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

EdTech Magazine

Microsoft to Use TV White Space to Put Wi-Fi on Rural School Buses. Microsoft wants to outfit school buses in Hillman, Mich., Microsoft Pairs with ISP for Experiment to Outfit Buses with Wi-Fi. What makes Microsoft’s bus Wi-Fi experiment different? jena.passut_7651. Wed, 05/02/2018 - 11:41. It’s in the air. Pull Quote.

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

Edsurge

The conferences were the most publicly visible part of SIIA’s education programming, attracting executives from big textbook publishers along with their peers from major technology companies with growing education footprints, including Apple and Microsoft. Panels and keynotes covered the latest industry trends.

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5 Trends to Watch in 2011

The Electric Educator

At the 2010 Virtual School Symposium sponsored by iNACOL it was clear that blended instruction is quickly becoming a viable instructional option as many states adopt seat-waver initiatives. Microsoft announced the deployment of Office Web Apps as a competitor to Google Apps. Cloud computing is here to stay.

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Final Speakers List + Registration for October 6th "Libraries of the Future" Online Mini-Conference

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

This work has focused on policy and innovations to foster universal broadband access and adoption, digital and media literacy, local journalism and information hubs, public service media, civic engagement, and government transparency. Amy holds degrees from the University of Virginia and the University of Texas at Austin. patents.

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Announcing Speakers Plus Bonus Downloads for "Libraries of the Future" Online Mini-Conference

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

This work has focused on policy and innovations to foster universal broadband access and adoption, digital and media literacy, local journalism and information hubs, public service media, civic engagement, and government transparency. Amy holds degrees from the University of Virginia and the University of Texas at Austin. patents.

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Analysis: Is Higher Ed Ready for the Tech Expectations of the Teens of 2022?

Edsurge

They went into first grade when Apple was rolling out the first iPad, in 2010. This Chrome OS share, of course, has made Microsoft angry. Microsoft has countered by working with partners over the past two years to introduce sub-$300 Windows 10 devices into the U.S., And determined. Outside of the U.S., But in the U.S.,

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What a School District Designed for Computational Thinking Looks Like

MindShift

The South Fayette school district’s transformation began on a rainy October afternoon in 2010 when Aileen Owens, the district’s newly hired director of technology and innovation, got a call from Frank Kruth, a middle school science teacher. Computing devices and broadband Internet are abundant both inside and outside of school.