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USB-C, USB-B, and USB-A: What’s the Difference?

ViewSonic Education

The first version was released in 1996, and the most recent speed upgrade is USB4, released in 2019, though it is not yet widely implemented. On the other hand, USB-C simplifies things considerably, with fully reversible, bi-directional power capabilities and better data rates. had a data rate of 1.5 USB: The Basics.

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K-12 Districts Keep Students Safe with Web Filters and Monitors

EdTech Magazine

Tue, 06/25/2019 - 09:12. As more schools put laptops and tablets in students’ hands, they’re also deploying new technologies that allow them to mitigate related risks. CIPA mandates that schools participating in the federal E-rate program have internet safety policies that include filtering and monitoring technologies.

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Is a Backpack the Key to Closing the Homework Gap?

EdTech Magazine

Thu, 08/15/2019 - 13:15. senators introduced a bill , currently under committee review, to reimburse school districts who incorporate Wi-Fi access on school buses through the Federal Communications Commission’s E-Rate program. Is a Backpack the Key to Closing the Homework Gap? eli.zimmerman_9856. by Erin Brereton.

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Edtech Reports Recap: Video Is Eating the World, Broadband Fails to Keep Up

Edsurge

After all, in October 2019 the nonprofit EducationSuperHighway declared that nearly 99 percent of U.S. 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. All in this Edtech Reports Recap. That Broadband Gap Bar?

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8 Reasons to Create Interactive Textbooks for Engaging K-12 Students

Kitaboo on EdTech

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. So, as a digital publisher, you can try to reduce this burden by offering etextbooks at affordable rates. Low Cost of Production.

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When the bus is the schoolhouse

The Hechinger Report

government terms “persistent poverty,” meaning that it has had poverty rates at or exceeding 20 percent for over 30 years. Bill Collins, a local dentist, said that since the beginning of 2019, he has had to provide five full sets of dentures — top and bottom — to children under the age of 15.)

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Supply and demand: Getting low-income kids into better jobs by getting them into better schools

The Hechinger Report

Young people huddle over tablets, fiber optic cables run along the ceilings and a cybersecurity lab occupies the basement. The schools are the brainchild of Charles Butt, a big donor to local education causes and chairman of H-E-B, the region’s largest grocery store chain. million donation from H-E-B in 2016.

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