Digital Promise

APRIL 29, 2019

It removes barriers to learning materials, supports students where they are across varied learning contexts and needs, and gives educators more insight into the learning environments they’re creating. Students and educators have more tools to create a learning environment that fosters personalized learning.

Accessibility 334

Accessibility Technology E-rate Data 334

Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2021

Instead, we should see it for what it is: the early days of Amazon’s foray into public education. I do not think public education leaders will have much of a choice in whether or not to answer when Amazon comes to knock and deliver. Bezos, more than any other tech entrepreneur, is known to play the long game, masterfully.

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Education Company E-rate Industry 218

Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

In November 2016, over 250 school district leaders, researchers, thought leaders, and other partners came to Baltimore, Maryland to learn from one of the nation’s most forward-thinking school districts, Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS). ” During a keynote address at the meeting, Dr. Freeman A. It’s about success.”

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Accessibility E-rate Dropout Meeting 120

EdTech Magazine

JUNE 14, 2018

Just as all teachers want their students to keep improving over time, school administrators are driven to continually build upon their systems , giving educators and students the greatest resources possible. . Thu, 06/14/2018 - 09:27. When it comes to creating a successful improvement plan, however, good intentions are not enough.

E-rate 238

E-rate Case Study Strategy Report 238

eSchool News

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Chief technology officers and IT professionals in the K-12 field have a lot on their collective plates these days, what with the continued proliferation of technology in their schools, new governmental programs and compliance requirements, and the push to effectively integrate their technology in the classroom. Broadband equity.

Trends 40

Trends E-rate Broadband Technology 40

Education Superhighway

MAY 30, 2019

In 2016, EducationSuperHighway worked with the Virginia Department Of Education (VDOE) to hire an E-rate and school technology specialist. In 2016, the Governor met with EducationSuperHighway and asked VDOE to build out the program. But we wanted schools to think bigger than just E-rate.

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Accessibility E-rate Broadband Meeting 75

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 31, 2023

They leave their locked unit and head down to UNC’s Hospital School on the second floor, where three classrooms are furnished with desks, smart boards and white boards. Marraccini, an associate professor of school psychology at UNC’s School of Education. A closet in the hallway has been transformed into a makeshift library.

E-rate 102

E-rate Report Libraries Accessibility 102

Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2021

California Department of Education, which charges that schools in the state are violating the constitutional rights of children of color by not providing adequate distance education, called out state Departments of Education for failing to provide better WiFi options than visiting a local Taco Bell. Cases like 2020’s Cayla J.

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Broadband Digital Divide E-rate Policies 138

Edsurge

AUGUST 8, 2016

Last week at Campus Technology 2016, higher-ed technologists joined forces with administrators, instructional designers, and faculty to explore another realm many consider “wizardry”—predicting the future. Here are some of our biggest takeaways from the marathon event: INNOVATION OR TRANSFORMATION IN EDUCATION? Samsung’s Bio-Processor.

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Learning Analytics MOOC E-rate Trends 60

Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

Secretary of Education Richard W. Yet, understanding this history is crucial to understanding the meandering path we are on with respect to determining the best and appropriate future role for the federal government with respect to educational technology – a task I have set out for myself in a series of posts on this very topic.

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Policies Technology Program Evaluation Education 150

Education Superhighway

DECEMBER 27, 2017

There is no doubt, however, that incredible progress has been made in connecting America’s classrooms to high-speed Internet. Rural school districts can face particular challenges in procuring and sustaining high-speed Internet access in every classroom. Thanks to E-rate, School Internet Costs Dropped to an All-Time Low.

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E-rate Broadband Digital Learning Accessibility 63

Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

It’s now time to get down to brass tacks and figure out how the implementation of the Every Students Succeeds Act (ESSA) can best be leveraged by state and local officials to improve educational outcomes for children and youth. Be explicit with districts about expectations for access to technology in schools and classrooms.

