Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 2, 2020

Since it’s now 2020, I thought it would be fun to revisit Karl Fisch’s video from 2006, titled 2020 Vision. The GCars also are WiFi access points, creating massive nationwide mesh networks. It was fascinating to see some of Karl’s projections from 2006. ‘Google Panels’ replace 2/3 of worldwide energy production.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Although a local newspaper article claimed in 2006 that the faux-Montessori school was affiliated with AMI, officials at AMI said they have no record of the school in their database. Students will not find a laptop or tablet program here; the school has three computers available in the library for older students.

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Training Groups Report Study 111

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2016

The class sizes at Enterprise Attendance Center are an example of these struggles. Access to technology is another funding-related struggle. “If If E-rate didn’t fund our technology, we didn’t get it,” he said, referring to a federal program that makes telecommunications and Internet access more affordable for schools and libraries.

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Elementary Advocacy E-rate Accessibility 64

edWeb.net

JULY 22, 2019

All students need to have the same access to WiFi, and thus the ability to use the device, whether they are at school or not. Equitable access should be a part of a larger discussion about how the schools are serving their students’ needs. For instance, one barrier to access was library cards.

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Libraries Elementary Accessibility BYOD 41

edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2020

The current crisis has highlighted the disparity between students with and without equitable access to technology, especially in rural schools. One of the first challenges rural districts face is broadband access. Normally, many rural districts work with local libraries and businesses to provide students with WiFi hotspots.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 10, 2019

For example, CoSN counts phishing (sending fraudulent emails from seemingly credible accounts) as a top security threat to schools. While teachers may complain, having website filters and blocks can decrease the possibility of criminals accessing the schools’ tech through the web. Schools should also classify data (e.g.,

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Strategy Student Data Privacy Data Policies 53

edWeb.net

JUNE 4, 2019

For example, while Linson’s district avoided grants for most of their initiative, they knew that many teachers would need assistance using the new digital tools. For example, his district decided to stop hosting the tech applications on site and moved them to the cloud. In addition, they’ve transitioned to ebooks to save more dollars.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 22, 2019

While the presenters named several reasons they chose to move to the cloud, their top reason was equitable access to edtech. First, all programs are accessible to all students and teachers. If one pathway goes down, students and teachers will still have access. IT should plan for more bandwidth than they think they’ll ever need.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

For example, teachers most likely know they can’t just download an app and start using it with their students. Ann served as co-chair of Texas Education Technology Advisory Committee which developed the Texas Long Range Plan for Technology, 2006-2020. Then, write policies that help each group enact the laws.

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Student Data Privacy Data Policies BYOD 40

edWeb.net

JULY 31, 2019

School- and district-wide wireless internet access is no longer a nice-to-have—it’s a must have. And with staff, teachers, parents, and students needing 24/7 access, there’s never a good time for down time. For example, in many schools, the bulk of users sign off at 3 p.m.,

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BYOD Data Software Training 43

EdTechSandyK

MARCH 7, 2012

Examples of their initiatives include PBS TeacherLine, PBS LearningMedia, CPB Ready to Learn (PBS Kids), PBS Kids Lab (learning games). It brings a library of over 18,000 purpose-built, digital learning objects to teachers, learners, and parents. Example: Learning modules. PBS LearningMedia is the focus today.

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Learning Pearson Study Survey 61

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

VLACS is headquartered in a former high school in Exeter, New Hampshire — a brick edifice used for a century until the town opened a new high school in 2006. After all, I live with a perfect example.”. If a student masters just half of the competencies that make up a course, for example, then VLACS earns half of the $933.

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Education Course Laptops Blended Learning 0

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2023

The island has faced corruption and mismanagement in local government, billions of dollars in debt and mass emigration that has caused a critical loss of professionals and essentially halved the island’s student population in 15 years, from almost 550,000 in 2006 to 276,413 in 2021. Child poverty is widespread: In the 50 U.S.

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Elementary Report Dropout System 112

Hack Education

MARCH 8, 2017

E-rate is the name commonly used to describe the Schools and Libraries Program of the Universal Service Fund, established as part of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. A $21 million settlement paid by NEC in 2006 for price-fixing. A History of E-rate Legislation. The program, whose subsidies were initially capped at $2.25

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

It’s called “Course Access” or “Course Choice.” Thanks to a relatively new state policy, all spring Clarke went to the school library during second period for an online sociology class. “It This initiative, often called “Course Choice” or “Course Access,” is, as one proponent described it, like “ school choice on steroids.”.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 6, 2016

" The sustainability of these courses – including the persistence of students’ own work – is precarious at best, as Coursera students discovered when the company informed them it would remove hundreds of old courses, along with their access to their coursework, from its site. The College Affordability Crisis.

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