The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

Also note, and ironically so, that due to the extended nature of this episode and that we have four speakers, the AI tools I use to write the transcript had a bit of a meltdown, and I've had to apply a significant amount of human intelligence to the transcript which delayed this episode to Thursday. And she's @AmandaFoxSTEM on Twitter.

Classroom 425

Classroom Tools Data Twitter 425

Learning with 'e's

MARCH 3, 2014

This week I read an article that documented the recent partnership between futurist Ray Kurzweil and Google''s Larry Page. Will such a universal translation tool become available to all, or will the social gulfs be amplified because of a new digital divide? Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s.

Learning 59

Learning E-rate Digital Divide Microsoft 59

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

Eric Bredder (second from left), a teacher at Monticello High School, confers with students using the CNC milling machine, one of several computer-guided fabrication tools used by his classes. But Bredder can’t give students the tool he considers most indispensable to 21st-century learning — broadband internet beyond school walls.

Broadband 93

Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Blackboard 93

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

That schools rely on the mega-rich to fund their digital learning at all—and that those funds could dry up at any time—illustrates some of the fundamental problems with K-12 technology spending: It is inconsistent, pieced together haphazardly, and as a result impacts student technology access in disproportionate ways.

Technology 168

Technology E-rate Laptops Digital Divide 168

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.

EdTech 170

EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, The key word in that headline isn’t “digital”; it’s “force.” Um, they do.)

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Facebook, like Google, is an advertising company. Cambridge Analytica, a company on whose board Trump’s campaign manager and now chief strategist Steve Bannon sits, used Facebook “as a tool to build psychological profiles that represent some 230 million adult Americans.” million in E-Rate rebates.).

Technology 40

Technology Education Facebook Company 40