Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

When new trends become the norm, report findings sometimes elicit more shrugs than surprise. In education technology, a litany of surveys published this decade have touted the growing adoption of digital learning tools. A different ‘digital divide’ has emerged. That’s arguably the case for U.S.

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EdTech Survey Digital Divide Classroom 139

The Hechinger Report

JULY 27, 2020

Twenty-five percent of districts said children in kindergarten through second grade were supposed to receive more than three hours of remote instruction every day but another 25 percent of districts reported only one hour or less. This digital divide had enormous consequences for what instruction meant.

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Survey Digital Divide Laptops Data 115

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2020

The seminal Coleman Report published in 1966 showed that student outcomes inside the classroom are predicated on their circumstances outside the classroom. We must continue to provide access to software, online libraries and educational videos. Summer has always been a time when gaps get wider.

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Learning Software Digital Divide Broadband 118

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. With these regular training sessions, every teacher feels more comfortable with the panels’ features and accompanying software.

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Digital Learning Digital Divide Classroom Learning 118

eSchool News

MARCH 14, 2022

Kajeet Private 5G is a complete solution that includes the seamless integration of all the hardware, software and services customers need to build and own private wireless networks. MCLEAN, VA. To learn more about Kajeet Private 5G, visit Kajeet Private 5G Platform.

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Broadband Software Digital Divide Industry 62

The Hechinger Report

MAY 15, 2020

Thousands of Mississippi children will have access to the software this summer as part of an effort to support incoming kindergarteners during the coronavirus pandemic.Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Waterford.org will direct $9 million toward the project.

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Guidelines Laptops Learning Digital Divide 111

Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

I have a bit more to say about some of these topics, so stay tuned… Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye these past two weeks – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Been quoted in an article on ransomware in K-12 education.

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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. Reporting dashboards should become more student-focused. Reports in edtech products are often created for teachers or school leaders.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Many schools are left with two options: keep moving forward with digital learning—and risk leaving some students behind—or keep homework assignments offline, holding back the students who might otherwise benefit from software and tools available on the internet.

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Broadband Digital Divide Libraries Company 138

A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 27, 2016

The most glaring was the OECD Report that came out last fall. Here is an excerpt: " Schools have yet to take advantage of the potential of technology in the classroom to tackle the digital divide and give every student the skills they need in today’s connected world, according to the first OECD PISA assessment of digital skills.

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Digital Divide EdTech Data Examples 150

TeacherCast

JANUARY 1, 2016

For instance, one recent survey reported that 75% of the responding K-12 educators in the United States assessed their student’s access to technology in the classroom as “good” or “great” Roughly four out of five teachers planned to utilize these types of resources more extensively during the 2016 academic year.

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Technology LMS Classroom Trends 68

Graphite Blog

APRIL 29, 2021

For both students and teachers, online learning has come with a lot of challenges, from the digital divide and technology access to mental health impacts , or a lack of essential school and community supports. Investigation activity: During the pandemic, most schools turned to a variety of tech tools and educational software.

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Guidelines Learning Digital Divide Online Learning 63

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 4, 2017

The presentations at the conference focused on new software systems designed to personalize the delivery of instruction to students. The software periodically asked students questions, then customized the subsequent instruction based on how students responded to the questions. Related: New documentary explores ‘the digital divide’.

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System Digital Divide Learning Personalized Learning 64

Lightspeed Systems

AUGUST 3, 2023

As a result, generative AI can produce a wide variety of new content, including images, videos, music, speech, text, software code and product designs. Administrators, teachers and students alike will require advanced levels of media literacy and digital citizenship to identify incorrectly used AI-generated content.

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Education Data Training Digital Divide 52

Education Superhighway

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Digital learning opportunities now extend far beyond online testing and digitized versions of textbooks. Today, 99% of America’s schools have enough Internet connectivity to make digital learning available in their classrooms , but 1% of students are still on the wrong side of the digital divide. Learn more.

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Digital Learning Future Ready Broadband Digital Divide 45

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 28, 2020

Administrators at Dorchester School District Two in suburban Summerville, South Carolina, were well aware of the digital divide when they decided to give students both paper and online resources after shuttering schools because of coronavirus. She received her first response on the morning of April 9 and opened it immediately.

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Digital Divide Policies Resources Study 145

Education Superhighway

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Digital learning opportunities now extend far beyond online testing and digitized versions of textbooks. Today, 98% of America’s school districts can take advantage of digital learning, but 2% of students are still on the wrong side of the digital divide. Learn more.

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Digital Learning Future Ready Broadband Digital Divide 45

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2019

Amadou Diallo for The Hechinger Report. Amadou Diallo for The Hechinger Report. million for the Chromebooks, software licenses and the infrastructure needed to maintain them. “In Amadou Diallo for The Hechinger Report. Amadou Diallo for The Hechinger Report. SAN JOSE, Calif. — Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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Technology Chromebook Laptops iPad 104

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. This story was written by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.

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Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Blackboard 90

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

They settle in at the computers where Caine teaches coding and software, such as Illustrator and Photoshop, or they head to the back room for the 3-D printer, vinyl cutter and robotics kits. In total, the homework gap hits some 12 million school-aged kids nationwide, according to a 2017 congressional report, “ America’s Digital Divide.”.

