Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 12, 2021

Here are some suggestions to help you with that issue (from the Ask a Tech Teacher team): How Parents Can Protect Their Kid’s Privacy and Safety Online? Many people witnessed the change in technology from dial-up modems to broadband. However, a child born in this technological era permeates every activity they do.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Rather than using their school buses to bring students to schools, the district turned its buses into mobile service providers that could deliver meals and other types of support to students, while also serving as internet connection hotspots. Arati is currently on the edtech advisory board for Central Square Foundation in New Delhi, India.

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MindShift

MARCH 26, 2020

We have managed to troubleshoot the mobilization of meal programs, lack of technology equipment, online teacher training, and a whole host of issues that come with a change of this magnitude. Just three days to mobilize a community of partners and volunteers to assist our schools.” Three days!

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

Widespread lack of broadband access complicates learning. She’d created a Facebook group at the start of the school year for families of the children she taught. Their family does not have a computer or broadband internet at home, so the siblings have to take turns sharing their mom’s phone to access online lessons.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2020

I’m heartbroken for the impossible situation families have been put in, especially families with no resources, going to schools that don’t have the luxury of fancy online learning or giant schoolyards or under-crowded classrooms,” Latané says. In June, the group mobilized. Some could fit a dozen or more, Teller says.

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edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

When asked about the hurdles that happened due to schools closing on March 13th, 2020, all four presenters agreed that broadband, not devices, challenged their districts to provide equitable access to learning no matter their districts’ geographic location or demographics.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

But.truth is, the US government isn't the early adopter here; Amazon, Google and Facebook are really the front-line developers of the surveillance state." government, yet 92 percent of its most popular sites fail to meet basic standards for security, speed, mobile friendliness, or accessibility.

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