Edsurge
JUNE 18, 2020
She shares one computer with her family of five, lacks home internet access and uses a smartphone to connect online. According to the Code.org Advocacy Coalition , across 24 states, only 27 percent of schools serving low-income students offer computer science courses, compared to 41 percent of schools serving their high-income peers.
eSchool News
APRIL 19, 2023
Since more than 90 percent of teens have access to smartphones and mobile devices, ASA’s suite of digital experiences provides an equitable way to ensure all youth can explore career possibilities that match their interests — as early as middle school – and test and try in high school.
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The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 14, 2021
At the start of the program, students are given an inexpensive smartphone with internet access, which they get to keep once they complete the program. For example, the focus of last summer’s global virtual camp was leadership and advocacy through the power of storytelling. Students produced mini-documentaries and TED-style talks.
Edsurge
MAY 30, 2024
Also known as microchips, semiconductors are small wafers of circuitry used in computers and smartphones, as well as clean energy technologies like solar panels, wind turbines and electric cars. It’s a way to say: “Let the child care experts take this, and you be the experts on building semiconductors,” she said.
Digital Promise
JULY 28, 2016
In a variety of pilot studies, “the kids have been very excited to use the smartphone devices, and it’s amazing to see how quickly they can pick it up and use it to its full capacity. So much of environmental study has been about advocacy for the outdoors, or nature ed. We want to create greater environmental literacy,” says Grotzer.
Edsurge
DECEMBER 17, 2018
Common Sense Privacy Evaluations Common Sense, a nonprofit education and advocacy organization, maintains a database that evaluates edtech tools on whether they are safe for use in schools. analyzes smartphone apps and outlines the personally identifiable information (PII) the apps extract and share with third parties.
Edsurge
AUGUST 5, 2017
Students need to have an option to reply where they can briefly indicate why they were absent and, if they are in crisis, be automatically redirected to on-campus (ex: counselling center) and neighborhood assistance (immigration advocacy).
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