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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 social media account.
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EDTECH: What challenges related to digital equity are you facing in your district? We have a divide, whether it’s a socioeconomic divide or an opportunity divide. It’s a digitaldivide too. We have about 20 in our high school libraries that students can check out. by Wylie Wong.
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Tagged on: March 25, 2017 Lower-income Americans still lag in tech adoption | Pew Research Center → Even as many aspects of the digitaldivide have narrowed over time, the digital lives of lower- and higher-income Americans remain markedly different. This is ALSO true for edtech. Unforrunately, this is news.
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Tagged on: March 25, 2017 Lower-income Americans still lag in tech adoption | Pew Research Center → Even as many aspects of the digitaldivide have narrowed over time, the digital lives of lower- and higher-income Americans remain markedly different. This is ALSO true for edtech. Unforrunately, this is news.
Tagged on: April 2, 2017 School IT Leaders Share Strategies on Defending Against DDoS Attacks | EdTech Magazine → This article claims students are primarily responsible for denial of service attacks on schools. Wish there were publicly available data to support this claim.
Tagged on: April 2, 2017 School IT Leaders Share Strategies on Defending Against DDoS Attacks | EdTech Magazine → This article claims students are primarily responsible for denial of service attacks on schools. Wish there were publicly available data to support this claim.
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