EdTech Magazine

JUNE 24, 2019

Mon, 06/24/2019 - 13:57. It didn’t cover every classroom, and it used the 802.11n specification. Enhances Classroom Connectivity . It was in the midst of wiring high schools for APs in each classroom, part of a plan to provide Chromebooks for all students in grades 3 through 12. “We lora.strum_r7w0. billion to $3.9

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Tom Murray

AUGUST 31, 2016

According to a report released by the Pew Research Center, approximately 5 of the 29 million households with school-aged children lack access to high quality broadband internet while at home. Coined “The Homework Gap,” this means that many of the children sitting in our classrooms lose connectivity the moment they step of of our campus.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2021

For families in different income tiers the level of access remains unchanged from what it was in 2019, placing students from lower income families at further disadvantage. Presented to the legislature in May 2020, the plan aimed to make education more equitable by closing gaps in device ownership and broadband coverage across the state. “We

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Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

EducationSuperHighway today released its annual State of the States report highlighting the major progress that has been achieved to connect nearly every public school classroom to high-speed broadband. million more students to next-generation broadband and, 21,600 more schools to fiber infrastructure. million students and 2.6

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The lunches are packed, the supplies have been purchased, the classrooms are decorated, and we’re off and running on our third school year in the shadow of COVID-19. States like my home state of North Carolina are addressing broadband access, because technology is now a basic need for students in the same way up-to-date textbooks once were.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

In order to support digital and mobile learning, students in K-12 classrooms need access to sufficient bandwidth, scalable and affordable broadband infrastructure, and robust Wi-Fi. Related content: 6 realities about district broadband connections. And for the most part, they have it.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Guest speakers from around the world enter classrooms through a screen. Here are things to know about the hurdles the 2019 board members identified. . Research indicates some troubling realities about teachers’ comfort levels when it comes to using tech in their classrooms. Instruction weathers even the heaviest storms.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Guest speakers from around the world enter classrooms through a screen. Here are things to know about the hurdles the 2019 board members identified. . Research indicates some troubling realities about teachers’ comfort levels when it comes to using tech in their classrooms. Instruction weathers even the heaviest storms.

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eSchool News

JULY 26, 2022

A lack of access to digital devices and home broadband access, distractions in learning from home, technical glitches, and unfamiliarity with online teaching and learning best practices are just some of the factors that made remote learning less effective than in-person instruction, especially for students in under-resourced communities.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 1, 2020

They were the outliers, those willing to open up their classrooms to try new things. Fast forward to 2019. They’re using technology as an integral part of their instruction and personalizing instruction for a classroom of students with diverse learning needs. Take, for example, the nation’s progress on wiring classrooms.

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Education Superhighway

APRIL 1, 2020

Given the disruptions caused by the pandemic, the FCC Order: Waives the service implementation deadline for special construction for all funding year 2019 applicants and extends this deadline by one year, from June 30, 2020, to June 30, 2021. Under Commission rules, applicants must complete special construction (e.g.,

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2019

The newest voices in that choir come from Bill and Melinda Gates, who declared that “ textbooks are becoming obsolete ” in their 2019 annual letter. classrooms from kindergarten through high school.” Spending data suggests that instructional software is indeed growing in classrooms. From 2011 to 2014, U.S. billion to $3.3

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Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2020

According to a 2019 Pew Research Center report, 96 percent of adults own a cell phone and 81 percent own a smartphone. And broadband Internet connections aren’t available everywhere, especially in rural parts of the U.S. Here are three alternative ideas for how to ensure students can learn from home when necessary.

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Education Superhighway

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Over the past eight years, WANRack has worked with schools and communities to close the digital divide and ensure students have access to digital learning in every classroom, every day. They have constructed new fiber to 21 school districts, the third-most from any provider nationwide.

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Education Superhighway

JUNE 13, 2019

Here’s how broadband data provided by school districts across the nation helps improve educational equity for America’s students: 1. Since its inception, E-rate has been instrumental in making K-12 broadband more affordable and accessible. Join us by updating your 2019 data. Support policy analysis and change.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Its platform costs between $200 and $350 a year per classroom, with lower prices if several classrooms sign up. Pew Research Center found that the share of lower-income Americans who rely on smartphones to go online instead of a broadband connection has nearly doubled from 2013 to 2019.

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Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Today, we released our fourth annual State of the States report: Expanding Digital Learning to Every Classroom, Every Day and we are proud to announce that 40.7 More highlights from this year’s report: The number of students with access to the broadband they need for digital learning grew from 4 million in 2013 to 44.7 million today.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Chief technology officers and IT professionals in the K-12 field have a lot on their collective plates these days, what with the continued proliferation of technology in their schools, new governmental programs and compliance requirements, and the push to effectively integrate their technology in the classroom. Broadband equity.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

The program, NOVA’s first focused effort to create educational resources to teach science communication to teens, grew out of a pilot program during the 2018-2019 academic year in the Boston area that worked with nearly 30 students. PBS’ broad array of programs has been consistently honored by the industry’s most coveted award competitions.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 9, 2024

A high school graduate could get a job paying $15 an hour — good money at the time — without ever setting foot in a college classroom, he said. percent of its population between 2010 and 2019, Hazard grew by 13 percent. Others lack access to broadband internet or can’t afford it. Though Appalachian Kentucky lost 2.2

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The Innovative Educator

JUNE 24, 2019

2019/20: The Year Of. Dr. Curran explained that what should be trending in social media is the learning that happens in the classroom. Richard Culatta, CEO of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) helps us by sharing what the organization sees as the next big trends.

