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These schools are leveraging E-Rate for a complete digital transformation

eSchool News

Textbooks and blackboards have become a thing of the past in K-12 schools as educators collaborate with IT teams to shape a full digital core curriculum as part of their educational strategy for 2017 and beyond. billion in 2017. Next page: How schools are currently using E-Rate for digital success).

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The Edtech Revolution: 2010 – 2017

Securly

Will more schools embrace student-centric mobile devices? “There will be more momentum for mobile devices in classrooms with an eye toward affordable alternatives to traditional 1:1 rollouts.” Will the cloud continue to reign? Now, we know that edtech has been proven to improve test scores and overall classroom engagement.

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Is a Backpack the Key to Closing the Homework Gap?

EdTech Magazine

Kajeet ’s ConnectEdNow campaign , announced in June, aims to make broadband access more affordable by providing students with portable Wi-Fi hotspot devices, a $200 mobile device subsidy and discounted data plans from Verizon , T-Mobile and other LTE providers. Seventy percent of U.S. In March, a bipartisan group of U.S.

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Edtech Reports Recap: Video Is Eating the World, Broadband Fails to Keep Up

Edsurge

Connected Nation bases the analysis in its “Connect K-12 2020 Executive Summary” on FCC E-Rate application data for the 2020 federal fiscal year. One takeaway since the last time the Census was done in 2017 is that for the first time, online video viewing dominates screen activity of kids ages 0-8.

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How to Find the Best iOS Apps for Your Classroom

Shake Up Learning

Common Sense Media Rating and Reviews. Best Apps for Teaching and Learning 2017 (AASL). Mobile Learning Resources from Shake Up Learning. I have the e-course you have been waiting for! © Shake Up Learning 2017. .” – Felix Jacomino. General Websites, Lists, and Databases. Teachers with Apps. TechChef4U.

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How Tech Companies Woo Higher Ed (and What They Seek in Return)

Edsurge

Apple also reached out with iPad Pros and other hardware at a discounted rate. A team from the University of Washington won the 2017 competition , getting $500,000. But Christmas came early for some higher-ed institutions in the form of freebies and discounts from big technology companies. Amazon gave Echo Dots. Charitable?

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

Finally, somewhat for the sake of brevity, I have excluded consideration of the role of the E-rate (which is overseen by the Federal Communications Commission and not the U.S. Appropriations: FY 2017: (in process) (President Obama request: $500,000,000). Department of Education’s national educational technology plans.).

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