eSchool News

OCTOBER 17, 2024

In the event that demand for E-rate support exceeds available funding in a given funding year, eligible on-premises category one and category two equipment and service requests will be prioritized and funded before eligible off-premises equipment and service requests.

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Neo LMS

JULY 29, 2021

The digital divide in accessing learning and teaching tools and large gaps in teacher’s access to digital training are other areas of concern. These include social media interaction, collecting first-hand data during a one-on-one discussion at events, and engaging in customer focus groups online and in person.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 30, 2018

Like other K–12 school districts around the country, you’re closing the digital divide — making sure your students have access to technology that paves the way for their future successes. Use Social Media and Events to Keep Parents in the Know. Powering their devices is a robust network and state-of-the-art cloud technology.

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Securly

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Securly’s latest on-demand digital event focuses on the impact of AI in K-12 education, and how it can help to revolutionize your school climate monitoring. Increasing Digital Equity & Parent Engagement Districts seem to be struggling with a growing digital divide. Click to watch today !

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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. Microsoft and Google both have support pages dedicated to teaching users how to create accessible digital materials, including documents, slides and spreadsheets.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 2, 2017

Thousands of educators attend events around the United States to connect, learn, and grow. 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.

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Neo LMS

MAY 14, 2020

There’s no secret that a digital divide is creating barriers between students and learning. Depending on whether we’re talking about K-12 or HE, this means more time for project-based learning (PBL), research projects, exchange programs, attending events that are connected to the main subject, lab work, or internships.

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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. Implementing these seven areas to close the digital divide in our school has made a great impact on their learning, and has empowered our students to drive their own education.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

The event marks a major milestone and is the culmination of months of hard work that began in the spring when teachers received their devices and began planning. After helping at Challenger Middle School’s event on Sept. Big thank you to Principal @DeAnza3 for a great event. 4, Melvin E. pic.twitter.com/Np9nX5U9A0.

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2023

We encourage youth to submit ideas focused on one of the following three categories: Digital Empowerment, Equity In Action and Thriving Planet. Digital Empowerment ideas can be solutions that help bridge the digital divide. Project 10Million is one of our education initiatives aimed at closing the digital divide.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 30, 2020

As the Coronavirus has changed the landscape of education, I have become more and more aware of inequity and the digital divide. In my reflection, I have attempted to present ideas for all schools across the digital divide. Welcome to a post that has taken be a while to write. There may be different levels.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Incorporate diverse authors, historical events, and cultural contexts into the materials used in the classroom. Curriculum diversity and inclusion: Review and update curricula to be more inclusive and representative of diverse cultures, backgrounds, and perspectives.

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eSchool News

MAY 1, 2024

VR and AR can transport students to distant lands, historical events, or even the depths of the human body, making abstract concepts tangible and engaging. Verizon is committed to bridging the digital divide and ensuring that students have access to the tools and resources they need to succeed.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2017

That’s one of the key findings in a just-released Common Sense Media survey tracking media habits among children aged 0-8, which also found a narrowing but significant digital divide among lower-income households, and the first signs that virtual reality and internet-connected toys are finding their way into American homes.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 3, 2016

Here are some highlights and areas of focus for this year’s event: Closing the achievement gap and digital divide – Teams from model districts and schools will present proven pedagogical and leadership strategies on how they accomplished this in challenging times.

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Neo LMS

APRIL 27, 2017

There is also a concern that BYOD creates digital divides in the classroom between well-resourced students and those from families that simply cannot afford to give their children devices. Challenges for BYOD are, however, also obvious: strain on school internet networks, content management, cheating and distraction.

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Edsurge

JULY 5, 2022

Yang: We were first prompted to address concerns over the digital divide. And we want to close the digital divide. EdSurge: What inspired the creation of CoolThink@JC? Not every student has an equal opportunity to learn modern, basic technology that is essential to lucrative careers, such as in STEM fields.

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Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2022

How are we ever going to bridge the digital divide—the digital abyss—if we have different realities of a pandemic, of the outcome of an election, of a war in Ukraine with Russia?” A number of major events in recent years, including the 2016 presidential election in the U.S., 6, 2021, chief among them.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Travis Litman, the chief of staff and senior legal advisor for Jessica Rosenworcel, the FCC commissioner who coined the term “homework gap,” emphasized the growing urgency of addressing the digital divide. “It And buses that shuttle students across the state to athletic events, debates or other competitions also get preference.

