Sentences with phrase «lack of access to technology»

In the online discussions and face - to - face meetings, the members of the learning community, the teachers and the university educators, engaged in numerous conversations about how to overcome these barriers (e.g., lack of access to technology).

Horne says that developing such an online course would be unimaginable in many other rural school districts because of a lack of access to technology.

Beyond current drivers of equal opportunity such as access to health care and education, the lack of access to technology might soon become the foremost driver of inequality.

[7] The theses have variously included postulations of selfishness (both through arguments of relative unwillingness to self - sacrifice for a political cause as well as selfishness along rural / urban and class divides, most notably the disinterest of middle class Africans to engage in political demonstration), nationalism (manifested through the fear of being called an imperialist), illiteracy and lack of access to technology, and forgetfulness of «Black Africa.»

Not exact matches

While the new technology promises to make cash management quicker and more cost - effective, so far it does little to address the small - business community's thorniest financial problem: its lack of access to capital.

The key problem for the Russian oil industry, in addition to the low oil prices, is the lack of fresh capital and access to technology created by the sanctions regime.

Women died in childbirth not from lack of technology, but from poor nutrition, lack of access to emergency services, and no antibiotics.

Besides that, North Korea's lack of access to the most advanced military technology complicates the assembly process of the missile that has to be put together on a very large, fixed launch pad.

«CIDNY is calling for systemic changes to ensure that voters with disabilities are no longer disenfranchised by lack of training on disability access and voting technology, locked doors and blocked pathways, and lack of coordination by City agencies charged with providing facilities for voters,» CIDNY executive director Susan Dooha said in a statement.

Because deaf people lack access to such potentially life - saving cues, a group of researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in Daejeon built a pair of glasses which allows the wearer to «see» when a loud sound is made, and gives an indication of where it came from.

The study in the journal Nature showed that roads can aid farmers, especially in developing nations where food production is held back by a lack of access to markets or to fertilisers and other technologies.

In Africa, for example, the tried - and - true technologies of the Green Revolution are still lacking, along with access to good roads and fertilizer.

Family and social problems, lack of community support, poor access to quality education, relocation from their communities, and a shortage of science and technology role models are just some of the problems that youth living on reserves have to deal with, says Mervin Dewasha, founder, president, and treasurer of CASEA.

Still, many people lacked internet access and therefore were unable to take advantage of the technology.

One school in Scotland noted that a lack of consistent access to technology was the limiting factor that prevented them from adopting a flipped learning approach.

However, the research also shows that the biggest barriers educators currently face to teach these skills are the lack of access to necessary tools and technologies and the time required to teach students how to use creative tools.

Berry Street's BeNetWise program supports a proactive approach by welfare agencies in addressing the digital divide experienced by the children and young people in the out - of - home care and alternative education sectors who have a lack of access to digital technology.

First is lack of access to the Internet and technology tools for learning.

Yet for many teachers, lack of access to computers and reliable Internet connectedness is a barrier to technology integration (Innovative Teaching and Learning Research, 2011).

This paper, written for the Rural Opportunities Consortium of Idaho, offers policymakers and philanthropic leaders a set of recommendations to capitalize on the potential of technology to serve students: expand broadband access to schools lacking it, create an elite corps of proven teachers who would be made available to students across the state, and provide districts and schools with the flexibility to develop new models of staffing and technology and to achieve the most strategic combination of personnel, facilities, and technology.

«Learning has been disrupted at times due to the challenges new literacies can uncover, for example, technology access, cost, unsupportive administration / districts, and lack of professional development.»

Seeing how Emily was able to be creative about allowing her students to access technology was encouraging for us, because she did not let lack of access discourage her.

«The persistent lack of access to world - class educational resources and technology in far too many communities is at the heart of this issue,» Duncan wrote on the Brown Center Chalkboard, a blog of the Brookings Institution.

Along these lines, Cheri indicated that technology was not being used enough in most classrooms and that there was a lack of variety when it came to the kinds of technology that her students could access.

Both the lack of access to different forms of classroom technology and modeling by their instructors makes it difficult for teacher candidates to experience hands - on learning for this particular form of technology.

Over half of teachers in high - poverty schools, «agreed that the «lack of resources or access to digital technologies among students» is a challenge in their classrooms» and that its «results are strongest when the uses of technology... are combined with strategic teacher support...» (Darling - Hammond et al. 2014).

A variety of factors have limited the use of technology, including limited access, a lack of knowledge and training related to hardware and software, and a lack of expectations for use in social studies (Ehman & Glenn, 1990).

Photo credits: EU / ECHO / Jonathan Hyams Global business leaders have joined forces to provide access to cut - price technology that will improve school system effectiveness and learning outcomes for some of the 330 million children around the world who lack basic skills for the knowledge economy of the future.

While the preservice teachers in this study taught in a variety of settings (urban, suburban, and rural), as well as a variety of grade levels and subjects, they faced a consistent challenge in using technology as a tool for learning: lack of access to adequate technology in the K - 12 schools.

Second, use of any technology is closely connected to availability, as seen in Kathy's and Susan's limited access to the school's computer lab and lack of access to different technologies suited to the ELA classroom.

Nearly half of teachers (42 percent) say their students lack sufficient access to technology outside of the classroom, and more than a third (35 percent) say their schools lack adequate funding for technology.»

She knows the obstacles students face in their own learning: food and housing insecurity, limited medical and dental care, lack of access to transportation and technology, the list goes on.

More than half of teachers in low - income communities said that their students» lack of access to online resources at home presented a major challenge to integrating technology into their teaching.

Unfortunately, because of a lack of hardware and sometimes teacher confidence and creativity, students are denied access to the very strongest engagement resource we have — technology.

Billions of people still lack access to modern energy and technology as they struggle to improve their living standards and reduce the negative health impacts of energy poverty, while billions of others enjoy the conveniences of modern life.

And the sad fact is, we already have the technology to begin to alleviate the effects of the water crisis in many areas, even where lack of access to adequate power or fuel keeps water pumps idle, and yet tens of thousands of our fellow humans are still dying every day from water and sanitation related causes.

The commission presented three main findings: «(A) despite sustained efforts to expand the public's access to legal services, significant unmet needs persist; (B) advancements in technology and other innovations continue to change how legal services can be accessed and delivered; and (C) public trust and confidence in obtaining justice and in accessing legal services is compromised by bias, discrimination, complexity, and lack of resources.»

But there is another obstacle to using technology to increase access to justice: the lack of open access to law.

Sandman argued that if law firms were ranked and assessed by their use of technology rather than just revenues and profits, we'd find ourselves in a virtuous competition that could potentially redound to the benefit of those who lack access to legal services.

Whether through enlightened software providers realizing the need for data exchange through existing technology or the advanced use of blockchain technology, there is no good reason to allow 1200 people to die daily for lack of access to critical information which would save their lives.

There is a huge amount going on in the Access to Justice world, which lacks the resources to meet the needs of its service population without effective use of technology.