Digital Promise

AUGUST 25, 2020

Across the country, local networks known as Education Innovation Clusters (EdClusters) are bringing together partners and resources to meet urgent needs and envision a new future for teaching and learning. Their collective efforts are meeting a range of needs—from internet access to devices to social-emotional supports.

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Digital Divide Libraries Survey Meeting 281

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2021

But administrators realized that the problem they were trying to treat—the digital divide—was less like a mild cut and more like a deep wound. The tablets are theirs to hold onto for their entire undergraduate careers. Loaning the occasional laptop is not a new practice in higher education, but providing them en masse may be.

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Digital Divide Laptops Tablets BYOD 173

ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The metaverse is most commonly associated with extended reality technology (virtual reality and augmented reality), as well as with social media capabilities and the use of digital avatars controlled by users. Additionally, the use of avatars within the metaverse delivers something akin to student-centered learning.

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Learning Smartphone Accessibility Social Media 327

Digital Promise

JANUARY 16, 2015

When Howard-Suamico School District went digital, giving every student in grades 3 and up tablets or laptops, the change was immediate and dramatic. Students were excited about learning. The following three resources can help students and families realize the powering of digital learning at home.

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Resources E-rate Broadband Digital Divide 120

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

Federal funds help narrow the digital divide. With the shift to digital learning, she collects that data through private weekly Microsoft Forms – using memes to illustrate moods – and has expanded her questions to include what they’re grateful for. With JumpStart, says Ms. Millions of students still face access issues.

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Learning Accessibility Personalized Learning Digital Divide 144

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

Elsewhere, teachers hold daily virtual office hours to check on the academic and emotional well-being of students they can no longer meet face to face. Almost no district was truly ready to plunge into remote learning full time and with no end in sight. Some also record those lessons for students who can’t meet at the appointed hour.

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Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 73

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Rory Kennedy examines the gaps computer and internet access between wealthy and impoverished schools in her latest documentary, “Without a Net: The Digital Divide in America.”. But that won’t close what has come to be known as “the digital divide.”. How long has the “digital divide” been on your radar?

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Digital Divide Broadband Accessibility Laptops 70