Edsurge

DECEMBER 3, 2018

The digital divide between rich and poor students isn’t what it used to be. Now, it's obvious when we look at extreme examples, but just take the case of social media and imagine a child who spends 15 minutes on Instagram. As more devices find their way into homes, screen time across the socioeconomic spectrum is growing.

Trends 152

Trends Social Media Robotics Digital Divide 152

NeverEndingSearch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Its purpose is to raise awareness of how overly restrictive Internet filtering can impede student learning by blocking access to legitimate educational websites and participatory learning tools (including social media). Establish a digital repository of Internet filtering studies. Develop a toolkit for school leaders.

E-rate 40

E-rate Digital Citizenship Libraries Social Media 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Again and again, the media told stories — wildly popular stories , apparently — about how technology industry executives refuse to allow their own children to use the very products they were selling to the rest of us. The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.”

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

Testing, Testing… “ Common Core testing group wages aggressive campaign against critics on social media,” according to The Washington Post’s Valerie Strauss. Also off campus, not on-: “ Unemployed Detroit Residents Are Trapped by a Digital Divide.” ” Go Ducks.

Education 52

Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

The Common Core. Last year, I chose “ Social Media, Campus Activism, and Free Speech ” as one of my “ Top Ed-Tech Trends.” .” What are the problems that Trump identified on the campaign trail about education? Political correctness. Foreign students. Government involvement in student loans.

Technology 40

Technology Education Facebook Company 40