Shake Up Learning

APRIL 25, 2023

The site offers tools for all educators regardless of the technology available to them, including hundreds of free standards-based lessons, immersive educational experiences, and professional development tools to help them learn new skills and feel more confident with technology integration. Start your journey at verizon.com/shakeup.

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Digital Divide Smartphone Tablets Technology 99

Neo LMS

OCTOBER 12, 2016

More and more schools adopt BYOD policies and allow students to bring their own mobile phones, tablets, eBooks, and other devices in the classroom, and use them as tools to enhance learning. BYOD deepens the digital divide. Schools and teachers need to work with what they already have, and increase technology access with time.

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BYOD How To Digital Divide Mobility 150

Connecting 2 the World

JULY 14, 2014

Mobile Technology is here to stay. Many of us may try to resist integrating mobile technology into our classrooms. What are some ways in which mobile technology has changed the classroom? What are some ways in which mobile technology has changed the classroom? It is a fact of academic life.

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Mobility Smartphone Edmodo Digital Divide 54

TeacherCast

JANUARY 1, 2016

Widespread public interest surrounds new technologies in the classroom. With many communities anxious to enhance local school systems and increase opportunities for students, teachers and pupils, 2016 appears poised to witness a lot of exciting new developments in the world of education technology. Ubiquitous Computers on The Horizon.

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Technology LMS Classroom Trends 68

Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2019

This semester I’m teaching a graduate seminar on education and technology for Georgetown University. Over the next few months, I’ll share the experience and highlights in a series of columns for EdSurge with highlights from the course. These divides, in turn, can lead to unequal educational access. This is part 5.

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Digital Divide Social Media Broadband Analysis 100

Digital Promise

APRIL 4, 2016

When we started thinking about how to support schools working to close the Digital Learning Gap , we knew we wanted school leaders to feel just as confident and prepared as athletes ready for a race. We call it “The Digital Promise Journey.” An effective technology integration plan requires buy-in and participation from everyone.

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Digital Divide Broadband Accessibility Mobility 96

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

However, the struggle will be to expand innovation in core subjects and beyond, including integrating technology into ancillary K-12 areas such as CTE, music, physical education, health, and the arts. We are hopeful that, when the pandemic lifts, we can welcome a return to hands-on, collaborative, creative technology education in 2021.

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EdTech Digital Divide Broadband PresenceLearning 145

Linways Technologies

JANUARY 14, 2021

Mathew has taught more than 10,000 students in premier institutions like Christ University, Bangalore, Symbiosis, Pune, and Federal Institute of Science and Technology, Cochin, in his career spanning more than 15 years. We would have thought about if technology was available or if it would be affordable.

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Education Mobility System Digital Divide 98

Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2020

The impetus was really to close that achievement gap and that digital divide.” But even that wasn’t enough to completely close the divide, says Doug Casey, the executive director at the Connecticut Commission for Educational Technology, who heads the home broadband part of the program. In Norwalk, Conn.,

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Digital Divide Broadband Laptops Libraries 210

eSpark

JULY 11, 2016

At the end of June, eSpark joined the thousands of district and edtech leaders headed to Denver, CO to meet innovative educators and discuss the current state of technology in schools. Over the course of the week, three themes dominated the conversation. Working Towards Equity with Edtech. Keeping it simple.

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EdTech Digital Divide Education Future Ready 52

MIND Research Institute

OCTOBER 20, 2016

The so-called digital divide widens as soon as their students walk out the door. (To What if we told you that a tire shop in Las Vegas was standing at the front lines of the battle to close the digital divide? Clark County School District mobile device initiatives. Of course, share it on social media, as well.

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Digital Divide Education Libraries Accessibility 40

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

EveryoneOn is a national nonprofit working to eliminate the digital divide by making high-speed, low-cost Internet service, computers and free digital literacy courses accessible to all unconnected Americans.

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Digital Divide Broadband Tablets Education 40

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

In places like Albemarle County, where school officials estimate up to 20 percent of students lack home broadband, all the latest education-technology tools meant to narrow opportunity and achievement gaps can widen them instead. There’s been a real positive change in the culture.”. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Blackboard 92

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Sean Wybrant, Digital Media Studies Teacher, in his classroom with students at William J. Another aspect of inequity and access can be seen in the consequences of restrictive technology use agreements and imposing technology fees in schools with high free and reduced lunch populations, says Jeffrey McMahon, STEAM teacher leader at John H.

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Accessibility STEM Robotics Elementary 89

eSpark

JULY 11, 2016

At the end of June, eSpark joined the thousands of district and edtech leaders headed to Denver, CO to meet innovative educators and discuss the current state of technology in schools. Over the course of the week, three themes dominated the conversation. Working Towards Equity with Edtech. Keeping in simple.

