Edsurge
DECEMBER 22, 2023
One such company, Information Equity Initiative (IEI), is working to bridge the digital divide so that all students have access to educational information. So, three PBS member stations came together, recognizing they could use their television spectrum to directly serve kids on the other side of the digital divide.
Ask a Tech Teacher
MAY 14, 2021
Books can be read online or via iOS, Android, Google Play, and Amazon. RAZ Kids includes hundreds of K-5 interactive, animated leveled ebooks spanning twenty-seven levels of reading skill. TumbleBookLibrary is a curated database of over 1100 elementary age ebooks. Books can be read online or on mobile devices. TumbleBookLibrary.
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Edsurge
MARCH 17, 2020
To get a sense of what the widespread closure of libraries could mean, and hear some creative ways libraries are reaching out digitally, we talked with Jessamyn West, an educational technologist who runs the librarian.net blog and is author of "Without a Net: Librarians Bridging the Digital Divide." I live in Orange County.
Neo LMS
OCTOBER 12, 2016
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.
Bryan Alexander
JANUARY 19, 2022
For example, it’s easy to find this free and open ebook on HyFlex co-edited by Brian Beatty, who coined the term, did important work on it, and is unnamed in Schaberg’s piece. Together we used other software for more synthetic work: Google Jamboard, Google Docs, Miro, etc. At times I taught from home or on the road.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JULY 14, 2017
Books can be read online or via iOS, Android, Google Play, and Amazon. RAZ Kids includes hundreds of K-5 interactive, animated leveled ebooks spanning twenty-seven levels of reading skill. TumbleBookLibrary is a curated database of over 1100 elementary age ebooks. Books can be read online or on mobile devices. TumbleBookLibrary.
MindShift
JULY 31, 2020
Digital book loans have skyrocketed, with children’s e-book checkouts more than doubling since the COVID-19 closures began, according to a report from NPR. Though it doesn’t look like it has in years before, what’s important is that the library is still there for kids, said Lee Hope, director of children’s services in Chattanooga.
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