Edsurge
JUNE 18, 2020
She shares one computer with her family of five, lacks home internet access and uses a smartphone to connect online. It’s a longstanding national crisis, often referred to as the “digital divide,” which at Kapor Capital we identify as one of the cumulative barriers across The Leaky Tech Pipeline.
ViewSonic Education
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
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. Support for virtual reality headsets will also be available, providing optional extended reality experiences.
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Edsurge
MAY 29, 2020
Unfortunately, for many schools and districts, the need for digital services and software to support basic communication between teachers, parents and students across the digital divide is one that is often overlooked and underfunded. For schools across the country, there is a digital chasm.
Edsurge
MARCH 6, 2023
How else does Qualcomm address the digital divide among students? Some of the other companies have tried to build a database of noises that they will analyze and block, which is more machine learning. Not all AI is cloud-based, and much of it runs in the background on everyday devices we use, such as laptops and smartphones.
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 16, 2023
Educators and caregivers may wonder why, as researchers, we are promoting a positive view of digital technologies for young adolescents, when an array of headlines suggest that smartphones and social media are responsible for problems ranging from rising rates of childhood obesity to a youth mental health epidemic.
eSchool News
JANUARY 16, 2017
plans to give away 1 million smartphones and other connected devices and free wireless service to help high school students who don’t have internet access at home. ” Sprint already addresses the digital divide though programs including the White House’s ConnectED and ConnectHome, My Brother’s Keeper and other efforts.
Marketplace K-12
OCTOBER 13, 2016
Students participating in the program will receive either a free smartphone, tablet, laptop, or “hotspot” device that offers them access to the web. Students who get a smartphone can also use it as a hotspot, and for unlimited calls and texts in the United States, while on a Sprint network. history to bridge the digital divide.”.
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