Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2023

The school is not only getting advanced devices powered by our latest processor technology and access to connectivity—many of these schools don't even have WiFi available—but also introduced to curriculum teacher training and assessment elements to model the embracing of digital learning that can occur.

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Edsurge

JUNE 2, 2023

This is easy for educators using McGraw Hill AR , a free app created by McGraw Hill in partnership with Verizon for Verizon Innovative Learning , an educational initiative that seeks to help bridge the digital divide with a goal of providing digital skills training to 10 million students by 2030.

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Digital Divide Mobility Android Chromebook 184

Neo LMS

APRIL 27, 2017

There is also a concern that BYOD creates digital divides in the classroom between well-resourced students and those from families that simply cannot afford to give their children devices. Challenges for BYOD are, however, also obvious: strain on school internet networks, content management, cheating and distraction.

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BYOD Digital Divide Online Learning Policies 154

Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

Tagged on: July 21, 2017 A complex web of factors influence children’s commercial media literacy | LSE Business Review → If they don’t know an ad from information, how can they grasp how companies use their personal data? Many want technology firms to do more, but they are divided on how to balance free speech and safety issues online.

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EdTech E-rate Software Data 150

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

AI algorithms analyze students’ individual strengths, weaknesses, and learning styles to tailor educational content, pacing, and assessments accordingly. Adaptive learning platforms leverage AI algorithms to assess students’ strengths and weaknesses, allowing for the customization of lessons to suit their pace and learning style.

Education 52

Education Adaptive Learning Personalized Learning Gamification 52

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

COVID-19 highlighted that the digital divide was not exclusive to rural areas, as many families in urban areas cannot afford internet connectivity. This will include schools continuing to find ways to provide all students with access to technology and developing creative solutions to close the digital divide.

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EdTech Digital Divide Broadband PresenceLearning 144

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

Some internet-access advocates say EBS is underutilized at best, and wasted at worst, because loose regulatory oversight by the FCC has allowed most of the spectrum to fall into the hands of commercial internet companies. The hardware on the towers then blasts that connection about 10 miles into the valley below. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Blackboard 93

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Big data, open spaces, employability, utilizing maker movements, balancing innovation and accountability, privacy, collaboration, closing the digital divide, personalized learning, and navigating the hostile political climate were just a few of the concerns the audience members brought up.

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EdTech Robotics Maker Movement Conference 60

TeacherCast

JANUARY 1, 2016

For instance, one recent survey reported that 75% of the responding K-12 educators in the United States assessed their student’s access to technology in the classroom as “good” or “great” Roughly four out of five teachers planned to utilize these types of resources more extensively during the 2016 academic year.

Technology 68

Technology LMS Classroom Trends 68

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Here’s what they had to say: Text-based AI interfaces provide an opportunity to help close the digital divide…and avoid an impending AI divide. Throughout the year, we’ve seen districts and edtech companies fall victim to these attacks, compelling districts to adopt a defensive stance.

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Trends EdTech Industry Data 144

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 28, 2020

Administrators at Dorchester School District Two in suburban Summerville, South Carolina, were well aware of the digital divide when they decided to give students both paper and online resources after shuttering schools because of coronavirus. She received her first response on the morning of April 9 and opened it immediately.

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Digital Divide Policies Resources Study 145

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

What type of performance-based formative and summative assessment took place? A learning management system can have a tendency to promote a “surface” type of assessment. Teachers must be intentional at exploring ways online to ensure that assessment is formative and allows them to plan scaffolding for next steps in learning.

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Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 10, 2024

Imagine interacting with an avatar that dissolves into tears – and being assessed on how intelligently and empathetically you respond to its emotional display. But they also warn that the use of AI in assessments carries risks. “AI When it comes to using AI to design tests, there are all sorts of opportunities.

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Assessment Digital Divide Pearson Broadband 121

The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

I have to do the in-flip, which means I do the videos sometimes in class, and use tools like “EdPuzzle” to kind of insert that formative assessment and that sort of thing. You kow, we haven’t closed that digital divide quite yet. Vicki: Yes! And you know, I do this. But we do want to shift to these authentic projects. #3:

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Classroom Khan Academy Flipped Classroom Video 71

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

And with online assessments now being required in many states, reliable broadband access is also essential so that students’ knowledge and skills are accurately represented, and technology is not a barrier to achievement and its documentation. Cynthia Schultz, Esq.

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E-rate EdTech Broadband Digital Divide 42

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 26, 2011

learncentral.org/event/143030/ APPLES AND ORANGES: EMPLOYEE SKILLS ASSESSMENT DRIVING BUSINESS PERFORMANCE (Elluminate) Wed 30 Mar 01:00PM New York / Wed 30 Mar 05:00PM GMT / Thu 31 Mar 05:00AM Sydney Ajay Pangarkar. Utilizing an actual high-tech, consumer electronic Fortune 100 company renamed ''Orange Inc.''

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Digital Divide Wiki Common Core iPad 46

NeverEndingSearch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Establish a digital repository of Internet filtering studies. Conduct research to explore the educational uses of social media platforms and assess the impact of filtering in schools.

E-rate 40

E-rate Digital Citizenship Libraries Social Media 40

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Here’s what they had to say: Text-based AI interfaces provide an opportunity to help close the digital divide…and avoid an impending AI divide. Throughout the year, we’ve seen districts and edtech companies fall victim to these attacks, compelling districts to adopt a defensive stance.

