EdTech Magazine

MAY 29, 2020

Bridging the digital divide is more critical than ever. Milton Area School District in central Pennsylvania, for example, found that purchasing laptops and tablets for students was not enough to prepare them for virtual instruction.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 26, 2020

Bridging the digital divide is more critical than ever. Milton Area School District in central Pennsylvania, for example, found that purchasing laptops and tablets for students was not enough to prepare them for virtual instruction.

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2023

We encourage youth to submit ideas focused on one of the following three categories: Digital Empowerment, Equity In Action and Thriving Planet. Digital Empowerment ideas can be solutions that help bridge the digital divide. Project 10Million is one of our education initiatives aimed at closing the digital divide.

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ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

As a definition published by Boston University explains, it is an example of “learning by doing,” and some of the related activities can include field trips, laboratory experiments, and studio performances. This technology can also cater to a variety of other needs too.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 4, 2020

Only 24 percent of public school teachers reported that all of their students had access to a computer or tablet to use for school work, according to a nationally representative survey of 600 public school teachers conducted in early May by Educators for Excellence (E4E). Some students will have just the normal kind of summer learning loss.”.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 16, 2015

When Howard-Suamico School District went digital, giving every student in grades 3 and up tablets or laptops, the change was immediate and dramatic. The following three resources can help students and families realize the powering of digital learning at home. Teachers were transforming their instruction.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Examples of standards include: Protect Your Privacy Like You’re Famous, Strike A Balance, and Find Your Influencers. All curriculum lessons incorporate the most up-to-date academic research, focus group insights, and survey results while also integrating student voice and real-world examples relevant to current students.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 18, 2021

Morgan suspects that parents of hyperactive or aggressive children are unintentionally reinforcing the habit of using a smartphone or a tablet. For example, a 2019 study found that social media use doesn’t harm adolescent well-being. Parents might turn to technologies or screens to manage their children’s outbursts,” he said.

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Educator Innovator

MARCH 16, 2016

To help her students better connect to the material, she also asked them to draw comic strips about microaggressions they faced in their own lives—being left out of a game for not speaking English fluently, for example. The most obvious addition to the plan is its focus on the “digital-use divide.”

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

But America’s persistent digital divide has greatly hampered efforts toward this goal. Miami-Dade County Public Schools has distributed some 100,000 tablets and other mobile devices, and more than 11,000 smartphones that double as Wi-Fi hot spots. Inequity looms large. Adjusting Expectations.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

Federal funds help narrow the digital divide. Tweaks to services for students, for example, resulted from a more empathetic understanding of individual student needs, says Dr. Robinson in New York. With JumpStart, says Ms. Millions of students still face access issues. Heightened focus on communication. he says. “We

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Marketplace K-12

JULY 5, 2016

For example: These teachers are far more likely than their less-confident counterparts to report daily use of digital curricula, learning management systems, and parent communication tools. . One lesson had students use their tablet computers to find a document on disappearing honeybees. –Eric Risberg/AP-File.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Rory Kennedy examines the gaps computer and internet access between wealthy and impoverished schools in her latest documentary, “Without a Net: The Digital Divide in America.”. But that won’t close what has come to be known as “the digital divide.”. How long has the “digital divide” been on your radar?

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Connecting 2 the World

JULY 14, 2014

There are also technology difficulties, such as the digital divide (those who have more advanced technology compared to those that don''t), power outages, access to wifi (or lack of access), lack of support for individual devices, and incompatibility with other digital devices.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 28, 2013

Those who presented raised questions around the digital divide, the changing shape of schools, the impact of information and communication technology on learning gain, the ongoing debate about whether schools should filter social media sites, and the use of new and emerging technologies in education.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 3, 2014

Gestural computing for example, has been with us for a few years in the guise of games consoles such as the 360 Kinnect system manufactured by Microsoft. Other Star Trek technologies are also becoming common, including medical scanners (tricorder), video conferencing, touch screen tablets and even 3D printers (replicators).

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

Privacy and Student Data During these pressing circumstances, many educators are curating and sharing digital tools, strategies, and tips for remote teaching with their networks. With Zoom, for example, students might experience harmful or obscene visuals during “ Zoombombing ”—internet trolling during video conferencing.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Savvas is proud to call out Johnston County Public Schools as an outstanding example of K-12 success using enVision — a true “K-12 Hero” using its innovative education technology. For example, in one activity, she supercharges a regular lesson by having students record explanations of what they’ve learned on their iPads.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 14, 2018

This research is important because children are watching more videos on tablets and smartphones, often while commuting in cars or on public transportation or waiting for an appointment. One example is Words Worth Teaching but there are many others. One example would be shouting an exclamation like “Hey!”

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Evelyn Learning

JUNE 7, 2023

Our society is divided into two parts. We have some really great examples of billionaires and geniuses who do not have a college degree. A classroom has become an e-classroom, with tablets on each and every desk. A lot of problems are going around related to social-economic aspects, historical aspects, digital divide, etc.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 22, 2021

Digital picture books have been a godsend during the pandemic. With libraries shuttered and bookstores a nonessential trip, many parents have downloaded book after book on tablets and smartphones to keep their little ones reading. For example, there was no narrative story at all in the book of animal names described above.

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MindShift

APRIL 24, 2020

By way of example, Mulgrew suggests that one group of kids might attend school on Monday, Wednesday and Friday one week, then Tuesday and Thursday the following week. Eskelsen Garcia of the NEA says the equity issue is acute: “What we’ve been telling [political leaders] for years is the digital divide is hurting children.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The integration of interactive whiteboards, tablets, and educational software in classrooms has made learning more dynamic and engaging. Interactive whiteboards, educational apps, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence are all examples of edtech tools. Edtech can be used in face-to-face settings and in online learning settings.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2023

For the last few years, the local government — with schools, the telecommunications company EPB of Chattanooga, and nonprofits — has run “HCS EdConnect,” a program through which schools give Chromebooks, tablets and free training on the skills needed to use smart technology and the modern internet system.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Vrain, for example, we recently implemented the AI Coach by Edthena platform which uses artificial intelligence for instructional coaching. For example, some schools are already integrating bi-directional casting between student tablets and interactive displays at the front of the classroom.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2016

I’ve had students engage in peer-editing using cloud-based word processing on their phones, for example. Related: Many low-income families get on the Internet with smartphones or tablets. And I know smartphones do have wonderful learning potential, having had occasional success with them in my own classroom. That matters. Here’s why.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Coding platforms, such as Scratch and Code.org, promote digital literacy and computational thinking. The ubiquitous presence of digital devices and technology tools in education, including laptops, tablets, and smartphones, allows students to access a wealth of educational resources and multimedia content.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

The pandemic highlighted the massive digital divide that exists between marginalized communities and affluent communities that enjoy well-established digital infrastructure. An example of this will be providing students with ample opportunities to learn about astronomical concepts through the use of Slooh. –Chad A.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). Certainly “free” works well for cash-strapped schools. Um, they do.)

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Hack Education

MARCH 8, 2017

As an op-ed in The Washington Post put it , “The FCC talks the talk on the digital divide – and then walks in the other direction.” Certainly in the 1990s , when E-rate was introduced, its goal was to address this very issue – “the digital divide.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Black preschool children, for example, are 3.6 Take, for example, ProPublica ’s article on Donald Trump’s son-in-law and “consigliere”: “ The Story Behind Jared Kushner’s Curious Acceptance into Harvard.”). times more likely to be suspended than white preschool children.

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