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Microsoft to Use TV White Space to Put Wi-Fi on Rural School Buses

EdTech Magazine

Wed, 05/02/2018 - 11:41. Key to unlocking the potential of TVWS, the FCC in 2010 allowed unlicensed radio transmitters to be in the white space, freeing up the spectrum and opening up opportunities for high-speed internet. Microsoft to Use TV White Space to Put Wi-Fi on Rural School Buses. jena.passut_7651. Content Subtype. Pull Quote.

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What the World Can Teach the US About Education Technology

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Long-term planning and investment in infrastructure for widespread and improved access to the internet and mobile devices is critical. Chile has more mobile cellular subscriptions (127 per 100 people) than the U.S. Governments, educators, advocacy groups and companies large and small need to work better together. percent) and China (4.10

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This Edtech Business Competition Is a Win for the Education Ecosystem

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EBPC 2018 Winners and Finalists (Source: Catalyst @ Penn GSE) What’s the biggest lesson you have learned from hosting the competition? Today’s marketplace for education and edtech companies is quite different than it was in 2010. Today’s technology allows us to do things we could only dream of in 2010. Absolutely.

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Beyond 12 Pairs Mentors With Tech ‘Nudges’ to Help Students Succeed

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This week, Beyond 12 said it has acquired GradGuru , a mobile platform designed to give students “nudges,” or text-based reminders about tasks that will help them succeed in college. In 2018, Bernadotte said that Beyond 12 aimed to serve 1 million students annually by 2025. “The Ruiz-Healy started GradGuru in 2012 as a nonprofit.

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Digital Divide 2.0: a few facts and figures

Neo LMS

Welcome to NEO Blog 2018! Unless you’ve been living on the moon for the last decade you will also know that mobile is booming: the statistics bare this out with a 20% year-on-year increase in the uptake of mobile broadband (data) subscriptions. Income vs. Access: The Digital Divide in the US. Source: LEE RAINIE ).

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Amplify’s Been Quiet. Here’s Where CEO Larry Berger Says It’s Going in 2018

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It was bought in 2010 by News Corporation, which invested more than $1 billion into the company and rebranded it as Amplify. EdSurge: What is Amplify in 2018? Teachers do them on a mobile device or a laptop, or they do them one-on-one with kids. What’s the most frustrating things to you that hasn’t changed since 2010?

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Chinese New Year- What Animal Am I?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

1926, 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010, 2022) are associated with these attributes: courage, ambition, enthusiasm, generosity, self-confidence, commitment to help others, altruism, sociability, and audacity. NG) This post originally appeared in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning ( www.educatorstechnology.com ).