EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

As the report notes: “Roadblocks like lack of technologies, students without access to at-home internet connectivity and teachers desperately needing more professional training are widening the digital divide. Administrators have been hard-pressed to provide both short-term solutions and forward-thinking guidance.”.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 18, 2017

By Meghan Bogardus Cortez Annual survey finds that low-income school districts are still lagging behind their peers.

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Neo LMS

JULY 29, 2021

Read more: 4 Things any teacher training program should include from now on. The digital divide in accessing learning and teaching tools and large gaps in teacher’s access to digital training are other areas of concern. Read more: 8 Ways surveys help school leaders make better decisions.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 1, 2020

For many, the changes have either introduced new technology challenges or shined a spotlight on existing ones, from the digital divide to weak cybersecurity training.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 26, 2020

With little to no training or preparation, they have stepped up to keep learning going. ClassTag surveyed more than 1,200 U.S. ClassTag surveyed more than 1,200 U.S. More than half of those surveyed teach in public schools (66 percent) and more than half are elementary school teachers (60 percent).

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 3, 2020

For many, the changes have either introduced new technology challenges or shined a spotlight on existing ones, from the digital divide to weak cybersecurity training.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 27, 2020

Preliminary results from a new survey of school districts confirm what many parents learned through the Zoom grapevine. But the amount of time was not the only difference, according to a recent survey: the type of instruction students received also diverged dramatically. “One Only 32 percent of high-poverty districts offered this. .

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Districts are leveraging the coaches and resources from Verizon Innovative Learning Schools by conducting training sessions for their colleagues to support other schools across the district. Bridging the Digital Learning Gap. The post How to Achieve Powerful Digital Learning appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2024

We provide openly-licensed documentation, guidance materials and training materials through the Kolibri Edtech Toolkit to help organizations set up Kolibri on their own and train educators and staff on how to blend technology into their learning environments. All of this supports a community-driven, bottom-up approach.

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Edsurge

JULY 22, 2020

Baker’s experience was reflected in the results of a survey sent by BrightBytes, an education data company, from April to June 15. ISTE, EdSurge’s parent organization, helped design the survey questions.) The survey found that students report being less likely than teachers to have a consistently quiet place to work.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 18, 2023

For a school to shift from simply adding tech tools to encouraging teachers to use them effectively, a few elements must be in place, including informed decision-making by leadership, continual training and support for teachers and buy-in from staff. Digital divides persist, but schools have made some progress in addressing these barriers.

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Edsurge

JULY 5, 2022

Yang: We were first prompted to address concerns over the digital divide. And we want to close the digital divide. We also offer modularized teacher training courses. The program is not simply about training students to become coders; it's the underlying sense of empowerment that is most valuable.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 10, 2016

The digital divide is a reality for three out of four American families, meaning approximately eight million individuals under the age of 18 are living without internet access. Yet, sadly, Darriale is far from alone.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

In education technology, a litany of surveys published this decade have touted the growing adoption of digital learning tools. Now adding to that list is one of the most thorough efforts—a new survey from Gallup and NewSchools Venture Fund , a nonprofit that provides grants to education technology and innovation efforts.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 30, 2018

Like other K–12 school districts around the country, you’re closing the digital divide — making sure your students have access to technology that paves the way for their future successes. Powering their devices is a robust network and state-of-the-art cloud technology. The implementation was a total success.

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Marketplace K-12

JULY 5, 2016

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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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. We knew we needed an affordable solution, not to mention the training for teachers to utilize it. So, in 2015, the “ Palmdale Promise ” was born.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 30, 2020

As the Coronavirus has changed the landscape of education, I have become more and more aware of inequity and the digital divide. In my reflection, I have attempted to present ideas for all schools across the digital divide. Welcome to a post that has taken be a while to write. There may be different levels.

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Graphite Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2020

After all, the digital divide remains a big issue across the country, and students may be participating in distance learning from wireless hot spots. Here are examples of some short surveys you could adapt. So be flexible! Consider regular phone calls as an alternative. You could also invite questions from parents and guardians.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

This reality—combined with recent survey findings that metropolitan K-12 school districts are experiencing a 1-to-5 percent decline in student enrollments—is sure to negatively affect student success, college preparedness and workforce development. This is especially true for students from lower-income families.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

The Miami-Dade school district, for example, adopted a plan back in 2012 to close the digital divide. In Occidental, California, Matthew Morgan, superintendent of the Harmony Union School District, said the pandemic has exposed a big digital divide and online learning was slow to roll out. “We

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ExcelinEd

AUGUST 3, 2020

C reate s reading academies , a year-round professional development training system based on the science of reading , for all K-3 teachers. . Bridging the Digital Divide. Texas has the most rural students in America – between 800,000 and 1 million – which ma kes closing the digital divide challenging.

