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Online Learning and Mental Health: the XYZ generations

Neo LMS

Though the dates can vary slightly from one source to the next, Gen X are typically those born from 1965 to 1980 (42–57 years old), Gen Y: 1981–1996 (26–41), and Gen Z: 1997–2012 (10–25). The divide comes when you consider how these generations were raised in connection to technology. Different ideas about classroom technology.

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Debunking 3 myths about BYOD in the classroom

Neo LMS

In 2012, Forsyth County Schools (FCS), Georgia, serving about 39,000 students in grades Pre-K through 12, gave BYOD a chance. Myths No 3: BYOD will deepen the digital divide. If schools allow students to bring their own devices to class, do they really deepen this digital divide? I honestly disagree.

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Verizon launches free trainings and tools to help educators navigate digital instruction

eSchool News

These initiatives build upon Verizon’s efforts to help under-resourced communities bridge the digital divide. Since 2012, Verizon Innovative Learning has committed a total of $535 million in STEM education efforts in support of digital inclusion.

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Savvas Learning Company Teams Up with EveryoneOn to Provide Free WiFi to 100 Families to Support Digital Learning at Home

eSchool News

In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, Savvas enables teachers to better connect with students by helping to close the digital divide. EveryoneOn is a nonprofit dedicated to creating social and economic opportunity by connecting low-income families to affordable internet service and computers, and delivering digital skills training.

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3 Google Fiber programs that could help ease the digital divide

eSchool News

I have it at my home in Lees Summit and it has met my every expectation,” said Thomas Brenneman, executive director of technology at Kansas City Public Schools , which has had access to Google Fiber since 2012 and is currently implementing Google Classroom and a Chromebook initiative in its high schools. “I

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Coronavirus accelerates higher education’s trend toward distance learning

The Hechinger Report

From 2012, the earliest year data is available on distance learning, to 2018, the number of institutions where the majority of students took at least some coursework online has doubled, to more than 800, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. When I write, I write formally.’”. No, but some virtual tools will stick around.

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Coronavirus is the practice run for schools. But soon comes climate change

The Hechinger Report

The Miami-Dade school district, for example, adopted a plan back in 2012 to close the digital divide. In Occidental, California, Matthew Morgan, superintendent of the Harmony Union School District, said the pandemic has exposed a big digital divide and online learning was slow to roll out. “We