Education Superhighway

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Yet, in Chicago and cities nationwide, Multi-Dwelling Units (MDUs) such as apartment buildings and public housing often remain at the center of the digital divide. Recognizing this critical gap, Chicago’s Digital Equity Council prioritized connecting MDUs in its latest Neighborhood Broadband Request for Proposals (RFP).

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2023

The digital divide has long been a simmering problem facing millions of students that took a global pandemic to bring to a boil. Despite incremental progress made to narrow the digital divide, students’ success today hinges on having access to a connected device and high-speed internet in the classroom and at home.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2023

One such company, Information Equity Initiative (IEI), is working to bridge the digital divide so that all students have access to educational information. So, three PBS member stations came together, recognizing they could use their television spectrum to directly serve kids on the other side of the digital divide.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Two students who received laptops because of a parent-led effort to close the digital divide for Spanish-speaking families in Clark County, Nevada. A student shows off the laptop she received thanks to of a parent-led effort to close the digital divide for Spanish-speaking families in Clark County, Nevada.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The report also offers ways that those digital divides can be mitigated. “We As an example, the report highlights the experience of Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation in Indiana, which has embraced universal design for learning in a variety of ways. The post How can we close the digital divide?

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 2, 2020

The fact of the matter is that there were too many examples of how it didn’t work across the country. Additionally, the digital divide is wider than many perceived. With the latter, it is imperative that any challenges and mishaps from the spring are addressed now to ensure better implementation at scale.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 23, 2020

Technology plays a huge role, which is why all efforts need to be made to eliminate the digital divide. Choice boards represent a solid blended learning strategy where tasks can be scaffolded, differentiated, and contain a mix of digital and non-digital options. The key, however, is balance.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 7, 2025

Here are three examples: 1. Digital platforms that expand students career horizons New digital platforms like Career Connect have the power to expand students career horizons, no matter where they are. Verizon Innovative Learning Schools is a good example of this approach.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

In 43 states, that affordability gap accounts for the largest share of the digital divide, according to the EducationSuperHighway report. Policymakers have been talking about the digital divide for decades, but we’ve been closing it at a pace of about 1 percent a year,” Marwell said. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

Nationwide, significant progress has been made since March 2020 on closing the digital divide – the chasm between those K-12 learners who have access to reliable internet and computing devices at home and those who don’t. There’s a role, he says, for a hot spot for a student who becomes homeless, for example.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

But when schools support students in transferring their skills to their parents, they are narrowing the digital divide. For example, one of our principals took the extra step of barbecuing hot dogs and hamburgers for families. It’s often just a matter or contacting the right people. Make participants feel welcome.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 24, 2020

Even though many of us have been beating the drum for years regarding this issue, there is such a long way to go when it comes to closing the digital divide. For example, in math, a teacher would typically write out the steps to solve a problem on the board. Even in more affluent areas, one cannot assume equitable access.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

We have this huge digital divide that’s making it hard for [students] to get their education,” she said. David Silver, the director of education for the mayor’s office, said people talked about the digital divide, but there had never been enough energy to tackle it. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. “We

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2018

For this reason, it is critical to engage digital citizenship from a system-level perspective, embedding digital citizenship practices across the instructional program.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 17, 2021

While there are video and audio tools that help bridge the physical distance, your communications strategy needs to include cognizance of the digital divide and your students’ access to these tools. Read more: 6 Practical strategies for teaching across the digital divide. Be flexible with your tools.

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Neo LMS

JULY 12, 2018

However, there would be little point in highlighting these benefits if we did not also acknowledge that digital access at home continues to disadvantage students after school, where they are expected to conduct digitally-enabled homework assignments and projects. 4 Examples of the best digital access initiatives.

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Digital Promise

MAY 13, 2021

Highlights from the survey include: Keeping Up Academically and the Digital Divide : Eighty-two percent of teachers say it’s been difficult for their students to keep up academically during the pandemic, though only 45 percent of parents have the same concern for their own child. Digital Divide.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 24, 2020

Organizations and coalitions including Learning Keeps Going , Tech for Learners , Google , and Digital Promise have also compiled lists of resources from various education organizations as well as available edtech products. Bridging The Digital Divide.

