MindShift

OCTOBER 19, 2017

The nationally representative parent survey found that 98 percent of homes with children now have a mobile device — such as a tablet or smartphone. Mobile devices are now just as common as televisions in family homes. The growth of mobile is a dramatic change. That’s a huge leap from 52 percent just six years ago.

Digital Divide 54

Digital Divide Smartphone Tablets Mobility 54

Educator Innovator

MARCH 7, 2014

Nearly three-quarters (73%) of teachers surveyed by Pew reported using mobile phones in the classroom or to complete assignments, while almost half (45%) reported using e-readers and tablet computers. Low-income students in urban areas can address the shortage with mobile tools,” Purcell pointed out. “In

Broadband 41

Broadband E-rate Digital Divide Survey 41

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

With the ambitious goal of closing the digital divide, Congress approved and President Biden recently signed into law $65 billion for broadband infrastructure—the largest federal investment in history. Still, solving the digital divide will not in itself create digital equity. million households remain unconnected.

Accessibility 171

Accessibility Digital Divide Broadband Laptops 171

The Hechinger Report

MAY 14, 2018

A series of studies on educational videos found that attention-grabbing gimmicks, slower pacing and plenty of pauses — features employed in the show “Bubble Guppies” depicted above — helped preschoolers build their vocabulary. In her study, she slowed the videos down to 75 percent of their actual speed.

Video 92

Video Education Digital Divide Study 92

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2016

If educators do not find ways to leverage mobile technology in all learning environments, for all students, then we are failing our kids by not adequately preparing them to make the connection between their world outside of school and their world inside school.”. That matters. Here’s why. Photo: Zvannha Clay. bird’s eye view).

Smartphone 40

Smartphone Accessibility Learning Social Media 40

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

The students live in homes with multiple laptops, iPads, tablets, iPhones – iEverything. But many students live in threadbare mobile homes and modest, low-slung dwellings on the edge of town. In wealthy school districts around the country, parents and teachers talk often about keeping computer use to a minimum.

Laptops 40

Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, The Intel Education Study App has now too been discontinued. Um, they do.)

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “A new study, published in the Academy of Management Journal, suggests that when ‘high-reputation’ institutions – colleges and universities ranked among the top 50 institutions by U.S. .” The New York Times on “The Challenges of Closing the Digital Divide.”

Education 48

Education MOOC Company Report 48

Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

Tagged on: April 1, 2017 A (Electronic) Textbook Case of Disruption | The American Interest → Schools are starting to take advantage of cheap tablets and open-sourced learning materials to give their students touchscreen, on-demand textbooks that—and here’s the kicker—can save school districts millions of dollars every year.

EdTech 150

EdTech Data Broadband Company 150

Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

Tagged on: April 1, 2017 A (Electronic) Textbook Case of Disruption | The American Interest → Schools are starting to take advantage of cheap tablets and open-sourced learning materials to give their students touchscreen, on-demand textbooks that—and here’s the kicker—can save school districts millions of dollars every year.

EdTech 150

EdTech Data Broadband Company 150