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Bryan Alexander

JULY 18, 2019

One study looking at labor market recovery after recessions found that displaced workers ages 55 to 64 were 16 percentage points less likely to be re-employed at the time of follow-up surveys than workers ages 35 to 44.16 Moreover, the digital divide – that perennially unpopular problem – can widen as a result of these changes.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2016

The “digital divide” is still very real. The digital use divide is present in both formal and informal learning settings and across high- and low-poverty schools and communities,” explains a report from the U.S. Data from the 2015 Teachers Know Best survey , Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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Bryan Alexander

JULY 18, 2019

One study looking at labor market recovery after recessions found that displaced workers ages 55 to 64 were 16 percentage points less likely to be re-employed at the time of follow-up surveys than workers ages 35 to 44.16 Moreover, the digital divide – that perennially unpopular problem – can widen as a result of these changes.

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Educator Innovator

MARCH 7, 2014

Along with the increase in speed, there’s been an exponential increase in the use of digital tools in the classroom. Teachers attend training sessions via webinar. While broadband wasn’t a specific focus of the survey, Purcell said that the issue did arise frequently in focus groups.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

What information and training must be provided to students and parents to ensure success? Take a look at my last post on surveys for educators, students, and parents. A list can be made in a priority order and training planned. Teachers should also be surveyed. What PD is necessary to make these expectations happen?

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

Privacy and Student Data During these pressing circumstances, many educators are curating and sharing digital tools, strategies, and tips for remote teaching with their networks. Butash is right in pointing out the risks involved in this quick shift to using digital technologies.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

But America’s persistent digital divide has greatly hampered efforts toward this goal. Related: Teachers need lots of training to do online learning well. Inequity looms large. After dealing with the first priority — making sure students were safe and fed — schools had to figure out how to keep the learning alive.

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Lightspeed Systems

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Secondly, utilize edtech solutions like Lightspeed Digital Insight to learn when data privacy terms and conditions are changed. A final consideration is the impact of AI on the ‘digital divide’ and digital equity. Simply, the digital divide, a digital inequity, places too many students at a distinct disadvantage.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 22, 2020

The organizations collaborated to articulate 10 principles for reopening that include listening to students, closing the digital divide, addressing basic needs, moving away from one-size-fits-all instruction and evaluation and creating an inclusive curriculum. Kim is one of three student representatives on the county school board.

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Education Superhighway

JULY 31, 2020

With the possibility of remote learning returning this fall, the City of Chicago, Chicago Public Schools (CPS), the philanthropic community, and leading Internet Service Providers (ISPs) recognized a historic opportunity to eliminate broadband accessibility as a barrier to digital learning. 1 | FIRSTHAND ACCOUNTS EXPOSE DIGITAL INEQUITIES.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 30, 2020

CSIU also provided specialized career and technical training programs, including the Central Susquehanna LPN Career Center , the Work Attributes Toward Careers in Health (WATCH) Project , a federal Health Profession Opportunity Grant, and YES to the Future , a Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA) grant for out-of-school youth ages 16-24.

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Connecting 2 the World

SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

Organizational competency: Organizational learning or training: Organizational competency is the minimum standards of organizational behavior in which knowledge is embedded in the cultural routines and processes developed through training and learning. International Journal of Training and Development, 8(1), 43-53. Colquitt, J.,

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 14, 2018

One 2017 survey found that children under age 8 are spending 48 minutes on mobile devices a day in addition to two hours of television. Examples of that approach would be saying “A subway is an underground train” or a character acting out the meaning of a word, such as “Adagio, that means we’re going to go sloooowwww.”.

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Tom Murray

AUGUST 21, 2016

The organization also organizes the Speak Up survey each year. EveryoneOn is a nonprofit with a mission of “eliminating the digital divide by making high-speed, low-cost Internet service and computers, and free digital literacy courses accessible to all unconnected Americans.” Technology Leadership. URL: www.cosn.org.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 16, 2023

Training teachers to adapt to a blended learning environment during COVID by becoming more adept at using Canvas, a learning management system (LMS) that gives students equitable access to the district’s instructional resources and assignments and promotes collaboration among teachers.

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