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The 21st Century Principal

JULY 21, 2012

Recently, I found myself entangled with several people in a Twitter debate about whether BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) policies actually perpetuate or aggravate the digital divide our students currently experience. Still, we do need to be concerned about the effects of the digital divide under our BYOD policy.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Rory Kennedy examines the gaps computer and internet access between wealthy and impoverished schools in her latest documentary, “Without a Net: The Digital Divide in America.”. But that won’t close what has come to be known as “the digital divide.”. How long has the “digital divide” been on your radar?

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 2, 2017

We have made great strides to level the technology playing field in education, but unfortunately the digital divide still exists between those who have the tools to research, learn and collaborate online at home, and those who don’t. 1 Further, there’s a second level digital divide 2 that’s emerging in the classroom.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

School districts can improve digital equity through investments, partnerships with businesses and national grants, says Steve Langford, CIO of Beaverton School District in Oregon. Langford recently talked with EdTech about the challenges of the digital divide and practical ways to overcome them. He should know.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Parkland School District in Pennsylvania, like many of the nation’s public school systems, is seeing increases in student poverty rates and English language proficiency — trends that could make any existing digital divides worse. But Parkland school leaders are taking proactive steps to improve digital equity.

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Neo LMS

APRIL 26, 2022

The divide comes when you consider how these generations were raised in connection to technology. The differences between these current generations are considered singular and anomalous because they bridge the digital divide — reflecting the varying ways we communicate, interact, and learn.

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Securly

OCTOBER 24, 2024

For example, only 63% are taking advantage of student wellness monitoring to identify signs of bullying, violence, suicide, self-harm, and depression. 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. Click to watch today !

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 13, 2020

For example, one of the most frequently repeated benefits of online learning, according to teenagers , has been the flexibility it offers when it comes to time. Read more: 6 Practical strategies for teaching across the digital divide. We can empower them by giving them more choices.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 24, 2017

This digital divide and poverty create unique challenges. An example of a rural program from the Farm Bureau that is an exemplary idea we can use in education. Rural education has a significant majority of perpetually impoverished counties in America. Daisy gives us five ideas to address them. Listen Now. Listen on iTunes.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 26, 2020

Bridging the digital divide is more critical than ever. Milton Area School District in central Pennsylvania, for example, found that purchasing laptops and tablets for students was not enough to prepare them for virtual instruction.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

For example, the UK government’s controversial decision to stop offering free school meals during the holidays is a clear departure from this philosophy. For example, if you had a “silly hat day” each month, continue to do so in online classes as well. In reality, “Maslow before Bloom” doesn’t just happen in a classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 25, 2023

For example, Microsoft CoPilot will be integrated into Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and all of the Microsoft Apps (I’m guessing One Note), along with the Notion-Like Microsoft Loop app that kicked off this week. It is a subtle difference but one that is meaningful and results in a contextual issue.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 5, 2021

For example, do this directly by donating supplies, funding a GoFundMe page set by a teacher, or by pitching in their Amazon (or any other company) wish list. That’s why neglecting this area can lead to a bigger digital divide among students. This is undoubtedly a global trend — and a major problem. Work experience help.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

For example, at Columbia University, professors are creating and using virtual reality tools to help students gain empathy across racial lines, learn dentistry techniques and examine molecules in 3D. “The A Digital Divide — Or Bridge? A virtual reality headset costs hundreds of dollars.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2020

It’s a longstanding national crisis, often referred to as the “digital divide,” which at Kapor Capital we identify as one of the cumulative barriers across The Leaky Tech Pipeline. And it means funding companies and founders who are committed to closing the digital divide.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 20, 2020

Address the digital divide. As thousands of school districts across the country have rolled out remote learning, many have discovered that students have very different sets of resources when it comes to digital education tools. This raises the question: How exactly should schools invest in technology to keep up?

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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. With Zoom, for example, students might experience harmful or obscene visuals during “ Zoombombing ”—internet trolling during video conferencing.

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ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

As a definition published by Boston University explains, it is an example of “learning by doing,” and some of the related activities can include field trips, laboratory experiments, and studio performances. This technology can also cater to a variety of other needs too.

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Neo LMS

MAY 14, 2020

There’s no secret that a digital divide is creating barriers between students and learning. For example, through VR/AR students can go beyond the classroom to learn, and will in the future replace at least some activities such as educational field trips. In a crisis, this becomes so obvious that it’s impossible to ignore.

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