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The Universal Laptop Program Helping One State Narrow the Digital Divide

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And one, Mississippi, has made important strides in closing the digital divide through a pandemic response plan that took each school district’s unique needs and challenges into account. It is worth remembering that the digital divide is not an all or nothing phenomenon. Experiences of digital access exist along a continuum.

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Old, Slow Laptops Are Sabotaging College Student Success

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Spotty internet service makes remote learning hard for many college students. So does lacking reliable access to a computer. But pandemic-era facilities shutdowns foreclosed that option, leaving students to make do as best they could with old desktop computers, affordable-but-low-powered laptops or even cellphones.

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How Access to Technology Can Create Equity in Schools

Digital Promise

Technology isn’t the only tool we can use to create equitable learning environments, but there are a few ways it can assist in that mission. Students can access learning materials outside of school. Ensuring internet access outside of school. Technology will help create equity in schools when it’s used powerfully.

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Speak Up 2020: A look at digital learning and transformation

eSchool News

For the last seven months of 2020, school districts have gone through extreme changes regarding how learning is happening in pandemic-induced hybrid and digital learning environments. Digital learning during the pandemic. Related content: Keeping COVID innovations even after the pandemic passes.

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The Role of Digital Learning Platforms in the Academic Growth of Students

Kitaboo on EdTech

What is a Digital Learning Platform? Gone are the days when learning was restricted to the classroom, with the instructor being the primary source of knowledge. A digital learning platform can be a learning management system (LMS) or learning content management systems (LCMS).

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4 Examples of the best digital access initiatives

Neo LMS

A counterpoint to these figures, is also the finding that 70% of teachers assign homework requiring broadband access. 4 Examples of the best digital access initiatives. In their first year (2017) the program provided over 180 000 students across 118 school districts with mobile devices and 4G internet. EveryoneOn.

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Teaching on Laptops and Digital Whiteboard Might Not Be as Different as You Think. 

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As creativity and interaction in lessons increase, students will make more investments in learning. . Whiteboard for Windows is available on both laptop and ViewBoard (ViewSonic’s interactive flat panel). ViewBoard is ViewSonic’s interactive whiteboard targeting teaching and learning. Collaboration .

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