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 212

Neo LMS

MAY 14, 2020

There’s no secret that a digital divide is creating barriers between students and learning. Now, in this sense, there are many people who are extremely intelligent, but not in a way that is widely accepted by society (what non-experts would call book smart). In a crisis, this becomes so obvious that it’s impossible to ignore.

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Education EdTech Digital Divide Online Learning 401

Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

Privacy and Student Data During these pressing circumstances, many educators are curating and sharing digital tools, strategies, and tips for remote teaching with their networks. Moving forward, educators need better training and support for evaluating digital tools, online resources, and apps for educational purposes.

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Digital Divide Social Media Microsoft Policies 218

Neo LMS

OCTOBER 5, 2021

That’s why neglecting this area can lead to a bigger digital divide among students. English teachers might be looking for authors to talk about their books and writing in general. Not to mention that in some areas, online and hybrid are still the preferred modes of instruction, at least for now.

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Education Digital Divide Laptops Trends 363

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 22, 2021

A meta-analysis of 39 studies of children’s picture books finds that children score better on comprehension tests after reading a paper book than after reading a digital book. Digital picture books have been a godsend during the pandemic. Should they revert back to print or stick with e-books?

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Analysis Study Smartphone Report 145

A Principal's Reflections

JULY 2, 2017

What separates this conference from all others is the fact that the program is built around district and school teams who have closed achievement gaps, bridged the digital divide, and implemented innovative practices aligned to research. What research and evidence can be aligned to support the actions to be taken?

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Conference Digital Divide Strategy Video 227

techlearning

APRIL 17, 2019

A 2016 survey of 1,200 parents revealed that while 94 percent of families are connected to the internet, 23 percent access it on mobile devices, 26 percent share a single computer and 20 percent experienced loss of internet service due to lack of payment

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Digital Divide How To Survey Mobility 78

EdTechTeam

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

How can we close this digital divide? According to the US Department of Education , there are seven ways to help close the digital divide. These teachers were challenged to a Breakout based on the book “The Dot” by Peter Reynolds. How do we use, integrate, and engage learning with the newest technology?

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Digital Divide Social Media Robotics Conference 58

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

That makes HBCUs and other minority-serving institutions, and universities more broadly, really interesting and powerful partners in bridging the digital divide,” Ben-Avie said. Higher ed has been paying more attention to this idea since pandemic-era remote learning underscored students’ uneven access to computers and internet.

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Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Data 169

Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2022

Addressing the digital divide requires a human-centered approach In the early days of the pandemic, schools raced to provide devices and hotspots to students, responding to concerns over a widening digital divide. We must not let the flood of tech tools overshadow the necessary human element of education.

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Digital Divide Education Data Technology 176

Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2020

Maybe it is about learning new technology, but it also could be about reading a book together.” We started a couple of years ago with a digital equity group to focus on this issue when we started seeing issues related to the digital divide. But access is maybe the first part of the digital divide.

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Technology Digital Divide Broadband Accessibility 218

Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2020

As a teacher, the long nights and weekends I spent creating and customizing resources, along with the thousands of dollars I spent each year buying classroom supplies, copy paper, books, winter coats, and even food for my students eventually led me to turn my attention to school finance: Why were there never enough resources for my students?

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Education Digital Divide STEM System 205

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

D-ID – Digital people text to video Prof Jim – AI text to video to add to lessons Speaker Bios as Submitted Dan Fitzpatrick Dan Fitzpatrick is the author of The AI Classroom: The Ultimate Guide to Artificial Intelligence in Education. He is a co-author of two upcoming books, The AI Classroom, and The Discipline Code.

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Classroom Tools Data Twitter 523

The Daring Librarian

MAY 15, 2011

This conversation will consist of viable, creative, meaningful, and daring products that demonstrate information mastery, go beyond the regular research report and span the digital divide. Writing a short, concise, quality book review is a challenge! Choose a YA book to review *you have read* (non-negotiable!)

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Twitter Social Media Wiki Digital Divide 71

Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2024

Closing global education gaps How is Learning Equality addressing the challenge of the digital divide and the 2.6 The term digital divide often refers to not having affordable access to the internet or specific hardware. But another important aspect is thinking about digital literacy skills and digital rights.

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EdTech Digital Divide Education Khan Academy 159

Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2024

Currently, most stories generated by AI resemble illustrated e-books rather than digital picture books. Typically, in an illustrated e-book, characters are merely drawn to reflect the information in the text. Drawing on research is valuable for effective content as well as the format of narrative texts.

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EdTech Company Digital Divide Tools 202

eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2022

The great education beta test brought on by the pandemic has resulted in discoveries and innovations across education — from distance learning and closing the digital divide, to addressing the need for diversity, equity, and inclusion in schools, and so much more,” Hogan said.

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Digital Divide Education eBook Laptops 144

Edsurge

JANUARY 20, 2020

In 2014, Palmdale School District was experiencing a major digital divide. In 2014, Palmdale School District was experiencing a major digital divide. All of my books are online, and all of my lessons are digital. District leaders knew that something had to change, and it needed to happen fast.

