The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

Elsewhere, teachers hold daily virtual office hours to check on the academic and emotional well-being of students they can no longer meet face to face. Almost no district was truly ready to plunge into remote learning full time and with no end in sight. Some also record those lessons for students who can’t meet at the appointed hour.

Learning 72

Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 72

MindShift

DECEMBER 5, 2020

Lee at Brookings is working on a book about the digital divide, and she says it’s multidimensional. There’s housing: Lose your home and you lose your broadband connection. Digital teaching can be good, even great with the right support for teachers. million students are still missing devices — about 5.5%.

Digital Divide 28

Digital Divide Learning Laptops Broadband 28

Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2020

And among those who do have access, not all have a broadband connection. A separate Pew Research Center survey found that 17 percent of adults access the internet exclusively through smartphones. That can make it tough to move to a digital workflow even when classes are meeting as scheduled.

Accessibility 204

Accessibility Broadband E-rate Smartphone 204

Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Digital equity thinks of access beyond mainstream solutions and meets learners and their communities where they are, providing supports and solutions that complement their current realities. Meet Maria. She’s fourteen. Her phone alarm wakes her up with the tune of her favorite song from Olivia Rodrigo. She’s also fourteen.

Digital Divide 160

Digital Divide Broadband Laptops Accessibility 160

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Virtual and hybrid learning continued into the spring, but then classrooms welcomed back students for full-time in-person learning in the fall. Many silver linings emerged and digital learning cemented itself as a “must have” in schools. Access to interactive experiences, 3D drawings, site visits, etc.

EdTech 108

EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 108