Impacting the Digital Divide on a Global Scale

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“Banister once again provides outstanding leadership, research, and guidance through an ever-expanding and vital global conversation. Impacting the Digital Divide on a Global Scale further shifts the conversation from a noun to a verb, from simply rehashing issues with access, to ready-to-implement rich digital learning experiences for students. In this book, you’ll discover creative solutions to interesting digital challenges from all over the globe. Where passionate resourceful “teachers in the trenches” are removing barriers, embracing diverse settings, and proving that they won’t be held hostage by traditional limitations. These best practice examples will help any teacher, new or experienced, formulate a blueprint for digital learning experience design – with a global touch. I especially appreciate the thought leadership for teachers and students who have an abundance of access, but not what to do with it. As a co-creator of the Digital Driver’s License for Digital Citizenship, I especially love the connections made in Chapter 10 with students practicing digital citizenship skills and digital collaboration by two passionate teachers who “get it.”

Dr. Marty Park
Chief Digital Officer
Office of Education Technology
Kentucky Department of Education


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Supplier: Nova Science Publishers SKU: 978-1-53612-362-3 Category: Tags: , , , , , , ,

Impacting the Digital Divide on a Global Scale

This book delineates the strategies of mobile technology integration in local schools around the world. The pool of teacher participants consists of 93 teachers from 46 countries. Impacting the Digital Divide shares powerful stories of educators around the world integrating real-world technologies to support teaching and learning.

Many of these teachers live and work in regions where resources are limited, yet they offer a perspective of innovation and engagement. Inspired by their participation in the US Department of State’s Teaching Excellence and Achievement (TEA) program, the teachers and administrators in local schools have implemented strategies using mobile technologies to support active learning environments and teacher professional development.

While barriers of limited Internet availability, lack of electricity, and a paucity of digital devices in schools are certainly present in the TEA educators’ experiences, they have found ways to maximize use and productivity by employing digital mobile devices (most often, cell phones). Access to mobile phones for teachers, school administrators, parents, and even students continues to increase in most countries, and the ingenuity and determination of these educators challenge those passionate about meaningful learning to energetically harness these tools for optimal educational experiences. Impacting the Digital Divide provides honest examples of educators around the world bridging technological inequities in order to better prepare students for the digital age. (Novinka).

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