EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2019

Approximately 71 percent of K–12 teachers allowed students to use the internet to research subjects in class, according to a 2017 University of Phoenix survey. Seventy percent of U.S. teachers also assigned internet-based homework last year, according to the Pew Research Center. In March, a bipartisan group of U.S. by Erin Brereton.

Broadband 326

Broadband E-rate Mobility Smartphone 326

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

It started with a push for desktop computers which soon expanded to iPads and the wonderful apps (like art programs) that made tablets essential tools. Today’s focus is to give every student a digital device, much as kids used to be provided tablets and pencils. Digital books often require their own proprietary program.

eBook 188

eBook Khan Academy Tablets Chromebook 188

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 4, 2024

This facet of modern education transcends the traditional use of textbooks and blackboards, weaving digital tools seamlessly into the learning process (NETP, 2017)). This digital shift enables students to learn flexibly, from any location, facilitated by the widespread use of video conferencing tools. link] Martinez, M.

Classroom 120

Classroom Khan Academy E-rate Internet Safety 120

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Connected Nation bases the analysis in its “Connect K-12 2020 Executive Summary” on FCC E-Rate application data for the 2020 federal fiscal year. One takeaway since the last time the Census was done in 2017 is that for the first time, online video viewing dominates screen activity of kids ages 0-8. Podcasts, anyone?

Broadband 164

Broadband Report Video EdTech 164

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

government terms “persistent poverty,” meaning that it has had poverty rates at or exceeding 20 percent for over 30 years. The obesity rate for children ages 10 to 17 in Kentucky was 20.8 On a recent visit, a group of girls watched admiringly as she demonstrated how to write the letter E.

Kaplan 104

Kaplan E-rate Report Tablets 104

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Doug Levin (@douglevin) March 17, 2017. Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye the week of March 13, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 11 Edition).

EdTech 170

EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Funds are available through the Every Students Succeeds Act (ESSA), Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), E-rate program, and federal COVID relief funds like the CARES Act. laptops and tablets, as is true in Maine ) according to a recent analysis from the State Educational Technology Directors Association.

Technology 166

Technology E-rate Laptops Digital Divide 166