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We're Closing the Digital Divide. Now Let's End the Participation Gap.

Edsurge

More specifically, the participation divide refers to the fact that some students are more plugged into an internet culture around creating, connecting with others and giving and receiving feedback around their work. Often seen as an “add on” consideration in many districts, digital citizenship needs to be addressed intentionally.

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Top 10 BYOD concerns — and how to overcome them [Part 1]

Neo LMS

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. Both success stories and failure stories of adopting BYOD policies and implementing BYOD programs in schools belong to this process.

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What is Generative AI and Why is it Important to Educators?

Lightspeed Systems

Then, of course, the digital divide between students with and without ready access to technology may be destined to widen by generative AI in education, adversely impacting underserved and minority students. First, school districts must draft policies based on a clear understanding of emerging technologies.

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What New Research on Young Kids’ Media Use Means for Teachers

Graphite Blog

Introduce digital citizenship skills early. For more key findings plus essays on the implications of the data from thought leaders in children’s health, education, and policy, download the full report. Subscribe to our weekly Digital Classroom newsletter.

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A guest post from AASL’s Banned Websites Awareness Day Committee

NeverEndingSearch

In 2014, ALA Washington’s Office for Information and Technology Policy (OITP) developed a helpful white paper to examine CIPA’s decade-long impact, Fencing Out Knowledge t h a t d e l i n e a t e d f o u r recommendations t o ALA: Increase awareness of the spectrum of filtering choices. Digital Citizenship by OSAPAC.

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64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

Here’s what they had to say: Text-based AI interfaces provide an opportunity to help close the digital divide…and avoid an impending AI divide. Lindsay Dworkin, SVP of Policy & Government Affairs, NWEA The pendulum has swung quickly toward the Science of Reading.

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Debunking 3 myths about BYOD in the classroom

Neo LMS

A strong BYOD policy can help schools avoid these security concerns. What is left to do is to teach students to be responsible digital citizens, and make it easy for them to flag, block and report any inappropriate online materials or behaviour. Read more: DOs and DON’Ts of teaching digital citizenship.

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