DESPITE GAINS, LOW-INCOME KIDS LACK EQUAL ACCESS TO COMPUTERSMary Beth Alexander
The program gives computers to low-income students.So far, the school has brought computers to660 sixth-graders. For the next two years, the program will reach all the school's poor students, according to Antonio Villaraigosa, the mayor (市长) of Los Angeles, California.Kelly, a sixth-...
ST. PAUL, Minn. —As students prepare to head back to the classroom, it can be hard for many families to afford everything on the back-to-school shopping list, especially when it comes to electronics. PCs for People in St. Paul has helped low-income families get connected at low-to-...
This study investigates the role of one-to-one computing implementation in students' learning experiences and equity and autonomy for students from low-income homes. Four sources of data were collected from twenty-six fifth grade students from primarily low-income homes: field notes, student work ...
What value are “cheap boxes and wires” for low-income learners, families, communities, and wage earners if these resources aren’t tied deliberately and thoughtfully to concurrent efforts to open up pathways to STEM and other living-wage careers? Librarians are perhaps the single most important...
To address this question, we conduct a field experiment involving the provision of free computers to schoolchildren for home use. Low-income children attending middle and high schools in 15 schools in California were randomly selected to receive free computers and followed over the school year. ...
The aim of C4S is to help poor students and others overcome the digital3 separation by making home computing available to everybody. C4S is a small non-profit organization located in the Columbia Pike Corridor of South Arlington, which provides computer hardware and software for low-income indi...
This proved so successful, the program has begun creating other “identity cohorts,” such as the Freshman Scholars Institute, which supports first-generation/low-income students. The library has found that assigning students a personal librarian in this way strengthens the efficacy of the program ...
to help low-income families acquire affordable computers and Internet access services, and provide them with complementary [...] legco.gov.hk 我們開展了為期五年的上網學習支援計劃,幫助低收入 家庭購置價格相宜的電腦和上網服 務, 並為他們提供使用上的 培訓、支援及輔導,讓他們的在學子女提升學...
Technology Use for Teacher Professional Development in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A systematic review Sara Hennessy, Sophia D'Angelo, Nora McIntyre, Saalim Koomar, ... Asma Zubairi Article 100080 View PDF Article preview select article The Impact of Technology on Students’ Writing Performances...