eSchool News

APRIL 8, 2016

Integrated platform enables personalized learning, streamlined communication with family and community engagement, and unified workflows. We haven’t purchased a text book in six years. Blackboard is helping us erase the digital divide and provide more opportunities for all students.”.

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Blackboard Digital Divide Competency Based Learning Learning 40

MindShift

JUNE 9, 2021

Students could also highlight new words to hear pronunciations or learn definitions, strengthening vocabularies. For students who might not feel confident reading grade-level material, or who process information better when listening, read-along features for books and articles can be pivotal.

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Technology Classroom Software Accessibility 48

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Big data, open spaces, employability, utilizing maker movements, balancing innovation and accountability, privacy, collaboration, closing the digital divide, personalized learning, and navigating the hostile political climate were just a few of the concerns the audience members brought up.

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EdTech Robotics Maker Movement Conference 60

MindShift

DECEMBER 5, 2020

Here are five lessons learned so far: 1. The digital divide is still big and complex. Lee at Brookings is working on a book about the digital divide, and she says it’s multidimensional. And the digital divide is about more than equipment. There are backlogs of items such as Chromebooks.

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Digital Divide Learning Laptops Broadband 28

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 99

Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2018

He’s recently co-authored a children’s book, “ Our First Talk about Poverty.”) Personalized Learning’ is Not an Algorithm Higher education and K-12 may hold different views about what personalized learning is—but at the very least, they agree what it is not. The audience tried to spice up the discussion.

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Company Kaplan EdTech Industry 109

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

After dealing with the first priority — making sure students were safe and fed — schools had to figure out how to keep the learning alive. But America’s persistent digital divide has greatly hampered efforts toward this goal. Inequity looms large. It was about, ‘How will we do it?’ ”.

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Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 75

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Here’s what they had to say: Text-based AI interfaces provide an opportunity to help close the digital divide…and avoid an impending AI divide. Another advantage of AI is the time it can save teachers in the creation of personalized learning experiences.

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Trends EdTech Industry Data 143

EdTechSandyK

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Challenges Current tech practices in schools do not support the demand for personalized learning. Digital media literacy continues to rise in importance as a key skill in every discipline and profession. Many activities related to learning and education take place outside walls of classroom. 80+% have mobile phones.

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BYOD Poll Everywhere Mobility Laptops 60

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Here’s what they had to say: Text-based AI interfaces provide an opportunity to help close the digital divide…and avoid an impending AI divide. Another advantage of AI is the time it can save teachers in the creation of personalized learning experiences.

Trends 52

Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The survey also showed that preschools serving these children went to great lengths to support parents in providing learning activities to make up for missed opportunities at school. reading two times or less per week using a book or a tablet) has increased significantly from last fall, from 18 to 28 percent.

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Technology Tablets Digital Divide Policies 117

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

As learning in the digital age progresses, online platforms, interactive simulations, and virtual classrooms have become essential tools, promoting and supporting self-directed and personalized learning experiences. In this model, the importance of learning in the digital age is emphasized.

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Digital Divide Learning Digital Learning Adaptive Learning 92

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Secondly, technology fosters personalized learning by adapting to individual student needs. Adaptive learning platforms tailor instruction based on students’ progress, catering to diverse learning styles and allowing for self-paced learning. Technology enables personalized learning experiences.

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Technology Adaptive Learning Future Ready Learning 52

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

These tools, ranging from interactive whiteboards to educational apps and virtual learning platforms, bridge traditional methodologies with innovative approaches. Integrating technology in the classroom not only cultivates digital literacy but also fosters collaborative and personalized learning environments.

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Khan Academy Technology Tools LMS 57

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 101

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

As we wrapped up 2020, we thought for sure that 2021 might bring us a reprieve from pandemic learning. Virtual and hybrid learning continued into the spring, but then classrooms welcomed back students for full-time in-person learning in the fall. Well, it did–but it also didn’t.

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EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 114

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, The key word in that headline isn’t “digital”; it’s “force.” Um, they do.)

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

Edsurge profiles “ personalized learning ” software used in a virtual school that has some 450 incarcerated students. Via Inside Higher Ed : “ OpenStax Launches Learning Platform.” ” Adaptive software is not the same as personalized learning , says eSchool News. for Robotics Contest.”

Education 46

Education Pearson Report Robotics 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 7, 2018

I’m ending that series, I think, so I can focus on writing books. ” Via Chalkbeat : “New early learning initiative brings Sesame Street lessons into Memphis classrooms.” A nice review in The Nation of Eve Ewing ’s new book (and her work more broadly) on the closure of schools in Chicago.

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Education MOOC Report Data 56