The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

Relationship over reproach: Fostering resilience by embracing a trauma-informed approach to elementary education. In addition, you’ll create practical tools such as rubrics for teacher observation, surveys for self-assessment reports, and data collection checklists and notes for interviews.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

. “Born connected: The rise of the AI generation”, reveals the app use and technology habits of children aged 4-18, detailing trends in screen time, social media and communications, mobile gaming, online entertainment, learning tools, and for the first time in the report’s history, use of artificial intelligence tools.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 15, 2021

In my work as an elementary school teacher and principal, too often I saw teachers and administrators struggling to serve Black families. Distance learning dramatically closed the digital divide because these tools became a necessity to attend school.

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Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2021

In this situation, teachers need technology tools that allow them to provide the same high-quality experience for students learning at home and in person. Samsung’s unique portfolio of in-classroom technology can help bridge the digital divide once funding is secured.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2021

We were devising ways to get our students money to fix their cars or cover medical bills long before such emergency aid garnered significant attention as a student success tool, and we’ve continued to prioritize it during the pandemic. Second, we’ve taken ownership of the digital divide at the institutional level.

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MIND Research Institute

MAY 15, 2020

Unfortunately, school closures have meant a step backward for many when it comes to the digital divide. There is nothing black-and-white about how to best support our students and families,” said Dr. Barbara Adams, principal at Findley Elementary School in Des Moines, IA. And she’s the norm, not the exception.

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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.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Many schools are left with two options: keep moving forward with digital learning—and risk leaving some students behind—or keep homework assignments offline, holding back the students who might otherwise benefit from software and tools available on the internet.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

There exist major gaps in teacher knowledge and the availability of curricular tools to support this type of learning. Elementary students are not immune to serious student safety issues. By integrating screen-free tools, children can design and create in all STEAM subjects by developing a child’s computational thinking.

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EdTech Digital Divide Broadband PresenceLearning 139

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2020

The former might still edge out students already impacted by the nation’s digital divide or who are without adult supervision. An elementary school teacher can rephrase discussion questions to make them more digestible or pair a struggling student with a classmate who has a firmer grip on reading skills.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The end goal is not to just provide access to digital devices — it’s to develop the skills to use these tools for heightened learning, critical thinking and self-expression. Related: Digital divide: Gap is narrowing, but how will schools maintain progress?

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Training Digital Divide System Analysis 122

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Many educators are looking beneath the surface inequities of devices and connectivity to consider how digital tools can revolutionize learning and address even deeper inequities. DEFINING EQUITY: EMPATHY, AUTHENTICITY, AND ACCESS Sean Wybrant, Digital Media Studies Teacher, William J. Amesse Elementary at Denver Public Schools.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

In 2023, a new popular kid in town, better known as AI, dominated headlines and prompted debates around how students could abuse–and should use–the generative tool for learning. Here’s what they had to say: Text-based AI interfaces provide an opportunity to help close the digital divide…and avoid an impending AI divide.

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Trends EdTech Industry Data 143

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2020

Rising fourth graders listen as a teacher reads a book at an elementary school summer program in Silver Spring, MD. are doling out computers and providing access to Wi-Fi — ostensibly essential learning tools — because of the coronavirus emergency. Credit: Photo: Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Imagine you’re an elementary school student. Mimi Ito, a cultural anthropologist at the University of California, Irvine who studies how young people use technology, says it’s not necessarily because the teachers or the people making edtech tools have bad intentions. There’s a gap in informal education.

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Education Superhighway

AUGUST 1, 2017

With 100% connectivity throughout the state, more Arkansas students can partake in virtual opportunities like speaking with students across the globe or participating in lessons from NASA scientists, as Beebe Elementary School students were able to do. The meeting will address policies aimed to bridge the digital divide.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

There is no one-size-fits-all remedy and no must-have suite of digital learning tools. Blaney Elementary School in Elgin, S.C., But America’s persistent digital divide has greatly hampered efforts toward this goal. Volunteers from Sherrelwood Elementary School in Westminster, Colo., on March 18, 2020.

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Education Superhighway

AUGUST 1, 2017

With 100% connectivity throughout the state, more Arkansas students can partake in virtual opportunities like speaking with students across the globe or participating in lessons from NASA scientists, as Beebe Elementary School students were able to do. The meeting will address policies aimed to bridge the digital divide.

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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.

