Edsurge

JULY 23, 2021

Multiple studies and surveys have documented the ever-narrowing digital divide. The team, which included Katz, specifically talked with families with household incomes below the national median of $75,000 a year and reached them by landline and mobile phones, rather than through the increasingly popular method of online questionnaires.

Accessibility 190

Accessibility Digital Divide Broadband Survey 190

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Shawn Caine, who teaches technology at Panguitch High School in Garfield County, Utah, lets students who don’t have adequate home internet service get online in her classroom before and after school. And yet, reliable broadband is far from guaranteed in this region of towering plateaus, sagebrush valleys and steep canyons.

Broadband 82

Broadband Chromebook Accessibility Mobility 82

Edsurge

DECEMBER 14, 2017

How can we prepare a generation of students to adapt and evolve, learn (and un-learn), in an era where technological advances are transforming the world of work, traditional educational pathways are under fire—and the half-life of skills hovers around five years ? Recall that the first iPhones weren’t released until 2007.

Robotics 142

Robotics Broadband iPhone Data 142

Education Superhighway

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The survey results demonstrated the urgency of eliminating broadband accessibility as a barrier to remote learning. Implementing technology tools. For students attending non-CEP schools, agents were authorized to collect and upload documents that verified qualification for the program.

Case Study 52

Case Study Study Broadband Data 52

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Ensuring equitable access to technology inside and outside the classroom is the civil rights issue of today. Seek mobile hotspot and/or affordable LTE programs. Leverage special broadband offerings. The CoSN Digital Equity Action Toolkit is the best and most practical document I have seen on this topic,” said Vista USD (Calif.)

Broadband 40

Broadband Survey Mobility Digital Learning 40

The Web20Classroom

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Surprisingly there are still places in this country where schools are not connected to a high speed broadband connection (and are relying on dial-up still) or where they have no access at all. ( Many of these schools (including the one from where I came) use this extra money for technology. I even wrote about that this year.)

Broadband 100

Broadband Comparison Accessibility Mobility 100

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

This year’s Future of Education Technology Conference landed in New Orleans, and the conference was abuzz with post-pandemic learning recovery tools, solutions to promote equity among students and parents, strategies for digital access, student mental health, social and emotional learning tools, and more.

EdTech 138

EdTech Lenovo Robotics Laptops 138