The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

And yet, reliable broadband is far from guaranteed in this region of towering plateaus, sagebrush valleys and steep canyons. All their work is on that computer,” said Caine, “and they need that access.”. That’s why district leaders are eager to pilot an ambitious, statewide broadband initiative.

Broadband 83

Broadband Chromebook Accessibility Mobility 83

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 29, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access. Kristen Radsliff Rebmann, Ph.D.,

Libraries 48

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 23, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Kristen Radsliff Rebmann, Ph.D.,

Libraries 48

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 6, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Kristen Radsliff Rebmann, Ph.D.,

Libraries 48

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2019

higher education courseware in 2015, down from 50 percent the year before, according to a 2018 report from Macquarie, an investment bank and financial services company. In a 2018 survey of college students, the trade publication Library Journal found that 75 percent say that reading print books is easier than e-books.

Chegg 158

Chegg Software Industry Pearson 158

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Kristen Radsliff Rebmann, Ph.D.,

Libraries 48

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access.

Libraries 50

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 50

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access.

Libraries 48

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2020

More recent studies show that the summer is a pivotal period for student learning. According to 2018 study by the U.S. We must continue to provide access to software, online libraries and educational videos. Our widespread foray into distance learning is forcing teachers to optimize technology.

Learning 120

Learning Software Digital Divide Broadband 120

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access. in Communication from University of California, San Diego.

Libraries 45

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 45

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The video’s simplicity and accessibility is the point for ReadyRosie, which offers parents ways to turn a chore like putting away groceries into vocabulary practice. Pew Research Center found that the share of lower-income Americans who rely on smartphones to go online instead of a broadband connection has nearly doubled from 2013 to 2019.

Strategy 122

Strategy Video Company Smartphone 122

Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2021

And we’ve only seen the beginning—within the next few years, the company is poised to disrupt the healthcare market, become the market leader in online advertising, establish itself as a competitor to USPS, FedX and UPS, and provide global access to broadband internet through a network of satellites orbiting the planet… to name but a few examples.

Education 218

Education Company E-rate Industry 218

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

So far, the pandemic has revealed the challenges of conducting education remotely as well as uneven access to Wi-Fi and devices such as laptops. million kids statewide lacked access to Wi-Fi and computers. Smoke from the deadly 2018 Camp Fire, which leveled the town of Paradise 200 miles north, compromised air quality in Sonoma.

Digital Divide 118

Digital Divide Laptops Accessibility Online Learning 118

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

These commitments are connecting 20 million more students to next-generation broadband and wireless. After studying the artwork of pop artist Andy Warhol, fifth and sixth grade students made artwork inspired by his creations. And, students who were absent could access the materials from home and arrive prepared upon their return.

Adobe 120

Adobe Education Tablets iPad 120

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. Now, students always have access to current materials. However, some districts may not have any state guidance at all.

Digital Learning 40

Digital Learning Instructional Materials Learning Policies 40

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2019

million) during its 2018 to 2019 fiscal year that ended in March—tripled from the prior fiscal year. He offered online live and video classes through broadband and satellite to teach students beyond the centers’ walls. So far, Byju’s performance appears to live up to the hype. million) this fiscal year.

Company 90

Company Video Broadband Report 90

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2018

According to a March 2018 NBI report, there are 89 verified or “emerging” net-zero schools (emerging means under construction or too new to have been verified yet). RELATED: A school district is building a DIY broadband network. Right now, we have a lot of anecdotes,” said Seydel, “but the gold-standard research is not there.”.

Elementary 108

Elementary Learning Data Report 108

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Albans City School (VT), SETDA’s 2018 Student Voices Award Winner, though, educators encourage the students to find places in their everyday work to incorporate digital resources, especially from their makerspace. Grace believes it is the teacher’s job is to inspire them, educate them, give them access and help them use technology safely.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning OER Broadband 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 4, 2020

Kate has worked with the national Association for Rural & Small Libraries since early 2018 and became its first ever Executive Director at the beginning of this year. She believes libraries are a real benefit to those trying to improve their daily lives either by accessing information or recreational services.

Libraries 56

Libraries Conference Advocacy Pearson 56

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 19, 2020

Kate has worked with the national Association for Rural & Small Libraries since early 2018 and became its first ever Executive Director at the beginning of this year. She believes libraries are a real benefit to those trying to improve their daily lives either by accessing information or recreational services.

Libraries 41

Libraries Conference Advocacy Pearson 41

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 16, 2020

Kate has worked with the national Association for Rural & Small Libraries since early 2018 and became its first ever Executive Director at the beginning of this year. She believes libraries are a real benefit to those trying to improve their daily lives either by accessing information or recreational services.

