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What Does the National Educational Technology Plan Say About the Digital Divides?

EdTech Magazine

Over the past few years, schools and policymakers were focused on one digital divide in K–12 education: unequal access to technology. It defines not one but three digital divides. However, the Office of Educational Technology, a team within the U.S.

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2024 National Educational Technology Plan Addresses Three Digital Divides

EdTech Magazine

The 2024 NETP focuses on closing the digital use, access and design divides. The Biden-Harris Administration has made bold investments aimed at closing the digital divide and ensuring all students can equitably access the latest digital tools and technology,” U.S.

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Without Supplemental Pandemic Funding, Digital Divide Risks Increase

EdTech Magazine

Lockdowns revealed that districts were stuck in a 19th century framework, resulting in deep digital divides and leaving some students struggling to complete school assignments outside of the classroom. Bringing today’s K–12 learning environments up to speed requires adequate, long-term funding.

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K–12 Leaders Can Work with Local Governments to Address the Digital Divide

EdTech Magazine

The digital divide is an unrelenting problem in K–12 districts across the country. While there is no easy solution to digital inequity, there is help if K–12 leaders know where to look.

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ISTELive 23: How Can Professional Development Narrow the Digital Divide?

EdTech Magazine

One of the most robust conversations that came out of ISTELive 23 in Philadelphia was how critical professional development (PD) is to reducing the digital use divide.

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6 Practical strategies for teaching across the digital divide

Neo LMS

Last week we discussed the digital divide , and today I thought we could explore some practical strategies that teachers, as individuals, can adopt in an effort to bridge the digital divide in their classrooms. 6 Practical strategies for teaching across the digital divide. Starting a social media account.

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Pandemic Aid Helps Narrow Mississippi’s Digital Divide

EdTech Magazine

During Black History Month, Aberdeen High School Principal Dana Bullard invited some former students to speak to her current students at the Mississippi school about their careers. One former student, a young Black man who now works at Netflix in California, emphasized that technology skills are important for virtually every job.