The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 25, 2021
As teachers develop lesson plans, they also face lingering questions, in Maine and nationally, over the possibility of a return to remote learning and concerns about ensuring all students have access to the devices and high-quality broadband they need to do classwork and homework. 18, 2021, in Brunswick, Maine.
Edsurge
OCTOBER 19, 2017
That’s one of the key findings in a just-released Common Sense Media survey tracking media habits among children aged 0-8, which also found a narrowing but significant digital divide among lower-income households, and the first signs that virtual reality and internet-connected toys are finding their way into American homes.
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The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 23, 2019
When we started all of this, it wasn’t because we wanted to get broadband in every classroom,” Marwell said. “We We believed if we had connectivity in every classroom, that would give every teacher the opportunity to take advantage of digital learning.”. Marwell acknowledges internet connectivity is only a starting point.
Doug Levin
JULY 24, 2017
Tagged on: July 20, 2017 Are iPads and laptops improving students’ test scores? 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.
The Hechinger Report
MARCH 17, 2021
Federal funds help narrow the digital divide. In Utah, the Murray City School District had been slowly developing a broadband network for students for two years when funding from the CARES Act helped the district speed up the rollout. million toward new iPads for every student in K-5 and all staff pre-K-8.
Educator Innovator
MARCH 7, 2014
And fourth graders collaborate on an annual ecosystem project using iPads, taking pictures and annotating their work as they go. While broadband wasn’t a specific focus of the survey, Purcell said that the issue did arise frequently in focus groups. In rural areas where there is no broadband access, that isn’t the case.”.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
OCTOBER 21, 2014
AIR works with local communities to address this detriment through an integrated development programs that provide low-cost refurbished computers with relevant open source educational software, support and teacher training directed at schools and community centers especially in less privileged areas where the digital divide is at its greatest.
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