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Tackling the digital divide after the pandemic

Neo LMS

Digitization has changed how we communicate, access services, and the extent of technology present in our lives. Ever since the internet emerged, we have witnessed a new reality among people: those who have access to technology and the internet, and those who don’t. The need to raise digital awareness.

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How Community Coalitions Are Bridging the Digital Divide

Digital Promise

Across the country, local networks known as Education Innovation Clusters (EdClusters) are bringing together partners and resources to meet urgent needs and envision a new future for teaching and learning. Tackling the Digital Divide with Device Deployment in Kansas City. By May, they had deployed more than $1.5

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How Educators Can Empower Students Through Technology

Ask a Tech Teacher

With education turning on the technology skills of students and teachers, its important to gain a rudimentary understanding of foundational technology. I mean the basics of how to use the tech tools that are driving learning. Ready or not, digital transformation has come to education. Address the digital divide.

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How one city closed the digital divide for nearly all its students

The Hechinger Report

Ramos knew there were many kids like her, eager to keep up with school but lacking the technology to do so. We have this huge digital divide that’s making it hard for [students] to get their education,” she said. efore the pandemic, the digital divide was often considered a rural problem. We can’t afford not to.”.

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3 Ways edtech can help education get back on track

Neo LMS

Despite claims that technology is negatively affecting learning schedules, edtech is a valuable tool for students. As the education sector reflects on the last months of the school curriculum, it’s clear e-learning is key to providing disaster-proof education. Prioritize PD to support remote, hybrid, and in-person learning.

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Beyond connectivity: using technology to support learner equity and access

Hapara

To help the country close this digital divide, a goal of meeting or exceeding internet access at speeds of at least one megabit per second (Mbps) per student was set by the FCC. However, truly achieving educational equity will depend on what we do with technology once learners, educators and schools are connected.

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3 Opportunities for education during the pandemic

Neo LMS

Online learning bloomed, students helped each other, the community contributed with knowledge, moral and financial support, and social interaction was kept alive. Using technology to bring high-quality social capital to under-resourced neighborhoods. Most students were familiar with using technology before the pandemic.