Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Here’s what we learned. North Carolina has been supporting digital learning longer than many other states. It was among the first in the nation to draft a Digital Learning Plan , published in 2015. “We A Vision for Digital Learning. Melissa Thibault is all about collaborative learning.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Schools across the country were forced to rapidly shift to distance learning last spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and as the 2020-2021 school year began in the fall and teachers and students were still trying to adjust to this “new normal,” those in the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools program had an advantage.

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Education Superhighway

DECEMBER 19, 2014

This past spring, Governor Terry McAuliffe announced a partnership between the state of Virginia and EducationSuperHighway to work toward ensuring that all Virginia public schools have equal and affordable access to broadband technology. Virginia was one of two states that we selected to participate in a state broadband project in 2014.

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Education Superhighway

OCTOBER 31, 2017

In 2014, the Federal Communications Commission modernized the E-rate program with the objective of closing the K-12 digital divide within five years. This catalyzed a sea change in the broadband available in America’s schools. Focusing on broadband. Improving affordability through price transparency.

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Education Superhighway

DECEMBER 27, 2017

In the effort to ensure that all students have equal access to the broadband they need for digital learning, there are challenges and triumphs every year. The FCC Announced Rural Broadband Month. For the first time, the FCC designated August as Rural Broadband Month. In 2017, many states around the U.S.

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edWeb.net

JULY 15, 2018

SETDA’s latest research, Navigating the Digital Shift 2018: Broadening Student Learning Opportunities , highlights how state policies are supporting the transformation to digital learning. Of course, schools can’t make the switch to digital overnight. Dr. Rocco received his B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh.

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Education Superhighway

APRIL 3, 2018

School board members play an important role in school districts’ ability to improve the level and quality of digital learning opportunities in the classroom. With that in mind, here’s a guide to assess school district network needs and implement affordable broadband upgrades. School Network Structure.

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Education Superhighway

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

However, with digital learning opening new opportunities for students and teachers, schools and libraries must continue to utilize the program to prepare their networks for the future — and we want to help. Still, more than $1 billion in E-rate funding is left on the table each year.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 1, 2020

In 2005, Sal Khan founded Khan Academy, the online education nonprofit where is now CEO, and in 2014 he founded the Khan Lab School. A survey of schools and libraries done by the FCC in 2010 found that 80% reported that broadband services did not “fully meet their current needs.” Stay tuned for other reflections in the coming weeks.

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Education Superhighway

JUNE 14, 2019

With technology playing a pivotal role in creating incredible learning opportunities for America’s students, it’s vital that every classroom has the bandwidth needed to access media-rich educational tools and implement digital learning. 2 – Plan for your school districts broadband budget.

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2019

At DCPS, he has been able to take the helm and drive forward an ambitious plan, whose aim is to “empower a community of learners by leveraging technology to develop critical thinkers who curate, collaborate, create, and communicate, in order to broaden, accelerate, and share their understanding of a digital and globally competitive world.?”.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Improving network speed and capacity and increasing competition for broadband services remain significant challenges to districts as well, the survey reveals. The results also detail the impact of changes to the E-rate program, as well as the growing issue of digital equity for technology access outside of the classroom.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

The FCC’s historic E-rate modernization in 2014 paved the way for districts to expand their high-speed broadband and wi-fi and increase digital learning opportunities for students. Could your district do the same?

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The Student Access to Digital Learning Resources Outside the Classroom Report , by the Department of Education, identified the three main causes of digital inequity as access and cost of high speed broadband and the lack of understanding by school families as to the importance of internet to support their students’ education.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Digital equity remains a troubling issue with far-reaching consequences. Digital learning is reaching a tipping point. billion more annually) in E-rate funding means that over the next few years, classroom connections will be broadband with robust wi-fi – an essential requirement for 21st century learning.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

The Homework Gap refers to the number of school-age children who don’t have broadband access at home and cannot complete their school assignments. Roughly 7-in-10 teachers assign homework requiring broadband access at home; however one-third of those students lack home internet access, according to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2019

From 2011 to 2014, U.S. At this point, publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s entire catalog features digital delivery options, said Matthew Mugo Fields, the publisher’s general manager for supplemental and intervention services. Even the most digitally connected educator will have access to a printer, Fields said.

