Broadband Chromebook Elementary Tablets 
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 25, 2021
BRUNSWICK, Maine—Like many school districts, Brunswick School Department in Maine suddenly has a lot more laptops and tablets to manage than it planned for. billion Emergency Connectivity Fund, which allows schools to apply for funds to pay for home broadband and devices for their students. 18, 2021, in Brunswick, Maine.
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 10, 2020
Innovating on the Fly Among the earliest challenges CTOs faced was how to get thousands of laptops and tablets for students and staff?while When we went into shelter-in-place on March 17, we were clearing out Chromebook carts [not only] for students but also for our own employees.
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The Hechinger Report
APRIL 14, 2022
According to a 2021 report from the think tank New America, 1 in 8 children from low-income families don’t have a computer at home, while 1 in 7 lack access to broadband internet. In May 2021, Think College Now elementary students sit in class after returning to in-person learning. The homework gap isn’t new.
eSchool News
SEPTEMBER 22, 2015
Use of both tablets and smartphones (at home, school or elsewhere) has risen across all grade levels. In 2015, nearly 80 percent of surveyed elementary students reported using a tablet regularly compared with 66 percent in 2014. Elementary and middle school students most enjoy doing schoolwork on tablets.
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 22, 2020
Blaney Elementary School in Elgin, S.C., Miami-Dade County Public Schools has distributed some 100,000 tablets and other mobile devices, and more than 11,000 smartphones that double as Wi-Fi hot spots. Many broadband providers are also adding capacity, lifting caps on data and offering extended free trial periods.
Doug Levin
SEPTEMBER 25, 2017
The money is used to buy SMART boards, Chromebook carts, iPad carts and replace old desktop computers. " Tagged on: September 18, 2017 Too Much Technology in AR Elementary Schools? For Lake Central this means that at the same time each new loan is approved, an old one is being paid off. So there is no increase in cost to taxpayers.
Doug Levin
SEPTEMBER 25, 2017
The money is used to buy SMART boards, Chromebook carts, iPad carts and replace old desktop computers. " Tagged on: September 18, 2017 Too Much Technology in AR Elementary Schools? For Lake Central this means that at the same time each new loan is approved, an old one is being paid off. So there is no increase in cost to taxpayers.
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