Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

As iPads, laptops and other learning gadgets increasingly make their way into K-12 schools, there’s one resource that more than 21 million students still lack access to in the United States: high-speed internet. “We They turned to E-rate, the $3.9 But all of that data was kept private. The Commission was hesitant.

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Broadband E-rate Tools Data 60

Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2021

And we’ve only seen the beginning—within the next few years, the company is poised to disrupt the healthcare market, become the market leader in online advertising, establish itself as a competitor to USPS, FedX and UPS, and provide global access to broadband internet through a network of satellites orbiting the planet… to name but a few examples.

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Education Company E-rate Industry 218

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 11, 2019

Red Wing High laid off its full-time college adviser in 2012 amid budget cuts. The school has two full-time school counselors, but in 2012 laid off a staffer whose sole focus was guiding students to college or other post-secondary options. When she got to high school, nobody disabused the ace student of that notion.

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E-rate Report Accessibility Secondary 111

Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2017

In many cases, the use of digital tools, platforms, and applications has helped to boost student engagement, grow pass rates, and increase retention. RCCC’s e-Text initiative has saved students up to 50 percent on the cost of their course materials, and has increased classroom engagement and retention. And it’s a good thing she did.

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Data E-rate Course Tablets 60

Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

” 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 2012 $0. 2012 and 2012 (ARRA case studies). FY 2013 $0. FY 2014 $0.

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Policies Technology Program Evaluation Education 150

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2019

The nonprofit launched in 2012, and when it explored school connectivity data the following year, it found that just 30 percent of school districts had sufficient bandwidth to support digital learning, or 100 kbps per student. But there needs to be another initiative now, like a rural internet initiative to get home access for our students.

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E-rate Digital Divide Classroom Laptops 48

eSchool News

MAY 31, 2017

And though Gen Z is starting to graduate this year, there’s still a massive amount of them within various levels of education—nearly 73 million (born between 1995 and 2012), according to Time magazine. Already, K-12 schools are beginning to leverage the E-Rate for a digital transformation [read here and also here ].

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Kaplan E-rate Smartphone Mobility 106

Education Superhighway

AUGUST 2, 2018

.” With solid Internet connectivity and infrastructure already in place, Ryan concentrated on building a stronger internal network using E-rate Category 2 funds. As Sheridan schools considered implementing 1:1 student device programs back in 2011-2012, it was important to invest in putting fiber between all the buildings.

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E-rate Chromebook Accessibility iPad 58

eSpark

JULY 1, 2021

1: Differentiation Keeps Learning Accessible. Our team uses an 85% positive rating as a baseline. Pape, Karen E. These elements are: differentiation, adaptivity, student engagement, direct instruction, practice, formative assessment with immediate feedback and student explanation of learning. Bergan, J. Sladeczek, I. Sanalan, A.

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Learning E-rate Elementary Outcomes 52

Education Superhighway

APRIL 7, 2015

” Evan was selected from a pool of 13 distinguished candidates for identifying the national problem of school broadband access and pursuing a solution with unwavering dedication. Under Evan’s leadership, we played a crucial role in the effort to modernize E-rate , resulting in the FCC’s commitment to an additional $2.5

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edWeb.net

JUNE 18, 2021

99% of the students qualify for free or reduced-price lunches, but the district’s graduation rate is now over 90%, exceeding the state and national averages. This success has been accomplished by focusing on equitable achievement outcomes through the use of small-group instruction and access to content that is self-paced and personalized.

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E-rate Professional Learning Elementary Robotics 58

NeverEndingSearch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

It’s happened to all of us– we’re at school trying to access the perfect website for a learning activity at school and… it’s blocked. While banning books is commonly recognized by librarians as detrimental to the student educational experience, restricted website access isn’t on everyone’s radar.

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E-rate Digital Citizenship Libraries Social Media 40

Educator Innovator

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

In 2008, the high school graduation rate at Winterboro High School was 63 percent. By 2012, it had risen to 88 percent. Although there are many other factors that could have improved that graduation rate, the engagement that technology can foster—if done well—likely had an impact. So it should be with E-Rate.

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Digital Learning E-rate Broadband Learning 28

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

The hope is that if what would normally take 10,000 hours could be shortened to 1,000, and be done via methods that are more affordable and accessible, many more people can become experts. Only 58% of students who started college in 2012 had graduated 6 years later. Mathematics lecture at the Helsinki University of Technology.

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Education Learning Software Knewton 216

NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 17, 2019

The evolution of trust in Wikipedia was documented by Mothe & Sahut (2018) who noted a contrast “between a higher frequency of use of Wikipedia and a lower rate of citation.” Debbie Abilock’s 2012 Educational Leadership article, “True– or Not?” Look for editorial ratings. Look for text revisions.

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E-rate Wiki Elementary Study 111

TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 19, 2015

What exactly this looks like on a daily basis in your classroom depends on the reality of your classroom: Available technology, WiFi access and bandwidth, grade level, content area, your comfort level with games, and so on. We’ve discussed before the logistics of how to teach with video games (especially for non-mobile games).

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Video E-rate Learning Mobility 40

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

I give the kids access to all the tools pretty much right off the bat,” said Eric Bredder, with a sweeping gesture taking in the computer workstations, 3-D printers, laser cutters and milling machines, plus a bevy of wood and metalworking tools that he uses while teaching computer science, engineering and design classes.

