eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Since 2020, the social media app has invested millions of dollars and teamed with experts, public figures, and educational institutions to post more learning material under the hashtag #LeanOnTikTok. While some students remain unconnected, Oakland’s effort has emerged as an example of how to tackle a citywide digital divide.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 24, 2020

For instance, Learning Heroes, a nonprofit organization that equips parents to support learning at home, worked with partner organizations to update The Learning Hero Roadmap , a free K-8 interactive guide with videos and tools to help parents support grade-level math and reading as well as social-emotional development.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 12, 2016

More and more schools adopt BYOD policies and allow students to bring their own mobile phones, tablets, eBooks, and other devices in the classroom, and use them as tools to enhance learning. BYOD deepens the digital divide. These students just don’t need another social status symbol tied to their persona.

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 6, 2012

Previously via laptop computers, but more recently via mobile devices. Social media has become central to their (and our) everyday lives. The Digital Tipping Point - moment in a young person''s life when they migrate to the digital world. What happens when we block social media in schools?

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 28, 2013

LILAC was held in the heart of Manchester University , in a well appointed conference centre, where almost 300 library and information professionals gathered for three days to discuss information literacy. A social event in the spectacular surrounds of the iconic John Rylands Library was a fitting conclusion to Day 1.

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NeverEndingSearch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) designated the Wednesday of the American Library Association’s (ALA) Banned Books Week as Banned Websites Awareness Day (BWAD, pronounced bee-wad ). Establish a digital repository of Internet filtering studies. Digital Citizenship by OSAPAC. For high school.

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MIND Research Institute

OCTOBER 20, 2016

The so-called digital divide widens as soon as their students walk out the door. (To What if we told you that a tire shop in Las Vegas was standing at the front lines of the battle to close the digital divide? Start with the obvious like public libraries and recreation centers. Schools and Communities Team Up.

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