The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

Some internet-access advocates say EBS is underutilized at best, and wasted at worst, because loose regulatory oversight by the FCC has allowed most of the spectrum to fall into the hands of commercial internet companies. The hardware on the towers then blasts that connection about 10 miles into the valley below. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Blackboard 91

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

Learn more or connect with Amanda on Twitter @ AmandaFoxSTEM Brad Weinstein Brad Weinstein founded TeacherGoals in 2014 as a way to inspire educators that do such important work with students. So, for example, I know of an ed tech company in the U.K. So, for example, I know of an ed tech company in the U.K.

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Classroom Tools Data Twitter 427

Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2016

The “digital divide” is still very real. TEACHERS REALLY DO KNOW BEST: For more information about the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s work exploring how technology can best support students and schools: Professional Development —from the 2014 study, Teachers Know Best: Teachers’ Views on Professional Development.

EdTech 60

EdTech Classroom Digital Divide Data 60

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2019

Yet, the 2014 bond sale used to buy Chromebooks for James Lick and the rest of the East Side Union High School District schools has a much different structure. By 2014 the district had won approval for $116 million in short-term bonds sales, including the $16.2 The divide we still have is in the three Rs,” he acknowledges.

Technology 105

Technology Chromebook Laptops iPad 105

The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2017

Zach Leverenz speaking to students at New York City middle school MS 258 during the New York launch of EveryoneOn, in June 2014. To use the resources afforded to us by our contracts only to provide free accounts and thus make a larger dent in the digital divide wouldn’t address the issues that create the divide in the first place.”.

Broadband 87

Broadband Mobility Digital Divide Learning 87

Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2018

John Harrington, Funds for Learning Among the groups commenting on the issue, both ISTE and the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) raised the possibility that digital education providers can pay to deliver their content more quickly, and wondered aloud if the move would deepen the digital divide.

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E-rate Broadband Digital Divide Libraries 72

NeverEndingSearch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

In 2014, ALA Washington’s Office for Information and Technology Policy (OITP) developed a helpful white paper to examine CIPA’s decade-long impact, Fencing Out Knowledge t h a t d e l i n e a t e d f o u r recommendations t o ALA: Increase awareness of the spectrum of filtering choices.

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E-rate Digital Citizenship Libraries Social Media 40

Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

Kaplan is closing Dev Bootcamp , a coding bootcamp it acquired in 2014. Also via Edsurge : “How Boundaries Between Colleges and Companies Will Continue to Blur.” “Mind-reading robo tutor in the sky” company Knewton has a new CEO , Brian Kibby , formerly with Pearson. Tutoring company Clark has raised $2.2

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Education Pearson Report Robotics 45

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

Greeley offers a lens into how wide the digital divide in the US has become, how much it is contributing to a two-tiered society, and, perhaps most important, whether it can be bridged – something that will be crucial to keeping the country competitive in the global economy of tomorrow. Nor is he the only one on a digital crusade.

Laptops 40

Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

“ Facebook Is Not a Technology Company ,” media studies professor Ian Bogost also wrote in August. If that’s what “technology” means, then every company is in the technology business – a useless distinction. …There are companies that are firmly planted in the computing sector.

Technology 40

Technology Education Facebook Company 40

Shake Up Learning

MARCH 20, 2018

Below are digital learning tips that any teacher can use in their classroom. In 2014, I kept it to my top ten, a la David Letterman style. Or worse, the company went under, and the tool is no longer accessible. We still have a huge digital divide. I blogged some of these tips during my first year as a blogger.

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Google Tools Technology Outcomes 78

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

As the Coronavirus has changed the landscape of education, I have become more and more aware of inequity and the digital divide. In my reflection, I have attempted to present ideas for all schools across the digital divide. Top 40 2014. MARCH 30, 2020 · 11:02 PM | EDIT. Pre Search. STEM Makers. STEM…STEAM.

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Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192