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How computer science education bridges the digital divide

eSchool News

The first one is decidedly a ‘platformer’ course, where every student is required to figure out how to build a traditional ‘platform’ game in Construct 3. Digital divide Our computer science courses needed to be accessible to all students, including those without connectivity or a sophisticated device.

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How computer science education bridges the digital divide

eSchool News

The first one is decidedly a ‘platformer’ course, where every student is required to figure out how to build a traditional ‘platform’ game in Construct 3. Digital divide Our computer science courses needed to be accessible to all students, including those without connectivity or a sophisticated device.

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Moving a Summer Program to the Virtual World — While Closing the Digital Divide

Edsurge

For those working in education, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced us to rethink how we engage with young people. As the pandemic unfolded, our team at SMASH, a nationwide summer residential program for STEM education serving students of color, had to move an established, 17-year program into a virtual learning environment.

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How Offline-First Edtech Addresses Education Disparities Worldwide

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We provide openly-licensed documentation, guidance materials and training materials through the Kolibri Edtech Toolkit to help organizations set up Kolibri on their own and train educators and staff on how to blend technology into their learning environments. All of this supports a community-driven, bottom-up approach.

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Making educators’ lives easier for World Teachers’ Day

Neo LMS

Read more: How to redesign your classroom on a budget. That’s why neglecting this area can lead to a bigger digital divide among students. If you have the expertise, you can also volunteer to be a part of their professional development (PD) program to teach educators how to use technology or make the most of what they have.

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How Librarians Continue Their Work Digitally Even as Coronavirus Closes Libraries

Edsurge

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." I live in Orange County.

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What’s next? Lessons from the lockdown on traditional education

Neo LMS

The problem might stem from the fact that in general, we view traditional, teacher-centered education to be the best way to teach. There’s no secret that a digital divide is creating barriers between students and learning. It’s also important to have a coherent digital strategy that everyone can get behind.

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