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A school district is building a DIY broadband network

The Hechinger Report

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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Using Technology to Support At-Risk Youth

Educator Innovator

The report is based on a review of more than seventy recent research studies and identifies three important components to successfully using technology with at-risk students: (1) interactive learning; (2) use of technology to explore and create rather than to “drill and kill;” and (3) the right blend of teachers and technology.

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Why the Education Expenses are Rising and How to Deal with it?

Evelyn Learning

Reasons for Hike in Education Expenses According to the 2017 research report of College Board, tuition fee in colleges at four-year private and public colleges have increased by 36%. A lot of problems are going around related to social-economic aspects, historical aspects, digital divide, etc. Now, the time has changed.

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Top 20 Tech Tips for Teachers

Shake Up Learning

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. Think beyond using digital tools to complete only traditional assignments such as papers and reports.

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Not all towns are created equal, digitally

The Hechinger Report

Greeley offers a lens into how wide the digital divide in the US has become, how much it is contributing to a two-tiered society, and, perhaps most important, whether it can be bridged – something that will be crucial to keeping the country competitive in the global economy of tomorrow. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

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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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

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).