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Funding Edtech with the E-Rate Program and Grants

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As schools and districts strive to meet their existing technology needs and prepare for the future, access to federal and state funding, along with other grants, is making a major difference in whether students engage in 21 st century learning or are left behind. Accessing the E-Rate and Matching State Funds.

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Looking Back on Three Years of the ConnectED Initiative: Did It Deliver?

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Back in late 2013, Barack Obama and the White House launched the ConnectED Initiative , an effort to bring almost $2 billion worth of high-quality broadband, technology and professional development to schools and districts across the U.S. In February of 2014, Obama rounded up technology donations worth more than a $1 billion from U.S.

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What Separates a Good Blended Learning Program From a Bad One?

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One of the biggest indicators of a successful program is intentional technology use. Whether creating digital resources and activities or planning a large purchase of student devices, the technology should support the learning, not the other way around. The Good The best blended learning programs seem to have some common threads.

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Isn’t it time to stop Wikipedia shaming?

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Among the results common to the choices presented to all students in the study was a Wikipedia article on the subject of the simulation, the impact of the Burmese Python on the habitat of the Everglades. That will also help determine if the Wikipedia article itself is helpful or not. Student simulation tasks (RSIC study).

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Deep learning

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"If you can imagine it, you can invent it" - unknown I recall Nicky Hockley''s keynote for the Reform Symposium 2013. She argued that the future is found in the present, and that many of the top science fiction films feature technology that already is in existence. One technology that caught my eye was the universal translator.

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State Leadership Working Towards Broadband Access for All

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After all, schools are preparing them for their future careers, which will include using some aspect of online technology. Many times, the funding is not enough, and schools supplement from outside sources, including the E-Rate program. This article was modified and published by EdScoop. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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Another Cause of Inequality: Slow Internet in Schools

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That was one frustrating situation Jean Tower recalls encountering when she started as director of technology at the Public Schools of Northborough and Southborough , Massachusetts, about six years ago. Students now interview authors across the country via Skype and access books that match their interests and reading levels on e-readers.