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Q&A: Steve Langford on Equalizing Student Access to the Web and Tech

EdTech Magazine

Langford recently talked with EdTech about the challenges of the digital divide and practical ways to overcome them. EDTECH: What challenges related to digital equity are you facing in your district? Langford: We deployed our first round of Chromebooks to students in 2016. I don’t have a way to complete assignments.

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Q&A: Tracy Smith on the Value of a Team Approach to Digital Equity

EdTech Magazine

Parkland School District in Pennsylvania, like many of the nation’s public school systems, is seeing increases in student poverty rates and English language proficiency — trends that could make any existing digital divides worse. But Parkland school leaders are taking proactive steps to improve digital equity. by Wylie Wong.

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Make Parents Comfortable with Tech for a Successful 1:1 Program

EdTech Magazine

Your school has finally gone one-to-one with Chromebooks. 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. Make Parents Comfortable with Tech for a Successful 1:1 Program. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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Experts Weigh in on Key Considerations for K–12 1:1 Programs

EdTech Magazine

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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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 11 Edition)

Doug Levin

The partnership aims to bridge the digital divide in Pittsburg by offering parents refurbished computers free of charge. Tagged on: March 16, 2017 Bettendorf schools switch technology, puts used iPads up for sale | Quad-City Times → The Bettendorf district has changed to using Chromebooks. That's a lot of computers.

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Addressing the Digital Access Gap: One District’s Success

edWeb.net

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 produces the Tech2Teach Digital Magazine celebrating everything tech related in the classroom.

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

Doug Levin

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. Unforrunately, this is news.

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