Digital Promise

OCTOBER 22, 2018

It is particularly interesting to examine why the ubiquity of innovation and technology has not managed to level the playing field. Why hasn’t innovation in teaching and learning cascaded to underserved populations?

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Digital Divide Policies Outcomes Report 229

Edsurge

JULY 22, 2020

I was definitely the IT coordinator for my house,” says the father of three children ages 1, 9 and 11. “I I definitely didn’t count on much tech support from my school district.” Not all parents have the luxury of working from home, and many households lack sufficient technology to support their children’s online learning.

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Report Survey LMS Digital Divide 216

Neo LMS

MAY 14, 2020

As usual, these things are hard to predict and nobody has a definite answer. There’s no secret that a digital divide is creating barriers between students and learning. That’s why it’s important to start early and integrate technology into teacher training. Attitudes towards online teaching are changing.

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Education EdTech Digital Divide Online Learning 401

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 14, 2021

At the beginning of the 21st century, the definition of digital equity revolved around the provision of a digital device to every student. As digital equity discussions matured and hyperbole became reality, educators found that those loudly-touted digital devices often became paperweights.

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Libraries Mobility eBook Tablets 363

Digital Promise

MAY 27, 2020

With digital learning likely to stretch into the fall due to COVID-19, how can we ensure every student has equitable access to powerful learning opportunities? The crisis has shone a harsh light on the digital divide in the United States, surfacing thoughtful debate and long-overdue discussion around the equity gap.

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Digital Divide Education Accessibility E-rate 250

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

Research note: As Wall (2021) indicates, there is a definite connection between trauma and student behavior as well as student learning. Student Anxiety in Online Learning In this course, you’ll analyze anxiety brought about by technology immersion as an overactive fight–flight–freeze survival response.

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Course Assessment Online Assessments Strategy 487

Edsurge

MAY 25, 2017

Online education is definitely one of the challenges, but it's also an opportunity,” says Glasper, who before taking his current job was a long-time chancellor of the Maricopa Community College system, one of the largest community college districts in the nation. Where do you see the digital divide today in terms of education?

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Digital Divide Smartphone System Outcomes 86

MindShift

JUNE 9, 2021

Despite the difficulties of offering support remotely, Nahal found that virtual learning allowed him to experiment with new technologies that supported his students with learning disabilities. Speech-to-text technology allowed them to more easily transfer their ideas onto the page. Voice Practice .

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Technology Classroom Software Accessibility 48

eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Further, most parents report technology use has become more prevalent in the last year as schools and families turned to technology to assist with remote learning activities during COVID-19. There is definitely a need for that conversation in fourth grade as so many students are getting laptops for the first time.

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Social Media Digital Divide Survey Elementary 78

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

When we posted our 2020 predictions on January 1 last year, we–along with the majority of the world–definitely didn’t anticipate the curveball that was (and continues to be) the global COVID-19 pandemic. 2020 has been called a dumpster fire, the worst year in recent memory, and more. education system.

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EdTech Digital Divide Broadband PresenceLearning 144

Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 19, 2022

I’ve seen this for decades in the ed tech space, commentators speaking or writing as if they’ve been the first to come across or reflect on a given technology or problem. If that’s true, he has my full sympathy, should definitely call for more support, and write about this in the article.

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Online Learning Learning Secondary Digital Divide 123

Edsurge

DECEMBER 3, 2018

The digital divide between rich and poor students isn’t what it used to be. As educational technology continues to proliferate, and as today’s careers demand tech-savvy job candidates who already know how to use devices, the argument over the right amount of screen time is getting louder.

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Trends Social Media Robotics Digital Divide 151

Edsurge

MAY 4, 2020

In an effort to provide more definitive answers, districts, schools and a handful of states have begun issuing guidelines on shaping the school day into something both manageable and productive for students. But the time recommendations vary, and their origins are often hazy.

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Guidelines Online Learning Digital Divide Study 218

Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2022

The technology that tracks digital records has spurred a cryptocurrency gold rush and an NFT explosion. New technology could push these questions further by offering people more alternatives to institutions of all kinds. That’s definitely a barrier.” That would be the block chain. She calls it the Eduverse.

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Education Groups Robotics Course 177

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

He was recognized with the Tech Champion Award at the 2022 Digital Industry Dynamite Awards and featured in the EdTech50. Dan is a respected authority in educational technology and artificial intelligence. As Director at Edufuturists, he is committed to shaping the future of education through technology and innovation.

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Classroom Tools Data Twitter 427

eSchool News

MAY 19, 2021

Singapore and Mumbai, India– May 19, 2021 – Emeritus , the global leader in making high-quality education accessible and affordable to individuals, companies, and governments around the world, announced today a definitive agreement to acquire iD Tech , the world leader in youth STEM education for $200 million.

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STEM Company Robotics Digital Divide 66

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. To dismantle anything is easy.

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Education Mobility System Digital Divide 98

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 14, 2017

At the beginning of the 21st century, the definition of digital equity revolved around the provision of a digital device to every student. As digital equity discussions matured and hyperbole became reality, educators found that those loudly-touted digital devices often became paperweights.

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Libraries Mobility eBook Android 124

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 17, 2016

I tell her about what I do and how my company addresses society’s need to educate citizens for millions of unfilled jobs — in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) jobs, as well as jobs in computing. The traditional definition of literacy only includes reading and writing.

