EdTechTeam

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

How can we close this digital divide? According to the US Department of Education , there are seven ways to help close the digital divide. Students had to study the US map, come up with questions, and use their critical thinking skills to try and guess where in the US the other school was from.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

But what will ensure that these opportunities for making the most of virtual reality aren’t limited to a select few educational institutions—or to the same groups of people who have made out best during past cycles of technology development? A Digital Divide — Or Bridge? A virtual reality headset costs hundreds of dollars.

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Edsurge

JULY 23, 2021

Multiple studies and surveys have documented the ever-narrowing digital divide. Yet, even as the number of unconnected students declines, there is another group that, for years, has made virtually no headway. The phrase ‘digital divide’ frames this as binary—there is no access or there’s all access,” Katz says.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 18, 2021

A new study suggests that this sort of technology overuse doesn’t just pop up during adolescence. The study focused on fifth graders who said they were playing online video games, using social media or texting “many times” a day and their characteristics and behavior in kindergarten. “We Some racked up considerably more hours.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Recently, EdSurge spoke to Brantley about her experiences using McGraw Hill AR , a free app created by McGraw Hill in partnership with Verizon for Verizon Innovative Learning , an educational initiative that seeks to help bridge the digital divide with a goal of providing digital skills training to 10 million students by 2030.

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EdTech4Beginners

APRIL 24, 2023

in K-12 education leadership has been created for educators who wish to pursue further studies as they need to thoroughly assess the components of K-12 education, including the integration of technology. This creates a digital divide that hinders equal education opportunities. As such, an online Ed.D

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 18, 2023

“I worked as an administrator for 10 years, so I think about edtech from both sides — both how an administrator makes decisions about edtech tools, but also how we can support our teachers,” Ballard shared in a focus group that was part of a larger project designed to better understand the gap between teaching practices and technology use.

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Edsurge

MARCH 17, 2020

To get a sense of what the widespread closure of libraries could mean, and hear some creative ways libraries are reaching out digitally, we talked with Jessamyn West, an educational technologist who runs the librarian.net blog and is author of "Without a Net: Librarians Bridging the Digital Divide." Here are ways."

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

The success rate of online learning versus traditional classroom learning is a topic of ongoing research, with various studies examining factors such as academic achievement, retention rates, and student satisfaction. Subsequent studies have provided mixed findings. What is the success rate of online learning?

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Hapara

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

To help the country close this digital divide, a goal of meeting or exceeding internet access at speeds of at least one megabit per second (Mbps) per student was set by the FCC. Educators can develop this type of environment within their groups by reaching out to learners using supportive language through the messaging features in H?para’s

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ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

To provide an example, a group of students learning about space and the stars may be able to learn through the experience of going outside and looking at stars through a telescope. For instance, imagine a class trip to study mountain ranges. The metaverse can also help collaborative learning to feel more realistic.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Connect All Students: How States and School Districts Can Close the Digital Divide” is a follow up to a June analysis by Boston Consulting Group and Common Sense. Think lots of nuts-and-bolts, this-should-go-into-a-checklist details punctuated with brief case studies.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2023

A significant challenge for Delta communities is the ever-growing digital divide. According to a national study of the Black Rural South , nearly three-quarters, or 72.6 Evidence of this persistent struggle is the distressing fact that 32 school districts remain under federal desegregation orders.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Further proof is this study by Diener and Tay (2011), involving 60,865 participants from 123 countries, which strongly suggests that the order of needs fulfillment has nothing to do with well being. For some students, the need for self-esteem can be higher than belonging to a group. It also teaches them proper self-care.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Related: Digital divide: Gap is narrowing, but how will schools maintain progress? These opportunities to develop skills and design technology to solve problems are important for all students — not just the ones who will eventually study computer science and enter the information technology industry.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2021

1560 , and proposed adding sections designed “to close the digital divide in California.” Even when there are laws meant to address the digital divide in terms of devices and WiFi, they aren’t always effective. For instance, prior to COVID-19, Section 12100.8

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

In her qualitative study, she found that when schools meet this challenge head-on, student achievement increased and behavioral challenges decreased. Most importantly, you’ll learn how to address these issues of inequity, including targeted strategies to help you bridge the digital divide and create an even playing field for all students.

