Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2020

She shares one computer with her family of five, lacks home internet access and uses a smartphone to connect online. As the years pass, the gap between Jennifer’s and Maria’s access to technology widens: Jennifer has everything she needs at her fingertips, while Maria does not. I think we all know the answer.

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EdTech System Digital Divide Education 199

Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Here are 10 of the NEO Blog’s best posts from the third year of its existence: 6 Practical strategies for teaching across the digital divide. The figures in that report indicate that the digitization of the classroom is not happening as rapidly as the tech media would have us think. So here are eight of them.

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LMS E-rate Digital Divide Blended Learning 279

Edsurge

MARCH 17, 2020

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."

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Libraries Digital Divide Accessibility Survey 213

Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2024

Access to high-quality education is widely recognized as a pivotal tool for alleviating poverty, mitigating the spread of disease and malnutrition, fostering children's overall welfare and empowering women. billion people worldwide without internet access. billion people worldwide without internet access.

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EdTech Digital Divide Education Khan Academy 175

eSchool News

JULY 17, 2024

This article aims to clarify key terms, discuss the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) recent changes to minimum speed requirements, and explore how school districts can use this information to address the digital divide. Upload speed refers to the rate at which data is sent from a user’s device to the internet.

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Broadband Mobility Digital Divide Data 115

eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2023

Our society relies on the internet for education, jobs, and personal needs, yet our country’s digital divide has been an ongoing issue, affecting the 14.5 million Americans who don’t have access to broadband internet. This issue is not just limiting education access, but it’s also contributing to an ongoing workforce crisis.

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Digital Divide Broadband Education STEM 115

Lightspeed Systems

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Access to education fundamentally changes life outcomes. For a long time, technology enabled access to education. However, digital learning comes with its own set of challenges, and the most fundamental challenge is the concept of digital equity and our very real digital divide.

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Outcomes Digital Divide Learning Digital Learning 116

Edsurge

JUNE 15, 2022

The use of edtech also assumes a classroom has tech access In an ideal world, every classroom in the world would have access to computers and technology to take advantage of the added opportunities of edtech. But this is not an ideal world.

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Industry EdTech Digital Divide Blackboard 191

The Innovative Educator

JANUARY 20, 2022

Access to Devices Students and adults know that access to technology is crucial for preparing students for success in the world. Pre-pandemic there was an enormous digital divide. That is because the devices provide digital accessibility and translation. Normal was a digital divide.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Ertmer and Anne Ottenbreit-Leftwich that refers not just to whether technology is used in the classroom but also when and how teachers use technology to improve learning outcomes. If a classroom has spotty Wi-Fi or a teacher has inadequate access to devices for students, it’s awfully hard to make the most of edtech.

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EdTech Groups Digital Divide Training 216

The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

And if you click www.coolcatteacher.com/edpuzzle , Edpuzzle will give your school access to the 50,000 best lessons from Edpuzzle, organized in folders and ready to be used by teachers. You kow, we haven’t closed that digital divide quite yet. Pause the video and add your voice just in certain spots. Listen Now.

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2023

We encourage youth to submit ideas focused on one of the following three categories: Digital Empowerment, Equity In Action and Thriving Planet. Digital Empowerment ideas can be solutions that help bridge the digital divide. Project 10Million is one of our education initiatives aimed at closing the digital divide.

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Digital Divide Mobility Tablets Laptops 164

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

By supporting schools in low-incomes areas and helping them access high-quality learning technology, the program aims to increase equity and close the digital divide in education. I think the opportunity to make inaccessible things become real is one of the big bonuses of 5G access.”

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Education Digital Divide Technology Accessibility 167

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

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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EdTech Survey Classroom Digital Divide 167

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The conversation has quickly shifted from whether technology should be used in learning to how we can use it to improve learning and ensure that all students have access to high-quality educational experiences. students are unable to access school online, and 42 million Americans don’t have the means to purchase internet access.

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EdTech Digital Divide Learning Social Media 145

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

suffer on the no-internet side of the digital divide , according to the Federal Communications Commission. And this spring, 60 percent of low-income parents expressed that their children are likely to experience at least one digital obstacle doing their K-12 homework online. Roughly 21 million people in the U.S.

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Education Handbook Digital Divide Course 210

Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2020

In education, other challenges that are currently on Emeott’s radar include the digital divide, referring to the inequitable access to technology and educational services, especially in low-income communities. (If the past offers any indication, Salesforce invested in more than 25 companies from its first impact fund.)

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Digital Divide Education Company Training 159

Edsurge

MAY 25, 2017

Another thing that I don't hear about that much these days, but I know you have views on is the digital divide. Where do you see the digital divide today in terms of education? The digital divide is still a problem, and it's a growing problem. That's showing some benefit, but it has a cost to it.

