Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Not all students have reliable internet connections or devices, creating a digital divide that exacerbates existing inequalitiesespecially for younger learners in an online elementary school setting where consistent access is critical for foundational development. Another concern is the varying levels of access to technology.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Despite the promise of digital technologies, not all communities around the world have the access they need. One way to lessen the global digital divide is to provide affordable and accessible computing education to all, regardless of socioeconomic background.

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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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Neo LMS

MARCH 11, 2021

Read more: 6 Practical strategies for teaching across the digital divide. Spending hours on end in front of low-resolution screens, doubled by poor sound quality, amplifies the feeling of digital fatigue. It is safe to say that digital fatigue is a serious condition that can’t be treated lightly.

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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. Consider using the Rigor Relevance Framework as a tool to accomplish both of these preferred outcomes through scaffolding.

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Neo LMS

JULY 29, 2021

Failure to help teachers navigate online teaching tools and understand how to maximize them to boost positive learning outcomes, edtech products won’t be successful. The digital divide in accessing learning and teaching tools and large gaps in teacher’s access to digital training are other areas of concern.

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Lightspeed Systems

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Access to education fundamentally changes life outcomes. Imagine trying to eliminate digital learning from a school district—students, parents, teachers, and administrators would revolt! Digital learning is an absolute necessity for a district to achieve its necessary academic outcomes.

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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.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Most districts have figured out how to temporarily narrow the digital divide by creating a patchwork of coverage achieved by distributing classroom devices, purchasing some new ones, and buying hotspots. Despite how difficult this shift was for everyone involved, we can’t think about going back to the way things were. Cohort 4 Teacher.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2023

However, the study also found that educators lack centralized resources and direct support necessary to successfully overcome barriers to the digital divide. 82 percent of families and 80 percent of educators surveyed feel strongly that high-speed Internet at home is extremely important to fulfilling learning outcomes.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 22, 2018

With an intentional focus on students at the margins, it is possible to create equitable access, participation, and outcomes. The post Inclusive Innovation: Designing for Equity appeared first on Digital Promise. You can keep updated on our research, the progress of our work, and the stories we are cataloging by following #DPLIS.

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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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ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

This means that similar learning outcomes can be achieved at any time, even if the conditions a re not ideal and if observing something or traveling somewhere is not possible. Nevertheless, in order to maximize learning outcomes, other elements like social interaction must also be factored into the equation.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Key points: Schools must ensure greater access to the tech tools students and teachers need The digital divide still holds students back DEI in action: eSN Innovation Roundtable For more news on classroom equity, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership hub Believing that all students have the same access to technology is a mistake.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2018

You’ve called attention to the digital divide and other barriers that keep some students from equal participation. What kind of divides, technological or otherwise, do you see for young people today? There’s a gap in informal education.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2022

Addressing the digital divide requires a human-centered approach In the early days of the pandemic, schools raced to provide devices and hotspots to students, responding to concerns over a widening digital divide. We must not let the flood of tech tools overshadow the necessary human element of education. Adam Phyall 6.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2024

Closing global education gaps How is Learning Equality addressing the challenge of the digital divide and the 2.6 The term digital divide often refers to not having affordable access to the internet or specific hardware. But another important aspect is thinking about digital literacy skills and digital rights.

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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. This allows us to really focus on learning outcomes for CoolThink students. EdSurge: What inspired the creation of CoolThink@JC? We want to close the wealth gap. Pedagogy & Curriculum.

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ViewSonic Education

MARCH 24, 2025

When both students and teachers are short on tools and support, the digital divide doesnt shrinkit grows. Final Thoughts Yes, there will be bumps in the road as we continue to evolve our EdTec to boost student outcomes. In under-resourced schools? Only half say the same. How Can We Bridge the Technology Gap?

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Hapara

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

To help the country close this digital divide, a goal of meeting or exceeding internet access at speeds of at least one megabit per second (Mbps) per student was set by the FCC. Unfortunately, between 15 and 16 million K — 12 learners and 400,000 educators in the United States lacked adequate connectivity , a device or both in 2020.

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eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2022

The great education beta test brought on by the pandemic has resulted in discoveries and innovations across education — from distance learning and closing the digital divide, to addressing the need for diversity, equity, and inclusion in schools, and so much more,” Hogan said.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

A different ‘digital divide’ has emerged. The “digital divide” in education technology often refers to concerns over whether those from underprivileged backgrounds have access to instructional software and tools. But as the usage and positive perception of digital learning tools grow in U.S.

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Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2021

The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) recommends a three-tiered approach to budgeting for edtech investments —focusing on total cost of ownership (TCO), student outcomes and budget management and value of investment. Samsung’s unique portfolio of in-classroom technology can help bridge the digital divide once funding is secured.

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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. There will even be a special Future Ready Schools strand.

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2023

Through our Qualcomm Wireless Reach Initiative, we work closely with partners to collaborate and identify local schools that need high-quality technology with the goal of bringing in connected solutions to drastically improve teaching and learning outcomes. How else does Qualcomm address the digital divide among students?

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Coding and computer science are typically associated with outcomes around problem-solving and analytical skills. With Google's Applied Digital Skills as his foundation, Hicks prioritizes culturally relevant teaching through the vehicle of computer science. The ultimate outcome is perseverance.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 30, 2020

They looked at outcomes from the YES to the Future program, and as Program Manager Paula Dickey found, the students who were most successful in obtaining a high school equivalency diploma or a postsecondary credential, such as an industry certification, were also engaged in supportive services. It was about what—and who—was coming in.”

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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 That’s significant enough to make a difference on their outcomes, their homework completion rates,” he said.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

One key issue that emerged was an ongoing digital divide. That divide affected a significant share of college students in West Virginia, a state where officials say nearly 40 percent of rural residents don’t have broadband. Kim Hunter Reed “You want us to give a return on investment for the outcomes you want in the workplace?”

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Edsurge

JUNE 2, 2023

McGraw Hill AR activity for balancing algebraic equations Rob Spierenburg Chief Executive Officer at All Things Media How can educators be confident that integrating AR into their lessons is actually moving the needle toward their key standards and learning outcomes?

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eSchool News

JUNE 16, 2022

The goal of the partnership is to help transform the future of education by: Connecting the unconnected students and communities with high-quality wireless Internet and Close the Digital Divide once and for all. To learn more about Kajeet Private 5G, visit Kajeet Private 5G Platform. About Kajeet.

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Edsurge

MAY 25, 2017

I think one of the benefits that has occurred in the last six to eight years has been the alignment of the community colleges with the university—with the establishment of pathway programs and demonstrating the value in those programs and the outcomes. Where do you see the digital divide today in terms of education?

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Digital Divide Smartphone System Outcomes 113

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

That schools rely on the mega-rich to fund their digital learning at all—and that those funds could dry up at any time—illustrates some of the fundamental problems with K-12 technology spending: It is inconsistent, pieced together haphazardly, and as a result impacts student technology access in disproportionate ways.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

This emphasizes the digital divide’s persistent impact on education. Policymakers and educators want to ensure that technology investments yield positive outcomes in terms of student learning and achievement. Promising practices and effective use of technology are areas of focus.

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eSchool News

MAY 5, 2021

In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, Savvas enables teachers to better connect with students by helping to close the digital divide. That broadband disparity increases to 23% and 25% for Black and Hispanic households respectively, and it’s even more pronounced in lower-income households.

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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?”

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Ertmer and Anne Ottenbreit-Leftwich that refers not just to whether technology is used in the classroom but also when and how teachers use technology to improve learning outcomes. Digital divides persist, but schools have made some progress in addressing these barriers.

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