The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 24, 2017

Additionally, only 55% of rural America has broadband access versus 94% of urban America. Download this episode to listen offline by right-clicking here and choosing “Save As.” ” In today’s show, we’ll discuss: Promoting more broadband access. Rural Broadband Stats: [link].

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 26, 2018

billion annually to K–12 school districts to help pay for access to high-speed broadband. Today, most districts take advantage of E-rate’s Category One funds, which help pay for broadband from internet service providers, and for WAN services to connect schools so districts can distribute broadband to every school.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The key takeaways from this study are relevant beyond the context of Puerto Rico as well: Teachers need to have a stable environment–namely, broadband and device access–to use technology effectively in their classroom practice. To learn more about the case study in Puerto Rico, download the full report.

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Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

EducationSuperHighway conducted a desktop assessment in Colorado that highlighted the importance of states following NTIA’s guidance to go beyond the FCC National Broadband Map to determine the connectivity status of MDUs that could benefit from Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) funding.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Back in April, as schools across the country shifted to online instruction to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Scott Muri saw firsthand just how damaging lack of internet access can be for students and families. They said these are the only students that have access to the internet from their homes,” Muri said. “So,

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 12, 2021

Many people witnessed the change in technology from dial-up modems to broadband. Cybercriminals can access their information through an unencrypted network. It’s highly possible that they venture onto websites that can access their data and use it for illegal activities. Monitor Your Child’s Online Activity.

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 31, 2020

This shift to technology-mediated teaching and learning puts a spotlight on the homework gap -- the divide between students who have home broadband access and those who do not. Here are five things you can do to ensure your students get the access they need: 1. Getting all students online will take some elbow grease.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 27, 2020

How to I provide equity for those without computers or internet access at home is challenging? Access the required site through mobile devices. Access community hotspots and open WiFi, often made available by local businesses who are eager to assist. If I am online, students can access me any time.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 20, 2018

Each collaborative area must have access to a digital display. Ensure the new space has reliable broadband and ample outlets for powering equipment and recharging mobile devices. To learn more tips, download the CDW•G white paper, “ A Modern Learning Environment. ”. Each collaborative area must have a writable surface.

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Education Superhighway

APRIL 8, 2020

One of the biggest challenges they face is that an estimated 5 million families with school-aged children don’t have access to the Internet at home. Offering two months of free service to new Access customers who order by April 30, 2020. $5/mo You can find Part 2 (Mobile Offers) here and Part 3 (Additional Low-Cost Offers) here.

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Education Superhighway

JULY 20, 2015

EducationSuperHighway partnered with the Arkansas Governor’s office and the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) in August 2014 toward the goal of connecting all Arkansas students to high-speed broadband for digital learning. Learn more about EducationSuperHighway’s programs to accelerate state upgrades.

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Education Superhighway

AUGUST 22, 2023

Community members who don’t have high-speed home broadband, often access the internet at a local library or a community center. These local institutions are critical partners for reaching individuals who have a need for internet access but struggle to afford the cost of connecting at home. Loop in local partners.

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Education Superhighway

MARCH 30, 2022

Last year, Congress created the Affordable Connectivity Program, a new long-term, $14 billion programs, to replace the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program (EBB) in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). Current ACP rules do not allow or support this broadband deployment strategy.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Stay Connected K-12 provides schools the ability to offer high-speed, cable broadband internet access directly to their students in their own homes so learning and teaching are uninterrupted. Users can enjoy: Download speeds up to 50 Mbps to support video collaboration and large file transfers. About Charter.

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Education Superhighway

JULY 24, 2017

It is our core belief that w ith access to more information and more data on broadband speeds and pricing, school district leaders are empowered to find new service options, make informed broadband choices, and get more bandwidth for their budgets. Our approach to achieving data accuracy: Data Col lection.

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Education Superhighway

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Though for many school districts, slow download speeds in classrooms serve as the impetus for a network upgrade, there are many reasons district leaders strive to revamp their broadband infrastructure. The broadband itself was sufficient for the number of devices they had now, but what if they wanted to use more devices?

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techlearning

JUNE 26, 2018

JUNE 26, 2018 - The Federal Communications Commission soon will evaluate funding regulations for broadband internet in schools and libraries to consider how connectivity demands align with program utility and efficiency. Visit [link] to download the complete 2018 Trends Report. EDMOND, OKLA.

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Graphite Blog

APRIL 9, 2020

Many students lack internet and technology access at home. And teachers, administrators, and families of students with special needs are questioning whether it will be possible to provide students with disabilities equal access to a high-quality education under these circumstances. Check in with your students regularly.

