Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 20, 2020

billion students out of the classroom , schools have been forced to make a decade of progress in online learning in just a few short months. Online learning has been shown to increase retention and tends to take less time. Online learning has been shown to increase retention and tends to take less time.

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Technology Digital Divide Education Digital Citizenship 249

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

You’ll explore emotional intelligence models and various methods for collecting data, so you’ll be equipped to decide which instruments are right for your school or district to measure SEL growth. Learn More. When school and online learning follow you everywhere, teachers and students need to learn balance.

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Course Assessment Online Assessments Strategy 493

Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2021

As 2021 kicks off and we set our resolutions for the new year, we pledge our organizations’ continued efforts to respond to educators’ professional learning needs. For example, Gwinnett County Public Schools designed an online learning system (eCLASS) to support emergency online learning needs.

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Analysis Education Digital Divide Policies 171

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2021

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Fifty-six percent of families said their internet was too slow to properly participate in online learning.

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Broadband Survey Digital Divide Accessibility 111

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 25, 2024

ChatGPT Enterprise differs from the free version of the product in what it can process (it has greater data analysis capabilities and doesn’t limit the number of requests), how quickly it can process requests and how secure the information is (with this type of account, OpenAI won’t use the data for its training models).

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Digital Divide Company Training Data 99

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

When new trends become the norm, report findings sometimes elicit more shrugs than surprise. In education technology, a litany of surveys published this decade have touted the growing adoption of digital learning tools. A different ‘digital divide’ has emerged. A different ‘digital divide’ has emerged.

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EdTech Survey Digital Divide Classroom 132

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

According to 2017 data from EdBuild , a nonprofit focused on inequitable education funding, schools in Pennsylvania’s Lower Merion School District were funded to the tune of $25,068 per student, while schools in neighboring Philadelphia received just $12,044. public schools should be federally funded appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Digital Divide Laptops Accessibility Report 99

Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2021

Still, no new regulations have yet emerged from that data gathering. Then, there are states that lacked laws prior to 2020, but began responding to the at-home learning requirement with new legislation for future needs. 1560 , and proposed adding sections designed “to close the digital divide in California.” Jennifer E.

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Broadband Digital Divide E-rate Policies 128

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

In a spring survey in California, nearly one-third of Spanish-speaking families said that they could not understand the distance learning information sent home by their children’s schools. By and large, English learners aren’t thriving under distance learning. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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Education Digital Divide Advocacy Report 132

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Without adequate internet access and a working device at home, educators say, many students will continue to fall further behind in school, unable to do online homework or attend virtual classes when schools are disrupted by pandemic quarantines or natural disasters. Related: The affordability gap is the biggest part of the digital divide.

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Broadband Digital Divide Libraries Accessibility 107

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2023

Educators, youth and experts in promoting positive development should be consulted in the design and delivery of any digital technology that will be used by significant numbers of young adolescents. Second, we must use regulations to make digital spaces safe for this age group. Targeted advertising should be limited.

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Smartphone Social Media Learning Digital Divide 78

Insight Education Group

MAY 27, 2021

As educational systems are rebuilt after the disruption of the global pandemic, a new relief fund is providing aid to districts to address trauma, learning acceleration, the digital divide, and much more. Between 2020 and 2021, Congress passed three stimulus bills that provided almost $190.5 and 31%, respectively” ( CDC, 2020 ).

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Digital Divide Secondary Elementary Strategy 52

Insight Education Group

MAY 27, 2021

As educational systems are rebuilt after the disruption of the global pandemic, a new relief fund is providing aid to districts to address trauma, learning acceleration, the digital divide, and much more. Between 2020 and 2021, Congress passed three stimulus bills that provided almost $190.5 and 31%, respectively” ( CDC, 2020 ).

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Digital Divide Secondary Elementary Strategy 52

Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

I have a bit more to say about some of these topics, so stay tuned… Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye these past two weeks – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Been quoted in an article on ransomware in K-12 education.

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EdTech E-rate Software Data 150

The Hechinger Report

MAY 1, 2020

The coronavirus-induced shift of learning off campus was dramatic, but it accelerated a trend that has been growing over the past several years. On the other end of the digital divide are more than 1,000 colleges where 95 percent of students or more do no online coursework. When I write, I write formally.’”.

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Trends Digital Divide Learning Course 84

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

Abrupt shifts to virtual and hybrid learning laid bare the vast inequities that exist in the U.S. The move to online learning also made people wonder: Are there practices we can continue when the pandemic abates? There is also a growing need for quality SEL data to ensure that educators are serving students’ SEL needs.

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EdTech Digital Divide Broadband PresenceLearning 139

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

This story is a part of Learning from Lockdown , a series about education solutions in the pandemic, produced in partnership with the Education Labs at AL.com , the Dallas Morning News , Fresno Bee and Seattle Times partnered with The Christian Science Monitor , Hechinger Report and Solutions Journalism Network.

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Learning Accessibility Personalized Learning Digital Divide 140

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

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.

