Edsurge

AUGUST 18, 2016

The foundational technology pieces – Chromebooks, internet, assessment platforms – are stabilized at most Oakland schools. We’re doing well strong in terms of technology access at schools and home and around foundational skills. They include: Access is just the first piece of the puzzle.

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EdTech Chromebook Assessment Meeting 60

techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

Here are some of the most recent winners: School District 51 (CO) students scored 9,000 new Chromebooks for the next school year. The Chromebooks and charging carts were purchased with $3.18 A four-year replacement cycle will be set up for Guilderland’s Chromebooks. Another $32,724 will be used for school connectivity.

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Chromebook E-rate BYOD Online Assessments 40

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

The ELF is a full-time, licensed educator, who is trained in the delivery of online instruction. He works collaboratively with classroom teachers across grades and subjects to ensure continuity of instruction in a digitally-rich online format. The ELF empowers students to set the pace and path of their own learning.

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Blended Learning Chromebook Report Training 85

Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2020

Not so long ago, students did most of their learning at school, and maybe while doing homework or during trips to the museum. Now, learning—like the internet—is everywhere thanks to the ubiquity of smartphones and chromebooks. We ask questions that have to do with digital learning, but we also ask questions about school climate.

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Survey Learning Trends Smartphone 153

eSchool News

JANUARY 18, 2016

The SMART Samsung Chromebook 3 Bundle features SMART amp and is fully integrated with Google Classroom and Apps for Education. Under the new agreement, schools can purchase a classroom-wide package including several Samsung Chromebook 3 devices , associated licenses for SMART amp, and access to SMART’s online professional development.

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Chromebook Knowledge Base Laptops Tablets 40

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

So far, the pandemic has revealed the challenges of conducting education remotely as well as uneven access to Wi-Fi and devices such as laptops. million kids statewide lacked access to Wi-Fi and computers. The school district, NOLA Public Schools, provided some Chromebooks and hotspots that the school operator distributed to families.

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Digital Divide Laptops Accessibility Online Learning 117

techlearning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Kids outside the city limits only had access to the Internet through their cell phones. Access was also a challenge. However, it was impossible to provide for the other 25% as there was no access in the most remote areas of the district. If it’s lost, then the Chromebook has to be replaced before the student can graduate.”

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Chromebook Robotics Accessibility iPad 47

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Ensuring wi-fi access at home or on the school bus is a top priority for a district still planning its one-to-one. Add concepts like blended and flipped learning to the equation and you come up with yet another to-do list item: Make sure students can actually use their devices when they aren’t physically on campus and within wi-fi range.

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E-rate Chromebook Accessibility Flipped Classroom 40

Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 17, 2015

Right now most educators are poor judges of deeper, richer technology usage, which is why we see lots of lower-level technology use instead of schools taking advantage of the rich affordances that digital learning technologies could bring to our classrooms. Ability to access Google Docs and Sheets is needed.

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Social Media Chromebook Laptops Training 100

eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2024

Roundtable participants included: Julie Mavrogeorge , Coordinator II – CTE (Esports, Drones, AME and Ag) with Fresno Unified School District Allison Reid , Senior Director of Digital Learning and Libraries in the Wake Forest County Public School System Dr. Cynthia Wise , Principal of J.H. We’re starting to see some changes.

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Chromebook Robotics Elementary Accessibility 127

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

Almost no district was truly ready to plunge into remote learning full time and with no end in sight. There is no one-size-fits-all remedy and no must-have suite of digital learning tools. School buses provide Wi-Fi access for downloading homework assignments, as well as lunches, at various locations in South Carolina.

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Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 67

techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

ACER CHROMEBOOK TAB 10 ( WWW.ACER.COM/AC/EN/US/CONTENT/HOME ) The Acer Chromebook Tab 10 will be used in classrooms to expand and enhance student learning. IGS Pro leverages all the current features of IGS, granting educators the flexibility to leverage MFPs while extending access via a cloud-based interface, anywhere, anytime.

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Robotics Chromebook Edmentum Mobility 42

TeachThought - Learn better.

JUNE 19, 2015

Whispercast distributes eBooks, eTextbooks, apps, documents, and eTextbook rentals to hundreds or thousands of devices already deployed in schools, including Kindle e-readers, Fire tablets, iOS, Android, Chromebooks, Macs, and PCs. With Whispercast 3.0,

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Tablets Education Android Chromebook 40

Shake Up Learning

JULY 7, 2020

The post The Chromebook Infused Classroom – SULS070 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. In this episode, Kasey interviews Holly Clark about her new book, The Chromebook Infused Classroom. Learn all about the Infused Classroom model, using Hyperdocs for remote learning, and practical ways to go from analog to digital!