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Edsurge

MAY 4, 2020

Next, she plans small-group reading and math sessions. In short, online learning is a delivery modality that supports mastery of content, regardless of how short or long a student has been in a seat,” explains Kerry Rice, a professor at Boise State University in Idaho who has studied effective distance learning at the K-12 level. “So

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Edsurge

JANUARY 20, 2020

In 2014, Palmdale School District was experiencing a major digital divide. In 2014, Palmdale School District was experiencing a major digital divide. After months of searching, testing and focus groups, we landed on the Promethean ActivPanel as the perfect solution to fit each of our schools’ unique needs.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2022

The technology that tracks digital records has spurred a cryptocurrency gold rush and an NFT explosion. It has also led to the rise of new groups, called DAOs, that are experimenting with less-hierarchical ways to conduct business. Some groups call themselves “learning DAOs,” organized to educate members of their communities.

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Edsurge

MAY 17, 2022

Shifting practices regarding grades may inspire students to take risks and study for the sake of learning. Recognition that the digital divide prevents academic progress has prompted colleges to do more to connect students with tech tools. The ones who are caring for families and working full time alongside school.

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Education Superhighway

MARCH 30, 2022

EducationSuperHighway strongly advocated that, unlike the EBB which was an emergency measure to help households stay online during the global pandemic, and did little to connect new unconnected households, the ACP should be used to address the broadband affordability crisis for under-resourced households and help eradicate the digital divide.

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Bryan Alexander

MARCH 3, 2020

If you’re new to this blog, I’ve been tracking the virus since it appeared in January, as part of my broader project of studying the future of higher education. at Rice University (Texas) might have COVID-19 , so the campus “asked a ‘small group of students and faculty’ to self-quarantine.”

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2018

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. I first started studying kids and technology now about 20 years ago, and things certainly have changed.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

But nowhere is the digital divide larger than in the Black rural South. New research from the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies puts these challenges in perspective.

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MIND Research Institute

MAY 13, 2020

The study looked at data for over five million students in grades 3 through 8 who had taken NWEA’s MAP Growth assessments in 2017-2018. The study looked at two scenarios: a “slowdown,” in which students stayed at the same level of academic achievement from the days schools closed until the new school year begins.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2020

Once campuses fully reopen, schools will need clear strategies to catch up students who have been unable to keep up their studies at home, the experts advise. The former might still edge out students already impacted by the nation’s digital divide or who are without adult supervision.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2020

For instance, the percentage of Black people between the ages of 18 and 24 who enrolled in college increased to 37 percent from 31 percent, and to 36 percent from 22 percent for Latino people in that same age group. That compares favorably to an overall five percentage-point gain for the total U.S.

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 6, 2012

The Digital Edge - Watkins is trying to understand role of digital media in lives of kids on the margins of digital access - second language homes, low socioeco environments, etc? Was inspired by the concept of digital divide - technology rich vs. technology poor. digital divide digital literacy sxswedu'

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2019

Rolfes’s group is part of a Nebraska initiative to wirelessly extend school broadband into rural communities where more than a third of the students have no broadband access at home, according to a state study. “We are heartbroken,” said Tom Rolfes, education IT manager for the Nebraska Information Technology Commission.

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Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

” that by 2019 half of all high school classes will be taught over the internet ; Raised questions about a new study on personalized learning ; Added four new incidents to the K-12 cyber incident map ; and. million federal grant to study online credit recovery | LA Times → L.A. Unified gets a $3.26-million

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Educational Technology Guy

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Celly is a free service that offers group text messaging and polling. You can have open group chats, one-way alerts or even moderated chats. Anybody with a mobile phone can join a cell in seconds and instantly share secure group messages, polls, reminders, notes, and topic alerts.

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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. She received her first response on the morning of April 9 and opened it immediately.

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Graphite Blog

APRIL 19, 2021

The coronavirus pandemic has come with specific challenges for teachers: Keeping students engaged during hybrid or fully remote learning, addressing systemic inequity and the digital divide, and coping with days of seemingly endless multitasking are just a few among so many other obstacles.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Libraries increasingly have an important role to play: as second responders in large scale events via the development and deployment of collaborative connectivity projects; in developing strategies to bridge technological digital divides; and to promote digital access, equity, opportunity, and inclusion.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Libraries increasingly have an important role to play: as second responders in large scale events via the development and deployment of collaborative connectivity projects; in developing strategies to bridge technological digital divides; and to promote digital access, equity, opportunity, and inclusion.

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Bryan Alexander

MARCH 3, 2020

If you’re new to this blog, I’ve been tracking the virus since it appeared in January, as part of my broader project of studying the future of higher education. at Rice University (Texas) might have COVID-19 , so the campus “asked a ‘small group of students and faculty’ to self-quarantine.”

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