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How computer science education bridges the digital divide

eSchool News

Being a lifelong player of games, both board and electronic, I wanted to create a video game class. Digital divide Our computer science courses needed to be accessible to all students, including those without connectivity or a sophisticated device. We now run two courses: ‘Introduction to game design’ and ‘Advanced game design.’

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How computer science education bridges the digital divide

eSchool News

Being a lifelong player of games, both board and electronic, I wanted to create a video game class. Digital divide Our computer science courses needed to be accessible to all students, including those without connectivity or a sophisticated device. We now run two courses: ‘Introduction to game design’ and ‘Advanced game design.’

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Responding to COVID-19: How Are the Children?

Digital Promise

For instance, Learning Heroes, a nonprofit organization that equips parents to support learning at home, worked with partner organizations to update The Learning Hero Roadmap , a free K-8 interactive guide with videos and tools to help parents support grade-level math and reading as well as social-emotional development.

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How Libraries Stretch Their Capabilities to Serve Kids During a Pandemic

MindShift

On a recent summer day, librarian Lyn Hunter posted a video to YouTube on how to make a weather thermometer using a straw, rubbing alcohol and a bottle. Hunter and her colleague Rachel Krumenacker at the Chattanooga Public Library in Chattanooga, Tennessee, had filmed the DIY craft on a Zoom call from their respective living rooms.

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A Tiny Microbe Upends Decades of Learning

The Hechinger Report

But America’s persistent digital divide has greatly hampered efforts toward this goal. He suggested, for example, that teachers could email students a video link to a news report of a controversial issue, or a historical documentary, along with a few key questions and a post-viewing writing prompt. Inequity looms large.

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DEI in action: eSN Innovation Roundtable

eSchool News

Roundtable participants included: Julie Mavrogeorge , Coordinator II – CTE (Esports, Drones, AME and Ag) with Fresno Unified School District Allison Reid , Senior Director of Digital Learning and Libraries in the Wake Forest County Public School System Dr. Cynthia Wise , Principal of J.H. We’re starting to see some changes.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 12 Edition)

Doug Levin

While it may seem quaint or old fashioned to some (when accessing WiFi and on-demand videos seem de rigueur), it has been part of my travel routine for too many years to casually cast it aside. I think a lot about the future of technology and its potential impacts on students and the K-12 education system (intended and unintended).

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