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7 Shifts to Closing the Digital Divide

EdTechTeam

How can we close this digital divide? According to the US Department of Education , there are seven ways to help close the digital divide. They consume social media platforms like Instagram and Snapchat. By connecting through social media your educators and students can see how the work they do matters.

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Best Practices with Mobile Tech: #adjunctchat Tuesday, July 15

Connecting 2 the World

I also am able to update my students, giving them access, through mobile apps for programs such as Trello.com, edmodo, googledocs, youtube or blackboard, to updated resources, feedback, and assignments. And new mobile technologies allow for more natural conversation through facetime, skype, or google hangouts.

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Top 20 Tech Tips for Teachers

Shake Up Learning

When it comes to the digital tools that you have discretion over, shop for your learners like you are on Amazon! Read reviews, talk to friends, get ideas from blogs and social media. We still have a huge digital divide. You may actually be on Amazon, the App Store, Google Play, the Chrome Web Store, etc.

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Technology Tools Used in Teaching and Learning

eSchool News

E-books and online libraries provide instant access to an extensive range of reading materials, fostering literacy in digital formats. Social media platforms are leveraged for educational purposes, facilitating communication, collaboration, and resource sharing within a global learning community.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Again and again, the media told stories — wildly popular stories , apparently — about how technology industry executives refuse to allow their own children to use the very products they were selling to the rest of us. The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.”

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