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Could the Bridge Across the Digital Divide Be Paved With TV Signals?

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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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How Asynchronous Tech Can Bridge the Digital Divide

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Content is delivered through a combination of teachers and a vetted curated library of videos, podcasts, and eBooks and supports existing learning management systems, adaptive learning, and social-emotional programs.

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Summer Reading Online

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Here are collections that require a fee, but much reduced from what it would cost to purchase the books: RAZ Kids RAZ Kids includes hundreds of K-5 interactive, animated leveled ebooks spanning twenty-seven levels of reading skill. TumbleBookLibrary TumbleBookLibrary is a curated database of over 1100 elementary age ebooks.

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13 Websites That Provide Lots of Digital Books for Summer Reading

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RAZ Kids includes hundreds of K-5 interactive, animated leveled ebooks spanning twenty-seven levels of reading skill. TumbleBookLibrary is a curated database of over 1100 elementary age ebooks. Thanks to this wide and varied collection of reading resources, no child should be consigned to the wrong side of the digital divide.

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Blended Learning Made Easy: Interactive Software Solutions

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Blended learning means the amalgamation of traditional classroom teaching using printed and paperback books with online eBooks. Online digital textbook platforms and interactive learning software like KITABOO offer a wide range of educational materials that encourage essential digital skills. using eBooks.

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12 Websites for Digital Books Summer Reading

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RAZ Kids includes hundreds of K-5 interactive, animated leveled ebooks spanning twenty-seven levels of reading skill. TumbleBookLibrary is a curated database of over 1100 elementary age ebooks. Thanks to this wide and varied collection of reading resources, no child should be consigned to the wrong side of the digital divide.

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How Educators Can Empower Students Through Technology

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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?