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Digital Divide Smartphone System Outcomes 129

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2021

While remote learning may be ending in most places across the country, many students will continue to struggle to complete many lessons and assignments because they lack adequate internet service and access to devices at home — a phenomenon commonly referred to as the “homework gap.”. There are some positive findings in the survey.

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Broadband Survey Digital Divide Accessibility 125

Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

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. Conclusion.

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Learning Digital Divide Case Study Personalized Learning 150

Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

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. Conclusion.

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Learning Digital Divide Case Study Personalized Learning 150

Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2022

It’s a digital world where internet users retain ownership of their online activities—their intellectual property, or IP—which are tracked by blockchains, which help everyone make money without having to rely on governments, institutions or corporations. In the developing world, most people don't even have access to Wi-Fi.

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Iterating Toward Openness

DECEMBER 13, 2024

I’m interested in solving problems of access and effectiveness in education. Below is my current best thinking about how open education and generative AI can come together to help us make progress on problems of access and effectiveness. It will definitely evolve in the future. This is the one I’m currently working on.)

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eSchool News

JANUARY 12, 2024

Educators with a mind towards equity typically excel at access. These questions are around the accessibility, flexibility, lack of bias, validity, and reliability of our learning activities. Question Description Generative AI Prompt Accessible Who can participate in the lesson and who can not? AIICE IIC Tenets. Wakefield, MA.

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UDL Education Digital Divide Equity of Access 120

Edsurge

MAY 4, 2020

According to the plan, school days can last up to seven hours for high schoolers if they max out their time for digital learning (three hours), supplemental activities like reading and crafting (two hours), and nutrition and wellness breaks (two hours) that include meals, handwashing and physical activity.

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Guidelines Online Learning Digital Divide Study 218

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

For instance, a student may refer to the Oxford online dictionary instead of meandering to the class library and sifting through the pages to find the word “obfuscate.” Technology in education is helping break the barriers of access providing field trips to remote and exciting locations like the surface of the moon or the surface of a cell.

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Assessment Educreations Digital Divide Tools 167

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 10, 2017

The end result is a learning tool that is powerful, robust, scalable, and because it’s free, is the equitable solution to so many concerns over education’s digital divide. Because work is created and shared in the Cloud, users can access it from Internet-connected locations by logging into their Google account.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

This introduction explores the significance of fostering digital literacy skills to prepare students for success in the evolving technological landscape. What is digital literacy in education? Digital access: Digital access addresses the equitable availability and use of digital technologies.

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Digital Citizenship Digital Divide Analysis Accessibility 102

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

It's not as powerful or robust as Midjourney or DALL·E , but it's accessible to students. 00;26;21;00 – 00;26;54;02 Amanda Fox So I think what it's going to do is it's going to give teachers access to tools to create content faster and more efficiently, especially new teachers that are coming in for the first time.

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N2Y

MAY 20, 2021

This eBook is a reference for school leadership teams as you consider the funds available to your local educational agency and make decisions about applying for grants. What can bridge the digital divide within the special education community? A Detailed Breakdown to Help You Understand the Available Support.

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eBook Accessibility Digital Divide Education 52

Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2018

It’s no great overstatement to say that the Federal Communications Commission’s recent decision to rollback net neutrality protections has shaken the education community’s faith in open and equitable internet access for all students. Since it began in the 1990s, E-Rate has helped bring high-speed internet access to 97 percent of U.S.

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E-rate Broadband Digital Divide Libraries 117

MIND Research Institute

MAY 13, 2020

There are a lot of unanswered questions, but also some great reference points to help guide us as we develop answers together. 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.

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Meeting Digital Divide Education STEM 78

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. Furthermore, off-campus access to the internet is far from equitable.

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Student Data Privacy Digital Divide Guidelines Policies 69

Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 2, 2013

He argues that we are becoming more creative and have the potential for endless cognitive gain as a result of increased access to these technologies. A persistent digital divide exists between the industrialised world and emerging countries. There are even divides between those who can use the technologies and those who can't.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 2, 2012

Secondly, as Ian Clarke (2010) suggests in his Guardian article , we still need libraries because they inform users about best practice in the use of search tools and the promotion of better digital literacies. Readers can now access a great many historical maps, genealogical records or rare volumes without leaving their armchairs.

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Libraries Digital Divide Trends Social Media 70

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Like much of rural America, Garfield County is on the wrong side of the “homework gap” — a stubborn disparity in at-home broadband that hinders millions of students’ access to the array of online learning, collaboration and research tools that are enjoyed by their better-connected peers. Going without isn’t an option.

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Broadband Chromebook Accessibility Mobility 92

eSpark

MAY 18, 2016

In Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance , Angela Duckworth explores the accessibility of achievement, arguing that anyone can be a high performer with the right motivation, hard work, and support. For students whose area of interest lies outside of the classrooms, the internet has made deliberate practice more accessible than ever.

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