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CoSN 2018: Broadband and Cybersecurity Are Top IT Concerns

EdTech Magazine

CoSN 2018: Broadband and Cybersecurity Are Top IT Concerns. Cybersecurity and broadband/network capacity are tied for the top priorities for IT leaders in 2018, while budget constraints were marked as one of the most pressing challenges for a fourth straight year. meghan.bogardu…. Tue, 03/13/2018 - 09:56.

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Big Jump in Use of Games, Videos in K-12 Schools, Survey Finds

Marketplace K-12

In 2015, 47 percent of K-12 teachers and almost two-thirds of K-5 teachers reported using game-based learning environments in their classes, up from 23 percent of K-12 teachers in 2010. T he 2015 Speak Up survey findings are the latest in a series of reports released each year by the Irvine, Calif. based nonprofit Project Tomorrow.

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Digital Divide 2.0: a few facts and figures

Neo LMS

I mined their 2017 report for some details to guide our thinking on the digital divide with regard to education. Unless you’ve been living on the moon for the last decade you will also know that mobile is booming: the statistics bare this out with a 20% year-on-year increase in the uptake of mobile broadband (data) subscriptions.

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Smartphone Learning

IT Bill

For the past several years the Horizon Report has listed mobile learning, in one form or another, as an emerging educational technology (e.g. mobile computing, mobile apps, social media, BYOD, mobile learning). The cost of the smartphone is usually spread out over monthly payments within a contract.

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Educational Technology Innovations: The Hurdles, Accelerators, and Tech Enablers

edWeb.net

Sponsored by ClassLink Through the Driving K-12 Innovation series, CoSN continues to share high-quality trend reports supporting emerging technology in K-12 education to transform learning. These tools include artificial intelligence (AI), untethered broadband and connectivity, and a rich digital ecosystem.

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Ed Tech News, a New Podcast, and the Hack Education Roundup!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The recordings of recent FutureofEducation.com shows are posted: David Loertscher on Library 2.0 , Gina Bianchini on Mightybell , Tim Wilson on Redirect , Peter Cookson on a Children''s Education Bill of Rights , and an iPads in the Classroom report. Launches Rated JPG reports that beloved toy-maker LEGO is building its own social network.

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Digital Transformation and Innovation in Rural School Districts

edWeb.net

According to a CoSN report , more than half of school districts and about one-third of public schools in the United States are in rural areas. These rural districts face the four significant challenges: broadband access, funding, people, and understanding the “why.” Challenges.