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Strategy EdTech Broadband E-rate 231

Education Superhighway

JANUARY 12, 2017

million students now have at least the minimum connectivity they need to take advantage of technology in the classroom, representing 88 percent of school districts nationally. took bipartisan action to upgrade their schools in 2016 – with 5 states connecting 100 percent of their students to high-speed broadband. 35 million students.

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Broadband Report E-rate Digital Learning 40

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

The next game changer, according to education experts, will be digital textbooks. But there’s another side to the story of print vs. digital , one that is at the core of why 2015 e-book sales dropped in the United States and the UK. No rush trips to school where they hope to find a janitor who can open the classroom.

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eBook Khan Academy Tablets Chromebook 188

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 22, 2020

NEW ORLEANS — School absences were rare for Lorenzo Elliott, the drum major of the George Washington Carver High School band and an honor roll student with a 96 percent attendance rate. Even with his impressive list of accomplishments, Elliott worried that his education would be derailed. “I Educators can change this,” she said.

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Strategy Education E-rate Report 107

The Hechinger Report

MAY 27, 2018

14, 2016 — Former U.S. Secretary of Education John B. Each year in May, America observes Teacher Appreciation Month — a time when we pause to reflect upon and honor the life-changing impact that educators have on our children, and the important contributions that educators make to our communities and our country.

E-rate 111

E-rate Report Policies Strategy 111

The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2020

School closures in all 50 states have sent educators and parents alike scrambling to find online learning resources to keep kids busy and productive at home. In 2002, federal education law began requiring schools to spend federal dollars on research-based products only. Video: Sarah Butrymowicz. But they are all misleading.

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Company Pearson E-rate Software 145

Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2016

But as Betsy Corcoran outlined in her July 2014 article , some companies had yet to deliver on their promise of clearly outlining how educators could apply for those products and services. “If We've already connected more than 20 million students to high-speed internet in the classroom.". Take Adobe , for example.

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Adobe Broadband E-rate Future Ready 60

The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Reading instruction can be challenging when a teacher has many different ability levels in her classroom. Dr. Robb has written more than 25 books on reading but also takes 3-4 months each school year as a classroom teacher. She writes articles for education journals and blogs. With over 43 years of classroom instruction.

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Differentiated Instruction Elementary Groups How To 337

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

After some quick research, Hering came across EducationSuperHighway , a non-profit dedicated to bringing internet access to every public classroom in America. They turned to E-rate, the $3.9 In order to allow districts to compare their options, EducationSuperHighway first needed to gather the data school leaders wanted.

Broadband 60

Broadband E-rate Tools Data 60

Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2017

In many cases, the use of digital tools, platforms, and applications has helped to boost student engagement, grow pass rates, and increase retention. RCCC’s e-Text initiative has saved students up to 50 percent on the cost of their course materials, and has increased classroom engagement and retention. percent to 76.6

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Data E-rate Course Tablets 60

Securly

JANUARY 12, 2017

Web filtering is required by law, as long as schools wish to receive e-rate funding to supply their digital classrooms. From 2007-2016, the number of students who experienced bullying roughly doubled from 18.8% Cyberbullying & Self-Harm Detection. according to a Cyberbullying Research Center report.

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Social Media E-rate Facebook Elementary 100

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Tech-savvy educators know they must stay on top of the myriad changes and trends in education to learn how teaching and learning can best benefit from technology’s near-constant change. Shmoop will offer feedback on everything: topic, coherence, organization, and even nitpicky things like sentence structure and grammar.

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CMS SchoolDude E-rate Differentiated Instruction 63

eSpark

JULY 1, 2021

Our team uses an 85% positive rating as a baseline. International Education Studies, 4(4). Effects of a Measurement and Planning System on Kindergartners’ Cognitive Development and Educational Programming. American Educational Research Journal, 28(3), 683–714. Computers & Education, 106, 83–96. Bergan, J.

Learning 52

Learning E-rate Elementary Outcomes 52

Edsurge

APRIL 13, 2018

On the heels of one another, two tech titans recently announced higher-education partnerships that leverage transcription technology to make educational materials more accessible to a broader swath of learners. Existing services used in the education sector include GoTranscript , which says it uses professional transcriptionists.

