Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 19, 2023

Here are a list of sites that offer digital books for kids to adults: Bookopolis Bookopolis is a large collection of fiction and nonfiction books for ages 7-12. Educators sign up with a Teacher account and then set up classes and accounts for students. Books can be read online or on most mobile devices.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

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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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Q&A: Kim Buryanek on Bringing Digital Equity into Classrooms. School districts can’t just invest in laptops, mobile devices and other hardware, then call it a day. 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.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 5, 2015

Stevens, Ph.D. Kajeet's modular, wireless solution is a refreshing alternative to overcoming K-12 infrastructure woes.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 17, 2015

Frank Smith The world of education IT is on schedule to reach a tipping point, where the availability and affordability of mobile devices could completely reshape the way we learn. But will educators take that momentum and turn it into true change or go back to the old ways, powered by new technologies?

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Despite the promise of digital technologies, not all communities around the world have the access they need. One way to lessen the global digital divide is to provide affordable and accessible computing education to all, regardless of socioeconomic background. Over the last 15 years, its commercial arm, Raspberry Pi Ltd.,

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MindShift

DECEMBER 14, 2015

For almost a century, technology enthusiasts have promised that new innovations can democratize education. In our own time, advocates of online learning promise to level the educational playing fields with massive open online courses, MOOCs. By John Hansen and Justin Reich.

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