Education Superhighway

APRIL 18, 2018

Increasingly, users of digital platforms, tools, and networks around the world are learning how important it is that their data is collected and used transparently and ethically. Why is it that data is collected? Where exactly does the data come from? ENSURING NATIONWIDE DATA ACCURACY. Who is using it?

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Broadband Data E-rate Analysis 85

eSchool News

MARCH 25, 2016

Big E-rate changes mean schools must chart a new path. A bigger annual cap isn’t the only recent change to the E-rate program. New forms, new data, the potential for infrastructure discounts, and (even more) new funding are all colliding to create one of the most challenging application periods in memory.

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E-rate Data System Accessibility 40

Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2020

We are thankful for those who broadcast the news and the broadband providers that have opened their networks, lifted data caps and fees, and promised not to discontinue service. The changes in broadband consumption may reveal weak points in the complex ecosystem of companies, services and products that make up the Internet.

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Broadband E-rate Data Accessibility 175

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

When the unemployment rate spiked during the spring of 2020, jobs that required a college degree declined more than those that didn’t, and new college graduates were hit the hardest. Analyzing data from Burning Glass , Wharton professor Matthew Bidwel found a diminishing number of entry-level jobs requiring a degree.

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Training Company E-rate Software 190

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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Education Company E-rate Industry 218

Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2021

They just weren’t ready for distance learning, and a big part of that was that too many students lacked adequate WiFi access to get to virtual class. Still, no new regulations have yet emerged from that data gathering. Jennifer E. Cases like 2020’s Cayla J. Federally, mandates do exist for schools and districts.

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Broadband Digital Divide E-rate Policies 144

Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2017

In many cases, the use of digital tools, platforms, and applications has helped to boost student engagement, grow pass rates, and increase retention. RCCC’s e-Text initiative has saved students up to 50 percent on the cost of their course materials, and has increased classroom engagement and retention. And it’s a good thing she did.

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Data E-rate Course Tablets 60

Neo LMS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

In the previous posts on this topic our examination found that technology can and does help when it comes to improving completion rates , reducing tuition costs and helping universities to bridge the revenue gap. Traditional universities will find themselves obsolete, unless they adapt. A grim future for today’s providers of HE?

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Secondary LMS E-rate Dropout 300

Hapara

MAY 12, 2022

The federal Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) was enacted in 2000 and requires schools to have an internet safety policy in place to receive E-rate program discounts. Under CIPA, schools must: block websites or filter learners’ internet access to inappropriate and harmful pictures. protect their personal information.

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Digital Citizenship How To Internet Safety Hapara 243

EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Content filtering and web monitoring software aim to prevent students from accessing inappropriate materials online, and many options also include features to alert school leaders to cyberbullying and other instances in which students’ digital communications or web activity might indicate troubling behavior. The monitoring is not a secret.

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Digital Citizenship E-rate EdTech Software 177

Education Superhighway

AUGUST 29, 2018

Provides subscribers with access to the Internet and related services. Participates in the E-rate competitive bidding process. While we do provide guidance about E-rate filing strategies through our website, webinars, and other avenues, we do not directly apply to provide services to districts. Looking ahead.

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E-rate Broadband Company Training 69

Edsurge

MAY 24, 2017

Since then a slew of security breaches and malicious data hacks have hit educational institutions, including K-12 districts and their technology providers. Most recently, one of the most widely-used education technology companies, Edmodo, had records for. Fortunately, the company confirmed that no one else had accessed that data.

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EdTech Data Edmodo Company 83

edWeb.net

MAY 1, 2019

If the workday of an adult typically requires seamless broadband access, then it’s reasonable that today’s students need the same access during their school day. The key is the state leadership to make broadband accessible to all. More important, states are starting to recognize the need for equitable access off site.

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Broadband Accessibility E-rate Mobility 41

eSchool News

JUNE 8, 2021

Burlington, VT (June 8, 2021) – InSpace , a collaborative video conferencing platform that replicates personal interaction between students and teachers in virtual classrooms, today announcedthat the company has closed on $6 million in two rounds of seed funding. The funding is led by a $2.6

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Video Education E-rate Company 94

Digital Promise

JANUARY 16, 2015

Something else that was immediate and dramatic: the gap between students who had Internet access at home, and those who didn’t. ” The suburban district is perceived by some as well-to-do, Nicol says, but he estimates that in any given year, roughly 15 percent of students don’t have Internet access outside of school.

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Resources E-rate Broadband Digital Divide 120

Mark Smithers

APRIL 9, 2024

The integration efforts of major technology companies and the availability of developer tools have played a vital role in driving the surge in passkey use. Key Takeaways Passkeys offer enhanced security and simplify online access and identity. However, the implementation process does come with its own set of challenges.

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Tools Trends E-rate Industry 41

The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 10, 2017

From collecting data to parent communications to taking care of yourself, Melissa has something for every classroom (as well as a pretty cool pep talk!). This handy free Google Docs add-on tracks things like: time spent writing, spelling-grammar-and punctuation error rates and pulls it into a clear graphical view in your teacher dashboard.

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Google Twitter Data Tools 290

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

It's not as powerful or robust as Midjourney or DALL·E , but it's accessible to students. You know, there's a lot more to that when it comes to the biases of the data and important things like that. What About the Lack of Data Transparency with the Data Sets Used by AI? So the lack of data transparency really concerns me.

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Classroom Tools Data Twitter 425

eSchool News

JULY 17, 2020

Leading school science supplier Carolina Biological Supply Company introduced a new product line to help high schools provide high-quality, hands-on science instruction during COVID-19 disruptions. VP of Core Product Management and Innovation at Carolina. This experience provided the genesis of our new remote learning products.”

