This is Jennifer Gonzalez welcoming you to episode 76 of the Cult of Pedagogy Podcast.

In this episode we are going to talk about what you can do when your school is low on technology.

So there I am right in the middle of a presentation about HyperDox.

I'm showing a group of teachers how they could use this online framework to build all kinds of

interactive lessons, differentiate instruction, get students caught up after an absence.

I was basically touting it as the Swiss Army knife of edtech tools. I'm all and you can do this

and this and even this and then it happens. One teacher raises her hand and asks,

what if we only have two Chromebook cards for the whole school.

Hear that Debbie Downer sound? Waa waa. Yeah that was my brain. The teacher went on to

describe her situation. Far too often the Chromebooks at her school set unused because it was too

much of a pain to sign them out and plan for short term use. Teachers certainly couldn't use

anything like HyperDox or self-paced learning on a consistent basis because students could only

get online every now and then. While some schools have already gone one to one with a device for

every student, others don't even have reliable internet access, let alone enough devices for

students to use even if they share. This issue has a name, it's called digital equity.

Just like with books, science equipment, extracurricular options, and healthy fresh food in the

cafeteria. Technology is now another resource that's abundant in well-funded schools and lacking

in underfunded schools. Creating one more way low-income students will fall behind their more

affluent peers. When that teacher described her situation, I brainstormed a few possible

solutions with her but I knew better ones had to be out there. And they are. If you're in a school

where the technology is in short supply and you believe your students are falling behind their

peers because of it, you have options. In this episode, I'm going to share 11 specific

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