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eSpark

APRIL 12, 2022

Take the guesswork out of new classroom tools and make sure that your district runs an organized and thorough pilot. Districts that prioritize innovation might even consider 3-D printers and other advanced makerspace tools. Manchester Community Schools in Michigan is a smaller district, with only one elementary school.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

In 2023, a new popular kid in town, better known as AI, dominated headlines and prompted debates around how students could abuse–and should use–the generative tool for learning. Here’s what they had to say: Text-based AI interfaces provide an opportunity to help close the digital divide…and avoid an impending AI divide.

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Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 28, 2020

Administrators at Dorchester School District Two in suburban Summerville, South Carolina, were well aware of the digital divide when they decided to give students both paper and online resources after shuttering schools because of coronavirus. This story also appeared in PBS Newshour.

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Educator Innovator

MARCH 7, 2014

Using digital tools in the classroom isn’t the future of learning, it’s the present—except at the significant percentage of schools without reliable high-speed internet. A teacher at an elementary school in a Boston suburb leads students through a story creation session using Pixie. By Heidi Moore.

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edWeb.net

JULY 26, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed and, in many ways, worsened the digital divide and other inequitable aspects of America’s education system. However, it also created opportunities to develop more equitable outcomes, based on the widespread switch to digital learning experiences and new education models. Conner, Ed.D.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund follows the same formula as Title I, so it can be used to help bridge the digital divide for students from low-income families.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Across the nation, school districts are investing in one-to-one computing programs and supplying digital devices for their students to use as learning tools. While these tools can be very empowering, giving each child a device isn’t enough to close the digital opportunity gap that exists between students of varying economic means.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

Sometimes an LMS discussion will help and other times integrating with another tool can be beneficial. Look for Part 2 of this post soon, with tech tools for PBL in a blended learning environment. How do teachers and students learn about and employ these tools? What other tools are needed to compliment the LMS?

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Today’s Sponsor: Edpuzzle is my new favorite flipped classroom tool. I have to do the in-flip, which means I do the videos sometimes in class, and use tools like “EdPuzzle” to kind of insert that formative assessment and that sort of thing. You kow, we haven’t closed that digital divide quite yet. Vicki: Yes!

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

However, there were still 25 elementary schools in the district without access to Hazel’s mental health resources. Cleveland successfully secured funding to expand to these 25 elementary schools, bringing Hazel services to more than 25,000 additional students in the district. Through persistent efforts, Ms.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 10, 2024

It plans to evaluate students on their ability to use AI tools and to recognize AI-generated information. Many schools still use paper products and struggle with spotty broadband and limited digital tools, she said: The digital divide is “very much part of this conversation.”

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2014

AIR works with local communities to address this detriment through an integrated development programs that provide low-cost refurbished computers with relevant open source educational software, support and teacher training directed at schools and community centers especially in less privileged areas where the digital divide is at its greatest.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

As the ed-tech scene has exploded in recent years, most teachers can find apps, tools and resources for nearly every grade level, subject area and skill imaginable. But tools for ELL students and their teachers often seem to be missing. This raises an important question: Why? The Complexities of Teaching ELLs. Ed Tech’s Role.

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Industry Tools Digital Divide Resources 28

eSpark

DECEMBER 17, 2015

By following these 10 tips, you can take the guesswork out of new classroom tools and make sure that your district runs an organized and thorough pilot. Districts that prioritize innovation might even consider 3-D printers and other advanced makerspace tools. Set your goals early on.

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Technology iPad eBook Blended Learning 40

Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 3, 2023

To inspire tomorrow’s brightest minds, educators need today’s best tools. It’s all part of Verizon’s commitment to help close the digital divide. Here are 5 TimePod Lessons to try (elementary, middle, and high school). This episode is sponsored by Verizon Innovative Learning HQ.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Watch FOX19’s coverage of the Cincinnati rollout event: Jewel, a student at Sayler Park, served as a new correspondent for Verizon Innovative Learning in this video: Both schools in Glendale Elementary School District in Phoenix, Arizona, rolled out earlier this month. Sine Elementary School held its own celebration a few days later. “We

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iPad Learning Digital Divide Elementary 148

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

Johnson also didn’t want her children to go through the next two months with no educational tools beyond the worksheets she’d picked up from the Greenville Public School District and limited access to online materials through Kentiona’s phone, shared between the four of them. The digital divide. It has been slow.”.

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Broadband Digital Divide Education Accessibility 145

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Although there was a lot of excitement about it as an educational tool, ultimately it failed to gain traction. Doing so also runs the risk of furthering the digital divide between those who have and can afford another piece of expensive technology and those who don’t, Platt added.

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