The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

Ramos would connect to the library’s Wi-Fi — sometimes on her cellphone, sometimes using her family’s only laptop — to complete assignments and submit essays or tests for her classes at Skyline High School. Ramos’ parents promised to buy her a laptop eventually, but bills mounted and it wasn’t in the family’s budget.

Digital Divide 112

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 112

eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2024

And this creates a digital divide between those who can afford it and those who cannot. We also are 1:1 with our devices–our students do take their HP or Lenovo laptops home. There’s not a single subject you cannot teach within Minecraft, not a single assessment you cannot do within Minecraft.

Chromebook 116

Chromebook Robotics Elementary Training 116

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. It’s not enough just to assess students; we actually have to do something about what’s going on.

EdTech 67

EdTech Learning Industry Data 67

Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

Tagged on: March 25, 2017 Puzzling out TSA's laptop travel ban | CNN → Says Bruce Schneier: "In the end, national security measures based on secret information require us to trust the government. The new laptop ban highlights this mistrust." This is ALSO true for edtech.

EdTech 170

EdTech Symantec Facebook Data 170

Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

Tagged on: March 25, 2017 Puzzling out TSA's laptop travel ban | CNN → Says Bruce Schneier: "In the end, national security measures based on secret information require us to trust the government. The new laptop ban highlights this mistrust." This is ALSO true for edtech.

EdTech 150

EdTech Symantec Facebook Data 150

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Learning management systems (LMS) streamline course administration, enabling educators to organize content, assess student progress, and facilitate online discussions. Coding platforms, such as Scratch and Code.org, promote digital literacy and computational thinking. Educational apps and software, such as Kahoot!

Khan Academy 55

Khan Academy Technology Tools LMS 55

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, Ban Laptops" Op-Eds. Um, they do.) WTF is Unizin ?! Collared Dove.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145