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Purchasing Devices Does Not Equate to Learning

A Principal's Reflections

One of the more glaring issues was the vast digital divide that still exists in many places, especially the United States. Every day I see new articles highlighting the millions of dollars; in some cases, spent to either begin to close or eradicate the digital divide. All of these efforts are to be commended.

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How to Navigate Your Biggest EdTech Challenges in the 2024-25 School Year

Securly

Securly’s latest on-demand digital event focuses on the impact of AI in K-12 education, and how it can help to revolutionize your school climate monitoring. Increasing Digital Equity & Parent Engagement Districts seem to be struggling with a growing digital divide. Click to watch today !

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Addressing the Digital Learning Gap with Effective Educator Coaching

Digital Promise

There are pockets of inspiration and excellence where students and teachers are leveraging technology to solve complex problems, work with big data sets, connect across borders, access experts, collaborate with peers, and engage in compelling projects. This dichotomy is especially pronounced in underserved schools.

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Edtech Reports Recap: Video Is Eating the World, Broadband Fails to Keep Up

Edsurge

On the home front, three organizations have released a “guidebook” to help schools and states close the internet access and device gap. Connect All Students: How States and School Districts Can Close the Digital Divide” is a follow up to a June analysis by Boston Consulting Group and Common Sense. Podcasts, anyone?

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Not Just Classroom Supplies: Teachers Also Buy Edtech With Their Own Money

Edsurge

It is also not too surprising, given that for much of this decade businesses and governments have laid the infrastructure needed to support online learning, through enabling better broadband internet access and providing cheap computing devices to schools. A different ‘digital divide’ has emerged.

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Case Study: Chicago Connected

Education Superhighway

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. On June 25, 2020, Mayor Lori E.

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Next Generation Learning: Personalization

Neo LMS

In order to extract the maximum benefit from the new design Vista realized they were on the wrong side of the digital divide , with many student’s families not having access to the Internet. Interdisciplinary lesson planning became a powerful way that teachers could address their subjects.

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