Libraries 41

Libraries Conference Pearson Advocacy 41

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2017

The students matched their interests with postings of paid internships from about 30 of the school’s corporate partners, including the educational software company Codemoji, the advertising agency DDB and Black Tech Mecca, a think tank studying technology use and development by African-Americans. There were plausible answers.

Report 67

Report Study Software Meeting 67

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2020

Kate has worked with the national Association for Rural & Small Libraries since early 2018 and became its first ever Executive Director at the beginning of this year. She believes libraries are a real benefit to those trying to improve their daily lives either by accessing information or recreational services.

Libraries 36

Libraries Conference Pearson Advocacy 36

edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

When asked about the hurdles that happened due to schools closing on March 13th, 2020, all four presenters agreed that broadband, not devices, challenged their districts to provide equitable access to learning no matter their districts’ geographic location or demographics. Dr. David R. Dr. David R.

Learning 82

Learning Broadband Elementary Professional Learning 82

Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2017

A Rising Tide of Inequality Edtech efforts at broadening access to opportunity often falter when running up against entrenched forms of inequity and discrimination. This was despite the fact that all three schools had the same levels of technology access. Equitable: An analysis by John Hansen and Justin Reich of U.S. and globally.

EdTech 113

EdTech Khan Academy MOOC Broadband 113

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. Full disclosure: Entangled Solutions, where I am a principal consultant, helped prepare the report.)

Broadband 114

Broadband Policies Company Common Core 114

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

From the FCC : “Fact Sheet on Broadband Consumer Privacy Proposal.” ” Spoiler alert: not enough access to data. Data and “Research” Via Vox : “A bot crawled thousands of studies looking for simple math errors. A Techcrunch op-ed : “Why edtech can’t grow as much as healthtech.”

Education 63

Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

So here’s an early contender for “Worst Education ‘Take’ of 2018’” by Gary Wolfram in Education Week : “ Make Public Education a Market Economy – Not a Socialist One.” Via Education Week : “ Trump Signs Orders on Rural Broadband Access.” What’s not to love.

Education 43

Education Company Blackboard Kaplan 43

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

Like many students in the district, she has no access to the internet at home. 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. Tech is where it’s at.”.

Laptops 40

Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

” Via Edsurge : “As Bootcamps Look for Novel Ways for Students to Pay For Their Studies, Many Try ‘ Deferred Tuition ’ ” Do note how student financial aid startups are still raising venture capital (and how now, I guess, ed-tech publications cover these stories when before they insisted these weren’t ed-tech).

Education 51

Education ProctorU Company Report 51

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2019

NOME, Alaska — Before they got down to business for the day, students in Devin Tatro’s social studies class were offered a quiet moment of self-reflection: On this golden fall afternoon at Nome-Beltz Junior/Senior High School, were they feeling chipper, distressed or somewhere in between? That’s possible because of these new technologies.”.

Broadband 85

Broadband Report Accessibility Video 85

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Via Wired : “ Ajit Pai ’s Plan Will Take Broadband Away From Poor People.” Via The San Jose Mercury News : “In a direct challenge to California ’s landmark law guaranteeing public access to beaches, Silicon Valley billionaire Vinod Khosla on Thursday filed an appeal with the U.S. “Open.”

Education 46

Education Company Data Elsevier 46

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2021

billion by the end of the century, according to one study. billion, the study’s authors estimated. A study of the current levee, which was built after a catastrophic flood in 1986, found it was overbuilt and still protects against a 100-year flood event. billion and $5.5 billion and $2.9 often hands the bill to local voters.

Report 99

Report System Broadband Study 99

Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

Via Politico : “The Trump administration has removed documents from an Education Department website aimed at transgender students , including those intended to help students fight for access to bathrooms of their choice.” SXSWEDU pic.twitter.com/kyy2r7bTud — Betsy DeVos (@BetsyDeVosED) March 6, 2018. PHEW, RIGHT?

Education 47

Education Kaplan Coursera MOOC 47

Hack Education

MAY 26, 2017

” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “What Trump’s Proposed 2018 Budget Would Mean for Higher Ed.” ” Via Edweek’s Market Brief : “ Trump’s Budget for Fiscal 2018: Cuts for Ed., ” That’d be Blake Wentworth, who taught in the Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies.

Education 46

Education Data Report Software 46

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

House Resolution 899 – sponsored by Representative Tom Massie (R-KY) is just one sentence long: “ The Department of Education shall terminate on December 31, 2018.” ” Via Education Week : “ FCC Revokes Decision Allowing Companies to Provide Low-Income Families With Subsidized Broadband.” ” LOL.

Education 40

Education MOOC E-rate Robotics 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

” Via Politico : “ Elizabeth City State University , UNC Pembroke and Western Carolina University will each offer $500 in-state tuition starting in fall 2018.” Blackboard has acquired Fronteer , a software company that helps make course materials accessible. ” From the HR Department. ” So says the FCC.

Education 40

Education Pearson Blackboard Survey 40