eSchool News

JULY 2, 2020

K-12 school systems have taken many actions to ensure that students have the technology they need to learn from home, such as distributing mobile devices and wireless hotspots to students who need them and even negotiating deals with internet service providers to extend free or discounted broadband service to low-income families.

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Accessibility How To Broadband Learning 116

Digital Promise

JANUARY 16, 2015

“What you find out very quickly as teachers is not just the power of using technology in the classroom, but the power to extend learning, to carry it beyond just the school day,” says Brian Nicol, communications coordinator and, until recently, a teacher at the Wisconsin school district. Share them in the comments.

Resources 120

Resources E-rate Broadband Digital Divide 120

Education Superhighway

MARCH 7, 2017

According to David Verschueren, the school district’s Technology Director, “streaming instructional videos was a big issue for our teachers. The district learned that the process of upgrading would be relatively easy and inexpensive – with a special construction cost of only $300 to install the fiber and build out to Jal’s schools.

Digital Learning 45

Digital Learning Accessibility Broadband Chromebook 45

Tom Murray

JANUARY 12, 2016

As school leaders work to implement digital learning practices, they must commit to navigating roadblocks, problem solving, and planning for sustainable, systemic transformation. Equity in access, from broadband to devices is a concern and something that districts need to work to meet head on. “

EdTech 189

EdTech Future Ready Social Media Broadband 189

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The Student Access to Digital Learning Resources Outside the Classroom Report , by the Department of Education, identified the three main causes of digital inequity as access and cost of high speed broadband and the lack of understanding by school families as to the importance of internet to support their students’ education.

Accessibility 57

Accessibility Digital Citizenship E-rate Broadband 57

techlearning

OCTOBER 10, 2018

10, 2018 – Impero Software, specialist providers of remote monitoring and management software for education, in conjunction with ENA, a provider of comprehensive technology solutions for education institutions and libraries, has been selected for a New York state contract covering classroom management, school safety and device management software.

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Software Broadband Libraries Future Ready 41

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

Jamar McKneely (background) tours a science and technology event at Edna Karr High School, one of the schools in his InspireNOLA charter school network. The school district, NOLA Public Schools, provided some Chromebooks and hotspots that the school operator distributed to families.

Digital Divide 115

Digital Divide Laptops Accessibility Online Learning 115

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

Almost no district was truly ready to plunge into remote learning full time and with no end in sight. There is no one-size-fits-all remedy and no must-have suite of digital learning tools. Related: Teachers need lots of training to do online learning well. Coronavirus gave many just days. on April 10, 2020.

Learning 67

Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 67

eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Education and student well-being are stretched thin, and lingering learning gaps, exacerbated by the pandemic, present hurdles for all students–especially underrepresented students groups who were already at a disadvantage. We headed into a fourth year of learning in the pandemic’s shadow.

EdTech 70

EdTech Learning Industry Data 70

Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2022

As summer vacation winds down, thousands of devices—including Chromebooks, iPads, and laptops—are in the care of school district IT departments. But these positive teaching and learning benefits didn’t occur in a handful of counterexamples. Before the pandemic, the state ranked lowest on the number of broadband subscribers per capita.

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Broadband Survey Laptops Analysis 120

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

“Before we start handing out devices, we want to make sure that all of students are on an even playing field; our board was very intent on this,” said Leeann Dooley, K-12 assistant principal and technology coordinator at the district. For now, the district lends out to students (10) 4G-enabled Chromebooks that were donated by OpenRoom.

E-rate 40

E-rate Chromebook Accessibility Flipped Classroom 40

MindShift

DECEMBER 5, 2020

They say the heart of the job right now is getting students connected with school and keeping them that way — both technologically and even more importantly, emotionally. Here are five lessons learned so far: 1. The digital divide is still big and complex. There are backlogs of items such as Chromebooks.

Digital Divide 28

Digital Divide Learning Laptops Broadband 28

Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2023

For a number of years, she’s relied on discount options for broadband so that her own family can connect to the internet. The broadband speed is supposed to be up to 300 gigabytes — considered moderate usage for an American household — but it can run slow because everyone is using it, Tang says.

Broadband 99

Broadband Chromebook Accessibility Digital Divide 99

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

Teachers are trying to manage the education of hundreds of children, within a setup that lacks internet access and technology access,” said Honani, a member of the school’s parent advisory committee. “If Nearly 70 percent of public schools serving Native students were conducting digital learning, according to the survey.

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Report Elementary Online Learning System 124