edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

During a recent edWebinar , edtech experts provided an overview of the E-Rate program, state matching funds, and ways to obtain grants for technological development. Tapping these funding sources can be a challenge, especially for smaller districts, but there are resources and other types of support available.

E-rate 43

E-rate EdTech Broadband Digital Divide 43

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

And as video dominates online instruction, more educators need easy-to-use resources for video creation. In a new analysis , it finds that 47 percent of U.S. 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.

Broadband 141

Broadband Report Video EdTech 141

Marketplace K-12

OCTOBER 13, 2016

history to bridge the digital divide.”. Sprint’s leadership wanted to marshal its resources behind “one cause that really made sense for us a company,” he added. Big Differences in Prices Districts Pay for Web Connectivity, Analysis Finds. Sprint is billing the efforts as the “largest corporate initiative in U.S.

Broadband 40

Broadband Smartphone Digital Divide Company 40

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

That schools rely on the mega-rich to fund their digital learning at all—and that those funds could dry up at any time—illustrates some of the fundamental problems with K-12 technology spending: It is inconsistent, pieced together haphazardly, and as a result impacts student technology access in disproportionate ways.

Technology 153

Technology E-rate Laptops Digital Divide 153

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, The key word in that headline isn’t “digital”; it’s “force.” Um, they do.)

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

One of the challenges of writing this series – and trust me, there are many – is separating my analysis out into ten articles that name ten distinct “trends.” million in E-Rate rebates.). This is part two of my annual review of the year in ed-tech.

Technology 40

Technology Education Facebook Company 40