Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

Many want technology firms to do more, but they are divided on how to balance free speech and safety issues online. Tagged on: July 9, 2017 As the Digital Divide Grows, an Untapped Solution Languishes: Educational Broadband Service (EBS) | Wired → Most EBS license holders don’t actually use their free spectrum.

EdTech 150

EdTech E-rate Software Data 150

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

As districts across the United States consider how to get student learning back on track and fortify parent interest in public schools, they’re asking the same question as Steve Joel: What should we keep after the pandemic? Federal funds help narrow the digital divide. This story also appeared in The Christian Science Monitor.

Learning 141

Learning Accessibility Personalized Learning Digital Divide 141

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

After dealing with the first priority — making sure students were safe and fed — schools had to figure out how to keep the learning alive. But America’s persistent digital divide has greatly hampered efforts toward this goal. “We’re all going to have to try things and give each other grace.”. Inequity looms large.

Learning 67

Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 67

MindShift

AUGUST 10, 2021

During virtual learning, Tovar taught his students how to enable closed captioning on Google Meet, as well as how to translate those captions into a student’s primary language, with Google Meet providing instantaneous translation in more than 100 languages. . Translate closed captions in a Google Meet!

Tools 43

Tools eBook Digital Divide Broadband 43

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. FWA allows extremely high-speed broadband where fiber connections can be too cost-prohibitive to install. –Remco Bergsma, CEO, MiEN Company.

EdTech 120

EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 120