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Is the digital divide entirely different from what we think it is?

eSchool News

For a while now, there’s been a great deal of concern over the digital divide—the gap between students who have easy access to technology and those who don’t. The subtler, but no less harmful, digital divide is between the students who are empowered to be creators and problem solvers with technology, and those who aren’t.

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Summer Reading Online

Ask a Tech Teacher

The online activities can be used for one-on-one instruction using a computer, tablet, or class instruction on an interactive whiteboard. Books are read on the website or a tablet. Thanks to this wide and varied collection of reading resources, no child should be consigned to the wrong side of the digital divide.

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13 Websites That Provide Lots of Digital Books for Summer Reading

Ask a Tech Teacher

The online activities can be used for one-on-one instruction using a computer, tablet, or class instruction on an interactive whiteboard. Books are read on the website or a tablet. Thanks to this wide and varied collection of reading resources, no child should be consigned to the wrong side of the digital divide.

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12 Websites for Digital Books Summer Reading

Ask a Tech Teacher

The online activities can be used for one-on-one instruction using a computer, tablet, or class instruction on an interactive whiteboard. Books are read on the website or a tablet. Thanks to this wide and varied collection of reading resources, no child should be consigned to the wrong side of the digital divide.

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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. BYOD deepens the digital divide. It’s really happening. But this shouldn’t stop schools from giving BYOD at least a chance.

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13 Websites That Provide Lots of Digital Books for Summer Reading

Ask a Tech Teacher

The online activities can be used for one-on-one instruction using a computer, tablet, or class instruction on an interactive whiteboard. Books are read on the website or a tablet. Thanks to this wide and varied collection of reading resources, no child should be consigned to the wrong side of the digital divide.

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Debunking 3 myths about BYOD in the classroom

Neo LMS

At the same time, smartphones, tablets and laptops can be used to access the school LMS , with the corresponding courses and learning materials, conduct research online for a school paper, check facts fast, make use of productivity tools, and even access educational apps. Read more: DOs and DON’Ts of teaching digital citizenship.

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