Education Superhighway

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Digital learning opportunities now extend far beyond online testing and digitized versions of textbooks. Today, 98% of America’s school districts can take advantage of digital learning, but 2% of students are still on the wrong side of the digital divide. Learn more.

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Digital Learning Future Ready Broadband Digital Divide 45

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. 2024 presents an opportunity for teachers leading the adoption curve to experiment with AI as a tool for assessment.

Trends 144

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.

Digital Divide 145

Digital Divide Policies Resources Study 145

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

But a few pioneering districts have shown that it’s possible, and Albemarle County has joined a nascent trend of districts trying to build their own bridges across the digital divide. Textbooks have given way to Google Classroom and the Blackboard Learn management system, and lessons are assigned, submitted and assessed online.

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Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Blackboard 90

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 119

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. 2024 presents an opportunity for teachers leading the adoption curve to experiment with AI as a tool for assessment.

Trends 52

Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

Lightspeed Systems

OCTOBER 20, 2023

A final consideration is the impact of AI on the ‘digital divide’ and digital equity. For example, generative AI applications that reside beyond a paywall only exacerbate inequities in digital access. Simply, the digital divide, a digital inequity, places too many students at a distinct disadvantage.

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Student Data Privacy Digital Divide Guidelines Policies 69

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

That schools rely on the mega-rich to fund their digital learning at all—and that those funds could dry up at any time—illustrates some of the fundamental problems with K-12 technology spending: It is inconsistent, pieced together haphazardly, and as a result impacts student technology access in disproportionate ways.

Technology 169

Technology E-rate Laptops Digital Divide 169

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. Hooray to teachers who have these skills and tenacity. But should teachers even be shouldering this burden? Is that fair?

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Edmodo Moodle LMS Software 68

Connecting 2 the World

SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

Unlike formal schooling, individual content knowledge is not necessarily assessed through testing (Diaz, et al, 1999). However, even this mode of communicating content knowledge is often backed up with resumes and work artifacts such as reports, products, and work records. Individual content knowledge: Resume and portfolio of work.

Groups 52

Groups Outcomes Training Study 52

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 is all about the balance. This emphasizes the need for tools and programs to support their well-being.

EdTech 70

EdTech Learning Industry Data 70

Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. And, for those getting hyped by blockchain in education, my take on some of the magical thinking underlying the promise of blockchain for education. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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EdTech Symantec Facebook Data 170

Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. And, for those getting hyped by blockchain in education, my take on some of the magical thinking underlying the promise of blockchain for education. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

EdTech 150

EdTech Symantec Facebook Data 150

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 93

Digital Divide System Assessment Robotics 93

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. We will see a continued surge in demand for K-12 digitized operations platforms. –Russ Davis, CEO and Founder, SchoolStatus.

EdTech 117

EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 117

Hack Education

OCTOBER 27, 2017

“Assessing Betsy DeVos ’ Rollback on Disability Rights ” by Pacific Standard’s David Perry. Via Techcrunch : “ Holberton gets backing from more industry executives as it looks to scale its software engineering school.” ” Research, “Research,” and Reports.

MOOC 47

MOOC Education Company Coursera 47

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Horizon Report. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. But as the ed-tech sector is never willing to let a bad idea die, the report will live on. The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

Via Broadly : “ Betsy DeVos to Meet with Men’s Rights Groups , Reports Say.” On the US House of Representatives’ proposed budget : “$2 Billion for Teacher Training, Salaries Eliminated in House Budget Plan,” Education Week reports. ” (State and Local) Education Politics.

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Education Pearson Report Robotics 45

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

Nikki Haley of South Carolina has signed into law a measure that requires the state’s public colleges and universities to publish reports of conduct violations involving alcohol, drugs, sexual assault, and hazing at fraternities and sororities.” “ Columbia Drops SAT Subject Tests Requirement,” Inside Higher Ed reports.

Education 48

Education MOOC Company Report 48

Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2016

That was the conclusion of an Oxfam report issued in January. Reports of hate crimes and racist graffiti spiked on school campuses across the country following Trump’s election. ” While new technologies are spreading rapidly, the “digital dividends – growth, jobs and services – have lagged behind.”

Technology 40

Technology Education Pearson Company 40

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

Here’s media reporter Mathew Ingram’s take (and there are lots of takes out there. “ California ’s teacher tenure battle is reignited by Vergara appeal and a new bill,” The LA Times reports. Via The US News & World Report : “The View From a Testing Giant.” The takes).

Education 52

Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52