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eSchool News
JANUARY 19, 2024
Key points: Without continued funding, schools and libraries may struggle to maintain or upgrade technological infrastructure See article: 3 ways the E-rate program helps level up learning See article: Will cybersecurity receive E-rate funding?
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 30, 2020
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. On the home front, three organizations have released a “guidebook” to help schools and states close the internet access and device gap. Podcasts, anyone?
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Digital Promise
JANUARY 16, 2015
When Howard-Suamico School District went digital, giving every student in grades 3 and up tablets or laptops, the change was immediate and dramatic. Something else that was immediate and dramatic: the gap between students who had Internet access at home, and those who didn’t. Teachers were transforming their instruction.
Educator Innovator
MARCH 7, 2014
This made it difficult to run programs like Pixie or access online math games. Students now interview authors across the country via Skype and access books that match their interests and reading levels on e-readers. Without reliable [internet] access, there’s no way you can do something like that,” Tower said.
Marketplace K-12
OCTOBER 13, 2016
Students participating in the program will receive either a free smartphone, tablet, laptop, or “hotspot” device that offers them access to the web. history to bridge the digital divide.”. families with children in school do not have home broadband access. The Pew Research Center has estimated that 5 million U.S.
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 3, 2021
These one-time gifts from billionaires and multinational corporations are welcomed by most schools, but they are not enough to close gaps in access to learning technologies nor ultimately a sustainable financing solution for technology infrastructure. More than Devices The “digital divide” was not quite a household term two years ago.
Evelyn Learning
JUNE 7, 2023
However, many students find themselves stuck on the cost and perceive it as the primary determinant of their access to education. A classroom has become an e-classroom, with tablets on each and every desk. A lot of problems are going around related to social-economic aspects, historical aspects, digital divide, etc.
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