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How Offline-First Edtech Addresses Education Disparities Worldwide

Edsurge

Closing global education gaps How is Learning Equality addressing the challenge of the digital divide and the 2.6 The term digital divide often refers to not having affordable access to the internet or specific hardware. But another important aspect is thinking about digital literacy skills and digital rights.

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How Librarians Continue Their Work Digitally Even as Coronavirus Closes Libraries

Edsurge

To get a sense of what the widespread closure of libraries could mean, and hear some creative ways libraries are reaching out digitally, we talked with Jessamyn West, an educational technologist who runs the librarian.net blog and is author of "Without a Net: Librarians Bridging the Digital Divide." I live in Orange County.

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Making educators’ lives easier for World Teachers’ Day

Neo LMS

Did you know that according to a United States Department of Education survey, 94% of public school educators buy supplies with their own money ? That’s why neglecting this area can lead to a bigger digital divide among students. Helping with classroom supplies. This is undoubtedly a global trend — and a major problem.

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This Program Is Empowering the Next Generation of Computational Thinkers

Edsurge

Yang: We were first prompted to address concerns over the digital divide. Not every student has an equal opportunity to learn modern, basic technology that is essential to lucrative careers, such as in STEM fields. And we want to close the digital divide. EdSurge: What inspired the creation of CoolThink@JC?

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Teachers in High-Poverty Schools Less Confident in Ed-Tech Skills, Survey Finds

Marketplace K-12

Teachers who are most confident about educational technology tend to work in low-poverty and suburban schools, bringing their students a wide range of experiences and potential benefits that other young people may lack, concludes a survey released today by the Education Week Research Center.

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OPINION: Creating better post-pandemic education for English learners

The Hechinger Report

In a spring survey in California, nearly one-third of Spanish-speaking families said that they could not understand the distance learning information sent home by their children’s schools. This issue is particularly important for English learners and their families , given that many U.S.

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Meeting the Educational Challenges of COVID-19 Together

MIND Research Institute

Digital Divides and the COVID Slide. Over the past several years, progress has been made with regard to the “digital divide,” the gap between students who have access to technology and those who do not. School closures have meant a step backward when it comes to the digital divides. References. Ascione, L.

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