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Digital Divide STEM Game-Based Learning Training 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Bryan was the lead author of the just-released Digital Literacy - An NMC Horizon Project Strategic Brief , which was commissioned by Adobe to "explore an increasingly pressing challenge for United States higher education institutions: advancing digital literacy among students and faculty." 10:50 The "dangerous" Web.

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Adobe Digital Divide Broadband Education 28

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Big data, open spaces, employability, utilizing maker movements, balancing innovation and accountability, privacy, collaboration, closing the digital divide, personalized learning, and navigating the hostile political climate were just a few of the concerns the audience members brought up.

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EdTech Robotics Maker Movement Conference 60

Neo LMS

AUGUST 17, 2021

While there are video and audio tools that help bridge the physical distance, your communications strategy needs to include cognizance of the digital divide and your students’ access to these tools. Read more: 6 Practical strategies for teaching across the digital divide.

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Strategy Tools Digital Divide Exercises 368

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. We must allow our students to use their gifts and skills to make and create using technology the teacher may not even be familiar with. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations.

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Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

We can no longer overlook the importance of the use of technology in schools. However, the education system must prepare students for the adult life, and we, adults, use technology more than we would like to admit. Myths No 3: BYOD will deepen the digital divide. Top 3 myths about BYOD in the classroom.

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BYOD Digital Divide Classroom Smartphone 382

Lightspeed Systems

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

For districts like San Marcos USD in California, technology is providing the opportunity to augment staff resources and allow teams to develop collaborative solutions to better identify and support students. My name is June Kim, I’m the Director of Technology for more public schools in Moore, Oklahoma. Thank you. 2:18 Thank you.

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Survey Data Report E-rate 52

The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Do you want to give us a simple definition? So many times, I’m a techie guy, so I talk technology but it doesn’t necessarily have to be technology. You kow, we haven’t closed that digital divide quite yet. Keith: Sure, and let’s not talk about the technology. Vicki: Absolutely. I’ve done that before.

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Classroom Khan Academy Flipped Classroom Video 71

MindShift

APRIL 12, 2020

And that means millions of teachers, like Hannah Klumpe and Jaime Gordon, now isolated at home, having to harness technologies new and old to reach and teach every student. The digital divide is real. This is true even for teachers who were already relying on technology. And in some ways harder than I ever have before.

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Elementary Accessibility Google Digital Divide 49

Lightspeed Systems

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

For districts like San Marcos USD in California, technology is providing the opportunity to augment staff resources and allow teams to develop collaborative solutions to better identify and support students. My name is June Kim, I’m the Director of Technology for more public schools in Moore, Oklahoma. Thank you. 2:18 Thank you.

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Survey Data Report E-rate 52

Lightspeed Systems

AUGUST 7, 2023

IT Leaders & Decision Makers, Digital Learning and Instructional Technologists, IT Admins, Network Admins, IT Security, IT Infrastructure roles, School Counselors, Safety leaders, and SROs. My name is June Kim, I’m the Director of Technology for more public schools in Moore, Oklahoma. Thank you. 2:09 Well and June.

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EdTech Survey Learning Data 52

eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2024

Department of Education’s recent edtech plans] discussed active vs. passive consumption of technology. What’s fascinating, when you look at it, is students of marginalized subgroups–when we give them technology to use, we give them technology that is passive consumption. Technology is here to stay; it’s not going anywhere.

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Chromebook Robotics Elementary Accessibility 125

Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

From gamification to digital citizenship to PD for teachers to classroom robots and everything in between, the 102 posts that have been published on the NEO Blog in the last 12 months covered oh so many subjects related to education technology and e-learning for educational institutions. A veritable “alphabet soup”.

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LMS E-rate Digital Divide Blended Learning 279

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

More than two years ago, educators around the country began to engage in dialogue regarding the digital divide , as they recognized the reality that many students did not have access and connectivity as once believed. The digital divide can actually negatively affect people’s health. million Michigan households (31.5

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Digital Divide Broadband Education Accessibility 204

MindShift

AUGUST 10, 2021

While especially helpful for her students with less digital experience, it also seemed to lessen the technology fatigue of her students overall. It’s definitely an accessibility feature that everyone can benefit from.”. Students can select individual words and find their definitions, translations and parts of speech.

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Tools eBook Digital Divide Broadband 43

Connecting 2 the World

SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

British Journal of Educational Technology, 30(3), 201-215. British Journal of Educational Technology, 28, 199-217. The emerging importance of knowledge for development: Implications for technology policy and innovation. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 58, 181-202. Vingerhoets, J., & Moonen, J. Colquitt, J.,

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Groups Outcomes Training Study 52

The Hechinger Report

MAY 14, 2018

The direct approach would be to say the word’s definition, perhaps show a picture, and repeat the word. Related: Technology overuse may be the new digital divide. “Sesame Street,” Neuman said, was good at many of these techniques. She’s seeing mixed results.

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Video Education Digital Divide Study 88

Lightspeed Systems

JUNE 15, 2023

Fill out the form below to view this webinar Read the Transcript Overcoming Obstacles to Bridging the Digital Divide in K-12 Learning 0:21 Hi, everyone, welcome to our webinar, We’re going to give everyone about 30 more seconds to join us, and then we’ll dive in. Thank you. 0:58 Hello, welcome everyone. 2:18 Thank you.

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Survey Data Report E-rate 52

Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 28, 2017

We were definitely hamming it up for the camera, but the time we spent with each other during BETT - including a panel session about Digital Divides - was rich in our shared history as educators. The picture above, illustrating this post, is one taken by Simon Finch , and you'll also note Terry Freedman in the frame.

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Digital Divide Learning Education Technology 28