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How Access to Technology Can Create Equity in Schools

Digital Promise

Technology isn’t the only tool we can use to create equitable learning environments, but there are a few ways it can assist in that mission. Students can access learning materials outside of school. Ensuring internet access outside of school. Technology will help create equity in schools when it’s used powerfully.

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Old, Slow Laptops Are Sabotaging College Student Success

Edsurge

Spotty internet service makes remote learning hard for many college students. So does lacking reliable access to a computer. But pandemic-era facilities shutdowns foreclosed that option, leaving students to make do as best they could with old desktop computers, affordable-but-low-powered laptops or even cellphones.

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How to Compress PDFs for Efficient Classroom Resource Sharing

EdTech4Beginners

Effective file management is pivotal for educators and pupils in digital learning environments. As instructional resources increasingly rely on digital formats, the ability to rapidly and efficiently share PDF documents has become integral. Compacting digitised lessons expedites dissemination while retaining intricate specifics.

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The Universal Laptop Program Helping One State Narrow the Digital Divide

Edsurge

And one, Mississippi, has made important strides in closing the digital divide through a pandemic response plan that took each school district’s unique needs and challenges into account. It is worth remembering that the digital divide is not an all or nothing phenomenon. Experiences of digital access exist along a continuum.

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AI-enhanced tutoring: Bridging the achievement gap in American education

eSchool News

Its been shown to produce significant learning gains across a wide range of students; however, the intensive and individualized nature of HDT makes it expensive and challenging to implement on a large scale, limiting its accessibility to those who need it most. Virtual HDT has made great strides in addressing some of these challenges.

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Here’s What Schools Can Do For the Millions of Students Without Internet Access

Edsurge

There's a big giant access issue, both in terms of what happens when there’s no internet and then also what happens when you don’t have a device that can go on the internet,” says Beth Holland, the digital equity and rural project director at the Consortium for School Networking, an industry group for school tech directors.

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The 2017 EdNext Poll on School Reform: Digital Learning

Doug Levin

Credit where it is due : the 2017 EdNext Poll on School Reform expanded coverage of the topic – including 4 items on ‘digital learning’ this year (2 answered by the full sample and 2 split A/B questions asked of half of the sample each) – and while not perfect is much improved.