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Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Blackboard 88

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

After dealing with the first priority — making sure students were safe and fed — schools had to figure out how to keep the learning alive. But America’s persistent digital divide has greatly hampered efforts toward this goal. Related: Teachers need lots of training to do online learning well. Inequity looms large.

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Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 68

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 28, 2020

Administrators at Dorchester School District Two in suburban Summerville, South Carolina, were well aware of the digital divide when they decided to give students both paper and online resources after shuttering schools because of coronavirus. She received her first response on the morning of April 9 and opened it immediately.

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Digital Divide Policies Resources Study 145

Graphite Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2017

For educators, the survey data help us better understand what’s going on at home and can guide our thinking about the role teachers play in shaping students’ media use. Think outside the box ( check out Omaha’s Mobile Learning Unit ), and find ways your school can serve as a technology resource for the community.

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Mobility Digital Divide Digital Citizenship Mobile Learning 40

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Like much of rural America, Garfield County is on the wrong side of the “homework gap” — a stubborn disparity in at-home broadband that hinders millions of students’ access to the array of online learning, collaboration and research tools that are enjoyed by their better-connected peers. appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Broadband Chromebook Accessibility Mobility 83

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

Her high school had recently closed in response to the coronavirus pandemic and shifted to distance learning. Her cellphone’s data plan — the only way she could access the internet at home — wasn’t up to the task. By early April, Washington County reported two deaths from the coronavirus. The digital divide.

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Broadband Digital Divide Education Accessibility 145

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 22, 2020

In response, students from around the country – from Virginia, Kentucky and Arizona to Washington and California – are making their voices heard by arming themselves with data, testifying before school boards and petitioning local and state lawmakers. Considering that we’re going completely distance learning for the time being,” she said.

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Survey Policies Groups Report 144

Evelyn Learning

JUNE 7, 2023

Reasons for Hike in Education Expenses According to the 2017 research report of College Board, tuition fee in colleges at four-year private and public colleges have increased by 36%. According to the Education Data Initiative , enrollment peaked in the year 2010 at 21.02 million students. Now, the time has changed.

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How To Secondary Education E-rate 40

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

“I’m slightly wary of building a Google data profile of a young child,” says @ashleyrcarman @verge [link]. Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye the week of March 13, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2023

To meet this challenge, Jhone Ebert, Nevada State Superintendent of Public Instruction, in the summer of 2020 announced the launch of the Nevada Digital Learning Collaborative (DLC).

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Edmentum Digital Divide Professional Learning Industry 81

MindShift

DECEMBER 5, 2020

The number has fluctuated as cases rise across the country, but throughout this fall pandemic semester, between 40% and 60% of students have been enrolled in districts that offer only remote learning, according to a tracker maintained by the company Burbio. In short, online learning is the reality for a majority of students this fall.

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Digital Divide Learning Laptops Broadband 28

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 22, 2021

A meta-analysis of 39 studies of children’s picture books finds that children score better on comprehension tests after reading a paper book than after reading a digital book. Photo: Sarah Garland/The Hechinger Report. Digital picture books have been a godsend during the pandemic. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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Analysis Study Smartphone Report 145

eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2020

The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) today released a new report — with accompanying survey findings — that reflect the urgent need to provide improved student privacy support to teachers, parents, and students. Additional findings of note: Closing the Digital Divide While Protecting Privacy.

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Student Data Privacy Digital Divide Survey Data 66

The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2020

National data suggest there’s a rising need for mental health supports for adolescents. At least 17 percent of high schoolers nationwide had “seriously considered” attempting suicide and 14 percent reported they had made a suicide plan in the past year, according to the results of the most recent Youth Risk Behavior Survey by the CDC.

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Survey Report Elementary Exercises 145

MindShift

DECEMBER 14, 2015

In 1961, the Ford Foundation’s Teaching by Television report declared that TV would provide poor students with “instruction of a higher order than they might otherwise receive.” In our own time, advocates of online learning promise to level the educational playing fields with massive open online courses, MOOCs.

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Course MOOC Digital Divide Online Learning 28

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Here’s what they had to say: The demand for online learning will continue to grow in 2022 and possibly lead to the creation of virtual schools, which would introduce new AR and VR learning processes. 5G promises reliability, lightning-fast speeds, and much higher data capacities.

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EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 110

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

From driver-assisted car systems to video games and virtual assistants like Alexa and Siri, artificial intelligence (AI) has transformed almost every aspect of our lives, as our machines learn from the massive amounts of data we provide them. The Hechinger Report is an independent unit of Teachers College.).

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Digital Divide System Assessment Robotics 94

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

In recognition of that reality, a new report has outlined “10 ways to make online learning work,” covering a range of best practices. The report is the work of the COVID Collaborative, a coalition of education, health and economic experts, written by the former directors of the U.S.

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Digital Divide How To Learning Broadband 217

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Horizon Report. 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. But as the ed-tech sector is never willing to let a bad idea die, the report will live on. The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Via WaPo : “The FCC talks the talk on the digital divide – and then walks in the other direction.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ FutureLearn , the massive open online course provider owned by the Open University in the U.K., ” “What’s the bottom line on online preschool ?”

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Education Company MOOC Khan Academy 45