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E-rate Video Company Resources 113

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

We also suggest emailing researchers for access to journal articles that are behind paywalls. (If If no studies have been conducted, or if you are not provided access to them, then perhaps consider other edtech options that do have evidence.) Moreover, make sure the outcome—test scores, absence rates, etc.—is

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EdTech Comparison Study Groups 204

Lightspeed Systems

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Tips for using data to secure more funding and support for mental health and safety programs. 2:38 We know that the Digital Learning Divide refers to inequitable access to technology and digital resources for learning. 3:10 one of the clear reasons is the proliferation of digital learning so the student doesn’t have access.

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Survey Data Report E-rate 52

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Ten years ago, when we began building equitable, offline-first education technology for the 2/3 of the world who didn’t have internet access, many people told us to just wait and the gap would close naturally. billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed. Today, over 2.9

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Trends EdTech Industry Data 144

Edsurge

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Access to the identities of staff and students is one of the main attractions for hackers. Even without social security numbers, student and staff data have monetary value for spammers and marketers. Rather than go to the trouble of reselling data, some hackers find it more lucrative to hold a district’s data to ransom.

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EdTech E-rate Symantec Data 60

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

Those activities often leave data trails, making it possible to quickly measure how well, say, a section of an online textbook is conveying the knowledge a teacher hopes to impart, or whether the material needs to be revisited and revised. If both happen together, that’s a 9x improvement in the rate of learning.”

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Education Learning Software Knewton 216

Lightspeed Systems

AUGUST 7, 2023

Make sure your tech stack is set up to support fundamentals such as student data privacy, emerging challenges like AI policy-making, and ongoing critical mental health and safety concerns. 2:38 We know that the Digital Learning Divide refers to inequitable access to technology and digital resources for learning. 3:48 Great.

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EdTech Survey Learning Data 52

Lightspeed Systems

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Tips for using data to secure more funding and support for mental health and safety programs. 2:38 We know that the Digital Learning Divide refers to inequitable access to technology and digital resources for learning. 3:10 one of the clear reasons is the proliferation of digital learning so the student doesn’t have access.

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Survey Data Report E-rate 52

Education Superhighway

JULY 17, 2019

Publicly available data has allowed thousands of school leaders to compare their existing service and pricing with neighbors and similarly-sized districts, ultimately helping them to negotiate with their vendor so that they can meet their technology goals. Reports from your WAN and Internet Access service providers.

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Broadband E-rate Tools Company 70

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 15, 2024

And we have 14 states that have teacher-run nonprofits that run the e-sports organizations for their state. So teachers together and the students that we serve are literally the largest e-sports organization in the country. And so it's a lot the same in how we should be treating e-sports. So we formed an interstate group.

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E-rate Education Meeting Industry 362

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2019

The nonprofit launched in 2012, and when it explored school connectivity data the following year, it found that just 30 percent of school districts had sufficient bandwidth to support digital learning, or 100 kbps per student. But there needs to be another initiative now, like a rural internet initiative to get home access for our students.

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E-rate Digital Divide Classroom Laptops 48

Education Superhighway

MAY 13, 2016

According to our data, however, nearly 12% of U.S. public schools still lack access to high-speed fiber connections. Check out our Fiber Toolkit for free tools and resources including the “Build Vs. Buy” comparison tool and RFP templates aligned with the new E-rate modernization rules.

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E-rate Broadband Comparison Digital Learning 40

Education Superhighway

MARCH 19, 2019

What experiences led you to become passionate about expanding broadband access? We closed that gap by contracting with a team of E-rate experts from E-rate Central and a network design engineer from Mighty River. Through the federal funding mechanism called E-rate we are closing the connectivity gap.

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Broadband E-rate Social Media Survey 40

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

I give the kids access to all the tools pretty much right off the bat,” said Eric Bredder, with a sweeping gesture taking in the computer workstations, 3-D printers, laser cutters and milling machines, plus a bevy of wood and metalworking tools that he uses while teaching computer science, engineering and design classes.

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Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Blackboard 89

The Hechinger Report

JULY 15, 2018

The schools are the brainchild of Charles Butt, a big donor to local education causes and chairman of H-E-B, the region’s largest grocery store chain. Choudhury, though, is adamant about the value of economic integration — and the importance of giving low-income students, in particular, access to educational options.

E-rate 95

E-rate Microsoft Industry STEM 95

EdTech4Beginners

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The marketing tools used to promote a company online are a significant component of the approach adaptable to companies of any size and operating in any sector. Carto is a platform for cloud computing that offers GIS, online mapping, and spatial data science tools. trillion in worldwide eCommerce sales.

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Tools Social Media Data Industry 26

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2020

A self-taught programmer, he found on-and-off work building websites, managing social media and handling e-commerce for dental offices, toy shops and other clients. He was working for a tech company, but this was no tech job. They also explore whether an applicant may have access to other sources of funding to pay for the program.

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Training Company Analysis E-rate 100

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Students can communicate peer-to-peer and also engage instructors directly in text, voice, and video, recorded for later access or run immediately in real-time. Students enroll in courses seamlessly, with attendance and grades plugged-in to an institution’s central records automatically.

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Online Learning MOOC Learning Coursera 127

NeverEndingSearch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

It’s happened to all of us– we’re at school trying to access the perfect website for a learning activity at school and… it’s blocked. While banning books is commonly recognized by librarians as detrimental to the student educational experience, restricted website access isn’t on everyone’s radar.

E-rate 40

E-rate Digital Citizenship Libraries Social Media 40