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How Librarians Continue Their Work Digitally Even as Coronavirus Closes Libraries

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Libraries are temporarily closing their doors due to coronavirus—like so many other institutions in the wake of a growing pandemic. But what does it mean for librarians to serve patrons without a library ? But what does it mean for librarians to serve patrons without a library ?

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How Offline-First Edtech Addresses Education Disparities Worldwide

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Kolibri enables offline access to a curated library of educational content, supports customized curricula creation and facilitates self-paced, differentiated and project-based learning. Closing global education gaps How is Learning Equality addressing the challenge of the digital divide and the 2.6

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Q&A: Tracy Smith on the Value of a Team Approach to Digital Equity

EdTech Magazine

Parkland School District in Pennsylvania, like many of the nation’s public school systems, is seeing increases in student poverty rates and English language proficiency — trends that could make any existing digital divides worse. But Parkland school leaders are taking proactive steps to improve digital equity.

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Kajeet Awards $550,000 To 22 Organizations for Purchasing Connectivity Solutions That Drive Digital Inclusion in Education

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To further the mission of closing the Digital Divide for students across the United States, each grant recipient will receive up to $25,000, which they may use for any combination of Kajeet Education Broadband solutions, including WiFi hotspots, school bus WiFi, LTE-embedded Chromebooks and routers. and follow us on Twitter at?

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Q&A: Steve Langford on Equalizing Student Access to the Web and Tech

EdTech Magazine

Langford recently talked with EdTech about the challenges of the digital divide and practical ways to overcome them. EDTECH: What challenges related to digital equity are you facing in your district? We also added a learning management system and other applications. by Wylie Wong. by Wylie Wong.

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4 ways we can use edtech for engaging, high-quality learning experiences

eSchool News

Close the Digital Gap for Students As technology becomes more ingrained in education, the digital divide is becoming an ever-larger driver of educational inequity. Everyone from corporate leaders like former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to organization like the Oakland branch of the NAACP joined the effort. The result?

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Kajeet to Bring Next-Gen Private 5G to Schools & Students Across America in Partnership with Google Cloud

eSchool News

The goal of the partnership is to help transform the future of education by: Connecting the unconnected students and communities with high-quality wireless Internet and Close the Digital Divide once and for all. To learn more, visit kajeet.com and follow us on Twitter at @Kajeet.