Digital Promise

MARCH 24, 2020

Organizations and coalitions including Learning Keeps Going , Tech for Learners , Google , and Digital Promise have also compiled lists of resources from various education organizations as well as available edtech products. Bridging The Digital Divide.

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The Innovative Educator

JANUARY 20, 2022

Pre-pandemic there was an enormous digital divide. All this when Chromebooks were available for around $200 (or $50 - $75 a year per student). That is because the devices provide digital accessibility and translation. Access to the Internet The pandemic no longer allowed elected officials to ignore the digital divide.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 20, 2020

Address the digital divide. As thousands of school districts across the country have rolled out remote learning, many have discovered that students have very different sets of resources when it comes to digital education tools. Some districts are shipping off Chromebooks to students.

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Edsurge

JUNE 2, 2023

For example, an AR app can create interactive 3D models of historical artifacts or scientific specimens that students can learn from and explore. AR can also create digital overlays on printed textbooks, allowing students to access additional content, such as videos or animations, with their mobile devices.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

At the Innovation in Digital Education and Leadership Institute , schools looking to successfully plan a training program should give teachers plenty of time to work with the tech, stick with a few specific initiatives and have a clear vision educators will be able to follow. . Think About Device Use Outside of the Classroom.

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Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2020

I think of Corona-Norco Unified School District, for example, here in California. We have seen some districts actually say, “Come check out a Chromebook. We started a couple of years ago with a digital equity group to focus on this issue when we started seeing issues related to the digital divide.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 4, 2020

In New York City, for example, 19,000 students who had requested devices still didn’t have them by late April, according to reporting by Chalkbeat and WNYC. Salesforce.org, for example, is currently matching donations for distance learning projects in specific counties in California.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

The Miami-Dade school district, for example, adopted a plan back in 2012 to close the digital divide. In Occidental, California, Matthew Morgan, superintendent of the Harmony Union School District, said the pandemic has exposed a big digital divide and online learning was slow to roll out. “We

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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

MARCH 12, 2019

There were drones, Ozobots, the latest Chromebooks and classroom furniture configurations. And as a person interested in digital equity, I had a chance to connect experts who were national leaders on the digital divide. Educators led energizing sessions on integrating technology.

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Insight Education Group

APRIL 8, 2021

For example, adding a week of summer school in July will support student learning, but it will not reverse the overall impact of learning loss. For example, teachers who teach students of colors are likely asked to develop less rigorous online assignments compared to teachers who teach white students.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

But America’s persistent digital divide has greatly hampered efforts toward this goal. The center’s database is filled with examples of how districts are trying to keep learning going from a distance. Inequity looms large. We can’t see what they look like, if they’re getting enough sleep and enough to eat.”.

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Edsurge

JUNE 15, 2022

For example, all students in a school may have their documents, which are stored in the schools' cloud storage, scanned for keywords, including documents like private journals. When monitored, students may also lose trust in the very tools being used to close the digital divide, and that can negatively impact equity.

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MindShift

DECEMBER 5, 2020

The digital divide is still big and complex. For example, Richard Carranza, chancellor of New York City public schools, said last month that 60,000 of the district’s 1.1 Lee at Brookings is working on a book about the digital divide, and she says it’s multidimensional. State revenue is down, too.

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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.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Laptops and Chromebooks are not new, but they have a strong spot in many K-12 classrooms today. But along with these positive edtech updates, it’s important to acknowledge that there are also several potential negative impacts: The digital divide: Not all students have equal access to technology, leading to a digital divide.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Vrain, for example, we recently implemented the AI Coach by Edthena platform which uses artificial intelligence for instructional coaching. We are currently in the process of handing out 8,000 Chromebooks and hotspots for students to use at home. Integration and connectivity between edtech tools will give rise to more smart schools.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

Tagged on: March 25, 2017 Lower-income Americans still lag in tech adoption | Pew Research Center → Even as many aspects of the digital divide have narrowed over time, the digital lives of lower- and higher-income Americans remain markedly different. This is ALSO true for edtech.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

Tagged on: March 25, 2017 Lower-income Americans still lag in tech adoption | Pew Research Center → Even as many aspects of the digital divide have narrowed over time, the digital lives of lower- and higher-income Americans remain markedly different. 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). Certainly “free” works well for cash-strapped schools. Um, they do.)

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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.” Via the AP : “How Google Chromebooks conquered schools.” ” Via Education Dive : “ Texas district sees learning gains after giving kindergartners Chromebooks.”

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