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Education Superhighway

JULY 24, 2017

It is our core belief that with transparency in broadband speeds and pricing, school districts are empowered to grow their technology programs. Our engineering team downloads broadband services, pricing, connection type and service provider data from the Universal Services Administrative Company’s (USAC) publicly available Form 471 filings.

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Education Superhighway

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

100 kbps per student may have been sufficient bandwidth when there were only 520 students and few devices, but as the student population and technology use grew, so did the district’s need for more robust broadband. Merritt can now rely on Internet access throughout the school without having to worry about the signal dropping.

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Education Superhighway

AUGUST 8, 2017

Those needs often differ based on your school’s location, number of students, and digital learning curriculum, so it’s useful to start with some broadband best practices as you build your school’s digital future. Doing so will help you avoid slow-downs when, for example, one classroom needs to download PDFs and another needs to play videos.We

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Education Superhighway

AUGUST 8, 2017

Those needs often differ based on your school’s location, number of students, and digital learning curriculum, so it’s useful to start with some broadband best practices as you build your school’s digital future. Doing so will help you avoid slow-downs when, for example, one classroom needs to download PDFs and another needs to play videos.We

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Most classrooms have access to at least one computer or mobile device, and 77% of school districts have high speed broadband. Thankfully, increasingly accessible technology is allowing teachers to look beyond textbooks, worksheets, and five paragraph essays. For many schools, this isn’t for lack of technology.

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Education Superhighway

MARCH 28, 2019

.” However, Robin knew she had to find a way to improve her school division’s Internet access given the trouble they were having with their connectivity. We couldn’t download videos, and I even had to ask people to get offline during standardized testing so we wouldn’t bog down the network.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

PLUS we'll immediately send you our curated resource conference reading packet: 10 websites, 11 downloadable reports and tool-kits, 18 articles, and a YouTube video playlist --all focused on key ideas and trends for libraries of the future.

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Education Superhighway

JANUARY 16, 2019

As always these are free to download and adapt to meet your own local needs and regulations. We are committed to helping school district leaders with your broadband upgrades at no cost. You can also access the tips and best practices we share at any time by exploring our on-demand webinars. Hands-On Learning & Support.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2019

The stunt came years before the CEO’s company, Byju’s, launched a learning app that would take the company to 35 million downloads, with 2.7 He offered online live and video classes through broadband and satellite to teach students beyond the centers’ walls. It neared six million downloads with 250,000 annual paid subscribers.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Starting from the early days of online education tools, teachers have been downloading their favorites and sharing them with students. This can cause several issues from inequity in how students are taught to network issues as teachers access their personal playlists. I’m not interested in checking a box.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 20, 2018

They can’t access online encyclopedias. They basically can’t access online anything. If teachers want kids to use online resources in class, they must take home a classroom set of laptops and download the information to each computer in preparation for the school day. The only limit is their budget.

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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.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Henry County schools have high-speed broadband access and provide iPads to every student in grades three through nine. For more ideas and strategies on incorporating writing into instruction and across curricula, download Turnitin’s white paper, Writing Your Way to College Readiness.

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techlearning

JULY 17, 2018

SAFR for K-12 can be downloaded by schools beginning today at www.realnetworks.com/safr/k12. Whether it's our investment in statewide high-speed broadband networks, IT infrastructure supporting our education facilities and state infrastructure, or our connected vehicles program.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 12, 2016

Significant problems include a lack of broadband connectivity in various parts of the world. However, these are still used effectively by those who desire to access educational opportunities to which they would otherwise have no access. Many more people now own mobile phones, but a large proportion of these are non-smart (i.e.

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IT Bill

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Considering that community college students oftentimes have access to fewer resources, it seems at first that this would be counter-intuitive. However, when you consider that the smartphone may be the main source of Internet access, it begins to make more sense. Undergraduate Smartphone Ownership. Voice Recorder, Zoom.us , Skype).

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 18, 2016

They are the generation that sees ultrafast broadband and wi-fi as a basic right. When we concede the fact that students can access information from a number of sources, other than simply from us at our pace, we will start developing some independence with learning. These books are free downloads in iTunes.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 5, 2012

Never before has gaining access to information been so easy. The imminent arrival of widespread 4G broadband and LTE ( Long Term Evolution ) will usher in wider availability to information and push even more data to our mobile devices over the same amount of radio spectrum. Access to information is one thing.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

Her cellphone’s data plan — the only way she could access the internet at home — wasn’t up to the task. Widespread lack of broadband access complicates learning. Without access to quality healthcare,” she said, “entire rural communities can be lost to this pandemic and other diseases.”. ‘We We can’t hug you’.

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