Microsoft 97

Microsoft Accessibility E-rate Company 97

The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 11, 2017

This handy free Google Docs add-on tracks things like: time spent writing, spelling-grammar-and punctuation error rates and pulls it into a clear graphical view in your teacher dashboard. I had a special education classroom, and I was the Gen Ed teacher. Lee Ann: Of course all of those were keystones in our classroom.

Google 175

Google Digital Badges Tools E-rate 175

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

NEW YORK — Michael Gallin, a 34-year-old math teacher at KAPPA International High School in the Bronx, was winding his way through the cluttered aisles of his algebra classroom listening for sighs of frustration. At the time, The New York City Department of Education was developing a research division focused solely on student motivation.

E-rate 108

E-rate Strategy Report Common Core 108

Education Superhighway

DECEMBER 15, 2016

On November 16, Governor Brownback and Education Commissioner Watson announced the launch of the Kansas Connect and Learn Initiative in partnership with EducationSuperHighway. The 2016 Kansas Digital Learning Report indicates that 26% of Kansas school districts believe their network infrastructure is not digital learning ready.

E-rate 40

E-rate Analysis Learning Digital Learning 40

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Each year, K-12 schools and districts that have leveraged technology to dramatically improve the educational experiences and achievements of their students are honored through SETDA’s Student Voices program. She is passionate about leveraging technology’s promise to improve education. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

OER 40

OER Tools E-rate Blackboard 40

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

Educators will have to do something different for the 2021-22 school year to make up for those losses. And the pandemic’s fits and starts in instruction are unprecedented in the history of American public education and have affected students unevenly. There’s no silver bullet. No catch-up strategy can possibly benefit all students.

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Study Elementary Training Strategy 144

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.

Accessibility 56

Accessibility Digital Citizenship E-rate Broadband 56

Kitaboo on EdTech

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Are you still looking for reasons to create e-textbooks for students? Well, it’s 2019, and most of the schools and universities have already accepted digital textbooks as the future of education. Whitepaper: The State of Digital Content in Global K-12 Education. Are eTextbooks The Next Big Thing in K-12 Education?

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eBook E-rate Libraries Software 64

eSchool News

APRIL 7, 2016

. “Internet access is no longer an afterthought in education; instead high-speed broadband and wi-fi are now a vital component of K-12 school infrastructure, there is an increased emphasis on digital learning,” according to the report. The first year yielded $89 million in savings for schools that particiated.

Report 40

Report Broadband E-rate Advocacy 40

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 18, 2017

In late 2015, Education SuperHighway received a $20 million grant from the Chan-Zuckerberg Foundation, the charitable group of the chief executive of Facebook and his wife, a pediatrician. Do you think schools are using the new transparency provided by E-rate to negotiate better deals? Absolutely.

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Meeting E-rate Broadband Blended Learning 40

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 21, 2021

Before, librarians or education leaders could say, well, we think that most of the schools that have a high number of Hispanic students don’t have school librarians. Many librarians and education leaders will say that we’re losing school librarians because library aides and paraprofessionals are now being hired to run the library.

Study 99

Study Libraries E-rate Data 99

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 4, 2019

K., & Bruegmann, E. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 36(4), 476–500. The Learning Policy Institute says in their 2016 study, Well-designed mentoring programs improve retention rates for new teachers, as well as their attitudes, feelings of efficacy, and instructional skills.(32) Beginners in the classroom.

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Policies Groups Elementary Study 236

Edsurge

JULY 3, 2017

The awards recognize educators’ and institutions’ innovative use of digital courseware to improve outcomes for students, especially underrepresented ones. The awards recognize educators’ and institutions’ innovative use of digital courseware to improve outcomes for students, especially underrepresented ones. The deadline for.

Tools 83

Tools Outcomes Flipped Classroom E-rate 83