A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 26, 2020

Difficult decisions have had to be made regarding grading, making funds available to get technology in the hands of disadvantaged kids, getting school work to kids where the digital divide could not be overcome, and figuring out how to provide professional learning support virtually. Google Classroom, Canvas, Schoology).

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The Innovative Educator

JANUARY 20, 2022

Pre-pandemic there was an enormous digital divide. 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. This means if a student needs to go back to refer to content, it’s there.

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Digital Divide Learning Chromebook Accessibility 130

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

The bird’s-eye results: 65 percent of teachers say they use digital learning tools every day; 87 percent report using them at least a few days each week. Those numbers suggest edtech is steadily marching into schools and classrooms. That’s music to the ears of industry leaders who have funded and built many of these digital tools.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Close the Digital Gap for Students As technology becomes more ingrained in education, the digital divide is becoming an ever-larger driver of educational inequity. While some students remain unconnected, Oakland’s effort has emerged as an example of how to tackle a citywide digital divide. The result?

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EdTech Digital Divide Learning Social Media 139

Edsurge

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Ertmer and Anne Ottenbreit-Leftwich that refers not just to whether technology is used in the classroom but also when and how teachers use technology to improve learning outcomes. If a classroom has spotty Wi-Fi or a teacher has inadequate access to devices for students, it’s awfully hard to make the most of edtech.

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EdTech Groups Digital Divide Training 194

Edsurge

JUNE 15, 2022

Some of those big names include Google Classroom in K-12, Blackboard and Canvas learning management systems in higher ed, and across education the once-obscure video software named Zoom became ubiquitous during the COVID-19 pandemic. During virtual learning especially, educators were completely inundated with far too many programs to try.

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Industry EdTech Digital Divide Blackboard 171

ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Broadly, the metaverse refers to the creation of virtual worlds or spaces in which social interactions can occur. While there are still challenges associated with the digital divide and access to technology, this gap is shrinking all the time, especially with smartphones widening access to digital content and software.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 12, 2024

According to the CSTA: Inclusive Teaching Pedagogies , “UDL is an instructional planning approach designed to give all students an equal opportunity to learn by removing barriers that prevent students from fully engaging in their classroom communities” (White, 2023). References Alliance for Identity-Inclusive Computing Education (2023).

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UDL Education Digital Divide Equity of Access 100

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

Courses about Student Mental Health Strategies for Addressing Student Anxiety With the strategies and interventions you learn in this course, you will be able to create a classroom environment where students can successfully cope with stressors and instead focus on learning. Online and Digital Instruction. Learn More.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2021

COVID-19 shed light on the huge gap in policy relating to tech and infrastructure provisioning—what many are now referring to as a civil rights issue. 1560 , and proposed adding sections designed “to close the digital divide in California.” Still, no new regulations have yet emerged from that data gathering.

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Broadband Digital Divide E-rate Policies 148

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

This introduction explores the significance of fostering digital literacy skills to prepare students for success in the evolving technological landscape. What is digital literacy in education? Digital access: Digital access addresses the equitable availability and use of digital technologies.

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Digital Citizenship Digital Divide Analysis Accessibility 84

Digital Promise

MAY 27, 2020

With digital learning likely to stretch into the fall due to COVID-19, how can we ensure every student has equitable access to powerful learning opportunities? The crisis has shone a harsh light on the digital divide in the United States, surfacing thoughtful debate and long-overdue discussion around the equity gap.

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Digital Divide Education Accessibility E-rate 255

Edsurge

MAY 4, 2020

In traditional classrooms, time is constant while learning is variable. In online classrooms time is variable, while the learning is constant. So you can think of it in this simplified way: In traditional classrooms, time is constant while learning is variable. Variable Guidelines Still, some things are a given, Rice says.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

History teacher Keith “Hip” Hughes has a massive following on his YouTube channel.Today, he shares his technique for flipping the classroom in engaging, powerful ways. Today’s Sponsor: Edpuzzle is my new favorite flipped classroom tool. Five Ways to Flip Your Classroom. We want to be “conductors” of our classroom.

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MindShift

JUNE 9, 2021

During virtual education, he relied on reference materials and parent assistance when available. In the past, many students would only be able to practice their pronunciations in a classroom setting. It can make virtual classrooms that don’t have sign language translators more accessible for students who are deaf and hard of hearing.

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Technology Classroom Software Accessibility 48

MIND Research Institute

MAY 13, 2020

The recent school closures due to COVID-19 mean that most students will not be returning to the classroom for several months. There are a lot of unanswered questions, but also some great reference points to help guide us as we develop answers together. Digital Divides and the COVID Slide.

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Meeting Digital Divide Education STEM 61

Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 19, 2022

Listen to the problems Schaberg identifies in that final section: the digital divide; students not having a good physical location to be on camera; missing the physical campus. At one point the professor refers to “the vague ontology of remote learning.” For them of them I was on campus in a well-equipped classroom.

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Online Learning Learning Secondary Digital Divide 123

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

The Homework Gap refers to the number of school-age children who don’t have broadband access at home and cannot complete their school assignments. Across the country, school districts are launching 1-to-1 initiatives to extend the impact of mobile devices and implement innovative programs in their classrooms.

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Broadband Digital Divide Mobility Accessibility 40

MIND Research Institute

JUNE 2, 2020

There are a lot of unanswered questions, but also some great reference points to help guide us as we develop answers together, like the importance of social emotional support, digital divides, the experience gap, and the COVID slide. MIND is working with schools, families, communities, and our partners to address them.

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Digital Divide STEM Resources Strategy 52

eSpark

MAY 18, 2016

Teachers can respond to this need by providing students with immediate, thoughtful feedback on classroom and take-home work. For students whose area of interest lies outside of the classrooms, the internet has made deliberate practice more accessible than ever. Is your district meeting the needs of every learner?

