Determine Your Position on the Scale of Digital Equity
Providing digital equity to every student is much more important than just giving them the ability to complete homework at home. It’s about how to deliver new learning opportunities. Educators have arrived at a crossroads where pedagogy meets network technology. As a district leader, initiatives that enable high-quality digital learning and provide services and support to your instructors for teaching anytime, anywhere on any device, are increasing in importance. The Learning Counsel 2016 Digital Curriculum Strategy Survey found that even though eighty to ninety percent of schools have network coverage, it’s not enough to support the burgeoning use of digital curriculum. Most educators consider the network to still be “unreliable.” This brief examines how schools are facing the problem of digital equity and explores the main considerations for districts as they start their digital transformation. WHAT'S INSIDE