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Chromebook Classroom Blended Learning Google 96

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

. …This is key to its advantage over traditional business models when it comes to data, since a platform positions itself (1) between users, and (2) as the ground upon which their activities occur, which thus gives it privileged access to record them. Instead, they’ve re-branded as job training sites.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2022

As summer vacation winds down, thousands of devices—including Chromebooks, iPads, and laptops—are in the care of school district IT departments. The COVID-19 pandemic and the implementation of emergency remote learning dramatically accelerated the push toward 1:1 computing initiatives that was already underway.

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Broadband Survey Laptops Analysis 123

Reading By Example

OCTOBER 21, 2015

They attended a number of after school trainings and shared what was going well and what wasn’t. There is an iPad cart and a Chromebook cart available for our 4th and 5th grade classrooms. Schools have arrived at a point where access to online/digital learning is no longer the main issue. This worked for us.

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Technology iPad Learning Tablets 28

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

These one-time gifts from billionaires and multinational corporations are welcomed by most schools, but they are not enough to close gaps in access to learning technologies nor ultimately a sustainable financing solution for technology infrastructure. Or their latest crop of teachers needs training?

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Technology E-rate Laptops Digital Divide 169

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. With 99 percent of U.S. On its face, that sounds like a good thing. It’s not just Kolb’s observations.

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Technology Chromebook Broadband EdTech 103

eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

He has successfully built the architecture for a connected campus that enhances the campus experience, drives operational efficiency, and provides education in a manner that all can access. When the pandemic started, Upchurch knew this would permanently change how students learn. And for Seage, the best has yet to come.

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Education Learning EdTech Data 127

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

With remote learning still at play, students now rely on virtual engagement with their teachers to have questions answered and assignments clarified. With the appropriate tools and tech access, instructional assistance from afar can be academically beneficial. Student data privacy and online safety are significant concerns.

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Blackboard Social Media Learning Student Data Privacy 72

MindShift

DECEMBER 5, 2020

Lee at Brookings is working on a book about the digital divide, and she says it’s multidimensional. There are backlogs of items such as Chromebooks. Because of barriers such as these, although attendance on her daily Zooms is high, Rosenthal says no more than a fourth of her students have been accessing the written assignments.

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Digital Divide Learning Laptops Broadband 28

Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2023

For the last few years, the local government — with schools, the telecommunications company EPB of Chattanooga, and nonprofits — has run “HCS EdConnect,” a program through which schools give Chromebooks, tablets and free training on the skills needed to use smart technology and the modern internet system. Those resources seem to work.

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Broadband Chromebook Accessibility Digital Divide 101

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

One notable piece of K-12 tech innovation news is the integration of interactive devices and digital learning tools, transforming static learning spaces into dynamic, multimedia-rich environments. The proliferation of educational apps and online resources has expanded learning beyond the confines of textbooks.

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Trends Digital Divide EdTech Adaptive Learning 117

eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2023

Education and student well-being are stretched thin, and lingering learning gaps, exacerbated by the pandemic, present hurdles for all students–especially underrepresented students groups who were already at a disadvantage. We’re headed into a fourth year of learning in the pandemic’s shadow.

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EdTech Industry Assessment Data 135

eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Education and student well-being are stretched thin, and lingering learning gaps, exacerbated by the pandemic, present hurdles for all students–especially underrepresented students groups who were already at a disadvantage. We headed into a fourth year of learning in the pandemic’s shadow. It is all about the balance.

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EdTech Learning Industry Data 73

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. To keep kids learning, BIE and tribal schools needed more resources, fast. Stalled Aid.

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Report Elementary Online Learning System 127

Hack Education

APRIL 6, 2018

The Business of Job Training. ” Via the Google blog : “Rolling Study Halls: turning bus time into learning time.” ” The Verge covers the blog post : “ Google is equipping more rural school buses with Wi-Fi and Chromebooks.” .” “Homework therapist.”

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Education MOOC E-rate Facebook 45

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, There are, of course, vast inequalities in access to technology — in school and at home and otherwise — and in how these technologies get used. Um, they do.) But new technology hasn’t made it easy.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145