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Facing a Digital Divide, Student Success Requires Connectivity and Access to Technology

Edsurge

The digital divide has long been a simmering problem facing millions of students that took a global pandemic to bring to a boil. Despite incremental progress made to narrow the digital divide, students’ success today hinges on having access to a connected device and high-speed internet in the classroom and at home.

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How Community Coalitions Are Bridging the Digital Divide

Digital Promise

Across the country, local networks known as Education Innovation Clusters (EdClusters) are bringing together partners and resources to meet urgent needs and envision a new future for teaching and learning. Their collective efforts are meeting a range of needs—from internet access to devices to social-emotional supports.

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How schools can help students overcome the digital divide

eSchool News

However, the study also found that educators lack centralized resources and direct support necessary to successfully overcome barriers to the digital divide. Addressing these will be critical to ensuring that school districts and digital navigator programs are effective in closing the digital divide for students.

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Defeat the Digital Divide Helps Bring Reliable Internet Connections to Schools Nationwide

eSchool News

Defeat the Digital Divide ( [link] ) offers school districts engaging learning tools to build solutions that will enable them to close the gap between those who have access to reliable internet service and those who don’t. STEP CG is where innovation meets execution. .

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3 Ways edtech can help education get back on track

Neo LMS

A recent report shared by Google and KPMG reveals that the education tech industry would cater to about 9.6 Despite claims that technology is negatively affecting learning schedules, edtech is a valuable tool for students. Typically, organizations take years to undergo digital transformation.

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Crunch the Numbers—New Data on Student Tech Use; Chromebook Predictions; And the Impact of Pandemic Relief Funds

eSchool News

. “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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AI in the Classroom: A Complete AI Classroom Guide

The CoolCatTeacher

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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