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ExcelinEd

APRIL 5, 2019

Visit EducationSuperHighway.org to learn how your state can upgrade internet access in every public school classroom to empower more students to take advantage of the promise of digital learning. ” USED Office of Educational Technology , Building Technology Infrastructure for Learning. .”

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Education Superhighway

MAY 13, 2016

And to not only seamlessly administer online tests but also enable digital learning in the classroom, schools need robust broadband. Darby School District ’s leaders are committed to using digital learning to expand students’ educational opportunities and improve academic performance.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2015

In 2014, the Federal Communications Committee (FCC) modernized the E-rate program, a nearly 20-year old program that subsidizes communications projects for schools and libraries with small fees from telephone bills. “It is essential that every child in our country be able seamlessly access digital resources.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

These commitments are connecting 20 million more students to next-generation broadband and wireless. Beginning in fall 2014, the students and teachers at Burbank Elementary School in Hayward, California, embarked on a new and ambitious program to integrate arts across the curriculum. Here are just a few of their stories.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 18, 2017

The FCC [Federal Communications Commission] modernized the E-rate program in 2014, paving the way for governors and other state leaders to step up to take meaningful action to upgrade schools. million more students that now have the minimum connectivity they need for digital learning.

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Education Superhighway

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Since 2015, 83% of school districts nationwide have received federal E-rate Category 2 funding — a dramatic increase from 14% between 2011 and 2014. From our work, we have learned how the complex filing process is even more strenuous for small schools due to limited staff and resourcing. More to come.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 22, 2016

” The district has been piloting micro-credentials since 2014, and is a key thought partner of Digital Promise’s Educator Micro-credential initiative. Students benefit long-term from real-world learning experiences. Vista Unified is also part of Verizon Innovative Learning Schools , powered by Digital Promise.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

She is the author of the Dialogue’s 2014 vision report, Rising to the Challenge: Re-Envisioning Public Libraries. In 2014, she was recognized as a California Emerging Technology Fund Champion and as the Rural and Small Library Champion by the Association of Rural and Small Libraries. public libraries. He holds an M.Ed

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Education leaders expect school internet needs to increase over the next several years, highlighting the need for increased bandwidth and resources to support growing digital learning demands on school networks.

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Education Superhighway

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

As school districts increasingly take advantage of digital learning in the classroom, they need high-speed connectivity that supports their expanded technology use. Robust digital learning opportunities extend beyond online testing or digitized versions of textbooks. Video collaboration. Video streaming.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Though the rate of low-income students in the district has steadily increased in the last decade, so have graduation rates, to 83 percent in 2014. Overall, there is a risk that a “ digital learning gap ” is forming on top of the achievement gap that already exists. The rest of the country is starting to pay attention as well.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Though the rate of low-income students in the district has steadily increased in the last decade, so have graduation rates, to 83 percent in 2014. Overall, there is a risk that a “ digital learning gap ” is forming on top of the achievement gap that already exists. In 2012, the district was one of 16 U.S.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 15, 2021

But even during the crisis, they dug in, designing creative digital learning experiences, using technology for enhanced remote engagement, and leveraging local phenomena and investigations for students and their families to do at home. All students, Krehbiel emphasized, should have universal access to broadband internet.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update June 10th, 2014 Children want the same things we want. Dr. Seuss The Learning Revolution Project highlights our own "conference 2.0" virtual and physical events and those of our over 200 partners in the learning professions. Learn more and register here.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Overall, more than 39 million students enjoy bandwidth speeds to support digital learning. Mostly the report attributes the connectivity gains to E-rate modernization, which increased overall funding for school broadband projects and took steps to make it easier for schools to purchase fiber networks.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

I mentioned in the previous article in this series that Palmer Luckey, the founder of the VR company Oculus Rift (acquired by Facebook in 2014), had funded an unofficial pro-Donald Trump group dedicated to “shitposting” and spreading hateful memes about Hillary Clinton. million in E-Rate rebates.). In March, the FCC approved a $9.25

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