Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2020

She shares one computer with her family of five, lacks home internet access and uses a smartphone to connect online. Only 60 percent of these families had access to computers or broadband internet at home. Education funders must invest in gap-closing edtech solutions. Maria is also in the sixth grade.

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EdTech System Digital Divide Education 150

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Today, 95 percent of teenagers have access to a smartphone, and the average teen is now spending more than 7 hours per day on their screens , including over 1.5 Broadband penetration in K-12 schools reached over 98 percent , while low-cost computing devices like Chromebooks have proliferated in classrooms. hours on social media.

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Trends EdTech Education Company 181

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

smartphone and Wi-Fi adoption, which continues to grow unabated as evidenced in latest internet trends deck from renowned investor Mary Meeker. Recent studies by Deloitte and the Gates Foundation have shed light into how educators engage with edtech. Those numbers suggest edtech is steadily marching into schools and classrooms.

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EdTech Survey Digital Divide Classroom 151

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

And while there’s a growing industry around serving adult learners in higher education, companies largely neglect to consider the needs of the elderly. EdSurge spoke with Wakamiya to hear more of her ideas on how edtech can better reach aging generations. Today’s education technology products overwhelmingly target young people.

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EdTech Meeting iPhone Industry 167

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

With the lowest internet access in the world in sub-Saharan Africa, average broadband penetration is at a mere 2 percent, with n early 90 percent of students without computers at home South Africa, the continent’s bright spot, is the strongest early adopter of digital education with 63 percent of the population online.

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Online Learning Learning Mobility Blackboard 135

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2019

But the takeaways for educators and the edtech industry are most obvious in the sections on homework. It found that students in lower-income area schools were less likely to be assigned homework requiring digital tools, possibly due to a lack of high-speed broadband or devices in students’ homes.

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Survey Laptops Broadband Smartphone 92

Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

Those interactions look a lot different than just evaluating consumer or edtech trends in isolation. It’s hard to make a case that there is still a separate edtech industry. What edtech and consumer trends will be significant for when a teen leaves high school? First is the evolving nature of education technology.

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Analysis Trends Chromebook EdTech 161