The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access.

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Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2020

Fourteen percent of households with school-age children do not have internet access, most of which earn less than $50,000 a year. But the term doesn’t just mean equipping students with the same devices and broadband access. Maybe it is about learning new technology, but it also could be about reading a book together.”

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 23, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 6, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2022

‘Appalling and unacceptable’ School closures took students and teachers out of the classroom, and the switch to remote learning exposed various inequalities in education— including issues like broadband access. The groups argue that politicians and school officials have misplaced energy on issues like book bans.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access. in Communication from University of California, San Diego.

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Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2019

After the tour, and during the drive to my kids’ school for a School Leadership Team meeting, I asked myself, “Why can’t all children have access to those same things?” I was blown away by the quality of the facilities and the range of resources. I went back to my kids’ school and sat down with the principal.

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Buncee

MARCH 29, 2022

First sponsored in 1958 by the American Library Association (ALA), it originally got its start after the creation of the National Book Committee, a non-profit organization in 1954. Libraries also offer opportunities to connect with media, programs, ideas, and classes—in addition to books.”.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2021

In a now-famous 1997 interview , he candidly explained why Amazon started out by selling books. Books were simply a stepping stone, the “best first thing” to sell.) In 1994, hardly anyone was buying books on the internet. Bezos, more than any other tech entrepreneur, is known to play the long game, masterfully.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 1, 2016

For instance, over the last few months, I’ve had a lot of fun discussing Don and Alex Tapscott’s new book, Blockchain Revolution , with educators associated with the ISTE Games and Simulations Network as part of their book club (and presented on blockchain technology at the 2016 ISTE conference).

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

As schools and districts strive to meet their existing technology needs and prepare for the future, access to federal and state funding, along with other grants, is making a major difference in whether students engage in 21 st century learning or are left behind. Accessing the E-Rate and Matching State Funds. Sheryl Abshire, Ph.D.,

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2020

Rising fourth graders listen as a teacher reads a book at an elementary school summer program in Silver Spring, MD. We must continue to provide access to software, online libraries and educational videos. are doling out computers and providing access to Wi-Fi — ostensibly essential learning tools — because of the coronavirus emergency.

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Education Superhighway

JUNE 24, 2019

What led you to become passionate about expanding broadband access, and what motivates you most about your role as Director of Instructional Policy and State E-rate Coordinator at DESE? All students deserve equitable access to a high quality public education. Sometimes the best learning occurs while reading a book under a tree.

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NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 12, 2020

I’ve read their books and articles. He understands that digital equity doesn’t simply mean access to broadband or computers. It also means access to school librarians. It means access to someone who can teach the skills that students need to be successful. I’ve heard them speak.

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MindShift

JULY 31, 2020

And we put it on YouTube to make it as easy as possible to access.” . This summer, as communities continue to deal with COVID-19, both public libraries and school libraries are innovating new ways to provide services for communities that reach beyond physical books and buildings. all of which is happening online.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

These commitments are connecting 20 million more students to next-generation broadband and wireless. And, students who were absent could access the materials from home and arrive prepared upon their return. Safari Books. Read more about Safari Books’ work. This includes more than $2 billion in private-sector commitments.

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Educator Innovator

MARCH 7, 2014

This made it difficult to run programs like Pixie or access online math games. Students now interview authors across the country via Skype and access books that match their interests and reading levels on e-readers. Without reliable [internet] access, there’s no way you can do something like that,” Tower said.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 13, 2019

According to Davis, Fuller, Jackson, Pittman, and Sweet (2007) , the definition of digital equity is “equal access and opportunity to digital tools, resources, and services to support an increase in digital knowledge, awareness, and skills.” Innovative Approaches. Looking Forward.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 23, 2016

But many of them may go home or go to a school where there’s no broadband access. This gap in technology access still frustrates me. You don’t learn by reading a book. You learn by the practice. Where do you see Black Girls Code as an organization five years later?

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

School buses provide Wi-Fi access for downloading homework assignments, as well as lunches, at various locations in South Carolina. With everything shut down, the chronic issue of home internet access became an immense and acute challenge. Blaney Elementary School in Elgin, S.C., on March 18, 2020. Mackey Pendergrast. School District.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 4, 2020

Jennifer also worked with public libraries to extend access to e-books via the Big Shift project, create vibrant outdoor spaces and events via the Redbox funded Outside the Box program and taught libraries how to use community based advocacy to extend their reach to their communities and stakeholders.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 16, 2020

Jennifer also worked with public libraries to extend access to e-books via the Big Shift project, create vibrant outdoor spaces and events via the Redbox funded Outside the Box program and taught libraries how to use community based advocacy to extend their reach to their communities and stakeholders.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 19, 2020

Jennifer also worked with public libraries to extend access to e-books via the Big Shift project, create vibrant outdoor spaces and events via the Redbox funded Outside the Box program and taught libraries how to use community based advocacy to extend their reach to their communities and stakeholders.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

A student in New York uses Google Docs on her classroom iPad to discuss themes in the class’s latest book with her group. Efforts by the national nonprofit EducationSuperHighway to publicize how much districts pay for broadband have allowed many school systems to negotiate bandwidth deals to get greater capacity for a fraction of the cost.

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 25, 2016

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will soon consider adopting a new version of its Lifeline program to increase broadband access for the millions of low-income Americans who do not have consistent service. Last fall, we released the book Tap, Click, Read: Growing Readers in a World of Screens.

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 25, 2016

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will soon consider adopting a new version of its Lifeline program to increase broadband access for the millions of low-income Americans who do not have consistent service. Last fall, we released the book Tap, Click, Read: Growing Readers in a World of Screens.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2020

Jennifer also worked with public libraries to extend access to e-books via the Big Shift project, create vibrant outdoor spaces and events via the Redbox funded Outside the Box program and taught libraries how to use community based advocacy to extend their reach to their communities and stakeholders.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

So his organization is working with the city of Orangeburg and Claflin University to extend the university’s broadband out into the surrounding community at affordable rates. Higher ed has been paying more attention to this idea since pandemic-era remote learning underscored students’ uneven access to computers and internet.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2022

This computing device return-and-repair ritual looks different from the end-of-year textbook and library book return that was a staple of decades past. One survey of educators found a jump from about two-thirds of middle and high school students having access to a school-issued device prior to the pandemic, to 90 percent a year later.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 17, 2021

It has a vital role in providing access to quality education on a more permanent basis. While there are video and audio tools that help bridge the physical distance, your communications strategy needs to include cognizance of the digital divide and your students’ access to these tools.

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 18, 2016

This is the generation who will study the work of Tim Berners-Lee and the World Wide Web in history books. They are the generation that sees ultrafast broadband and wi-fi as a basic right. These books are free downloads in iTunes. They are the generation who do not know a world without the plethora of technology we have today.

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Learning with 'e's

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Several books I have read recently on new and emerging technologies provide a healthy balance. Some don't have access to the tools that enable this kind of participation. Lack of broadband infrastructure. Far too many futurologists, authors and commentators are ignoring the issue of the digital divide. Lack of finance.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2020

A lot of our kids don’t have internet access,” said Coe, who knows students who routinely head to the library or the town’s McDonald’s to get online. The Federal Communications Commission estimates that about 21 million Americans lack broadband access, with an independent research group indicating the actual number is twice as high.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 14, 2020

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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. Libraries Close, Internet Access Ends There have been several studies about how the lack of fast home broadband has hurt kids’ access to online learning during school closures.

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