech Adaptive Learning 103

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

From driver-assisted car systems to video games and virtual assistants like Alexa and Siri, artificial intelligence (AI) has transformed almost every aspect of our lives, as our machines learn from the massive amounts of data we provide them. AI should reduce attrition and increase the desirability of the job.

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Digital Divide System Assessment Robotics 96

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.

Laptops 40

Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

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, Viral School Videos. Um, they do.) The Flipped Classroom".

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Via WaPo : “The FCC talks the talk on the digital divide – and then walks in the other direction.” Via Education Week’s Market Brief : “ Amazon Joins With Purchasing Group to Give Schools Access to Online Marketplace.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Forget Design Thinking.”

Education 45

Education Company MOOC Khan Academy 45

Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Black, Latino, and Native students are less likely to have access to high-level math and science courses. Indeed, the World Bank issued a report in January arguing that digital technologies – not just robots in factories – stand to widen inequalities as well, “and even hasten the hollowing out of middle-class employment.”

Technology 40

Technology Education Pearson Company 40