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Can Affordable Computing Education Bridge the Global Digital Divide?

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Despite the promise of digital technologies, not all communities around the world have the access they need. One way to lessen the global digital divide is to provide affordable and accessible computing education to all, regardless of socioeconomic background. and we're now translating them to make them more accessible globally.

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Best Open Access Journals and Scholarly Articles for Research Students

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Unfortunately, a sizeable portion of this academic scholarship is locked behind paywalls thus restricting its access to those who can afford to pay. Several researchers and students are unable to afford the high costs required for access thus crippling their efforts to participate in the generation of quality knowledge.

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iCivics Offers Tons of Free Resources and Tools to Promote Civics Education

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iCivics is an educational website that offers access to a wide variety of learning resources that include games, curriculum materials, lesson plans, webquests, and videos. These resources are designed to help promote civics education especially among middle and high school students.

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International Education During the Pandemic

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Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Christian Miraglia, a passionate educational consultant for T4Edtech, traveled to Italy and surrounding areas and has some interesting insights into their education efforts during the pandemic: From An Italian Train: Education during the Pandemic.

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Top Tech Tools for Equity and Accessibility

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If you have students in your school who do not have English as their primary language, this is a must-listen-to episode. (Or She is also part of the Transformational Technology team who provides weekly PDs to educators all over the globe. Extended Episode number 780 – Top Tech Tools for Equity and Accessibility.

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American Students Deserve a Multilingual Education

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As an English language teacher in an international primary school and a language learner myself, I often think about how many K-12 students in the United States are given the opportunity to study another language in school. language education was published in 2017, with data from less than half of the country’s K-12 schools.

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How AI Can Address Critical Challenges Facing Higher Education

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Artificial intelligence is increasingly being integrated into higher education to address challenges such as personalized learning and operational efficiency. However, the integration of AI into higher education also raises concerns about its ethical use , including data privacy, security and the potential for bias in algorithms.