Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2018

For one, the poll of about 1,000 parents with kids under the age of 18—conducted by public opinion and data company YouGov—found that parents have more positive feelings about their kids using tech in the classroom, as opposed to at home. Larry Shannon-Missal, the head of data services for YouGov’s U.S.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The program is now expanding to include a new model for schools that already have 1:1 device programs, with Verizon providing hotspots equipped with a 30GB 4G LTE monthly data plan for students who have a school-issued tablet or laptop but lack reliable home internet access. billion in 2019. Learn more at CitizenVerizon.com.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

My bet is that by 2040, our children will look back on this period between 2015 and 2030 in education technology much the same way internet historians look to the period 1995 to 2010 as the birth of the commercial web. In 2002, our team at Microsoft Education created an LMS for a world where every teacher and student had a tablet computer.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

In 2011, the analyst firm Gartner predicted that annual tablet shipments would exceed 300 million units by 2015. .” The very next day, Apple shares hit $97.80, an all-time high for the company. The markets, according to the press releases, are always growing. ” Less than three months later, Apple introduced the iPhone.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2017

billion population is under 25, will need some three million new primary school teachers by 2030. And many of the public, government-run schools – where 70 percent of all children study – have no computers or tablets. billion population is under 25, will need three million new primary school teachers by 2030. “I

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Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

“ Can a For-Profit, Venture-Backed Company Keep OER Free – and Be Financially Sustainable? The company sells a tablet for use in prison. Here’s how Techcrunch describes it : Edovo works with facilities to bring in secure wireless networks and tablets that access Edovo’s educational platform.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Edsurge profiles the latest from Degreed : “This Company Wants to Help You Hire for Skills, Not Credentials.” ” ( No disclosure that Edsurge shares investors with the company.). And there’s more on how schools and companies violate athletes’ privacy in the data and privacy section below.

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