eSchool News

APRIL 16, 2021

Today, Historical Jamestowne Island and Cox Business will present a virtual trip for King’s Grant Elementary School from Virginia Beach, VA. Without a reliable broadband connection, thousands of students and adults would’ve missed out on the opportunity to explore Jamestown.

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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The Schools and Libraries Program of the Universal Service Fund, more commonly known as E-rate, is a federal program through which schools and libraries can apply for funds to purchase hardware, internet access, and telecommunications to connect their students to learning opportunities. USAC online training video series.

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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. Credit: Photo: Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images.

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The Innovative Educator

JUNE 24, 2019

Fortunately, teachers like April Keck DeGennaro who teaches at Peoples Elementary School in Georgia is. You can check it out in the video below. School bus wifi In communities where students spend a lot of time on a bus, consider using a company like Kajeet to provide internet access during the commute. Is Culatta right?

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Education Superhighway

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Walking into a Merritt Elementary School classroom today, you’ll find students using iPads to figure out math problems and submit their answers, while teachers grade those answers and provide feedback and follow-up support in real-time. The Impact.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

It will provide more support for students who are struggling in the online environment, it will take some of the burden off of the teachers, and it will help schools support educational equity by creating greater access to services that previously were only available to families that could afford it. – temperature, lighting).

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Zion, who enjoys video games, drawing on his iPad and practicing archery, is quite content with his learning schedule, his mother said. Parents had to submit an application and affirm that their child had support at home and consistent internet access — which the parents have to provide themselves.

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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 Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

Blaney Elementary School in Elgin, S.C., 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. on March 18, 2020. Mackey Pendergrast.

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Educator Innovator

MARCH 7, 2014

A teacher at an elementary school in a Boston suburb leads students through a story creation session using Pixie. 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.

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MindShift

APRIL 12, 2020

Namely, can they provide hardware and Wi-Fi access to every student who needs it? “I would easily say that less than 50% of our students and families have access to either a consistent learning device and/or Internet access,” says Nikolai Vitti, the head of Detroit Public Schools Community District. LA Johnson/NPR).

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Given the educational and economic divide between rural and nonrural America, this may be the most important college access program you’ve never heard of. Lawrence County, Tennessee, where its three high schools recently joined a college access effort that is closing the rural-nonrural education gap.

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MindShift

MARCH 26, 2020

” her teacher asks, in a video sent to NPR by Hernandez’s mother, Audrey. ” Sadie’s teacher reminds her that they’ll be using the educational software that she is already familiar with from her face-to-face classes at Ortega Elementary School: “It’s iReady, so we’ve got that.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2015

Yet every student in Piedmont is given a laptop in school and to take home and, through partnerships developed by the district, can access free or low-cost broadband 24/7. Early college access for later success. Check out this inspiring video of CAPS students changing the life of a disabled student.).

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Yet every student in Piedmont is given a laptop in school and to take home and, through partnerships developed by the district, can access free or low-cost broadband 24/7. Early college access for later success. Check out this inspiring video of CAPS students changing the life of a disabled student.).

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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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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Politics and Policies FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced Connect to Compete , a new non-profit initiative that brings private industry and the non-profit sector together to help expand broadband adoption and promote digital literacy. The bill will be a massive revisions to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2017

In the fall of 2009, ChiTech’s first students filed into its squat, 1950s-era building of drab yellow brick, an abandoned elementary school in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood. A coding class programmed a blackjack video game for exhibition visitors who also played analog casino games made by algebra students studying probability.

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Education Superhighway

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Overcoming Obstacles to Digital Access. In years past, particularly in the district’s elementary schools, Wireless Access Points (WAPs) couldn’t support the rapidly growing number of devices in every classroom; only 12 students could get online at one time. Shifting Their Strategy.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The how-to materials are intended to be self-explanatory, Danks notes, and one video her team pushed out has been viewed more than 4,000 times. A first-grade teacher at Portland’s Longfellow Elementary School wrote to Teller about how the experience is going so far. The students have adapted easily, the teacher said.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

He spends a couple hours by himself, making snacks, doing his homework, and playing video games. Compared to white and affluent students, low-income and minority students have less access to nearly every type of educational benefit. The initiative is in place at elementary and middle schools in Middletown.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

He spends a couple hours by himself, making snacks, doing his homework, and playing video games. Compared to white and affluent students, low-income and minority students have less access to nearly every type of educational benefit. The initiative is in place at elementary and middle schools in Middletown.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2023

Tang now works part time as a tutor at DuPont Elementary, in Chattanooga, Tennessee. For a number of years, she’s relied on discount options for broadband so that her own family can connect to the internet. As part of that, school families can qualify for free internet access. Before that, she worked in special education.

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MindShift

MARCH 10, 2020

These families may be less likely to have computers with broadband access for online learning, and they frequently depend on school breakfast and lunch programs to meet their children’s nutritional needs. Washrooms should be accessible — all students should be able to reach the sink. The issues extend beyond infrastructure.

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techlearning

AUGUST 30, 2018

COMCAST INTERNET ESSENTIALS PROGRAM ( www.internetessentials.com/apply ) Comcast announced it has now connected over six million Americans to the Internet through its Internet Essentials program, a comprehensive broadband adoption program for low-income families in the U.S. released several upgrades for the 2018 - 2019 school year.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Elementary Years ? Starting to Homeschool : Webinar #2: The Elementary-School Years Starting to Homeschool : Webinar #3: What Will We Do Now That We’re Learning at Home? Blended Learning ? Brain-based Learning ? Classroom 2.0 ? College Admissions ? Connections ? Creativity ? Defining Success ? Digital Citizenship ? Engagement ?

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Digital learning cemented itself as a “must have” in schools this year, and equity remained front and center, too, continuing conversations around inequitable technology access, along with racial and socioeconomic disparities and discrimination. One way education is doing this is by offering CTE, even in the elementary grades.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

But there is one essential that has always been scarce in this part of the country and that she couldn’t stock up on: Broadband access. Perry’s home isn’t wired for broadband access. Cellphone access is also spotty on the Perry property. Credit: Kelli Johansen for The Hechinger Report.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2014

ACTFL is an individual membership organization of more than 12,000 language educators and administrators from elementary through graduate education, as well as government and industry. Curriculum is available online and for iBooks, with interactive activities, videos, and assessments. Learn more and register here. Happy reading!

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Equity remained front and center, too, raising issues of inequitable technology access, along with racial and socioeconomic disparities and discrimination. More importantly, students will have better access to lessons designed specifically for their learning style. Access to interactive experiences, 3D drawings, site visits, etc.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

Third grade students at Meeker Elementary school share an iPad in a blended learning class in Greeley, Colorado. Like many students in the district, she has no access to the internet at home. “I’m experimenting with what I like and don’t like,” she says, pointing out the raised ceilings and solar panel siding on her virtual home. “I

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

.” “Modern E-Rate Puts Telephones On Hold in K–12,” Education Week reports , noting that schools are struggling to pay for phone service (still totally necessary) as well as expanded broadband. ” More on this scramble to serve (profit from) low-income broadband customers in the upgrades/downgrades section below.

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Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

” Via The New York Times : “ Penn State Student’s Dying Hours Play Out in Courtroom Video.” Some internet-access advocates say EBS is underutilized at best, and wasted at worst, because loose regulatory oversight by the FCC has allowed most of the spectrum to fall into the hands of commercial internet companies. .”

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