Education Superhighway

AUGUST 1, 2017

In 2015, Fort Smith Schools was the first district in the state to reach 200 kbps per student, exceeding the Federal Communications Commission’s recommended minimum of 100 kbps of Internet speed per student. Tune in to the FCC’s Open Commission Meeting on August 3, 2017. You can find the proposed meeting agenda here.

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The PL2C Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Digital Learning Coach, Instructional Technology Facilitator and Research Associate at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation. It is a fun-filled two days of learning, playing, and digging deep into what it means to coach others through a digital transition. Interested in more about this year’s CDLi, 2015?

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

I used to spend hours searching for high-quality materials that would meet the needs of each student. In 2015, I joined the LearnZillion Dream Team as a coach, and dove into digital curriculum by helping to create it myself. I knew that it had the potential to help, but at first I wasn’t sure where to begin.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Instructure announced it has reached an agreement to sell Bridge to Learning Technologies Group, a London, U.K.-based based provider of digital learning and talent development tools for businesses and employees. For Instructure, the deal will mark the end of its ambitions in the corporate learning market. million loss.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 18, 2017

. Nearly nine out of 10 school districts meet the federal government’s minimum standard for internet connectivity – a significant increase from 2013, when only 30 percent met that level, according to a report released Tuesday by a California-based nonprofit organization. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 13, 2017

To help overcome this, we have adopted the Future Ready Schools Framework , a systematic approach to scaling innovative digital learning practices while promoting long-term sustainability. The team’s primary goal was to develop a shared vision for deeper learning through innovative uses of digital technologies.

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Education Superhighway

OCTOBER 22, 2019

million teachers in 83,000 schools have the Internet access they need for digital learning. These key stakeholders came together with the common goal of increasing bandwidth to allow students to truly take advantage of the educational possibilities that come with digital learning, and the progress is already paying off.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 1, 2020

They’re using technology as an integral part of their instruction and personalizing instruction for a classroom of students with diverse learning needs. I, like many teachers, share a deep belief that we should decide how to best meet the needs of students before turning to technology. I talked about mastery learning a lot back then.

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Bryan Alexander

DECEMBER 29, 2015

Here I’d like to identify trends from 2015 which seem likely to persist or grow over the next year. We still see the majority of campuses failing to formally recognize professors’ digital work. Yet we also see academic deans and provosts showing more interest in digital learning than their faculty.

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Tom Murray

JANUARY 12, 2016

As school leaders work to implement digital learning practices, they must commit to navigating roadblocks, problem solving, and planning for sustainable, systemic transformation. Equity in access, from broadband to devices is a concern and something that districts need to work to meet head on. “ But how does the community know?

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Pair-a-dimes for Your Thoughts

MARCH 4, 2019

Before we even got started, a team of us designed two Board Authority Authorized (BAA) courses for the school: Foundations of Inquiry and Digital Learning (digital literacy). Here are the original courses and the updates to meet the new BC curriculum requirements: Original Courses. Learning and Failure.

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The Web20Classroom

AUGUST 19, 2014

In an effort to connect all teachers, EdWeek author and Corwin editor Peter DeWitt enlisted the help of his professional learning network (PLN) in order to launch a series of books on digital learning, digital leadership, mobile learning, digital citizenship, and everything else that is connected education.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Thanks to these many digital stimuli, their stimulus thresholds have risen, making it an increasing challenge for teachers to arouse their students’ interest and maintain their attention. Immersive and interactive, digital learning tools can encourage new levels of creativity and concentration in the classroom,” said Horvath.

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Educators are striving to transform learning environments to meet changing needs. Tech plays a crucial role, as districts scramble to create “the digital classroom of the future.” Principals at blended learning schools agree digital content increases student engagement. More motivated to learn.

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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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Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Today, we released our fourth annual State of the States report: Expanding Digital Learning to Every Classroom, Every Day and we are proud to announce that 40.7 million students still don’t have access to the minimum connectivity required for digital learning, down from 6.5 Today’s Digital Classrooms.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2019

The company was founded in 2008 and went public in 2015 (at $18 a share), and plans to continue to operate with its same management team after the acquisition. In recent months Instructure has faced tough questions about its corporate learning system, called Bridge, which has not lived up to internal expectations despite heavy investment.

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eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2016

The English language arts department debuted its curriculum in the 2015-16 school year, and the math, science and social studies departments will introduce curricula during each consecutive school year.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 14, 2018

After conducting a survey in 2015, district leaders found that while a surprising number of students have access to broadband, the biggest obstacle to technological access rural students face is the lack of devices. One unique aspect of Mat-Su’s approach to digital learning is that edtech is housed under the office of instruction.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2016

In the past two academic years, Idaho Digital Learning Academy (IDLA), an online state school created by the Idaho Legislature, has taken proactive steps to fix a key problem: losing English Language Learner (ELL) students before high school graduation, and losing them from highly technical and content-driven courses like biology.

