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Colleges Are Providing Tech to Students to Shrink the Digital Divide

Edsurge

When colleges in the California State University system sent students home from campus in spring 2020, it quickly became clear that some students lacked reliable access to the internet or computers through which to participate in their pandemic-era emergency remote courses. The Practice May Be Here to Stay.”

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6 Practical strategies for teaching across the digital divide

Neo LMS

Last week we discussed the digital divide , and today I thought we could explore some practical strategies that teachers, as individuals, can adopt in an effort to bridge the digital divide in their classrooms. 59% of teachers feel the digital tools they use frequently are effective. How online shopping works.

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Here’s How Colleges Should Help Close the Digital Divide in the COVID-Era

Edsurge

One key problem prevalent in many low-socioeconomic communities around the nation—like San Antonio, which now has the highest poverty rate of the country's 25 largest metro areas —is the digital divide. Many students who were enrolled in online courses pre-pandemic experienced minimal changes to their academic experience.

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OPINION: Here’s why chronically underfunded HBCUs are needed now more than ever

The Hechinger Report

That means all colleges must affirm and adopt nontraditional approaches to meeting students’ needs — including a wraparound support model that is available seven days a week and on holiday breaks. Second, we’ve taken ownership of the digital divide at the institutional level.

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How Libraries Stretch Their Capabilities to Serve Kids During a Pandemic

MindShift

But this year the STEM projects, maker space designs and story hours that usually take place within the library’s walls have moved online, and the library itself has found itself innovating quickly to meet the needs of their community. includes reading challenges, craft projects, and games where students can earn digital badges online. .

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We must not shut low-income students out of computer sciences

The Hechinger Report

The baby holds her smartphone, clicking, and Maria asks what I’m working on as she sees me typing obsessively on my laptop. In our 21 st century digital economy, literacy is much more than a mastery of the English language. It requires fluency in computer science. Idit Harel is the CEO of Globaloria.

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A school district is building a DIY broadband network

The Hechinger Report

But a few pioneering districts have shown that it’s possible, and Albemarle County has joined a nascent trend of districts trying to build their own bridges across the digital divide. Of course, towers, base stations and routers are nothing without a license to beam all that data through a sliver of the electromagnetic spectrum.