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Colleges Are Providing Tech to Students to Shrink the Digital Divide

Edsurge

But administrators realized that the problem they were trying to treat—the digital divide—was less like a mild cut and more like a deep wound. Check out related article, “ The Pandemic Pushed Colleges to Record Lectures. We’re publishing a series about how pandemic-era practices are continuing to shape higher education.

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7 Shifts to Closing the Digital Divide

EdTechTeam

There has been a lot of discussion about screen time, iPad usage, traditional versus new teaching strategies. How can we close this digital divide? According to the US Department of Education , there are seven ways to help close the digital divide. Want to make a shift of your own?

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13 Websites That Provide Lots of Digital Books for Summer Reading

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At the beginning of the 21st century, the definition of digital equity revolved around the provision of a digital device to every student. Usually, that meant desktop computers, iPads, and laptops, either in small groups or 1:1. The site is gorgeous, easy-to-navigate, with bright, visual, colorful books to entice readers. .

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12 Websites for Digital Books Summer Reading

Ask a Tech Teacher

At the beginning of the 21st century, the definition of digital equity revolved around the provision of a digital device to every student. Usually, that meant desktop computers, iPads, and laptops, either in small groups or 1:1. The site is gorgeous, easy-to-navigate, with bright, visual, colorful books to entice readers. .

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 28 & 29 Editions)

Doug Levin

Been quoted in an article on ransomware in K-12 education. Tagged on: July 20, 2017 Are iPads and laptops improving students’ test scores? Instead, these schools and nonprofits lease their licenses to commercial internet providers for cash (and free accounts) in secret deals.

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13 Websites That Provide Lots of Digital Books for Summer Reading

Ask a Tech Teacher

At the beginning of the 21st century, the definition of digital equity revolved around the provision of a digital device to every student. Usually, that meant desktop computers, iPads, and laptops, either in small groups or 1:1. The site is gorgeous, easy-to-navigate, with bright, visual, colorful books to entice readers. .

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Another Cause of Inequality: Slow Internet in Schools

Educator Innovator

And fourth graders collaborate on an annual ecosystem project using iPads, taking pictures and annotating their work as they go. Now, for some good news: The schools on the losing side of the digital divide may be one step closer to closing the gap. Teachers attend training sessions via webinar. Photo/ Laurie Sullivan.