eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

This introduction explores the significance of fostering digital literacy skills to prepare students for success in the evolving technological landscape. What is digital literacy in education? Digital etiquette: Digital etiquette, or netiquette, encompasses the socially accepted norms and behaviors in digital communication.

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Digital Promise

MAY 27, 2020

With digital learning likely to stretch into the fall due to COVID-19, how can we ensure every student has equitable access to powerful learning opportunities? The crisis has shone a harsh light on the digital divide in the United States, surfacing thoughtful debate and long-overdue discussion around the equity gap.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 12, 2024

We know the why (equity), we know the how (UDL), and with generative AI, we now have the means to accomplish what is demanded of the moment. References Alliance for Identity-Inclusive Computing Education (2023). AIICE IIC Tenets. link] CAST (2018). UDL and the learning brain. Wakefield, MA. Retrieved from [link] Gutiérrez, R.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

How to Reach Students Who Have Experienced Trauma. So, we have to learn how to reach and teach students who have experienced trauma. Helping Students Overcome Trauma In this course, you will explore the different types of trauma and how they affect students’ behavior and academic performance.

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ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Broadly, the metaverse refers to the creation of virtual worlds or spaces in which social interactions can occur. While there are still challenges associated with the digital divide and access to technology, this gap is shrinking all the time, especially with smartphones widening access to digital content and software.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2020

The impetus was really to close that achievement gap and that digital divide.” The city’s library already had a program—now operating remotely—to teach technology skills to adults, such as how to complete job applications online and use the school district’s learning management system. In Norwalk, Conn.,

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Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2022

They’re communities of people who share a pot of cryptocurrency and who decide by voting how to spend that money—kind of like a co-op. The metaverse should probably reference them,” says Patel, who previously held positions at workforce-training companies Thinkful, On Deck and Maven. And just so you know, it’s pronounced “dowwww.”

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Edsurge

MAY 25, 2017

Now it's starting to go down, and we're kind of in a flux, trying to understand what do we do and how to we stop the ex-flux. Another thing that I don't hear about that much these days, but I know you have views on is the digital divide. Where do you see the digital divide today in terms of education?

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MIND Research Institute

MAY 13, 2020

There are a lot of unanswered questions, but also some great reference points to help guide us as we develop answers together. These resources include everything from guidance on how to talk with children about COVID-19, to using trauma-informed practices to support students. Digital Divides and the COVID Slide.

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Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2019

That raises the question: is the move to digital homework systems creating a new kind of digital divide at colleges? Textbook companies defend their new model, arguing that digital titles help students learn better than past methods and are sold for far less than traditional textbooks. “I

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MIND Research Institute

JUNE 2, 2020

In week four, we shared how to be a rockstar facilitator. There are a lot of unanswered questions, but also some great reference points to help guide us as we develop answers together, like the importance of social emotional support, digital divides, the experience gap, and the COVID slide. Math is for everyone!

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Another analysis by digital divide expert Kathryn Finney found that black women-led start-ups comprised less than .2 Sampson, who often writes about how to increase black and brown participation in the tech field, wants to see more mainstream engagement from the tech world with students and faculty members at HBCUs.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

You kow, we haven’t closed that digital divide quite yet. Don’t worry about how to do it. How to make exciting videos that students will want to watch. But as we finish up, could you give us a pep talk about how to make exciting video that kids want to watch? And the partial flip or the in class flip.

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MindShift

JUNE 9, 2021

During virtual education, he relied on reference materials and parent assistance when available. Increased familiarity with online platforms and technologies may lessen the digital divide between the schools that had embedded technology before the pandemic and those that newly engaged with modes of digital education over the past year.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

Dan developed Prep, which is all about how to prep the machine in prompt prompted to get the desired output. You know, we all remember that teacher that study hall teacher who walked you through your first college application or the social studies teacher who taught you what taxes were and how to file them.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

In total, the homework gap hits some 12 million school-aged kids nationwide, according to a 2017 congressional report, “ America’s Digital Divide.”. Given the expectations we now have for student access, it’s difficult for those students who don’t have good internet at home,” said the school’s principal, Russell Torgersen.

