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State Leadership Working Towards Broadband Access for All

edWeb.net

If the workday of an adult typically requires seamless broadband access, then it’s reasonable that today’s students need the same access during their school day. The key is the state leadership to make broadband accessible to all. More important, states are starting to recognize the need for equitable access off site.

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How Tablet Games Can Teach Skills to Students with Visual Impairments

Edsurge

million across 71 deals in 2017. He co-founded eSped, a K-12 software suite to help districts serve special-needs students, which sold to Frontline Education in 2016, and has operated Blindfold Games since 2013 to offer accessible games to adults with visual impairments. million across 38 deals in 2012 to $276.5

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Technology overuse may be the new digital divide

The Hechinger Report

2017 Common Sense Census: media use by kids age zero to eight. A new 2017 survey of technology use at home shows the gap in computer access is rapidly closing. When it comes to mobile devices, such as smartphones or tablets, the gap has virtually vanished. Even high-speed internet access is becoming more commonplace.

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Bigger Deals, Bigger Bets: EdTech Venture Funding Trends Continue in 2018

EdNews Daily

For those EdTech companies that cannot access funds, or simply do not wish to raise large sums of venture capital money, their ability to maintain a first-mover advantage, or reach cash-flow positive without capital constraint, could be jeopardized by the presence of well-funded rivals. in 2017 (PWC Money Tree Report, January 2019).

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The Newest U.S. Education Technology Venture Fund? Look to Japan

Edsurge

education technology investments have largely simmered from its peak in 2013, when edtech-focused accelerators and seed deals flooded the market. edtech startups in 2017. For instance, NTT DoCoMo, a mobile telecommunications operator in Japan, has begun rolling out a nationwide 5G network across the country.

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Young Children Are Spending Much More Time In Front Of Small Screens

MindShift

The nationally representative parent survey found that 98 percent of homes with children now have a mobile device — such as a tablet or smartphone. Mobile devices are now just as common as televisions in family homes. The growth of mobile is a dramatic change. ” Copyright 2017 NPR. Is this a boon or a danger? .

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Best Online Mapping Tools To Teach Map Making For Kids

Fractus Learning

The viewer, member, and admin access permit teachers and students to interact in group data analysis projects and create classroom presentations. Anyone with a Google account has access to the clean design and map creation tool. Search maps in Google Maps mobile app to find places on the go. GeoInquiries are available for: U.S.

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