Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 20, 2016

You can attach photos, documents, videos, PDFs, or lots of other types of files, and using the mobile app, you can send pre-recorded audio messages. There will be people on your list, those who live life on the opposite side of the digital divide, who miss these messages just because of how they’re delivered. Insider Tips.

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Tools Digital Divide Report Digital Citizenship 150

EdTechSandyK

MARCH 6, 2012

Previously via laptop computers, but more recently via mobile devices. The Digital Tipping Point - moment in a young person''s life when they migrate to the digital world. They will have very different expectations of what a book will be and what learning will be even as they enters Kindergarten!

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Digital Divide Technology Social Media Mobility 61

Learning with 'e's

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Far too many futurologists, authors and commentators are ignoring the issue of the digital divide. Several books I have read recently on new and emerging technologies provide a healthy balance. The digital divide will not go away, but it cannot be ignored. Not everyone can participate in the digital society.

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Digital Divide Broadband Facebook Outcomes 64

eSchool News

APRIL 8, 2016

We haven’t purchased a text book in six years. Blackboard is helping us erase the digital divide and provide more opportunities for all students.”.

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Blackboard Digital Divide Competency Based Learning Learning 40

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. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) divides up the spectrum into allowable uses, such as for TV, radio, satellites and mobile data.

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Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Blackboard 93

The Daring Librarian

DECEMBER 11, 2010

A Quick Response (QR) code is a two-dimensional or 2D bar code which can be interpreted by any mobile phone with camera capabilities. Once on the Google form wikipage students input the “key” to a drawing for a chance to win an iTunes gift card or a bundle of free books. In our hallway - promoting our Google Form Book Reviews !

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Libraries Classroom Smartphone Wiki 74

Learning with 'e's

MARCH 28, 2013

As the #lilac13 Twitter stream will reveal, there were lively and protracted debates around the changing nature of library spaces, the nature of knowledge, the future of books and reading, and the impact of digital media. A social event in the spectacular surrounds of the iconic John Rylands Library was a fitting conclusion to Day 1.

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Technology BYOD Libraries Gamification 78

The Daring Librarian

APRIL 3, 2013

During testing season we have a challenge to support student research with limited access to our computer labs and mobile labs. This playlist will help you find out all about their habits, attitudes, and yes.their powers!" A MentorMob playlist helps students focus their research without being distracted (hopefully!)

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Social Media Digital Divide Facebook Study 65

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

But America’s persistent digital divide has greatly hampered efforts toward this goal. Miami-Dade County Public Schools has distributed some 100,000 tablets and other mobile devices, and more than 11,000 smartphones that double as Wi-Fi hot spots. Inequity looms large.

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Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 69

NeverEndingSearch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

While banning books is commonly recognized by librarians as detrimental to the student educational experience, restricted website access isn’t on everyone’s radar. That’s where Banned Websites Awareness Day comes in. Conduct research to explore the educational uses of social media platforms and assess the impact of filtering in schools.

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E-rate Digital Citizenship Libraries Social Media 40

Educator Innovator

MARCH 7, 2014

Along with the increase in speed, there’s been an exponential increase in the use of digital tools in the classroom. Students now interview authors across the country via Skype and access books that match their interests and reading levels on e-readers. Teachers attend training sessions via webinar.

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Broadband E-rate Digital Divide Survey 41

The Daring Librarian

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

I've discovered that the mix of the digital divide, possible turbulent home lives, and general teenage forgetfulness results in a loss of power. What if a kid doesn't have a computer at home and just a mobile device and needs to do homework? 3 Times the Charm? OR Spend $130 Bucks and Literally Give Kids the Power!

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BYOD Digital Divide Libraries Mobility 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2014

If you''re interested in volunteering, please join the Volunteer Group and follow the instructions there for booking your times. The Verizon Mobile Learning Academy (VMLA) is a free, facilitated, online professional learning course for educators focusing on developing mobile learning at the school or district level.

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Conference Digital Citizenship Libraries Common Core 53

techlearning

APRIL 17, 2019

A 2016 survey of 1,200 parents revealed that while 94 percent of families are connected to the internet, 23 percent access it on mobile devices, 26 percent share a single computer and 20 percent experienced loss of internet service due to lack of payment

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Digital Divide How To Survey Mobility 76

A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 28, 2013

Competition resulting from the continuous evolution of tablets, laptops, and now Chrome books, puts schools in a better position to make large-scale investments in mobile technology. Is that reminiscent of the real world that we are supposedly preparing them to flourish and succeed in?

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BYOD Laptops Digital Divide Tablets 303

The Hechinger Report

MAY 14, 2018

I tended to side with the latter when my daughter was in her preschool years because I was convinced that books and active play were superior. One 2017 survey found that children under age 8 are spending 48 minutes on mobile devices a day in addition to two hours of television. But we’ve all been exhausted at 6 a.m.

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Video Education Digital Divide Study 88

MindShift

MARCH 20, 2015

This is life for the majority of American kids whose parents didn’t go to college, says social scientist and Harvard professor Robert Putnam in his new book, “ Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis.” The notion of being able to help them all becomes overwhelming. Courtesy of Robert Putnam. It wasn’t always this way.

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Facebook Digital Divide Meeting Mobility 28

EdTechSandyK

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Digital media literacy continues to rise in importance as a key skill in every discipline and profession. Mobile devices are predicted by 2011 Horizon report to be in mainstream in one year or less. Research shows 60% of low-income students carry a mobile device of some sort. have a mobile phone. 80+% have mobile phones.

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BYOD Poll Everywhere Mobility Laptops 60

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

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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Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

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, The key word in that headline isn’t “digital”; it’s “force.” Um, they do.)

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

Tagged on: March 31, 2017 The Digital Divide: A Quarter of the Nation Is Without Broadband | Time → Politically, the persistence of the digital gap defies logic.

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EdTech Data Broadband Company 150

Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

Tagged on: March 31, 2017 The Digital Divide: A Quarter of the Nation Is Without Broadband | Time → Politically, the persistence of the digital gap defies logic.

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