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A school district is building a DIY broadband network

The Hechinger Report

But a few pioneering districts have shown that it’s possible, and Albemarle County has joined a nascent trend of districts trying to build their own bridges across the digital divide. Textbooks have given way to Google Classroom and the Blackboard Learn management system, and lessons are assigned, submitted and assessed online.

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A traditional model of organizational knowledge creation

Connecting 2 the World

Unlike formal schooling, individual content knowledge is not necessarily assessed through testing (Diaz, et al, 1999). Second International Conference, iTrust 2004, Oxford, UK. 2004, November 6-10). Crossing the digital divide safely and trustingly: How ecologies of learning scaffold the journey. Castelfranchi, C.

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A hidden, public internet asset that could get more kids online for learning

The Hechinger Report

In 2004, President George W. Then, in 2004, the FCC changed the allowed use of the educational spectrum from TV to internet, and ITFS became EBS. A central issue when granting private use of a public resource is assessing the public benefit. Bush called for universal broadband access in America by 2007.