Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

These reports, some observers believe, mark a thoughtful step toward ensuring digital equity. In addition to highlighting examples of what officials see as effective programs, the report suggests that states appoint edtech directors, create digital equity plans and assess how the technology is currently being used in their schools.

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Digital Divide EdTech Broadband E-rate 203

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 23, 2024

Full Story: The Hechinger Report (4/11) –Image credit Deposit Photo Copyright ©2024 askatechteacher.com – All rights reserved. While experts acknowledge risks such as bias and access disparities, they foresee AI-driven assessments reshaping education by tailoring tests to individual needs and promoting deeper learning.

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Digital Divide Digital Citizenship Trends Outcomes 435

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The 14th annual E-rate Trends Report reveals the current successes and challenges of the E-rate program and evaluates how the program can most effectively support schools and libraries. “The E-rate program is crucial for modern education. . “The E-rate program is crucial for modern education.

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E-rate Survey Digital Divide Libraries 113

EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

The “education system is evolving at an unprecedented rate, and making effective edtech investments will be critical in the year ahead,” according to a recent report by Promethean. Here are key findings from their report. Yet there are remaining challenges that need to be addressed. school administrators and teachers.

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Technology Digital Divide Education Survey 370

EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The “education system is evolving at an unprecedented rate, and making effective edtech investments will be critical in the year ahead,” according to a recent report by Promethean. Here are key findings from their report. Yet there are remaining challenges that need to be addressed. school administrators and teachers.

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Technology Digital Divide Education Survey 370

Neo LMS

JANUARY 4, 2018

Today we launch right in with a topic that is on the minds and hearts of many teachers – the “digital divide”; that silent, pernicious socioeconomic gap between students that have and students that do not have access to technology. Digital divide: facts and figures. Income vs. Access: The Digital Divide in the US.

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Digital Divide Broadband Mobility BYOD 150

eSchool News

AUGUST 7, 2024

“Although some gains in high school students’ technological device and internet access have occurred since ACT first investigated the digital divide in 2018, device and internet access of students with lower family incomes is lagging that of students with higher family incomes,” said Jeff Schiel, Ph.D,

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Digital Divide Laptops Smartphone Tablets 120

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Key points: Rapid AI adoption in well-resourced classrooms is deepening the digital divide How much AI is too much? Most parents know AI will be crucial to their children’s future For more on AI in education, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Generative AI is transforming the nature of work in many fields.

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Professional Learning Digital Divide Accessibility Classroom 124

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. At the time, nearly 16 million students in the United States lacked home internet access, according to a widely cited report from Common Sense Media. Yet, the digital divide remains a stubborn problem.

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Digital Divide Accessibility Technology Mobility 148

Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

According to K-12 Blueprint , many FCS teachers report that classroom management of devices is not as challenging as they anticipated. They report, It is surprising in some ways how normal it seems with the devices in the school. Read more: DOs and DON’Ts of teaching digital citizenship. I honestly disagree.

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BYOD Digital Divide Classroom Smartphone 382

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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Digital Divide Laptops Social Media Groups 145

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The report also offers ways that those digital divides can be mitigated. “We The report notes that teachers from well-resourced schools typically have more time and training to design lessons that involve creative, non-formulaic uses of ed tech. In addition, the report covers AI and data privacy.

Digital Divide 112

Digital Divide Advocacy Policies Report 112

eSchool News

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Titled Mind the Gap: Closing the Digital Divide through affordability, access, and adoption , the report from Connected Nation (CN), with support from AT&T, provides new insights into why more than 30 million eligible households are not opting to access internet service at home or leverage the ACP. However, 82.4

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Digital Divide Broadband Social Media Survey 125

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

All in this Edtech Reports Recap. Connect All Students: How States and School Districts Can Close the Digital Divide” is a follow up to a June analysis by Boston Consulting Group and Common Sense. The report is based on existing research plus 18 interviews with stakeholders. That Broadband Gap Bar?

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Broadband Report Video EdTech 210

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Local leaders must play a critical role in closing the digital divide for 18 million American households that have access to the internet but can’t afford to connect, according to a new report. Key report highlights include: 51.6 needs billions to close the digital divide. The ACP is a $14.2

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Digital Divide Broadband Tablets Laptops 113

eSchool News

MARCH 18, 2021

As Americans close out one year of pandemic-related school disruption and head into a second, the digital divide remains a daunting challenge for K-12 public school systems in most states.

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Digital Divide Broadband Analysis Report 116

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

households lack what has become a basic need, according to a new report by EducationSuperHighway, an education nonprofit that in 2019 helped to almost eliminate the internet connectivity gap in classrooms across the country. However, 28.2 million U.S. The nonprofit is launching EducationSuperHighway 2.0

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Digital Divide Broadband Report Trends 118

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. The post Digital divide: Gap is narrowing, but how will schools maintain progress?

