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How computer science education bridges the digital divide

eSchool News

Once students learn that computer science can also lead to a career in things like entrepreneurship, automotive design, healthcare, music journalism, fashion, or sports analysis, they may be more receptive to the career opportunities that come with computer science and offer them an escape from their current reality.

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How computer science education bridges the digital divide

eSchool News

Once students learn that computer science can also lead to a career in things like entrepreneurship, automotive design, healthcare, music journalism, fashion, or sports analysis, they may be more receptive to the career opportunities that come with computer science and offer them an escape from their current reality.

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Report: One of the Biggest Obstacles to Remote Learning? Finding a Quiet Place to Work

Edsurge

I was definitely the IT coordinator for my house,” says the father of three children ages 1, 9 and 11. “I I definitely didn’t count on much tech support from my school district.” The data was then sent to Baker’s team at UPenn for analysis. ISTE, EdSurge’s parent organization, helped design the survey questions.)

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How not to write about HyFlex or online learning

Bryan Alexander

If that’s true, he has my full sympathy, should definitely call for more support, and write about this in the article. Listen to the problems Schaberg identifies in that final section: the digital divide; students not having a good physical location to be on camera; missing the physical campus.

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29 K-12 edtech predictions for 2021

eSchool News

When we posted our 2020 predictions on January 1 last year, we–along with the majority of the world–definitely didn’t anticipate the curveball that was (and continues to be) the global COVID-19 pandemic. AI offers insights and analysis of the effectiveness of their instruction and its outcome. education system.

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Teaching Without Schools: Grief, Then A ‘Free-For-All’

MindShift

The digital divide is real. ” According to an Associated Press analysis of census data , Detroit is not alone. I’ve even gone so far as to make some fun Snapchat videos to help them ease their anxiety… Definitely working really hard. “I think that’s our greatest challenge right now.”

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PROOF POINTS: Paper beats pixels on most picture books, research finds

The Hechinger Report

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. Digital picture books have been a godsend during the pandemic. Photo: Sarah Garland/The Hechinger Report.

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