The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

The report highlights a number of steps that states are taking, including creating one-to-one laptop programs, increasing statewide broadband networks and making Wi-Fi hotspots more readily available. Related: The ‘dirty secret’ about educational innovation.

Tools 79

Tools Laptops Analysis Broadband 79

eSchool News

AUGUST 10, 2016

However, only 18 percent of teachers reported the majority of students have access to the digital tools they need at home, which left those students without access to broadband at a significant disadvantage. As a starting point, other companies must recognize the connection between digital inclusion and business success.

Digital Divide 40

Digital Divide Broadband Company Accessibility 40

Edsurge

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Providing hosted services rather than giving districts the software to install on their own servers is better for edtech companies; it makes their products easier and cheaper to deploy and maintain. Cybercrime is the next threat.

EdTech 60

EdTech E-rate Symantec Data 60

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Since President Obama’s ConnectED announcement in 2013 in Mooresville, NC , there has been more than $10 billion committed as part of the five-year program to transform American education. These commitments are connecting 20 million more students to next-generation broadband and wireless.

Adobe 120

Adobe Education Tablets iPad 120

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

According to Draper, since 2013, there have been over 500 student data privacy bills proposed in the United States, and this number is expected to double in 2019. Jena Draper is the founder and general manager at CatchOn, a company designed to support teaching and learning through the smarter use of data and technology.

Data 41

Data Accessibility Student Data Privacy Libraries 41

edWeb.net

JULY 15, 2018

Contracts with publishing companies ensure equal availability and pricing for Idaho’s large population of rural schools. Our current work is guided by a strategic plan, Leading, Inspiring and Empowering: The 2013-16 SETDA Strategic Plan, adopted by the SETDA Board of Directors in October 2012 after extensive consultation with the membership.

Digital Learning 40

Digital Learning Instructional Materials Learning Policies 40

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 17, 2018

While the tools may have print components, companies must submit them digitally, and only the digital materials are reviewed. Evaluators have the time to stop and ask if a material is truly effective and how it fits with the other curriculum and their digital platform. Christine’s background includes experience in education and consulting.

Instructional Materials 40

Instructional Materials Case Study Policies OER 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 4, 2020

The Ak-Chin Library was a recipient of the 2013 Guardians of Culture and Lifeways: Library Institutional Excellence Award (from the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries and Museums). Before that she worked in business development for OCLC, making connections between Silicon Valley companies and libraries.

Libraries 56

Libraries Conference Advocacy Pearson 56

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 19, 2020

The Ak-Chin Library was a recipient of the 2013 Guardians of Culture and Lifeways: Library Institutional Excellence Award (from the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries and Museums). Before that she worked in business development for OCLC, making connections between Silicon Valley companies and libraries.

Libraries 41

Libraries Conference Advocacy Pearson 41

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2020

The Ak-Chin Library was a recipient of the 2013 Guardians of Culture and Lifeways: Library Institutional Excellence Award (from the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries and Museums). Before that she worked in business development for OCLC, making connections between Silicon Valley companies and libraries.

Libraries 36

Libraries Conference Pearson Advocacy 36

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 16, 2020

The Ak-Chin Library was a recipient of the 2013 Guardians of Culture and Lifeways: Library Institutional Excellence Award (from the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries and Museums). Before that she worked in business development for OCLC, making connections between Silicon Valley companies and libraries.

Libraries 41

Libraries Conference Pearson Advocacy 41

edWeb.net

AUGUST 3, 2021

These rural districts face the four significant challenges: broadband access, funding, people, and understanding the “why.” Broadband access has become more critical in the last year and a half than ever before. Challenges. Ann McMullan is Project Director for CoSN’s EmpowerED Superintendents Initiative.

Broadband 98

Broadband E-rate BYOD Accessibility 98

Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2019

education technology companies raised $1.45 And that dip in dealflow has been happening in recent years: Investors are pouring more money into the edtech industry, but across fewer companies. For edtech companies able to show consistent growth and revenue, that should be welcome news. Last year, U.S. billion raised by U.S.

