The Hechinger Report

JUNE 4, 2020

Only 24 percent of public school teachers reported that all of their students had access to a computer or tablet to use for school work, according to a nationally representative survey of 600 public school teachers conducted in early May by Educators for Excellence (E4E). On the other side of the country, an estimated 1.2

Accessibility 145

Accessibility Online Learning Tablets Learning 145

Edsurge

JANUARY 20, 2020

In 2014, Palmdale School District was experiencing a major digital divide. In 2014, Palmdale School District was experiencing a major digital divide. All of my books are online, and all of my lessons are digital. District leaders knew that something had to change, and it needed to happen fast.

Digital Learning 115

Digital Learning Digital Divide Classroom Learning 115

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

Digital Divide 115

Digital Divide Laptops Accessibility Online Learning 115

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.

Technology 104

Technology Chromebook Laptops iPad 104

Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2020

The impetus was really to close that achievement gap and that digital divide.” In all, the state has distributed about 140,000 devices—many of them Chromebooks—and 44,000 home internet connections, negotiating discounts with five ISPs, with most connections costing the state between $10 to $20 a month. In Norwalk, Conn.,

Digital Divide 208

Digital Divide Broadband Laptops Libraries 208

MindShift

JULY 31, 2020

A majority of libraries have made borrowing digital media easier by relaxing and extending online renewal policies, offering a wider range of ebooks and streaming media, and increased virtual programming, according to a Public Library Association survey. . Families can pick up a Chromebook and hot spot from the library.

Libraries 68

Libraries Social Media Digital Badges Accessibility 68

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

But America’s persistent digital divide has greatly hampered efforts toward this goal. When we first went out, and we were distributing all these Chromebooks on the fly, we thought about just having it be optional, extended learning,” said Pamela Swanson, superintendent of Westminster Public Schools outside Denver.

Learning 67

Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 67

Edsurge

JUNE 15, 2022

The report, based on surveys of students, parents and teachers as well as interviews with school district staff, raises some critical red flags for student equity and privacy protection among these tools, despite their popularity. This ensured that every student had a device and that all of those devices were the same,” he says.

Software 148

Software Chromebook Data Social Media 148

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.

Accessibility 82

Accessibility LMS Chromebook Digital Divide 82

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.

EdTech 170

EdTech Symantec Facebook Data 170

eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

We are currently in the process of handing out 8,000 Chromebooks and hotspots for students to use at home. In fall 2022, an online survey, conducted from a parents’ perspective, found that many parents are realizing or have concerns regarding the pandemic’s impact on their children’s mental, academic and social well-being.

EdTech 69

EdTech Learning Industry Data 69

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.

EdTech 150

EdTech Symantec Facebook Data 150

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

Greeley offers a lens into how wide the digital divide in the US has become, how much it is contributing to a two-tiered society, and, perhaps most important, whether it can be bridged – something that will be crucial to keeping the country competitive in the global economy of tomorrow. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter.

Laptops 40

Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

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 Inside Higher Ed : “2017 Survey of College and University Chief Academic Officers.” ” That’s Gail Heriot. .

Education 45

Education Company MOOC Khan Academy 45

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, Um, they do.) But the new mode of testing caused a great deal of headache too.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

Tagged on: March 31, 2017 The Digital Divide: A Quarter of the Nation Is Without Broadband | Time → Politically, the persistence of the digital gap defies logic. And yet survey after survey says that we expect that this data is being used to obtain medical or educational breakthroughs.”

EdTech 150

EdTech Data Broadband Company 150

Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

Tagged on: March 31, 2017 The Digital Divide: A Quarter of the Nation Is Without Broadband | Time → Politically, the persistence of the digital gap defies logic. And yet survey after survey says that we expect that this data is being used to obtain medical or educational breakthroughs.”

EdTech 150

EdTech Data Broadband Company 150