eSchool News

DECEMBER 22, 2023

School districts will also need to ensure their schools have adequate coverage for FirstNet public safety broadband, which uses the reserved Band 14 communications channel. FirstNet provides a more data-oriented and versatile communication platform compared to traditional radio systems.

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Education Superhighway

APRIL 3, 2018

With that in mind, here’s a guide to assess school district network needs and implement affordable broadband upgrades. For example, today, students need a minimum of 100 kbps of Internet bandwidth—the FCC has anticipated that by 2018, 1 Mbps per student will be the minimum recommended bandwidth for digital learning.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

An example of a ReadyRosie video lesson for parents. 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. The minimum order is usually $1,750 and families never pay.

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Education Superhighway

AUGUST 10, 2017

As you work to set your district’s students and teachers up for success in the 2017-2018 school year, now’s a great time to consider their digital learning opportunities. For example, some districts have benefitted from existing infrastructure build projects in their areas. WHY HIGH-SPEED CONNECTION MATTERS.

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Education Superhighway

AUGUST 10, 2017

As you work to set your district’s students and teachers up for success in the 2017-2018 school year, now’s a great time to consider their digital learning opportunities. For example, some districts have benefitted from existing infrastructure build projects in their areas. WHY HIGH-SPEED CONNECTION MATTERS.

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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.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Back in late 2013, Barack Obama and the White House launched the ConnectED Initiative , an effort to bring almost $2 billion worth of high-quality broadband, technology and professional development to schools and districts across the U.S. Take Adobe , for example. corporations, from Apple to Adobe. 17), he can count securing a $1.5

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techlearning

JULY 17, 2018

SEATTLE, July 17, 2018 -- RealNetworks, Inc. School safety has become one of the top national issues in the United States in 2018," said Rob Glaser, chairman and CEO of RealNetworks. "We SAFR currently supports Mac and iOS platforms, with Android and Windows versions scheduled for release this fall.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

We invite you to join us on Monday, March 12, 2018 , in Washington, DC , for the 2018 Global Symposium on Digital Citizenship. Every 12 minutes, move around the ballroom and visit a new example. REGISTER HERE $129. Click “next” and complete your registration. Town Hall: Is Digital Citizenship Today Different?

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

The Miami-Dade school district, for example, adopted a plan back in 2012 to close the digital divide. In the 2018 school year, roughly one in every five California school children missed at least one day because of a natural disaster, school maintenance issue, shooting or other emergency, according to an analysis by CalMatters.

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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. Many states provide guidance for the implementation of digital materials in districts to help ensure that they are available to all learners.

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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. Here are some examples the student presenters shared about how they’ve used technology at St.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 25, 2018

For example, if the school has adopted a specific reading program for K-3, and the teachers are using supplemental materials more than the program, the teachers might need further training on the adopted program. Do you know how these applications are being used?

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techlearning

AUGUST 30, 2018

IT’S ALREADY HERE Examples of weak AI have widely been adopted by many different business and are in use today—you just might not realize it. I believe 2018 is the year that this will start to become mainstream, to begin to impact many aspects of our lives in a truly ubiquitous and meaningful way.” This can vary greatly.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2017

Most students at his school, Chicago Technology Academy (ChiTech for short), don’t come from places with a lot of college graduates and corporate connections, the sort of folks who can show young people, by example, that they can prosper in the professional world. In May 2015, the district extended ChiTech’s reprieve until 2018.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2018

2018 applications are still in process.) Sekar was appointed in January 2018 after her predecessor, Chris Henderson, resigned following a blistering takedown from FCC Chairman Ajit Pai on the EPC system’s shortcomings. “My It’s a lack of understanding of broadband systems that’s creating these problems.” 1 target date.

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

However, this lag began to erode when the rise of cloud computing made it possible for edtech startups to flood the market with educational applications, the expansion of broadband internet gave those apps an easy distribution channel into campuses, and an increasing number and variety of mobile devices provided them an in-school abode.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Tue, 10/23/2018 - 09:46. In fact, for example, a quarter of the tools are just straight-up research resources , and operational tools are another quarter. . Q&A: Lea(R)n CEO Karl Rectanus on Lessons Learned From the Top 40 EdTech Tools. eli.zimmerman_9856. RECTANUS: Some things have stayed the same.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Social and Cultural Forces Derail Good Intentions: A study by Vikki Katz and Carmen Gonzales of Connect2Compete, a broadband subsidy program, saw low uptake among the low-income families it was designed to serve because it didn’t take into account their local circumstances and concerns. and globally.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

From the FCC : “Fact Sheet on Broadband Consumer Privacy Proposal.” “Education is going to be a powerful example of the potential of VR,” he said. It’s not really “free Internet,” of course – it’s Facebook as Internet.

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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.” ” Oh look.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

On video games , for example – yes, that old canard. Via Wired : “ Ajit Pai ’s Plan Will Take Broadband Away From Poor People.” pic.twitter.com/xtYTB3rE2F — rat girl (@stephdriggs) February 21, 2018. link] — Jürgen Geuter (@tante) February 19, 2018. Related: is this satire?

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Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

“ FCC Delays Are Keeping Broadband From Rural School Kids,” says Wired. ” Via The Washington Post : “Battle over college course material is a textbook example of technological change.” link] — Trevor Noah (@Trevornoah) April 18, 2018. Muñiz as the Education Department’s General Counsel.

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