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Lightspeed Systems

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Secondly, utilize edtech solutions like Lightspeed Digital Insight to learn when data privacy terms and conditions are changed. A final consideration is the impact of AI on the ‘digital divide’ and digital equity. Simply, the digital divide, a digital inequity, places too many students at a distinct disadvantage.

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Lightspeed Systems

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

An overview of how to collaborate across functions to ensure student safety 24/7. 2:38 We know that the Digital Learning Divide refers to inequitable access to technology and digital resources for learning. 27:06 Then, another question about how to manage school breaks, This is particularly timely.

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Lightspeed Systems

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

An overview of how to collaborate across functions to ensure student safety 24/7. 2:38 We know that the Digital Learning Divide refers to inequitable access to technology and digital resources for learning. 27:06 Then, another question about how to manage school breaks, This is particularly timely.

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Lightspeed Systems

AUGUST 7, 2023

IT Leaders & Decision Makers, Digital Learning and Instructional Technologists, IT Admins, Network Admins, IT Security, IT Infrastructure roles, School Counselors, Safety leaders, and SROs. 2:38 We know that the Digital Learning Divide refers to inequitable access to technology and digital resources for learning.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Here are 10 of the NEO Blog’s best posts from the third year of its existence: 6 Practical strategies for teaching across the digital divide. The figures in that report indicate that the digitization of the classroom is not happening as rapidly as the tech media would have us think. Just remember: start small and keep on going!

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Connecting 2 the World

SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

Unfortunately, I still haven't figured out how to include my word graphics into blogger and since I don't have a lot of time to figure it out, it will just have to be left out of this post. References Akgun, A., Crossing the digital divide safely and trustingly: How ecologies of learning scaffold the journey.

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Lightspeed Systems

JUNE 15, 2023

Fill out the form below to view this webinar Read the Transcript Overcoming Obstacles to Bridging the Digital Divide in K-12 Learning 0:21 Hi, everyone, welcome to our webinar, We’re going to give everyone about 30 more seconds to join us, and then we’ll dive in. Thank you. 0:58 Hello, welcome everyone.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Students are using AI to develop their own future-ready skills and to learn how to navigate an information-rich world. Education technology–better known as edtech–and online learning are related, but they refer to different aspects of the educational landscape. What does education look like in 2024?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2023

They told me, ‘Oh, if you qualify for the low-income [benefits], then you can get it,’” Tang says, referring to social services like the federal free and reduced-price school meal program. It’s difficult to say how many people in a given locality can access the internet and know how to use it, says Siefer.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2020

But now, as educators everywhere try to figure out how to do their jobs remotely, the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the instability of relying on one counselor, or just a few, to guide hundreds of students through new academic hurdles, prepare them for an uncertain future and triage their mental health crises. It’s tough.

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User Generated Education

JULY 7, 2016

They’re teaching a new generation how to repair rather than replace, and if what they’re looking for is not available, to invent it. They call themselves “makers,” and they will figure out how to build whatever you can imagine. ( The Maker Movement Is About the Economy, Stupid ). Local teens’ inventions impress scientists ).

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User Generated Education

OCTOBER 16, 2015

They’re teaching a new generation how to repair rather than replace, and if what they’re looking for is not available, to invent it. They call themselves “makers,” and they will figure out how to build whatever you can imagine. ( The Maker Movement Is About the Economy, Stupid ). Local teens’ inventions impress scientists ).

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Again and again, the media told stories — wildly popular stories , apparently — about how technology industry executives refuse to allow their own children to use the very products they were selling to the rest of us. The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.”

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Beyond providing technology, there is hope that Biden’s focus on supporting teachers extends to providing training to ensure that they know how to implement the latest technology and instructional practices effectively. We’ve also heard from teachers and parents that they didn’t know how to use these tools well.

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