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How Congress and the FCC Could Help Millions of Students Access Remote Learning

Edsurge

In the year 2020, amid a global pandemic, millions of American students are struggling to get online to do their schoolwork and communicate with others. It is time that Congress and the FCC allow E-rate support of off-campus educational activities. Along with the rest of society, K-12 students are facing a new challenge.

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How Much Longer Will Schools Have to Scrape Together Technology Funding?

Edsurge

Since the shift to remote learning in spring 2020, schools in the U.S. So what will schools do when their now-new laptops wear out in a few years? 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.

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How to Choose a Presentation Display for Your Meeting Spaces

ViewSonic Education

For example, maybe some only connect with laptops while others allow for mobile devices. You can either have them mounted to the wall, placed on a trolley, or have an e-poster system for even more mobility of the display. 709 color accuracy, and an ultra-fast 3,840Hz refresh rate, the images produced are lifelike and just stunning.

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Nearly all American classrooms can now connect to high-speed internet, effectively closing the “connectivity divide”

The Hechinger Report

EducationSuperHighway wanted 99 percent of students to have that level of bandwidth by 2020. The early finish hasn’t changed the organization’s planned closing date of August 2020. And he remembers battery life on those laptops lasting just an hour. We saw the first big leap of results in the 2015-16 year,” Marwell remembered.

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The Edtech Revolution: 2010 – 2017

Securly

” The 1:1 initiative aimed for districts to issue each student a laptop for use in-school and at home. Globally, edtech spending is predicted to reach $252 Billion by 2020. . “There will be more momentum for mobile devices in classrooms with an eye toward affordable alternatives to traditional 1:1 rollouts.”

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OPINION: College in a pandemic is tough enough — without reliable broadband access, it’s nearly impossible

The Hechinger Report

The Class of 2020 is graduating from a distance. Many institutions are attempting to ensure that all students have access to Wi-Fi and technology, distributing laptops by the thousands, providing Wi-Fi hot spots and reorienting campus wireless networks to extend access into parking lots.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 28 & 29 Editions)

Doug Levin

Summer and transitioning to a new day-to-day computer (Linux laptop). graduation rates — up to a record 83 percent — and whether it is real or an elaborate scam. Tagged on: July 20, 2017 Are iPads and laptops improving students’ test scores? Not that I’ve been twiddling my thumbs exactly. I think the latter."

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