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ExcelinEd

APRIL 5, 2019

Visit EducationSuperHighway.org to learn how your state can upgrade internet access in every public school classroom to empower more students to take advantage of the promise of digital learning. edWebinar 4/9 State Leadership for K12 Broadband Implementation @ENAconnects @Kajeet @mobilebeacon @SETDA [link] pic.twitter.com/XmL5wKfgZT.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Previously, if teachers were worried about a student, they could ask school mental health professionals to come into a classroom to observe. Seeing students only through a screen makes it “much more difficult to reach families,” especially those in underserved communities who might have limited broadband or technology access, she said.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2021

And we’ve only seen the beginning—within the next few years, the company is poised to disrupt the healthcare market, become the market leader in online advertising, establish itself as a competitor to USPS, FedX and UPS, and provide global access to broadband internet through a network of satellites orbiting the planet… to name but a few examples.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

JumpStart provided a pipeline to NOVA as more than a third of students enrolled in the fall (while community college enrollment fell by around 10% at the start of the school year compared with 2019, NOVA enrollment increased by 2%). Louis, a seventh-grade language arts teacher adapted her own classroom check-ins.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 13, 2019

At the classroom level, modeling and encouraging innovation extend those digital equity conversations through reflection and reevaluation of best practices. It is also about opportunities that can be possible when students are introduced to innovative lessons and activities in the classroom. Honest Conversation. Professional Learning.

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Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

” that by 2019 half of all high school classes will be taught over the internet ; Raised questions about a new study on personalized learning ; Added four new incidents to the K-12 cyber incident map ; and. Tagged on: July 20, 2017 Are iPads and laptops improving students’ test scores?

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Draper adds to this suggestion by asserting that school districts need to look at data access from all angles, from the outer layer of the infrastructure to the rogue apps used in classrooms, to create a sound data access and student data privacy plans. The Balancing Act.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2018

She clicked on icons embedded in the virtual classroom to learn about energy-saving features such as LED lights and super-insulated exterior walls made of concrete-filled foam blocks. Basically, we walked into every classroom, counted the lights, checked to see what was plugged in, and looked for vampires.”.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 27, 2016

The Future Ready movement grew out of the Connect Ed initiative launched by President Obama in 2013 with several goals: to connect 99% of students in schools to broadband, and to address the need for more professional learning and leadership to ensure the effective use of technology. About Sara Trettin. About Mackin Educational Resources.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 7, 2021

During a recent edWebinar , sponsored by Scholastic Magazines+ , the presenters offered strategies for helping students ease back into the classroom and get engaged in learning again. However, the pandemic also took away a lot of choice, so look for places in the schedule and the classroom protocols where students get to make some decisions.

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edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

When asked about the hurdles that happened due to schools closing on March 13th, 2020, all four presenters agreed that broadband, not devices, challenged their districts to provide equitable access to learning no matter their districts’ geographic location or demographics. Dr. Donna Wright.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Our reporters are spending the year listening to people from across the country as they manage school districts, lead classrooms, parent students and attend school. As of this fall, it had 198,645 students, compared with 205,778 in the 2019-2020 school year, and was still trying to track down students who’d gone missing.

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MindShift

AUGUST 10, 2021

To her, this replicated the classroom feeling of being surrounded by peers working. A Pew Research study from 2019 found that Latinx and Black adults in the U.S. are more likely to have smartphones than traditional computers or broadband internet at home than white adults.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The first year of the Covid-19 pandemic was devastating: classrooms emptied, dorms shuttered, livelihoods shattered, millions of lives lost. A math teacher at Trevor Browne High School in Phoenix teaching online in an empty classroom. READ THE STORY: Rural areas have been slow to connect to broadband. Then came 2021. “No

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techlearning

AUGUST 30, 2018

COMCAST INTERNET ESSENTIALS PROGRAM ( www.internetessentials.com/apply ) Comcast announced it has now connected over six million Americans to the Internet through its Internet Essentials program, a comprehensive broadband adoption program for low-income families in the U.S. released several upgrades for the 2018 - 2019 school year.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 13, 2021

This school year, with the pandemic making it even harder to import teachers from elsewhere, education leaders in the state issued the highest number of emergency waivers — 122 — for unlicensed teachers to work in classrooms since at least 2005. And though the communities hit hardest by the teacher shortage are small, the problem is large.

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