The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. The Webinars are free, but when you purchase the "Mattering IS the Agenda" toolkit you get exclusive access to the recordings.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Increasing students’ access to technology tools in the classroom is key to reversing these trends. That means doubling down on efforts to expand access to 5G and high-speed internet. The Biden administration recently allocated more than $650 million in federal grants and loans to build more broadband infrastructure in rural U.S.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 29, 2020

schools accessing high-speed broadband, and devices all but ubiquitous in the classroom, the question is no longer whether teachers and students are using technology, but how. They’re also learning how to advocate for positive change in their communities, such as requesting extended hours at the library and hotspot checkouts.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

The New York Times notes it’s not just rural students who struggle with broadband access : “Why San Jose Kids Do Homework in Parking Lots.” ” The Scholarly Kitchen weighs in on layoffs at DPLA , the Digital Public Library of America. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

— Inside a high-ceilinged library at Northridge High School here, seniors are typing on 16-year-old laptops donated by a local Rotary Club. We’re doing everything we can,” says Mr. Norton, as the seniors in the library close their balky laptops and head to class. Photo: Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor.

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Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

Edsurge runs with Trump’s promise to boost rural broadband like it’s a truth anyone can count on. Via Nature : “One of the world’s largest science publishers, Elsevier , won a default legal judgement on 21 June against websites that provide illicit access to tens of millions of research papers and books.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Via Pacific Standard : “Why Is the FCC Considering Cutting Broadband Access for Students?” ” Via CJR : “‘This is unprecedented’: Public colleges limiting journalist access.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Robots are coming for your children.

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Hack Education

APRIL 7, 2017

” In other financial aid news – via Buzzfeed’s Molly Hensley-Clancy : “Hackers Had Access To Tax Data For Up To 100,000 FAFSA Users.” Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “New Law Nixing Broadband Privacy Protections Stirs K–12 Fears.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

” Via Education Week : “ FCC Revokes Decision Allowing Companies to Provide Low-Income Families With Subsidized Broadband.” ” “Scaling Educational Access ” by Mindwire Consulting’s Michael Feldstein. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” More via WaPo. ” LOL. Think again.”

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

” In other MIT news : “MIT task force releases preliminary ‘Future of Libraries ’ report.” ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “When the Teaching Assistant Is a Robot.” Blackboard has acquired Fronteer , a software company that helps make course materials accessible.

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