Edsurge

JANUARY 20, 2020

In 2014, Palmdale School District was experiencing a major digital divide. In 2014, Palmdale School District was experiencing a major digital divide. The flexibility to mount it on a mobile stand that moves freely throughout the campus was a huge benefit to our educators. How do you combat this trend?

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Digital Learning Digital Divide Classroom Learning 131

Digital Promise

AUGUST 11, 2017

We will team up to guess research trends and key findings in maker education. Bridging the Digital Divide with Anytime/Anywhere. Looking to bridge the Digital Divide, education has embraced personal devices through one-to-one initiatives, yet this does not address the lack of access for low-income students at home.

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Digital Divide iPad EdTech Competency Based Learning 239

Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2019

Read part 1 , part 2 (about audio) , part 3 (about video) , and part 4 (about mobile tech in education). When students in my graduate seminar on education technology were given the chance to select a topic for a class session, they wanted to devote time to the digital world’s dark side. This is part 5.

Digital Divide 103

Digital Divide Social Media Broadband Analysis 103

TeacherCast

JANUARY 1, 2016

One current trend appears likely to continue during 2016: an increasing number of classrooms will rely on computers and the Internet to assist in the delivery of education materials. The company has developed a number of sophisticated software programs and mobile apps designed to encourage greater customization in education.

Technology 68

Technology LMS Classroom Trends 68

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2020

Higher education is America’s most effective engine of economic and social mobility, and it plays a historically important role in creating a thriving democracy. These trends put all of that at risk, and could take us a generation to work our way out of unless we act now. What needs to happen?

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Accessibility Broadband Survey Digital Divide 136

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

Safely getting back to the classroom requires many new precautions, and in 2021, innovations in technology such as digital signage software and content management will play a major role. Unfortunately, both of these trends place a significant strain on school Wi-Fi, beyond the cases of needing to connect the distance-learning students.

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EdTech Digital Divide Broadband PresenceLearning 144

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

Graphite Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Mobile Access Is Nearly Universal Perhaps it’s no surprise to learn that mobile device use has become nearly universal, with 98 percent of kids age 8 and under living in a home with some type of mobile device. For educators, the rise of mobile media in homes presents us with an important role to play for kids and families.

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Mobility Digital Divide Digital Citizenship Mobile Learning 40

Learning with 'e's

JULY 29, 2011

Some would suspect this is a reference to the digital divide, the haves and have nots in our society. We can watch the trends, but who would have thought for example, that mobile phones, a tool developed for business and leisure, could be applied so effectively in teaching and learning?

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Digital Divide Trends Mobility Social Media 59

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

But a few pioneering districts have shown that it’s possible, and Albemarle County has joined a nascent trend of districts trying to build their own bridges across the digital divide. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) divides up the spectrum into allowable uses, such as for TV, radio, satellites and mobile data.

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Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Blackboard 91

Learning with 'e's

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Taking into account the fact that much of the world’s population is more than a day’s walking distance from a fixed line telephone, and even allowing for the growing trend toward mobile phone usage in developing countries, or the paucity of computers in the third world, Longley’s claim could be considered contentious.

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Digital Divide Mobility Analysis Trends 37

EdTechSandyK

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Publicizes key trends and challenges and predictions for adoption educational technology. Key trends from 2011 : People expect anytime anywhere access Resources becoming more cloud based Abundance of resources make it more challenging for us to function in the role of educator as we know it. have a mobile phone.

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BYOD Poll Everywhere Mobility Laptops 60

Edsurge

JULY 11, 2019

radio, TV, mobile data, broadband. These measures will ensure that this valuable public resource can be leveraged by local communities to implement solutions to the ‘homework gap,’ close the digital divide in rural areas, and provide access to affordable broadband.” Today’s action continues that unfortunate trend.”

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Broadband Policies Company Libraries 120

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Connect All Learners The most crucial issue to address is the digital divide. As long as the digital divide remains, it stands as a failure of national will that translates into greater educational inequities,” the former Education Secretaries write in the foreword.

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Digital Divide How To Learning Broadband 218

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” Um, they do.) Coding Bootcamps.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145