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How Offline-First Edtech Addresses Education Disparities Worldwide

Edsurge

This made clear the sheer need and readiness for offline-first edtech tools that address challenges in connectivity and access to quality digital learning materials in low-resource contexts. Closing global education gaps How is Learning Equality addressing the challenge of the digital divide and the 2.6

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Ray Allen Foundation Gifts Computer Lab to Miami-Dade Middle School to Help Bridge the Digital Divide

EdTech Magazine

Ray Allen Foundation Gifts Computer Lab to Miami-Dade Middle School to Help Bridge the Digital Divide. I want to say thank you for your accomplishments and your efforts to close the digital divide,” Bulnes told Allen. He's a writer, technology enthusiast, social media lover and all-around digital guy.

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4 ways we can use edtech for engaging, high-quality learning experiences

eSchool News

Edtech is booming, with 40 times more venture capital invested in the sector in 2021 than in 2010. There is no question that edtech has brought new ways to support the learning process and was used extensively by schools to connect remotely to students who could not attend classes in-person during the worst parts of the pandemic.

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Q&A: Tracy Smith on the Value of a Team Approach to Digital Equity

EdTech Magazine

Parkland School District in Pennsylvania, like many of the nation’s public school systems, is seeing increases in student poverty rates and English language proficiency — trends that could make any existing digital divides worse. But Parkland school leaders are taking proactive steps to improve digital equity. by Wylie Wong.

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Q&A: Steve Langford on Equalizing Student Access to the Web and Tech

EdTech Magazine

School districts can improve digital equity through investments, partnerships with businesses and national grants, says Steve Langford, CIO of Beaverton School District in Oregon. Langford recently talked with EdTech about the challenges of the digital divide and practical ways to overcome them. He should know.

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Q&A: Kim Buryanek on Bringing Digital Equity into Classrooms

EdTech Magazine

Buryanek recently talked with EdTech about how her district is tackling the challenge of digital equity one teacher and one mobile hotspot at a time. EDTECH: What challenges related to digital equity are you facing in your district? We have a divide, whether it’s a socioeconomic divide or an opportunity divide.

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Generative AI, Chat GPT, and Learning

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter So, I’ve spent this week looking at and testing many AI tools. When AI Fails Training Data is Older I did ask Notion to summarize the top three articles in edtech with hyperlinks. The integrity gap is going to be a major issue as we move fully into Web 3.

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