Trends 52

Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2023

Companies are encouraged to nominate the schools and districts using their products and services–this offers a chance to share success stories and impart valuable lessons learned with the education community. Elementary and high school students from across the district were part of the initial program. NWEA MAP points on average.

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Edmentum Digital Divide Professional Learning Industry 93

eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2024

And this creates a digital divide between those who can afford it and those who cannot. There’s not a single subject you cannot teach within Minecraft, not a single assessment you cannot do within Minecraft. We have to take us older-school education people and retrain our way of thinking about how to deliver [instruction].

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Chromebook Robotics Elementary Accessibility 125

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

have received billions of dollars in combined donations and gifts from private companies and individuals. Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter, gave $10 million to a single school district in California, aimed at closing digital disparities. More than Devices The “digital divide” was not quite a household term two years ago.

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Technology E-rate Laptops Digital Divide 169

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Prior to the 2021-2022 school year, the district’s assessment data showed math scores were low, contributing to 14 out of 48 schools in the district being identified as low performing in 2019. Jump to: Johnston County Public Schools , Carol Cleveland , Colene Hardy , Joey Norris , Jhone M.

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Education Advocacy EdTech Elementary 130

Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Despite the promise of digital technologies, not all communities around the world have the access they need. One way to lessen the global digital divide is to provide affordable and accessible computing education to all, regardless of socioeconomic background. Over the last 15 years, its commercial arm, Raspberry Pi Ltd.,

Digital Divide 170

Digital Divide Education Accessibility Training 170

edWeb.net

JUNE 2, 2021

There are opportunities here for assessment companies. Districts must use the money on evidence-based programs that help stem learning loss, close the digital divide, and address social and emotional learning needs. Arc clients and portfolio companies provide products generating over a billion dollars a year worldwide.

Education 98

Education Industry STEM Digital Divide 98

TeacherCast

AUGUST 27, 2015

Should individual teachers have to assess the pros and cons for themselves of systems like Edsby , Google Classroom, Edmodo, Schoology or Moodle? A digital divide between teachers hurts students. Uniform assessment and reporting. Some systems can be customized to use the terms and assessment schemes a district uses.

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Edmodo Moodle LMS Software 68

Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2024

Overall, while these tools hold potential, they also may exacerbate the existing digital divide , particularly for children who either lack access to the technology or a qualified adult to work with them on using it effectively. However, answering the question also involves determining who ultimately benefits from these tools.

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EdTech Company Digital Divide Trends 140

Shake Up Learning

MARCH 20, 2018

Or worse, the company went under, and the tool is no longer accessible. We still have a huge digital divide. So not only should you leverage students to help you learn new digital skills, but you should also use them as go-to experts for other students in your classroom. Give new tools time grow and evolve.

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Google Tools Technology Outcomes 78

eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

The various services and products acquired by consolidators over the last year or two will be integrated into increasingly comprehensive platforms offering instructional content, assessments, and classroom tools all in one place. One way education is doing this is by offering CTE, even in the elementary grades.

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EdTech Learning Industry Data 72

Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2018

Women entrepreneurs made up more than a third of the presenting companies. Learn Capital is closing on a seed investment vehicle dubbed “ LearnStart ,” which has already invested in a Finnish company, 3DBear. One of its investments announced this week is in Aula , a London-based company that just closed a $4.2

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Kaplan Company EdTech Industry 99

Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

Tagged on: March 25, 2017 Lower-income Americans still lag in tech adoption | Pew Research Center → Even as many aspects of the digital divide have narrowed over time, the digital lives of lower- and higher-income Americans remain markedly different. This is ALSO true for edtech.

EdTech 170

EdTech Symantec Facebook Data 170

Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

Tagged on: March 25, 2017 Lower-income Americans still lag in tech adoption | Pew Research Center → Even as many aspects of the digital divide have narrowed over time, the digital lives of lower- and higher-income Americans remain markedly different. This is ALSO true for edtech.

EdTech 150

EdTech Symantec Facebook Data 150

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

The pandemic highlighted the massive digital divide that exists between marginalized communities and affluent communities that enjoy well-established digital infrastructure. –Remco Bergsma, CEO, MiEN Company. Edtech companies that fail to prioritize accessibility will be left behind.

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EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 118

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Kids from black and Latino communities — who are often already on the wrong side of the digital divide — will face greater inequalities if we go too far toward digitizing education without considering how to check the inherent biases of the (mostly white) developers who create AI systems.

Digital Divide 94

Digital Divide System Assessment Robotics 94

The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2017

A 2015 Pew Research Center report revealed that the disconnected included 5 million households with school-aged children, who either couldn’t afford home broadband or lived in rural areas avoided by for-profit internet companies. A central issue when granting private use of a public resource is assessing the public benefit.

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Broadband Mobility Digital Divide Learning 87

Hack Education

OCTOBER 27, 2017

“Assessing Betsy DeVos ’ Rollback on Disability Rights ” by Pacific Standard’s David Perry. No disclosure in this or its Class Central article that it shares investors with these MOOC companies.). (National) Education Politics. “The 72 OSERS Documents Rescinded by Betsy deVos ” – by Liz Ditz.

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MOOC Education Company Coursera 47

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Um, they do.) Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

Also via Edsurge : “How Boundaries Between Colleges and Companies Will Continue to Blur.” IHE blogger John Warner responds : “Algorithmic Assessment vs. Critical Reflection.” “Mind-reading robo tutor in the sky” company Knewton has a new CEO , Brian Kibby , formerly with Pearson.

Education 45

Education Pearson Report Robotics 45