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Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Blackboard 91

EdTech Magazine

APRIL 8, 2019

Congress passed the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) in 2000, tying E-rate program discounts to a school’s internet safety policy. One-to-one programs really started birthing right around 2010–2012. Next-Generation Website Blockers Balance Online Access with Safety. eli.zimmerman_9856. Mon, 04/08/2019 - 10:41.

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Internet Safety E-rate Social Media Policies 301

Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2019

After seven years of coordinated efforts to improve internet access in schools, thereby laying the foundation for digital learning to take root and expand in U.S. schools had gained high-speed internet access, per the Federal Communications Commission’s minimum connectivity standard of 100 kilobits per second (kbps) per student.

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Broadband E-rate Advocacy Industry 111

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

During the “ National Coalition for Technology in Education and Training (NCTET) Virtual Post-Inauguration Awards and Policy Panel ,” the presenters discussed the intersection of technology and education and what’s needed to create sustainable, equitable access to a 21st century education.

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System Digital Divide E-rate Education 53

Bryan Alexander

APRIL 5, 2016

For example, E-journals are fine, but print monographs for life While the majority of professors are happy to use journal articles in digital forms, they tend to prefer monographs in print. e-books aren’t getting much traction. Similarly, not even 20% saw e-books replacing print in their libraries.

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Survey E-rate Libraries Conference 40

Learning with 'e's

OCTOBER 2, 2011

Conversely, publishing in an open access journals can increase the audience dramatically. Essentially, because they are free and online, open access journals are read more widely. Online open access journals trump paper based journals every time in terms of amplification of ideas too. Some of these are listed as links below.

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E-rate Accessibility Assessment Online Learning 61

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2014

First, learn how to discover new tools rated for learning, mapped to Common Core, and see how other teachers are using them. Third, learn how you can curate by organizing content into useful, easy-to-access collections. You’ll also learn about Digital Passport, an online/mobile game that teaches digital citizenship to 3rd-5th graders.

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Google Classroom Digital Citizenship Conference 54

NeverEndingSearch

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

Project CORA : Community of Online Research Assignments an open access resource for faculty and librarians. Check out the post That Chain E-Mail Your Friend Sent to You is (Likely) Bogus. Time For Kids shares a video News Matters in which 6th graders discuss what they are learning about critical thinking and the news. True-or not?

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Social Media Handbook Facebook Report 40

Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

Monica Crowley , Trump’s pick for director of strategic communications for the National Security Council, has decided to not take a position with the new administration following revelations about her plagiarizing her dissertation and her 2012 book. Via The New York Times : “ Big Ten Universities Entering a New Realm: E-Sports.”

Education 40

Education Pearson E-rate MOOC 40

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

“After Gayle Manchin took over the National Association of State Boards of Education in 2012, she spearheaded an unprecedented effort that encouraged states to require schools to purchase medical devices that fight life-threatening allergic reactions,” writes USA Today. ” “ 2016 E-Rate Trends.”

Education 40

Education Coursera Facebook Social Media 40

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2019

Starting in 2012, an idea floated around Alaska that seemed sort of preposterous. In some cases, districts left Alaska telecommunications giant GCI for competing internet service providers in order to get access to wholesaler Quintillion’s fiber, shaking up the stagnant local market. A plan to link Alaska to the world.

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Broadband Report Accessibility Video 84

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, 3D printing, The Economist pronounced in 2012 , was poised to bring about the third industrial revolution.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MARCH 8, 2017

Wheeler had been a “champion” of net neutrality and E-rate reform, according to Education Week at least, but his replacement, Trump appointee Ajit Pai, seems poised to lead the agency with a very different set of priorities – and those priorities will likely shape in turn what happens to ed-tech under Trump. .”

E-rate 49

E-rate Digital Divide Broadband Libraries 49

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2016

Students in Dillon had little access to Advanced Placement courses, art and music; and teacher salaries were much lower than in other parts of the state. Martin had the lowest ratings possible for achievement and improvement on its state report card that year. The growth in the graduation rate at Dillon High School over four years.

E-rate 40

E-rate Course Policies Advocacy 40

Hack Education

MARCH 24, 2017

officials approve new rating system.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ U of Maryland University College pursues a strategy of spinning off units into stand-alone companies, seeking financial gain for itself and affordable tuition rates for its students.” More on UC Berkeley and publicly accessible video content.

Education 52

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 52

Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

It has shaped the administrative imaginary – and that in turn has shaped how schools have built capacity (or much more likely outsourced capacity ) and defined capacity altogether – notably in response to what’s been consistently framed as the challenge of access and the necessity of choice. broadband privacy rules.”

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MOOC Coursera Education Broadband 55

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

After her husband took a job that would keep him on the road most of the time, Williams moved back in with her parents in 2012 to save money. Families in Williams’s virtually all-black neighborhood were set to lose access to the schools that have served their community for half a century. You are trying to take that from them.

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Education Report Data E-rate 111

Hack Education

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Remember 2012 , “ The Year of the MOOC? ” Remember in 2012 when Udacity co-founder Sebastian Thrun predicted that in fifty years, “there will be only 10 institutions in the world delivering higher education and Udacity has a shot at being one of them”? The Rebranding of MOOCs. last year to 63.3%

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MOOC Technology OER Coursera 40