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Digital Learning Digital Divide Classroom Learning 146

eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2024

The Department of Education’s newly-updated National Educational Technology Plan introduces a component Murray said is critical for the nation–not just the digital divide, but the digital use divide. ”

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Student Engagement EdTech Tools Digital Divide 131

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Modification tools are those that redesign typical classroom tasks like book reports and science projects. Typical book reports become Siskel and Ebert style video reviews using tools like YouTube Capture. These tools become truly transformative when they’re used by teachers.

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Assessment Educreations Digital Divide Tools 167

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 20, 2016

There will be people on your list, those who live life on the opposite side of the digital divide, who miss these messages just because of how they’re delivered. It straddles the digital divide between those with the tech-infused family and those who feel pretty plugged in just having a phone. Insider Tips.

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Tools Digital Divide Report Digital Citizenship 150

Learning with 'e's

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Far too many futurologists, authors and commentators are ignoring the issue of the digital divide. Several books I have read recently on new and emerging technologies provide a healthy balance. The digital divide will not go away, but it cannot be ignored. For any number of reasons, they refuse to participate.

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Digital Divide Broadband Facebook Mobility 64

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. It operates in the cloud so there’re no download foibles, pesky maintenance, or expensive yearly upgrades.

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Google Digital Divide Wiki Digital Citizenship 150

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Digital resources such as interactive e-books, educational apps, and multimedia content enrich the learning experience, making lessons more engaging and accessible. Several key impacts highlight the transformative nature of technology in primary and secondary education and its impact on digital age learners.

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Digital Divide Learning Digital Learning Adaptive Learning 103

Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2019

And as a person interested in digital equity, I had a chance to connect experts who were national leaders on the digital divide. The Role of White Fragility In her book “White Fragility,” author Robin DiAngelo discusses how white people often view racism in a good/bad binary.

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Conference EdTech Digital Divide Personal Learning Network 167

EdTechSandyK

MARCH 6, 2012

They will have very different expectations of what a book will be and what learning will be even as they enters Kindergarten! The Digital Edge - Watkins is trying to understand role of digital media in lives of kids on the margins of digital access - second language homes, low socioeco environments, etc?

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Digital Divide Technology Social Media Mobility 61

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2020

Rising fourth graders listen as a teacher reads a book at an elementary school summer program in Silver Spring, MD. While a pandemic shouldn’t be the impetus for giving students what they need, we can take advantage of the fact that the crisis is forcing districts to finally close the digital divide.

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Learning Software Digital Divide Broadband 132

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 18, 2021

Even before the coronavirus pandemic hit, teens were spending an average of seven hours a day on their phones, as the journalist Paul Greenberg points out in his 2020 book, “ Goodbye Phone, Hello World.” Morgan is concerned that increased technology use is displacing book reading. Book reading is so important for kids,” he said.

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Study Social Media Elementary Smartphone 144

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Kids from black and Latino communities — who are often already on the wrong side of the digital divide — will face greater inequalities if we go too far toward digitizing education without considering how to check the inherent biases of the (mostly white) developers who create AI systems.

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Digital Divide System Assessment Robotics 107

Lightspeed Systems

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Secondly, utilize edtech solutions like Lightspeed Digital Insight to learn when data privacy terms and conditions are changed. A final consideration is the impact of AI on the ‘digital divide’ and digital equity. Simply, the digital divide, a digital inequity, places too many students at a distinct disadvantage.

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Student Data Privacy Digital Divide Guidelines Policies 69

The Hechinger Report

JULY 25, 2023

Related: How one city closed the digital divide for nearly all its students Second, district leadership can foster equity by focusing on policies behind the scenes that lead to better outcomes for all. Are students’ books culturally relevant to them and can they connect with them?

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System Policies Digital Divide Outcomes 96

The Hechinger Report

MAY 14, 2018

I tended to side with the latter when my daughter was in her preschool years because I was convinced that books and active play were superior. Related: Technology overuse may be the new digital divide. But we’ve all been exhausted at 6 a.m. and streamed videos from YouTube. She’s seeing mixed results.

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Video Education Digital Divide Study 103

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

APRIL 14, 2016

First, to ensure you do not miss a valuable post or other resources covering PBL, Digital Curriculum, Web 2.0, Booking Info – It is time to think about your school or conference needs. Check out my Booking Page. I am now almost booked through August, and September through December of the 2016 calendar is filling fast.

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Resources Digital Divide Conference Education 60

Learning with 'e's

MARCH 2, 2012

The library has long been seen by many as a very traditional, conservative institution, and is often portrayed as a place where rows upon rows of antiquated book shelves slowly gather dust. Just how are libraries adapting to the digital age and all it brings? The digital age would have put paid to them.

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Libraries Digital Divide Trends Social Media 70

Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

Since the last edition of a ‘Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News”: I’ve joined efforts to support Net Neutrality protections ; Written further about the prediction made in the book, “Disrupting Class.”

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EdTech E-rate Software Data 150

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

But a few pioneering districts have shown that it’s possible, and Albemarle County has joined a nascent trend of districts trying to build their own bridges across the digital divide. Her kids love to read, and they want to download new books rather than re-read the paperbacks at home. Read more about the Digital Divide.

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Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Blackboard 105

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

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Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192