Education Superhighway

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Today we released the full version of Compare & Connect K-12 , an online tool that helps school district technology directors, superintendents and state leaders view broadband services and bandwidth information for school districts across the country. To access the tool, go to: www.compareandconnectk12.org

Broadband 40

Broadband E-rate Comparison Accessibility 40

The Web20Classroom

OCTOBER 22, 2010

When I hear educators talk about access and equity my mind immediately thinks of Internet access. Surprisingly there are still places in this country where schools are not connected to a high speed broadband connection (and are relying on dial-up still) or where they have no access at all. ( One school has 2, the other 3.

Broadband 100

Broadband Comparison Accessibility Mobility 100

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

Miller is one of many vocal critics of the wide disparities in education technology pricing, which he and others contend is becoming an increasingly pressing problem as more devices and software enter U.S. Related: In Mississippi schools, access to technology lacking, uneven. For some hardware, districts can comparison shop.

iPad 78

iPad Broadband Software Company 78

Education Superhighway

JUNE 24, 2016

Undeterred by the lack of competition, CTO Terry Driscoll and Director of Technology Bill Lovelace realized the importance of investing in a high-capacity Wide Area Network (WAN) to empower their teachers and students, and went out in search of all possible options. If you build it, they will come. Thinking about upgrading?

E-rate 66

E-rate Broadband Comparison Blended Learning 66

Education Superhighway

MAY 13, 2016

And to not only seamlessly administer online tests but also enable digital learning in the classroom, schools need robust broadband. Fiber is the only network infrastructure technology that can scale cost-effectively to meet growing bandwidth needs. public schools still lack access to high-speed fiber connections.

E-rate 40

E-rate Broadband Comparison Digital Learning 40

Bryan Alexander

MARCH 20, 2017

The technologies are already available. Teaches technological skills (video recording, audio recording, editing, publishing). Disadvantages: Challenges for students without access to needed technologies, including video recorders (how many don’t have smartphones?) and broadband. Missing hyperlinking.

Video 41

Video Blackboard Broadband Comparison 41

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2018

Several parents with children in low-performing schools view a child’s academic struggles as an individual responsibility — their child’s fault, or their own — but access to and understanding of school data can help them identify broader problems. For example, is only their child reading below grade-level or are a majority of the students?

Data 100

Data Laptops Report Accessibility 100

Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2018

Several parents with children in low-performing schools view a child’s academic struggles as an individual responsibility — their child’s fault, or their own — but access to and understanding of school data can help them identify broader problems. For example, is only their child reading below grade-level or are a majority of the students?

Data 107

Data Laptops Meeting Report 107

MindShift

JUNE 26, 2018

Several parents with children in low-performing schools view a child’s academic struggles as an individual responsibility — their child’s fault, or their own — but access to and understanding of school data can help them identify broader problems. For example, is only their child reading below grade-level or are a majority of the students?

Data 43

Data Laptops Report Accessibility 43

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

Implementing distance learning for schools like Hopi High would have been difficult even under the best of circumstances — the school is located on a vast reservation where families often lack access to internet and computers. By comparison, only around 30 percent of BIE schools were doing the same. We are on an unlevel playing field.

Report 124

Report Elementary Online Learning System 124

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via Education Week : “ Trump Signs Orders on Rural Broadband Access.” “ Stackable Credentials May Not Boost Earnings,” says Campus Technology. National) Education Politics. ” More from The Guardian.

Education 43

Education Company Blackboard Kaplan 43

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

.” I mean, yes, I’m totally making up the framing of the “trends” angle here (in the hopes, I confess, to defanging all those ridiculous clickbait articles that just list a bunch of shiny new consumer technology products and predict that they’re poised to “revolutionize school”).

Technology 40

Technology Education Facebook Company 40