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Defeat the Digital Divide Helps Bring Reliable Internet Connections to Schools Nationwide

eSchool News

COVINGTON, KY: October 21, 2021 – A new website launched by a collaboration of leading technology experts, STEP CG and Cradlepoint, is providing information and educational resources to help K-12 schools ensure their students have access to the technology they need to succeed. Cradlepoint ?is Cradlepoint’s?NetCloud Wireless WAN ?edge

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OPINION: The world is changing fast. Students need data science instruction ASAP

The Hechinger Report

Facial recognition software deploys neural nets to leverage pixel data from millions of images. Since at least 2006 , technology leaders and mathematicians have argued that data is the new oil. The coursework should be challenging but accessible — “low floor, high ceiling.” They run on the same fuel: data , and lots of it.

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SIIA, a Pioneering Convenor for the Edtech Industry, Scraps Its Conferences

Edsurge

Last week, the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) announced that its education technology group will no longer operate as its own division beginning July 1. SIIA dates back to 1984, when it was known as the Software Publishers Association. It was where you went to get deals done,” recalls Catalano.

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

” This letter marked the launch of the implementation of the first federal program dedicated to ensuring universal access to information and communications technology for improved teaching and learning in the nation’s schools. FY 2006 $272,300,000 (President Bush’s request: $0). ” How would the program operate?

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LIVE: Access All Of Your Files On All Of Your Devices Using @Microsoft_EDU OneNote | @MSOneNote

TeacherCast

Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics and personal computers and services. It is the world’s largest software maker measured by revenues. About OneNote. About Our Guests.

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Google Offers Free Cloud Access to Colleges, Plays Catch Up to Amazon, Microsoft

Edsurge

education grant offering free credits for its cloud platform, with no credit card required, unlimited access to its suite of tools and training resources. now, but Google says it plans to extend access to other places in the future. Having launched earliest in 2006, Amazon has “matured for a while,” Gupta says.

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More on the Cost Trap and Inclusive Access

Iterating Toward Openness

My recent post about the cost trap and inclusive access prompted responses by Jim Groom and Stephen Downes. For example, in 2015 I wrote that “My ultimate goal is this: I want to (1) radically improve the quality of education as judged by learners, and (2) radically improve access to education. And I want to do it worldwide.”