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Survey Digital Divide Facebook Industry 66

Learning with 'e's

MARCH 12, 2016

The image presented here was ironic, appearing as it did on the door to the main venue of the conference, but as several pointed out, the device in the image is a reference to a bygone age when mobile phones were primitive. 1) A digital divide still exists across society, even for those who own smart phones.

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Mobility Mobile Learning Digital Divide Broadband 28

Learning with 'e's

JULY 29, 2011

Some would suspect this is a reference to the digital divide, the haves and have nots in our society. For slightly different reasons it is also why teachers can wield such power in the classroom. William Gibson once famously remarked: 'The future is here - it's just not very evenly distributed.'

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Digital Divide Trends Mobility Social Media 59

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Shawn Caine, who teaches technology at Panguitch High School in Garfield County, Utah, lets students who don’t have adequate home internet service get online in her classroom before and after school. Back at Panguitch High School, a junior named Hagen Miller sat in the cluttered back annex of Shawn Caine’s classroom.

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Broadband Chromebook Accessibility Mobility 83

Lightspeed Systems

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Equipping Teachers to Manage Academic Honesty in the Classroom Academic integrity is a foundational tenant of education; it always has been, and it always will be. Ensure Student Data Privacy and Digital Equity Expand the dialogue regarding AI applications to beyond what happens in the classroom.

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Student Data Privacy Digital Divide Guidelines Policies 69

Lightspeed Systems

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Fill out the form below to view this webinar Read the Transcript Overcoming Obstacles to Bridging the Digital Divide in K-12 Learning 0:21 Hi, everyone, welcome to our webinar, We’re going to give everyone about 30 more seconds to join us, and then we’ll dive in. Thank you. 0:58 Hello, welcome everyone. 12:17 Debit.

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Survey Data Report E-rate 52

Lightspeed Systems

AUGUST 7, 2023

IT Leaders & Decision Makers, Digital Learning and Instructional Technologists, IT Admins, Network Admins, IT Security, IT Infrastructure roles, School Counselors, Safety leaders, and SROs. 2:38 We know that the Digital Learning Divide refers to inequitable access to technology and digital resources for learning.

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EdTech Survey Learning Data 52

MindShift

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

But, given the level of need, and the growth of ELL populations in schools, is the ed-tech industry at large doing enough to address this aspect of the digital divide? This diversity comes in the form of language and ethnicity, but also in the wide variety of educational backgrounds these students bring to the classroom.

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Industry Tools Digital Divide Resources 28

Lightspeed Systems

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Fill out the form below to view this webinar Read the Transcript Overcoming Obstacles to Bridging the Digital Divide in K-12 Learning 0:21 Hi, everyone, welcome to our webinar, We’re going to give everyone about 30 more seconds to join us, and then we’ll dive in. Thank you. 0:58 Hello, welcome everyone. 12:17 Debit.

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Survey Data Report E-rate 52

Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

From gamification to digital citizenship to PD for teachers to classroom robots and everything in between, the 102 posts that have been published on the NEO Blog in the last 12 months covered oh so many subjects related to education technology and e-learning for educational institutions. It was a long year, this year.

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LMS E-rate Digital Divide Blended Learning 279

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

What follows are four ways that technology transcends analog tools in education, including those that demonstrate simple recall while providing valuable feedback to fuel learning to the true innovators in our classrooms: teachers. Socrative , Kahoot and TopHat , are great tools for augmenting assessment, especially in flipped classrooms.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 10, 2017

The end result is a learning tool that is powerful, robust, scalable, and because it’s free, is the equitable solution to so many concerns over education’s digital divide. Research options/reference tools.

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Google Digital Divide Wiki Digital Citizenship 150

Evelyn Learning

AUGUST 22, 2023

Factors such as low salaries, insufficient professional development opportunities, and ballooning classroom sizes contribute to declining job satisfaction and high turnover rates among teachers. They need better professional development opportunities, competitive pay, smaller classroom sizes, and a supportive work environment.

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Assessment Education Digital Divide Survey 52

Connecting 2 the World

SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

I have included in the references a bibliography of all of the references used in my literature review (of which I have posted most of it over the last couple of months. References Akgun, A., Crossing the digital divide safely and trustingly: How ecologies of learning scaffold the journey. Lynn, G., & Byrne, J.

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Groups Outcomes Training Study 52

Lightspeed Systems

JUNE 15, 2023

Powered by Lightspeed – How Hays CISD Empowers Staff to Support Student Safety, Wellness, & Engagement Hays Consolidated Independent School District’s safety, IT, and classroom leaders join Lightspeed for the next webinar in the Powered by Lightspeed Series. We’re very excited to have all three of you here today. 12:17 Debit.

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Survey Data Report E-rate 52

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2018

Vaux’s redesign stresses creating close relationships with parents and community members and ways for student learning to continue beyond the classroom walls. Related: Can high-poverty urban districts like Philadelphia close the digital divide? The educators at Vaux accept that non-school life will enter the classroom.

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Report Digital Divide Groups Social Media 81

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

One notable piece of K-12 tech innovation news is the integration of interactive devices and digital learning tools, transforming static learning spaces into dynamic, multimedia-rich environments. Students now have access to a wealth of information at their fingertips, allowing for self-directed exploration and reinforcing classroom concepts.

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Trends Digital Divide EdTech Adaptive Learning 91

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

As learning in the digital age progresses, online platforms, interactive simulations, and virtual classrooms have become essential tools, promoting and supporting self-directed and personalized learning experiences. Furthermore, K-12 digital learning extends educational access beyond traditional classroom boundaries.

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