The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

But a few pioneering districts have shown that it’s possible, and Albemarle County has joined a nascent trend of districts trying to build their own bridges across the digital divide. The hardware on the towers then blasts that connection about 10 miles into the valley below. We can extend the learning day. We can flip the classroom.

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Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Blackboard 93

Educator Innovator

MARCH 7, 2014

Using digital tools in the classroom isn’t the future of learning, it’s the present—except at the significant percentage of schools without reliable high-speed internet. A teacher at an elementary school in a Boston suburb leads students through a story creation session using Pixie. Teachers attend training sessions via webinar.

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Broadband E-rate Digital Divide Survey 41

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

He first carried out this vision as an elementary and middle school teacher before later becoming the principal of a high school on the east side of Indianapolis. They have a wonderful lesson library that they've created as well. One of the tools that I think I've seen educators most excited about is Curipod.

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Classroom Tools Data Twitter 425

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Here’s what they had to say: Text-based AI interfaces provide an opportunity to help close the digital divide…and avoid an impending AI divide. billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed. Today, over 2.9 Diane Myers, Ph.

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Trends EdTech Industry Data 142

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Here’s what they had to say: Text-based AI interfaces provide an opportunity to help close the digital divide…and avoid an impending AI divide. billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed. Today, over 2.9 Diane Myers, Ph.

Trends 52

Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

Hack Education

MARCH 8, 2017

Wheeler had been a “champion” of net neutrality and E-rate reform, according to Education Week at least, but his replacement, Trump appointee Ajit Pai, seems poised to lead the agency with a very different set of priorities – and those priorities will likely shape in turn what happens to ed-tech under Trump.

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E-rate Digital Divide Broadband Libraries 49