For a simple sentence, it certainly is a loaded one. It comes off as an ultimatum when is starts with "All teachers". The implication is that all must provide equal access to the digital world or something negative will happen. This negative could be postured in terms of falling behind mainstream education. A synonymous statement would be "all teachers must provide math text books in order for math students to have access to learning outside the classroom".
The idea is a good one considering that technology continues to play greater roles in all walks of life, let alone education. As teachers, we are trying to best equip students to be masters of their own destinies, so the right thing to do is engage them in their most comfortable medium - technology.
The problem that I have with this statement is the idea that it is financially difficult to allow equal access to students unless limiting the access. Technology is hard to have available to all students and who know what they have available to them at home.
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