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Broadband Chromebook Accessibility Mobility 82

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Here’s what they had to say: Text-based AI interfaces provide an opportunity to help close the digital divide…and avoid an impending AI divide. This may include moving to a digital records management system that is FERPA and CJIS compliant such as what we have done with Scribbles Software.

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Trends EdTech Industry Data 144

Learning with 'e's

MARCH 3, 2014

The blockbuster science fiction movie Minority Report featured gestural computing, targeted advertising through biometric data scanning and augmented reality technologies. Will such a universal translation tool become available to all, or will the social gulfs be amplified because of a new digital divide? Unported License.

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Learning E-rate Digital Divide Microsoft 59

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 17, 2016

I have said it before, CSEd is a new human right that should be accessible to all students, regardless of race, gender or socioeconomic status, and universal access inevitably closes the digital divide. All citizens, in all positions, should fight for it – parents included – and it will happen.”.

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Digital Divide STEM Game-Based Learning Training 40

Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

According to K-12 Blueprint , many FCS teachers report that classroom management of devices is not as challenging as they anticipated. They report, It is surprising in some ways how normal it seems with the devices in the school. Read more: DOs and DON’Ts of teaching digital citizenship. Myth No 2: BYOD is not safe.

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BYOD Digital Divide Classroom Smartphone 382

Educator Innovator

MARCH 7, 2014

Enabling users to combine text with images and narration, the software has the potential to help boost literacy skills and appeal to diverse learning styles. Teachers in rural areas, in particular, reported being hindered by lack of reliable high-speed internet. In rural areas where there is no broadband access, that isn’t the case.”.

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Broadband E-rate Digital Divide Survey 41

Edsurge

JUNE 15, 2022

In response to these trends, the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), a nonprofit organization that works to shape tech policy and architecture with a focus on democracy and the rights of the individual, says there’s been widespread adoption of software that monitors students in K-12 schools nationwide.

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Software Chromebook Data Social Media 150

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 10, 2024

Many schools still use paper products and struggle with spotty broadband and limited digital tools, she said: The digital divide is “very much part of this conversation.” The post How AI could transform the way schools test kids appeared first on The Hechinger Report. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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Assessment Digital Divide Pearson Broadband 119

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

As superintendent, he led one of the largest and most highly-critiqued 1:1 device deployments in the country—one that that led to a frenzy of media reporting , and a number of columnists from L.A.-based It’s going to need updating, with new and relevant software. Otherwise, we tend to think of things as very longstanding.

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Digital Divide Technology EdTech STEM 60

MindShift

JULY 6, 2017

and around the world, the camp offers programs in engineering, architecture, coding, animation, game design and storytelling, all hosted on custom Minecraft servers or delivered with MIT’s Scratch coding software. Accessible across the U.S. Because our programs are virtual, kids can attend from anywhere they have an internet connection.”

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STEM Digital Divide Study Game-Based Learning 60

Lightspeed Systems

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

As a result, administrators proactively identify students with poor or no internet access at scale, saving considerable time troubleshooting and maximizing the impact of digital learning. Most importantly, they empower all students to excel!”

Digital Divide 52

Digital Divide Broadband EdTech Guidelines 52

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Here’s what they had to say: Text-based AI interfaces provide an opportunity to help close the digital divide…and avoid an impending AI divide. This may include moving to a digital records management system that is FERPA and CJIS compliant such as what we have done with Scribbles Software.

Trends 52

Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

Lightspeed Systems

OCTOBER 20, 2023

A final consideration is the impact of AI on the ‘digital divide’ and digital equity. For example, generative AI applications that reside beyond a paywall only exacerbate inequities in digital access. Simply, the digital divide, a digital inequity, places too many students at a distinct disadvantage.

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Student Data Privacy Digital Divide Guidelines Policies 69

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

That schools rely on the mega-rich to fund their digital learning at all—and that those funds could dry up at any time—illustrates some of the fundamental problems with K-12 technology spending: It is inconsistent, pieced together haphazardly, and as a result impacts student technology access in disproportionate ways.

Technology 169

Technology E-rate Laptops Digital Divide 169

eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2021

October 1, 2021– Kajeet ® , a leading provider of wireless connectivity, software and hardware solutions that deliver safe and controlled internet access, today announced it has expanded its relationship with UScellular , making it the first carrier enabled to sell Kajeet’s solutions directly. MCLEAN, Va. About Kajeet.

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Education Digital Divide Software Broadband 52

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye the week of March 13, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. The partnership aims to bridge the digital divide in Pittsburg by offering parents refurbished computers free of charge.

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EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

TeacherCast

AUGUST 27, 2015

A digital divide between teachers hurts students. Teachers never have to put students in classes or manage parent contact information themselves when software is connected to district systems. Uniform assessment and reporting. Teachers adopting tools willy-nilly don’t have any clout individually with software companies.

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Edmodo Moodle LMS Software 68

MindShift

DECEMBER 5, 2020

The digital divide is still big and complex. ” The National Education Association recently reported, based on pre-pandemic census data, that one quarter of households with children ages 5 to 17 lacked either high-speed Wi-Fi, a computer or both. . And the digital divide is about more than equipment.

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