Edsurge

JUNE 23, 2020

Its 2020 summer conference, originally scheduled for May, convened virtually—but not without losing substantial revenue that it normally generated from its in-person event. It was early in offering programs that highlighted edtech,” says Frank Catalano, an independent industry strategist who previously served on SIIA’s education board. “It

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

As we wrapped up 2020, we thought for sure that 2021 might bring us a reprieve from pandemic learning. Equity remained front and center, too, raising issues of inequitable technology access, along with racial and socioeconomic disparities and discrimination. Access to interactive experiences, 3D drawings, site visits, etc.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Economically disadvantaged students get Wi-Fi access through backpacks. MORE FROM EDTECH : Learn how project-based learning fosters skill building and real-world relevance for students. I contributed to the upcoming 2020 report. . As Karen Cator told EdTech earlier this year, the No. Scaling and Sustaining Innovation.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 20, 2020

One notable change is the FCC made permanent the Category Two budget approach it adopted in 2014, extending the trial period an extra year through the 2020 funding year. MORE FROM EDTECH: Learn best practices for developing an E-Rate strategy. Incentivizing state support for “last-mile” broadband connections.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2020

One notable change is the FCC made permanent the Category Two budget approach it adopted in 2014, extending the trial period an extra year through the 2020 funding year. MORE FROM EDTECH: Learn best practices for developing an E-Rate strategy. Incentivizing state support for “last-mile” broadband connections.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

One notable change is the FCC made permanent the Category Two budget approach it adopted in 2014, extending the trial period an extra year through the 2020 funding year. MORE FROM EDTECH: Learn best practices for developing an E-Rate strategy. Incentivizing state support for “last-mile” broadband connections.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 31, 2019

One notable change is the FCC made permanent the Category Two budget approach it adopted in 2014, extending the trial period an extra year through the 2020 funding year. MORE FROM EDTECH: Learn best practices for developing an E-Rate strategy. Incentivizing state support for “last-mile” broadband connections.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on equity, edtech innovation, immersive learning, and the science of reading. This year’s 5th most-read story focuses on expert predictions for edtech. As we closed the door on 2022 , we approached 2023 with clear-cut priorities for edtech and education as a whole.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Economically disadvantaged students get Wi-Fi access through backpacks. MORE FROM EDTECH : Learn how project-based learning fosters skill building and real-world relevance for students. I contributed to the upcoming 2020 report. . As Karen Cator told EdTech earlier this year, the No. Scaling and Sustaining Innovation.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Economically disadvantaged students get Wi-Fi access through backpacks. MORE FROM EDTECH : Learn how project-based learning fosters skill building and real-world relevance for students. I contributed to the upcoming 2020 report. . As Karen Cator told EdTech earlier this year, the No. Scaling and Sustaining Innovation.

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Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2021

Library closures hit patrons hard—especially those who relied on them as their main internet source and used them to access online educational resources. And kids double down on digital reading—all in this Edtech Reports Recap. adults lost their main source of internet access as libraries started to shut down in March 2020.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

But computing power, device adoption, pervasive broadband and exponentially networked collaboration platforms of the past decade have already moved us to a world of information abundance. From 2008 to 2019 we have witnessed a 4,000-plus percent expansion in the number of funded edtech startups, and the best startups can become unicorns.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 9, 2020

As the start of the 2020-21 school year approaches, states and school districts are wrestling with decisions about when, how and whether school will take place inside brick-and-mortar classrooms. But access alone wasn’t enough. But access and vetting were only part of the equation. This was a critical first step.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Today, online education provides access to great masses of college students in the developing world, with Open Universities in Bangladesh, Iran, Pakistan, South Africa and Turkey together currently enrolling more than 7 million students. Modest by comparison, Western Governors University, the largest in the U.S., During the global crisis, 1.6

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Edthena

DECEMBER 18, 2020

“The nation must act with urgency and purpose to ensure all students have access to high quality online learning opportunities,” they write. Ensuring that all students have high-speed internet access and functioning devices is a baseline requirement for virtual learning.

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edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2020

The current crisis has highlighted the disparity between students with and without equitable access to technology, especially in rural schools. One of the first challenges rural districts face is broadband access. Let them know that the teachers are still there for the families; the edtech is just there to support the learning.

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Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2016

At a June 27 rally in Denver, Hillary Clinton outlined her Tech and Innovation Agenda that included a number of edtech items. Her boldest claim: That her administration would close the digital divide by 2020 with 100 percent of American families having the "option" of quality broadband.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Susan Gentz, a partner at K20Connect, provided a guide to the types of emergency federal funding that became available during the summer of 2020, as well as some of the issues that districts receiving funding will need to work through. Arati is currently on the edtech advisory board for Central Square Foundation in New Delhi, India.

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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.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

Still in its early stages, this ambitious project relies on a little-known public resource – a slice of electromagnetic spectrum the federal government long ago set aside for schools – called the Educational Broadband Service (EBS). Smith has been named the next US poet laureate. ” Contests and Awards.

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