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eSchool News

JUNE 14, 2018

to find gems; becoming global citizens; making informed actions; and exploring digital tools. Then in 2015, my teaching partner and I decided to go one step further with our learning management system.

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Education Superhighway

DECEMBER 15, 2016

The 2016 Kansas Digital Learning Report indicates that 26% of Kansas school districts believe their network infrastructure is not digital learning ready. The goal of this initiative is for every child to have the same opportunities when it comes to learning through technology.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 21, 2016

“When we released the 2015 State of the States report on the progress of broadband connectivity in America’s schools, we found that 21 million students in America’s schools are still without the speed they need for digital learning,” said Evan Marwell, CEO of EducationSuperHighway.

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Neo LMS

MAY 2, 2017

Technology in the classroom may not have reached its full potential yet, but both teachers and students know there’s more to it than meets the eye. Students are particularly excited about all of the new possibilities digital learning can offer. Why do kids love e-learning?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 8, 2020

In 2015, the nonprofit launched the Global Freshman Academy, a set of online courses backed by Arizona State University and marketed as a way for people to complete their first year of college at a low cost. We took the approach of saying we’re going to involve industry to define what was in demand for them,” Medros says.

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edWeb.net

MAY 14, 2020

Aglio points out that school districts must implement the same collaborative process for the acquisition of educational programs and curricula no matter whether stakeholders are meeting in person in a school conference room or online in a Zoom or Google meeting room. Learn more at www.net-ref.com. The New August.

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The PL2C Blog

AUGUST 12, 2017

In the 2015-16 school year, I was fortunate to be chosen for the NCDLCN cohort. During the course of the program, a plan was developed to best meet the needs of our teachers while keeping the students in mind. At first I was floundering, what is the best way to meet the need of our customers?

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Educators, policy makers and the private sector will benefit from organized and accessible information regarding acquisition of digital instructional materials, including state guidance and policies, procurement, funding and digital learning resources for all 50 states, Guam and the Commonwealth of the Mariana Islands, SETDA says.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Loosely defined as affordable programs with strong learning and career outcomes, hybrid colleges often share three design principles: intensive wrap-around student support that directly meets student needs; digital learning programs (often competency-based); and sustainable funding that does not ask students to carry significant debt.

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Education Superhighway

JULY 20, 2015

Once connected, every school in Arkansas will not only meet, but exceed the 2015 ConnectED goals. EducationSuperHighway partnered with the Arkansas Governor’s office and the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) in August 2014 toward the goal of connecting all Arkansas students to high-speed broadband for digital learning.

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Education Superhighway

JANUARY 12, 2017

In just a few years, America has taken significant steps to decrease its digital learning disadvantage and is now implementing innovative education technology in more classrooms than ever before. per Mbps in 2015 to just $7 per Mbps nationally today. times more per Mbps than those that are meeting the goal.

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eSchool News

MAY 6, 2016

The national report, From Print to Pixel: The role of videos, games, animations and simulations within K-12 education , reveals that in 2010, only 23 percent of surveyed teachers said they used games, compared to 48 percent of those surveyed in 2015.

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ASIDE

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Source: ASIDE 2015 This week we were asked to share our philosophies of education. Even though like most teachers we’ve gone through many versions of these philosophies over the years, it was thought-provoking to reframe our tenets as both learning and we have evolved. In this vein, teaching and learning is a partnership.

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Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

September 14, 2015. Montana Governor Steve Bullock announced today his commitment to connect every K-12 classroom in the state to high-speed Internet in order to support digital learning and equal opportunities for all Montana students. We are excited to receive the support of ESH to help us meet new bandwidth targets.”.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

New library of thought leadership resources will support creation of dynamic digital learning environments. We hope educators nationwide will view these thought-leadership presentations, borrow these powerful ideas, and apply them to their own school districts.”.

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Education Superhighway

JANUARY 21, 2016

In spring 2015, for example, we piloted a transparency program that supported 15 districts in rural Virginia in comparing their speeds and pricing and negotiating with service providers to make upgrades. The result was 500% more bandwidth for only 15% more cost, allowing these districts to meet a connectivity level of 200 kbps per student.

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Education Superhighway

JULY 10, 2015

We have also seen that information sharing and price transparency between school districts has a significant positive impact on ensuring all school districts receive enough bandwidth to support digital learning.

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