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 69

Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 69

Ed Tech from the Ground Up

APRIL 21, 2016

It suggests that the vast majority of students have access to broadband capabilities. The goal of Obama’s ConnectED initiative is to equip every school in the country with high-speed broadband by 2018 at speeds greater than 100 Mbps. That leaves us with at least five more years of classrooms with insufficient broadband.

Video 150

Video Broadband Classroom Digital Divide 150

MindShift

APRIL 12, 2020

.” In interviews with teachers and school leaders across the country — about how this vast experiment in remote learning is unfolding — a few important patterns emerged. The digital divide is real. students do not have access to computers at home and 18% do not have home access to broadband internet.”

Elementary 49

Elementary Accessibility Google Digital Divide 49

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

One key issue that emerged was an ongoing digital divide. After all, remote learning that relies on video calls and emails doesn’t work well for students who don’t have internet access. Aaron Thompson Yet just because people can access technology doesn’t mean they know how to use it effectively for teaching and learning.

Policies 132

Policies Broadband Digital Divide Outcomes 132

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

However, the increasingly ubiquitous use of technology in instruction has resulted in a new digital divide between students who have home Internet access and those who do not. Promote Low Cost Broadband Offerings 3. Partner with Community Organizations to Create “Homework Hotspots” 2. Deploy Mobile Hotspot Programs 4.

How To 44

How To E-rate Broadband Digital Divide 44

Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2023

For a number of years, she’s relied on discount options for broadband so that her own family can connect to the internet. The broadband speed is supposed to be up to 300 gigabytes — considered moderate usage for an American household — but it can run slow because everyone is using it, Tang says.

Broadband 112

Broadband Chromebook Accessibility Digital Divide 112

MindShift

AUGUST 10, 2021

During periods of note taking, Bradley would turn off her screen share so that her Zoom screen would only include the video feeds of her students and herself. He teaches the students he works with how to turn on the service: as a user-based, rather than teacher-based, function, students need to enable it on their own.

Tools 43

Tools eBook Digital Divide Broadband 43

eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

That piece is critical, and we need research-backed methods for teaching kids how to read and decode. The platform provides teachers with on-demand guidance from a computerized coach as they self-reflect and comment on videos of their teaching. And phonics—and all foundational reading skills—are very important.

EdTech 75

EdTech Learning Industry Data 75

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 122

EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 122

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. .

Laptops 40

Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Connect All Learners The most crucial issue to address is the digital divide. The report highlights states (Tennessee, Mississippi, Massachusetts) that have used state and federal relief funding to purchase devices and expand broadband connectivity. You can read the full report, including the other five suggestions, here.

Digital Divide 218

Digital Divide How To Learning Broadband 218