Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 20, 2020

A significant majority of parents (76%) prefer digital communication when it comes to schools (and most—81%–say they’re satisfied with those communication methods). A simple majority of parents (59%) that send their kids to schools that use analog communication would prefer a switch to digital communication methods.

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Edsurge

MAY 29, 2020

Unfortunately, for many schools and districts, the need for digital services and software to support basic communication between teachers, parents and students across the digital divide is one that is often overlooked and underfunded. households with less than $30,000 in income have broadband at home.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 30, 2018

Your school has finally gone one-to-one with Chromebooks. The best security measures are in place, too — content filtering, data privacy and more. Like other K–12 school districts around the country, you’re closing the digital divide — making sure your students have access to technology that paves the way for their future successes.

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eSchool News

MAY 11, 2016

“Google Fiber offers a wonderful data package to its home subscribers. I am also pleased to see that Google is offering data drops to homes in the urban core. This will certainly help diminish the data divide that we face today.”. Google’s strategy.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2021

Kajeet is mission-focused on closing the digital divide, not just in the U.S., Its robust suite of award-winning technology solutions includes Kajeet SmartSpot®, Kajeet SmartBus and Kajeet LTE-embedded Chromebooks. but worldwide,” said chairman, CEO and founder Daniel J.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 16, 2015

The following three resources can help students and families realize the powering of digital learning at home. Learning On-the-Go : Part of the federal E-rate program , Learning On-the-Go is a pilot program that helps schools fund wireless Internet connectivity for mobile learning devices such as tablets, Chromebooks, or laptops.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2019

In a combined biology/literature class, students at James Lick High School complete assignments using school-supplied Chromebooks. At James Lick High School the slate-gray Chromebooks are ubiquitous. What’s unusual about James Lick’s Chromebook program isn’t the laptops themselves, but how they were paid for. SAN JOSE, Calif. —

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Recently, the state announced that it had achieved near universal access for both device distribution and connectivity—a significant achievement in a state where 40 percent of households in some cities lack home access, according to census data. The impetus was really to close that achievement gap and that digital divide.”

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Insight Education Group

APRIL 8, 2021

As you begin to identify ways to support students in your schools or district, these solutions must be grounded in data and evidence of success. The research and data collected will ensure that schools and district solutions do not exacerbate pre-existing inequities. Tie solutions into other goals or metrics.

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eSpark

APRIL 12, 2022

Successful tech pilots enhance learning, build excitement around new initiatives, and subject classroom technology to rigorous, data-based testing. Use data to measure success. The best way to evaluate classroom technology is to look at student data. Data should inform differentiation.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Caine oversees the school’s Chromebooks. In total, the homework gap hits some 12 million school-aged kids nationwide, according to a 2017 congressional report, “ America’s Digital Divide.”. Some kids come to log extra time on class projects. Others show up just for the internet.

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Edsurge

JUNE 15, 2022

It also raises potential concerns that the data collected through the activity monitoring will be used out of context. When monitored, students may also lose trust in the very tools being used to close the digital divide, and that can negatively impact equity. Parents have become increasingly wary of this practice.

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eSchool News

JUNE 16, 2022

The goal of the partnership is to help transform the future of education by: Connecting the unconnected students and communities with high-quality wireless Internet and Close the Digital Divide once and for all. Supports an open ecosystem of multiple RAN vendors. To learn more, visit kajeet.com and follow us on Twitter at @Kajeet.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

But America’s persistent digital divide has greatly hampered efforts toward this goal. Many broadband providers are also adding capacity, lifting caps on data and offering extended free trial periods. Inequity looms large. Some tried a more rigorous approach early on, despite the shortcomings.

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eSpark

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Successful tech pilots enhance learning, build excitement around new initiatives, and subject classroom technology to rigorous, data-based testing. Use data to measure success. The best way to evaluate classroom technology is to look at student data. Data should inform differentiation.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

That schools rely on the mega-rich to fund their digital learning at all—and that those funds could dry up at any time—illustrates some of the fundamental problems with K-12 technology spending: It is inconsistent, pieced together haphazardly, and as a result impacts student technology access in disproportionate ways.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

“I’m slightly wary of building a Google data profile of a young child,” says @ashleyrcarman @verge [link]. Tagged on: March 19, 2017 The Top 10: Student Privacy News (Feb-March 2017) | Future of Privacy Forum → If you care about student data privacy, worth the read and worth signing up for the email newsletter.

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MindShift

DECEMBER 5, 2020

We are still starved for data on what this all means. The digital divide is still big and complex. “We’ve not done a really great job in aggregating the data as to how many kids are still disconnected,” she adds. There are backlogs of items such as Chromebooks. Then there’s infrastructure.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Education technology is increasingly used to combat pandemic-related learning loss and help quickly and reliably identify areas where students struggle, giving teachers real-time access to data so teachers can personalize learning interventions for students. There are many technologies and technology tools used in K-12 education.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2023

For the last few years, the local government — with schools, the telecommunications company EPB of Chattanooga, and nonprofits — has run “HCS EdConnect,” a program through which schools give Chromebooks, tablets and free training on the skills needed to use smart technology and the modern internet system. The area is something of an outlier.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 16, 2023

Establishing Digital Equity: What It Takes CCISD—serving families across economic status—has relied on innovation to shape its journey to equitable tech access for all students. The district’s primary alliances have been with the following: The City of Corpus Christi, which helped the district to purchase Chromebooks with COVID relief funds.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

— Russ Davis, Founder and CEO, SchoolStatus Districts will see the value in data-driven instructional coaching. We anticipate this will continue as more districts realize the benefits to both teachers and students of a data-driven coaching program. Data should drive these decisions. public schools.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

Tagged on: March 25, 2017 Data breach disclosure 101: How to succeed after you've failed | Troy Hunt → Folks in edtech may want to bookmark this one. Tagged on: March 25, 2017 Cybersecurity Knowledge Quiz | Pew Research Center → This is not easy (though I did get 10/10). This is ALSO true for edtech.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

Tagged on: March 25, 2017 Data breach disclosure 101: How to succeed after you've failed | Troy Hunt → Folks in edtech may want to bookmark this one. Tagged on: March 25, 2017 Cybersecurity Knowledge Quiz | Pew Research Center → This is not easy (though I did get 10/10). This is ALSO true for edtech.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Via WaPo : “The FCC talks the talk on the digital divide – and then walks in the other direction.” “Will Data Error Threaten For-Profit Regulation ?” Via the AP : “How Google Chromebooks conquered schools.” ” That’s Gail Heriot. ” asks Inside Higher Ed.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

Wish there were publicly available data to support this claim. Tagged on: April 2, 2017 Exclusive: Pisa data may be 'incomparable' | tes → Falls in Asian high-flyers' math scores could simply be down to switch to computer tests. Tagged on: March 30, 2017 Without Internet Privacy Rules, How Can I Protect My Data?

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Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

Wish there were publicly available data to support this claim. Tagged on: April 2, 2017 Exclusive: Pisa data may be 'incomparable' | tes → Falls in Asian high-flyers' math scores could simply be down to switch to computer tests. Tagged on: March 30, 2017 Without Internet Privacy Rules, How Can I Protect My Data?

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