EdTech 145

EdTech Company Industry Edmodo 145

Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2019

Instead, EducationSuperHighway is sunsetting because, well, that’s what Marwell always intended it to do—once the organization reached its expressed goal of connecting 99 percent of K-12 students to high-speed broadband. The median cost of internet access has gone down dramatically as well, from $22 per Mbps in 2013 to $3.26

Broadband 111

Broadband E-rate Advocacy Industry 111

Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

However, this lag began to erode when the rise of cloud computing made it possible for edtech startups to flood the market with educational applications, the expansion of broadband internet gave those apps an easy distribution channel into campuses, and an increasing number and variety of mobile devices provided them an in-school abode.

Analysis 154

Analysis Trends Chromebook EdTech 154

MindShift

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

There are two other STEAM labs in this school for third, fourth and fifth graders, which South Fayette opened in 2013. An after-school club of middle school girls assembled and programmed these printers with grant-purchased kits from the Ohio-based education technology company INVENTORCloud.

Robotics 28

Robotics Elementary Technology STEM 28

Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2017

For over a decade, North Carolina has been the site of one of the most sustained, successful initiatives in education: giving all students in all schools access to broadband internet with WiFi in every classroom by 2018. Competing with them could create political headaches. Finally, it was important that the initiative cut across party lines.

Broadband 111

Broadband Policies Company Common Core 111

The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2017

The message, from Zach Leverenz, founder of the nonprofit EveryoneOn, attacked the Educational Broadband Service (EBS), which long ago granted school districts and education nonprofits thousands of free licenses to use a slice of spectrum — the range of frequencies that carry everything from radio to GPS navigation to mobile internet.

Broadband 87

Broadband Mobility Digital Divide Learning 87

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

Via Education Week : “ Trump Signs Orders on Rural Broadband Access.” ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “A Pennsylvania judge has banned fraternity Pi Delta Psi from the state for a decade, a punishment for a hazing death in 2013, and an unprecedented step likely to rock the national Greek system.”

Education 43

Education Company Blackboard Kaplan 43

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

And a state push to fund schools more equitably with another tax measure failed in 2013. At least one Duke University study suggested that the arrival of broadband service in North Carolina between 2000 and 2005 correlated with a small, but significant dip in reading and math scores for elementary school students.

Laptops 40

Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

Hack Education

MARCH 8, 2017

The legislation also ordered telecom companies to provide their services to all public schools and libraries at discounted rates – from 20% to 90% off depending on the services provided and number of students receiving free and reduced school lunches. That is, Internet speeds of 100 Mbps per 1000 users.)

E-rate 49

E-rate Digital Divide Broadband Libraries 49

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

” Trump’s ideas seem to be a reprise of a proposal the NRA put forward back in 2013. Via Wired : “ Ajit Pai ’s Plan Will Take Broadband Away From Poor People.” Wikispaces Classroom (and free wikis from the company, now owned by TES ) joins the ed-tech dead pool. “Open.” Via the Hypothes.is

Education 46

Education Company Data Elsevier 46

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

” Via Ars Technica : “Senate Democrats fight FCC plan to lower America’s broadband standards.” million to cover federal funds that went to the botched statewide school broadband contract.” “This Machine Learning-Powered Software Teaches Kids To Be Better Writers,” Fast Company claims.

Education 45

Education Broadband Company Data 45

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

“ Facebook Is Not a Technology Company ,” media studies professor Ian Bogost also wrote in August. If that’s what “technology” means, then every company is in the technology business – a useless distinction. …There are companies that are firmly planted in the computing sector.

Technology 40

Technology Education Facebook Company 40

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

” Palantir is the data analytics company co-founded by Peter Thiel and funded in part by the CIA. Another tech company ready and willing to support Trump: IBM. If you know the history of this company , it’s a rather frightening gesture. .” ” The company has raised $12.5 million total.

Education 40

Education Company Data Pearson 40