Today, most Americans subscribe to home broadband internet and own a smartphone, while about four-in-ten say they're online ...

While providing students with access to digital tools is important, educators must also find solutions for the digital use and the digital design divides. As Editor in Chief, Ryan works on developing ...

One of the most robust conversations that came out of ISTELive 23 in Philadelphia was how critical professional development (PD) is to reducing the digital use divide. Six years ago, the Department of ...

When it comes to classroom edtech use, digital tools have a drastically different impact when they are used actively instead of passively–a critical difference examined in the 2023-2024 Speak Up ...

Earlier this month, the US Department of Education (ED) made a call to action and broadened the definition of the digital divide by releasing its first National Educational Technology Plan (NETP) ...

The digital divide is a major issue in the modern world. It impacts billions of lives. So, what are we doing to address this divide? This divide or gap exists because of rapidly advancing technology, ...

(TNS) — According to a 2023 article in Forbes, 42 million Americans have no access to broadband. In our interconnected world, lack of broadband feeds the digital divide, and if you think that doesn’t ...

The latest iteration of the U.S. Department of Education’s National Educational Technology Plan (NETP) takes aim at several obstacles limiting edtech’s ability to transform teaching and learning.

This week in “What’s New in Digital Equity” — our weekly look at government digital equity and broadband news — we have a number of interesting items, which you can jump to with the links below: The U ...

As a graduate student, I worked on socioeconomic development issues at the crossroads of technology, exploring how emerging innovations impact industries and communities. Over the past 25-plus years, ...