Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

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. On the home front, three organizations have released a “guidebook” to help schools and states close the internet access and device gap.

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Broadband Report Video EdTech 208

Ed Tech from the Ground Up

APRIL 21, 2016

Beyond internet capability, not every student has access to a laptop or tablet necessary for most ed-tech tools. This digital divide is especially stark between low-income and affluent students. . Five Formative Assessment Tools Recommended by Teacher Experts. Trouble Shooting. In our case, that’s teachers. .

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ViewSonic Education

MARCH 24, 2025

Plus, AI-powered tools like ClassSwift are stepping up in big waysauto-grading assessments, generating curriculum-aligned quizzes, and even delivering personalized feedback based on student data. When both students and teachers are short on tools and support, the digital divide doesnt shrinkit grows. In under-resourced schools?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 14, 2017

The online activities can be used for one-on-one instruction using a computer, tablet, or class instruction on an interactive whiteboard. Books are read on the website or a tablet. In school subscriptions, quizzes are available to assess student basic comprehension skills. Unite for Literacy. –published first on TeachHUB.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

That schools rely on the mega-rich to fund their digital learning at all—and that those funds could dry up at any time—illustrates some of the fundamental problems with K-12 technology spending: It is inconsistent, pieced together haphazardly, and as a result impacts student technology access in disproportionate ways.

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Technology E-rate Laptops Digital Divide 204

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Moreover, smart K-12 learning systems often include tools for continuous assessment and feedback, allowing educators to monitor progress and adapt instructional strategies in real-time. Digital learning provides personalized education, catering to individual learning styles and pacing.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The integration of interactive whiteboards, tablets, and educational software in classrooms has made learning more dynamic and engaging. Assessment tools and data analytics play a major role in education today, enabling educators to gauge students’ understanding and use data to determine what interventions students need to best learn.

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Trends Digital Divide EdTech Adaptive Learning 115

Educator Innovator

MARCH 16, 2016

The most obvious addition to the plan is its focus on the “digital-use divide.” In 2010, when the department published its last National Ed Tech Plan, the phrase “digital divide” usually meant unequal access to devices like laptops and high-speed internet, a severe disparity.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Prior to the 2021-2022 school year, the district’s assessment data showed math scores were low, contributing to 14 out of 48 schools in the district being identified as low performing in 2019. Johnston County district leaders made it a priority to find out where they were going wrong.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Learning management systems (LMS) streamline course administration, enabling educators to organize content, assess student progress, and facilitate online discussions. Coding platforms, such as Scratch and Code.org, promote digital literacy and computational thinking. Educational apps and software, such as Kahoot!

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Educator Innovator

MARCH 16, 2016

The most obvious addition to the plan is its focus on the “digital-use divide.” In 2010, when the department published its last National Ed Tech Plan, the phrase “digital divide” usually meant unequal access to devices like laptops and high-speed internet, a severe disparity.

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Technology Future Ready Edcamps Tablets 36

eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

The various services and products acquired by consolidators over the last year or two will be integrated into increasingly comprehensive platforms offering instructional content, assessments, and classroom tools all in one place. It’s not enough just to assess students; we actually have to do something about what’s going on.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

However, the rise of edtech also brings challenges, including concerns about equity, privacy, and the digital divide. Additionally, safeguarding student data in a digital age is critical, requiring stringent policies and protections. Teachers can also use Kahoot! Additionally, Kahoot!

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

The pandemic highlighted the massive digital divide that exists between marginalized communities and affluent communities that enjoy well-established digital infrastructure. And those exams–as the learner progresses–will include questions from previous assessments to ensure information is being retained.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

With the ambitious goal of closing the digital divide, Congress approved and President Biden recently signed into law $65 billion for broadband infrastructure—the largest federal investment in history. Still, solving the digital divide will not in itself create digital equity. million households remain unconnected.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2017

“This issue constitutes a new civil right: the right to digital equity,” concluded a June 2017 report on the “homework gap” from the Consortium for School Networking. Related: Many low-income families get on the Internet with smartphones or tablets. That matters. Here’s why. We’re looking at a public asset, assigned to do public good.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2016

We also know that other school districts across the country are in the midst of trying to incorporate technology to enhance learning, and to close the so-called digital divide — to ensure all students have access to an Internet-enabled device. Related: Many low-income families get on the Internet with smartphones or tablets.

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Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

The New York Times on “The Challenges of Closing the Digital Divide.” “ Amplify Slims Down and Spins Off Assessment Content Provider, Fluence ,” says Edsurge. ” According to marketing research by the International Data Corporation , “ Tablets will see a decline, then increase in 2018.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2016

The latter group, which is more likely to be comprised of Black, Latino, and low-income students, performed better on writing assessments when writing with pencil and paper. Education technology companies now promise that they can help schools identify these struggling students, through an algorithmic assessment of who’s at risk.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

What’s your assessment of the group’s strategy? A framework for digital equity In this report, nonprofit group Digital Promise explains how K-12 schools can take a leadership role in ensuring Black, Hispanic, Native American and rural students have equal access to high speed internet, computers and digital literacy training.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, Um, they do.) Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon. The Teacher Influencer Hustle.

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