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Educational Technology Guy

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

With the relentless barrage of emails, websites, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Google+ notifications we all receive on a daily basis, a simple, short, and concise text message cuts through all the noise of our digital lifestyles,” said Shawn Carrié, member of the Occupy Wall Street’s Tech Ops Working Group. Get started with Celly at cel.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 12, 2016

The thing is, change is not an event; it’s a process. BYOD deepens the digital divide. Even when schools provide for these students — like making them beneficiaries of a BYOD funding program, or letting them check out a device from the school’s library — the digital divide doesn’t disappear completely.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 15, 2021

… Parts of this [are] working for my kid,” the mother of a high school senior reflected during the event. Distance learning dramatically closed the digital divide because these tools became a necessity to attend school. We’ve started something new that we can’t go away from.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 20, 2016

It works on all platforms and can be used to send weekly reports, instant messages, photos, invitations, and a timeline of personal events for each student. 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.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

As the Executive Director of ICWE , Rebecca Stromeyer has been a champion of e-learning for decades, organizing some of the world’s most popular education events: OEB Global and eLearning Africa. A blogger , speaker, author, technology advocate and prominent voice in social media, Rafranz Davis aims to bridge the digital divide in schools.

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Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2024

Inconsistencies in story events are also very common: In a story I recently created on one of these tools, the main character, Natalia, who I named after myself of course, suddenly was interacting with a new character, “Remi’s dog,” with no prior reference to how Remi or the dog got into the story.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 4, 2016

Distribute devices at a celebratory event that is focused on learning, empowerment, and shared responsibility. The digital divide has been bridged, and every learner now has access — at school and at home. Do teachers and parents feel ready? Are behavior expectations clear? Always Available Access. Now what?

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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. This makes it easy to collaborate on work, share collections with others, and keep everyone up-to-date on events in a fluid environment.

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The Innovative Educator

AUGUST 2, 2020

We decided on the following tracks: Equity As we moved online it became more important than ever to address the digital divide. The Summit Video Below is the post-video of the livestreamed event enjoyed during the watch parties. We wanted to address some of the biggest issues happening right now.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 30, 2020

She enrolled in CSIU ESL courses and over time, became a leader in immigrant communities of rural Pennsylvania, recruiting fellow students for ESL programs, adult education, workforce training courses, church, and other community events. To address digital divide issues, classroom lessons are provided both online and with paper-based packets.

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Edsurge

MAY 17, 2022

Recognition that the digital divide prevents academic progress has prompted colleges to do more to connect students with tech tools. With events evolving so fast and with so much uncertainty, it can be hard to take time to gather lessons from what’s worked and what hasn’t.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

These technologies can transport students to historical events, scientific phenomena, or even simulated workplace scenarios, enhancing their understanding and retention of complex concepts. Inclusivity and equity: Leveraging digital technologies in education can help bridge gaps in access and resources.

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Shake Up Learning

APRIL 25, 2023

It’s all part of Verizon’s commitment to helping close the digital divide. Her latest adventures include the launch of Global Maker Day and the #ARVRinEDU community, events, and presentations. Start your journey at verizon.com/shakeup. © Shake Up Learning 2023.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

As we examine current events and issues on technology in the classroom, it helps to take a look at what education looks like in 2024 and where it will go in the future—and there are plenty of edtech updates and K-12 news to track. What does education look like in 2024?

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Education Superhighway

MAY 24, 2022

Local leaders can make an immediate impact on the digital divide in their community by launching an Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) awareness campaign. EducationSuperHighway recently conducted a pilot ACP awareness event in New York City by partnering with the Stanley W.

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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. Educators led energizing sessions on integrating technology. Every attendee had an interesting story to tell, and I made a number of wonderful connections.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 28, 2013

Both events had several common threads, including the new roles of education professionals, the impact of technology on education and the ways students are appropriating new tools to support their learning. A social event in the spectacular surrounds of the iconic John Rylands Library was a fitting conclusion to Day 1.

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User Generated Education

JULY 7, 2016

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