Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2023

Justin Reich: When I was a high school history teacher, I was relatively early in the United States to have a classroom that was one-to-one with wireless laptops with the internet. We had this intranet server service called FirstClass that kind of did in 2003 just about everything that Google for Education does now.

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Edsurge

JULY 12, 2017

The organization made its mark in 2003 when they created the nation’s first county jail charter school. It was made possible by two unexpected Bay Area allies: the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency , who donated the bus, and Google, who shelled out $100,000 to make the project possible. And in terms of that heat?

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2018

Photo Credit: Jenny Abamu Despite a relatively new building, constructed in 2003 as part of a former superintendent’s turnaround project, Fisher has suffered from consistent low performance—falling far below state standards on exams and adjusted growth targets designed specifically for the school. Fisher Magnet Upper Academy.

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Learning With Lucie

JUNE 7, 2015

I remember getting all excited when I saw the first laptop whose display swiveled and laid flat, and knew I had to have it as my next laptop. And although I did not use those words -- the fact that it humanized the technology was part of the reason I was excited about this form factor in a laptop.

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The Electric Educator

JUNE 1, 2009

In 2003 Microsoft and the city of Philadelphia set out to build the " School of the Future." In 2006, the school opened and touted a 1-1 laptop program, campus-wide WiFi, an innovative schedule, and "project based learning." You can find me on Twitter (@jrsowash), Google+, Linkedin (jrsowash), and YouTube (jrsowash).

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MindShift

OCTOBER 31, 2019

These stats come from a new, nationally representative survey of media use among children ages 8-18, by Common Sense Media, which has been tracking this since 2003. And then I ended up Googling them … and it went downhill from there!” The findings highlight the myriad ways young people are using their devices.

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IT Bill

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

The ECAR study indicates that most students (appx 80%) do use their smartphones for one or more classes while only 46% consider them “essential for coursework” compared to their laptops at 93%. ANDERSON, T (2003). This is understandable considering the fact that many online courses tend to be reading and writing intensive. Cochrane, T.,

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