EdTech 40

EdTech Digital Divide Education Future Ready 40

Educator Innovator

MARCH 7, 2014

That was one frustrating situation Jean Tower recalls encountering when she started as director of technology at the Public Schools of Northborough and Southborough , Massachusetts, about six years ago. What was the promise of technology that everyone saw in the beginning for education?” The problem: a slow internet connection.

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Broadband E-rate Digital Divide Survey 41

Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

We can no longer overlook the importance of the use of technology in schools. Not long ago, mobile devices were considered perfect for any past-time activity, and had no place in the classroom. However, the education system must prepare students for the adult life, and we, adults, use technology more than we would like to admit.

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BYOD Digital Divide Classroom Smartphone 382

The Daring Librarian

DECEMBER 11, 2010

A Quick Response (QR) code is a two-dimensional or 2D bar code which can be interpreted by any mobile phone with camera capabilities. Because students work in groups or pairs, only about a third of the class needs Smartphones and because she’s done a student survey in advance she knows how much technology her students have.

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Libraries Classroom Smartphone Wiki 74

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2014

AIR was established in order to address the critical need for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure and training at school level in Ghana. More information at [link]. Interested in becoming a Learning Revolution Partner? Please fill out a Partner Application today. More information.

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Conference Digital Citizenship Libraries Common Core 53

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

With the ambitious goal of closing the digital divide, Congress approved and President Biden recently signed into law $65 billion for broadband infrastructure—the largest federal investment in history. Still, solving the digital divide will not in itself create digital equity. million households remain unconnected.

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Accessibility Digital Divide Broadband Laptops 175

Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Also, new professional development courses and lesson plans focused on esports and game design. It’s all part of Verizon’s commitment to help close the digital divide. The United Nations General Assembly declared October 4th-10th World Space Week, an international celebration of science and technology.

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STEM Digital Divide Elementary iPhone 73

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

And not everyone, of course, can get to schools to pick up meals in a region where public transport is scant. The digital divide. North Mississippi Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley said the digital divide has hampered the ability of families to navigate the crisis. We don’t mumble or complain,” she said.

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Broadband Digital Divide Education Accessibility 145

Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Despite the promise of digital technologies, not all communities around the world have the access they need. One way to lessen the global digital divide is to provide affordable and accessible computing education to all, regardless of socioeconomic background. AI literacy is the new big challenge.

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Digital Divide Education Accessibility Training 170

Digital Promise

JUNE 30, 2020

Beyond access, CSIU leaders identified social capital as the key component to postsecondary success and designed a mechanism to connect learners across disparate communities using technology. To address digital divide issues, classroom lessons are provided both online and with paper-based packets. Collaborating Organizations.

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Training Data Outcomes Digital Divide 172

MindShift

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Ownership of mobile devices has grown swiftly since the introduction of the smartphone and has created more opportunities to connect to the Internet. Mobile devices have meant more Internet connectivity, but a closer look at how lower-income families use that access reveals the digital divide is still a problem.

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Smartphone Mobility Digital Divide Survey 28

MindShift

DECEMBER 14, 2015

For almost a century, technology enthusiasts have promised that new innovations can democratize education. In our own time, advocates of online learning promise to level the educational playing fields with massive open online courses, MOOCs. By John Hansen and Justin Reich.

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Course MOOC Digital Divide Online Learning 28

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2016

Because although technology and the wealth of information that it can provide has the potential to shrink achievement gaps, I am actually seeing the opposite take place within my classroom.”. “If Paul Barnwell answers a student’s question during his English II course at Fern Creek High School in Louisville. That matters. Here’s why.

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Smartphone Accessibility Learning Social Media 40

The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2017

The message, from Zach Leverenz, founder of the nonprofit EveryoneOn, attacked the Educational Broadband Service (EBS), which long ago granted school districts and education nonprofits thousands of free licenses to use a slice of spectrum — the range of frequencies that carry everything from radio to GPS navigation to mobile internet.

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Broadband Mobility Digital Divide Learning 88

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

million into schoolwide technology upgrades. One in five Greeley residents lives below the poverty level, and the school district is trying to upgrade its technology to give students an economic boost. We literally dumpster-dive for technology.”. The measure failed. Photo: Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor.

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Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. Um, they do.)

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

Humphrey testified that he hired Hubbard on a $7,500-per-month consulting contract to connect him to legislative leaders in other states, as Edgenuity tried to sell digital courses.” Here’s The Chronicle headline from then : “Professor Leaves a MOOC in Mid-Course in Dispute Over Teaching.”) ” Kudos.

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Education MOOC Company Report 48

Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

Questions that have been a long time coming… Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. It remains a modest gesture toward addressing much bigger questions. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

EdTech 150

EdTech Data Broadband Company 150

Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

Questions that have been a long time coming… Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. It remains a modest gesture toward addressing much bigger questions. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

EdTech 150

EdTech Data Broadband Company 150