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Digital Divide Broadband Laptops Chromebook 145

Edsurge

JULY 22, 2020

Here is the full report.) Not surprisingly, those who rely on cell phones to do so report having the hardest time. The survey found that students report being less likely than teachers to have a consistently quiet place to work. Teachers report overwhelmingly using their LMS—but few other educational technology programs.

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Report Survey LMS Digital Divide 218

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. “We 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.

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Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 115

Securly

OCTOBER 24, 2024

But they’re also navigating new priorities and edtech challenges, including AI integration, student mental health, and digital equity, all while ESSER funding begins to sunset. The CoSN 2024 State of EdTech District Leadership report sheds additional light on these issues and the unique challenges they present.

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EdTech How To Analysis Student Data Privacy 130

Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

This year's National Educational Technology Plan focuses on three distinct types of digital divides. The post New Federal Report Underscores Tech Sector’s Role in Combating Disparities appeared first on Market Brief.

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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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Survey Digital Divide Learning EdTech 352

Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2018

This landscape requires a formal and deliberate approach to teaching digital citizenship and creating systems to support its classroom implementation. This means not only teaching specific digital citizenship skills across the curriculum, but also communicating with (and teaching) parents as well.

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Digital Divide Digital Citizenship Policies Smartphone 163

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 Divide Broadband Accessibility Tablets 81

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 20, 2022

Students can practice persuasive writing, comprehension, and typing skills by completing reviews, reports, and reading logs online. Thanks to this wide and varied collection of reading resources, no child should be consigned to the wrong side of the digital divide. Books can be read online or on mobile devices.

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Libraries Mobility eBook Tablets 543

eSchool News

JANUARY 7, 2025

Over the last decade, Verizon Innovative Learning has transformed the learning experience for more than 3 million students by providing schools and districts with the tools they need to thrive in the digital world and bridge the digital divide.

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Learning STEM Industry Digital Divide 137

Neo LMS

JULY 29, 2021

A recent report shared by Google and KPMG reveals that the education tech industry would cater to about 9.6 The digital divide in accessing learning and teaching tools and large gaps in teacher’s access to digital training are other areas of concern. million users and record a market share of $1.96

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EdTech Education Industry Digital Divide 389

EdTech Magazine

JULY 7, 2020

Before the pandemic, we knew there was a digital divide in America. The need to close the divide can no longer be ignored because students of all ages are locked out from school – not just because of the virus itself, but from lack of an internet connection at home. Enter COVID-19. Back in 2017, the U.S.

Digital Divide 195

Digital Divide Broadband Online Learning Accessibility 195

Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2020

COVID-19 did not create the digital divide for students, added Robin Lake, the panel moderator and the director of the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE), which is based out of the University of Washington and has been tracking school districts’ transitions to distance learning.

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Digital Divide Survey Learning Broadband 218

Digital Promise

AUGUST 18, 2021

We hope to share these best practices and inform the work of many more school systems, as well as the work of state chiefs of education and governors as they plan to use unprecedented federal funding to close the digital divide. There is another consideration that we must take into account when aiming to close the Digital Learning Gap.

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Digital Learning Digital Divide Learning Broadband 296

Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Here are 10 of the NEO Blog’s best posts from the third year of its existence: 6 Practical strategies for teaching across the digital divide. The figures in that report indicate that the digitization of the classroom is not happening as rapidly as the tech media would have us think.

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LMS E-rate Digital Divide Blended Learning 279

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Thirty years after the World Wide Web provided a gateway for the world to access information, connect, and learn, we are still facing a digital divide that has contributed to a continually expanding digital learning gap. Why hasn’t innovation in teaching and learning cascaded to underserved populations?

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Digital Divide Policies Outcomes Report 247

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2017

For years policymakers have fretted about the “digital divide,” that poor students are less likely to have computers and high-speed internet at home than rich students. “We have closed certain aspects of the digital divide,” said Michael Robb, research director for Common Sense.

Digital Divide 79

Digital Divide Technology Survey Smartphone 79

eSchool News

JUNE 20, 2023

So it is when discussing the idea of digital equity. Reality check: A 2021 report from Common Sense Media found that 15 to 16 million K-12 public school students in the U.S. Every student deserves the right to high-bandwidth, solid-state, always-on access to the Internet, right?

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Digital Divide Broadband eBook Adaptive Learning 102

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

For their first installment, the group published a report based on a roundtable discussion held with leaders from community colleges, Hispanic-Serving Institutions and historically Black colleges and universities. A Digital Divide — Or Bridge? A virtual reality headset costs hundreds of dollars.

EdTech 214

EdTech Digital Divide Training Smartphone 214

Education Superhighway

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Over the past eight years, WANRack has worked with schools and communities to close the digital divide and ensure students have access to digital learning in every classroom, every day. A focus on the technology needs of modern schools and a commitment to collaboration will close help us continue to close the digital divide.

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Digital Divide E-rate Broadband Digital Learning 70