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Building Education Technology for the Developing World

Edsurge

One of the most high-profile initiatives this century was the “One Laptop Per Child” effort led by MIT professor Nicholas Negroponte. When it launched in 2005, the idea of a $100 laptop for the world’s poorest children captured the backing of Google, eBay and UNDP. In India, the rate is 40 percent.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Classroom

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Tablets, laptops, and Chromebooks have become as commonplace as notebooks, enabling students to access a vast reservoir of information and educational resources at their fingertips. These advancements have given rise to the cloud-based classroom, a dynamic and accessible learning environment that epitomizes educational innovation.

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Innovative School District Seeks Middle School Science and Social Studies Apps

Digital Promise

Through its mPower Piedmont initiative , which began in 2009, all students in grades 4-12 receive a Macbook Air laptop with home Internet access. Access to the product during the spring pilot period may be free, full price, or discounted. Compatible with MacBook Air laptops. from Digital Promise on Vimeo.

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Coronavirus is the practice run for schools. But soon comes climate change

The Hechinger Report

McKneely was a teacher at Edna Karr High School in New Orleans when the 2005 hurricane devastated the city and closed his school for months. So far, the pandemic has revealed the challenges of conducting education remotely as well as uneven access to Wi-Fi and devices such as laptops.

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From Data Breaches to Hurricanes: Information Technology Leaders Gather to Plan For the Worst

Edsurge

Renee Patton Educators curious about what information technology leaders can do to manage crises were gathered to discuss technical challenges in schools and ways to promote internet access, stability and security. Scale to the worst.

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Are too few college students asking for federal aid?

The Hechinger Report

The completion rate for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, among 2018 high school graduates barely improved from the class of 2017, according to a July report from the nonprofit organization National College Access Network. For the class of 2018, 60.9 percent had completed the form by June 30 of that year.

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Livestreaming and Podcasting in the Classroom

edWeb.net

Do you need to have a desktop or laptop to get the most out of the platform, or would a smartphone work best? Teachers need to have a classroom page or account where students and teachers will access livestreams and archived events. He retired from Mobile County Public School System in December 2005.