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Last week we discussed the digitaldivide , and today I thought we could explore some practical strategies that teachers, as individuals, can adopt in an effort to bridge the digitaldivide in their classrooms. 6 Practical strategies for teaching across the digitaldivide. Starting a socialmedia account.
Ray Allen Foundation Gifts Computer Lab to Miami-Dade Middle School to Help Bridge the DigitalDivide. I want to say thank you for your accomplishments and your efforts to close the digitaldivide,” Bulnes told Allen. He's a writer, technology enthusiast, socialmedia lover and all-around digital guy.
Two students who received laptops because of a parent-led effort to close the digitaldivide for Spanish-speaking families in Clark County, Nevada. Curious to know how many families in her community were still struggling, Gurr turned to a socialmedia group she had started for Spanish-speaking parents for an answer.
Students can play games, watch stupid videos, browse inappropriate websites, spend time on socialmedia, or catch up on the latest episodes of their favorite series. Myths No 3: BYOD will deepen the digitaldivide. If schools allow students to bring their own devices to class, do they really deepen this digitaldivide?
Each student has a brand-new laptop and has easily mastered Google Classroom and the other educational apps you carefully chose for them. Like other K–12 school districts around the country, you’re closing the digitaldivide — making sure your students have access to technology that paves the way for their future successes.
At the same time, because the metaverse is also being used in areas like socialmedia and the creation of video games, its use as an educational tool has not necessarily been fully understood by all. In general, the current generation of students is more likely to engage with gamification elements or with socialmedia platforms.
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. If educators post a screenshot of their students on socialmedia to show off their virtual teaching, that is a serious violation of both FERPA and COPPA.
Since 2020, the socialmedia app has invested millions of dollars and teamed with experts, public figures, and educational institutions to post more learning material under the hashtag #LeanOnTikTok. While some students remain unconnected, Oakland’s effort has emerged as an example of how to tackle a citywide digitaldivide.
While excessive phone and socialmedia use was clearly linked to poorer outcomeslike lower grades, less sleep, and higher anxietythe study suggests that bans alone arent enough. When both students and teachers are short on tools and support, the digitaldivide doesnt shrinkit grows. In under-resourced schools?
The digitaldivide between rich and poor students isn’t what it used to be. What I am seeing is increasing anxiety about students' own phones in the classroom and the distraction that brings, and skepticism from parents about the value of laptops for homework.
But the iPads will be discontinued next year in favor of the Dell Latitude Education Series (3160) touchscreen laptop computer. The partnership aims to bridge the digitaldivide in Pittsburg by offering parents refurbished computers free of charge. That's a lot of computers.
The developmentally appropriate lessons come after requests from schools, and will focus on The Social Institute’s Seven Social Standards , which serve as a set of guiding principles for socialmedia and tech use. Olympians) to be their best selves on all platforms, we help them “win the game of socialmedia.”
It couldn’t get vendors to commit to a delivery date for orders of laptops it placed in early March, according to Education Week. Parents and teachers have taken to socialmedia to plead for device donations for their kids. The Metropolitan School District of Pike Township in Indiana was not so fortunate.
Unfortunately, school closures have meant a step backward for many when it comes to the digitaldivide. DMPS distributed nearly 21,000 laptop computers to students throughout Des Moines during two weeks in mid-April. Des Moines Public Schools distributed nearly 21,000 laptop computers to students during two weeks in mid-April.
Previously via laptop computers, but more recently via mobile devices. Socialmedia has become central to their (and our) everyday lives. The Digital Tipping Point - moment in a young person''s life when they migrate to the digital world. What happens when we block socialmedia in schools?
These highly confident teachers also believe that their students are significantly better prepared to use technology for everything from independent research to collaboration on schoolwork via socialmedia.
Coding platforms, such as Scratch and Code.org, promote digital literacy and computational thinking. The ubiquitous presence of digital devices and technology tools in education, including laptops, tablets, and smartphones, allows students to access a wealth of educational resources and multimedia content.
The digitaldivide is still big and complex. Many districts have scrambled to distribute their classroom laptops to families, to buy portable hot spots, and call on private and corporate donations. Lee at Brookings is working on a book about the digitaldivide, and she says it’s multidimensional.
For many years, educators like myself have turned to the education community on Twitter and other socialmedia platforms to network, find inspiration and share fresh ideas for how to spark active learning in our classrooms. The role of schools in providing accessible and equitable education will come into focus.
The platform has a growing list of career specific material catering to aspiring coders and other tech-related roles such as sales, socialmedia and marketing. The pandemic widened already significant social disparities, and as education and training have shifted online fears about the “digitaldivide” have intensified.
School libraries had always been central to digital access for the entire school, and when learning moved online they became tech hubs for both teachers and students. School librarians are also making connections on socialmedia during this time of social and cultural upheaval, sharing tips and support with fellow librarians.
Students become distracted with their technology and socialmedia, neither listening to the instructor or classmates (if they do happen to be focusing on class work) nor being engaged in the class (checking email, messages, or facebook or even studying for another class).
Tagged on: April 1, 2017 Ofsted to 'snoop' on parents' and pupils' socialmedia | iNews → Its like Klout, but for school accountability. Tagged on: March 31, 2017 The DigitalDivide: A Quarter of the Nation Is Without Broadband | Time → Politically, the persistence of the digital gap defies logic.
Tagged on: April 1, 2017 Ofsted to 'snoop' on parents' and pupils' socialmedia | iNews → Its like Klout, but for school accountability. Tagged on: March 31, 2017 The DigitalDivide: A Quarter of the Nation Is Without Broadband | Time → Politically, the persistence of the digital gap defies logic.
Again and again, the media told stories — wildly popular stories , apparently — about how technology industry executives refuse to allow their own children to use the very products they were selling to the rest of us. The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.”
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