Hapara

MARCH 13, 2023

Schools that receive E-rate program discounts for broadband access are required to have internet safety policies with “technology protection measures.” If your district only uses Chromebooks, turn on the Chromebook setting Hāpara Filter works on any device across operating systems.

Digital Learning 130

Digital Learning Chromebook Learning Policies 130

Securly

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

These were the pressing questions of the time – a time 8-months after the release of the first iPad and 6-months before the release of the first Chromebook. However, it was the Chromebook (2011) that truly revolutionized 1:1. While the iPad cost anywhere from $300 – $400, Chromebooks were sold from $199.

EdTech 176

EdTech Common Core Chromebook iPad 176

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Quickly after iPads, schools fell in love with Chromebooks and their amazing ability to allow students to collaborate and share, not to mention their ease of maintenance. This is driven in large part by the affordability and portability of digital devices like Chromebooks, tablets, and laptops. Why digital?

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eBook Khan Academy Tablets Chromebook 188

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The CoSN Meeting the Needs of Students Without Home Internet Access webinar on September 19, 2018 reflects the growing concern and call to action for school districts, business communities and state and federal government to address what has been termed as the homework gap. 1 at the elementary level. 1 at the elementary level.

Accessibility 57

Accessibility Digital Citizenship E-rate Broadband 57

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 4, 2024

Tablets, laptops, and Chromebooks have become as commonplace as notebooks, enabling students to access a vast reservoir of information and educational resources at their fingertips. These advancements have given rise to the cloud-based classroom, a dynamic and accessible learning environment that epitomizes educational innovation.

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Classroom Khan Academy E-rate Internet Safety 120

A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

The purposeful use of technology can innovate assessment, transform time frames around learning, increase collaboration, enable learning about information and research thanks to unprecedented access, and provide a level of student ownership like never before. Just using it to access information is also not a sound use.

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E-rate Blended Learning Social Media Outcomes 240

Education Superhighway

JANUARY 7, 2019

In the past few years, concerted efforts like E-rate modernization and various statewide initiatives have helped bring digital learning opportunities to students across the nation. In order to enable digital learning in every classroom, every day , school districts need the right infrastructure for their Internet access.

Digital Learning 74

Digital Learning E-rate Chromebook Learning 74

Digital Promise

JANUARY 16, 2015

Something else that was immediate and dramatic: the gap between students who had Internet access at home, and those who didn’t. ” The suburban district is perceived by some as well-to-do, Nicol says, but he estimates that in any given year, roughly 15 percent of students don’t have Internet access outside of school.

Resources 120

Resources E-rate Broadband Digital Divide 120

Hapara

AUGUST 8, 2022

Because these resources are open to use, when you share an OER, other educators across the globe can access it and use it in their classrooms. If you make the link public for everyone to access, you can share the link on an OER platform. . You can also turn your materials into PDFs for greater access and usability. .

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OER Resources How To Education 130

Educational Technology Guy

JANUARY 7, 2015

E-rate no longer pays for servers either. They are moving to Google Apps and Chromebooks (and moving all files to Drive) and are moving to have Pearson host PowerSchool instead of hosting themselves. Schools are turning more toward web services, even our district. Google Apps, Evernote, Edmodo, and more are all web based.

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Data E-rate Edmodo Pearson 100

Education Superhighway

AUGUST 2, 2018

.” With solid Internet connectivity and infrastructure already in place, Ryan concentrated on building a stronger internal network using E-rate Category 2 funds. Ryan noticed that a lack of enough access points caused lots of log in troubles for teachers.

E-rate 58

E-rate Chromebook Accessibility iPad 58

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

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 15, 2024

And we have 14 states that have teacher-run nonprofits that run the e-sports organizations for their state. So teachers together and the students that we serve are literally the largest e-sports organization in the country. And so it's a lot the same in how we should be treating e-sports. So we formed an interstate group.

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E-rate Education Meeting Industry 362

eSchool News

MAY 31, 2017

Already, K-12 schools are beginning to leverage the E-Rate for a digital transformation [read here and also here ]. And more schools are incorporating mobile tablets and smartphones into their curriculum [read about the staggering growth of Chromebook implementation here ].

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Kaplan E-rate Smartphone Mobility 106

The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 10, 2017

This handy free Google Docs add-on tracks things like: time spent writing, spelling-grammar-and punctuation error rates and pulls it into a clear graphical view in your teacher dashboard. Nobody really wants to carry the Chromebook or a laptop with you. To learn more about Wriq go to www.texthelp.com/wriq. Listen Now.

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Google Twitter Data Tools 290

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. Put simply, asking a fifth-grade student to watch an instructional video before the next day’s flipped classroom science lesson will fall on deaf ears if the child doesn’t have access to the internet at home.

E-rate 40

E-rate Chromebook Accessibility Flipped Classroom 40

Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

4 Tips for using accessibility features to promote inclusion. In many cases, companies are developing accessibility features to be built into devices to promote access for all. Just as it is important to model skills to teach students, the same philosophy can be applied to accessibility features. Model technology use.

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Accessibility Assistive Technology E-rate BYOD 525

The Hechinger Report

JULY 15, 2018

The schools are the brainchild of Charles Butt, a big donor to local education causes and chairman of H-E-B, the region’s largest grocery store chain. Choudhury, though, is adamant about the value of economic integration — and the importance of giving low-income students, in particular, access to educational options.

E-rate 96

E-rate Microsoft Industry STEM 96

The Innovative Educator

JANUARY 8, 2017

It used to be that 1:1 technology access was a novelty. Today, with Chromebooks, it is less expensive to give each child a device than it is to provide all the resources that device provides (i.e. The system is set up for failure from the start if they fail to provide the most basic access students need today.

Chromebook 40

Chromebook Internet Safety E-rate Laptops 40

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

Related: In Mississippi schools, access to technology lacking, uneven. To buy Chromebooks, the most-purchased device on the ed tech market , school districts can check prices from Google, Acer, Samsung, HP and others. On Chromebook purchases, some districts paid up to $90 more for the same product and services.

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iPad Broadband Software Company 79

Marketplace K-12

AUGUST 23, 2016

Mobile technologies in particular have the ability to resonate with and support the instruction of special education students, said Richard E. It features user ratings, editors’ notes about each app, and an overview of its objectives. E-Learning Expand for Special-Needs Students. . ” More Than 400 Apps Reviewed. .

Mobility 40

Mobility Technology Classroom E-rate 40

The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 11, 2017

This handy free Google Docs add-on tracks things like: time spent writing, spelling-grammar-and punctuation error rates and pulls it into a clear graphical view in your teacher dashboard. They can access these different assessments (tasks for them to do) in each G-suite, and they can complete that. Listen Now.

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Google Digital Badges Tools E-rate 175

Learning with 'e's

MARCH 8, 2017

Children in school have a Chromebook each along with access to tablets in each class. Lack of teachers and high volumes of teachers leaving the profession along with high rates of mental illness (for both pupils and teachers) all linked to the pressure and stress of results and data. Everything is connected. Unported License.

E-rate 37

E-rate STEM Chromebook Tablets 37

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. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

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Technology E-rate Laptops Digital Divide 174

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Tagged on: April 23, 2017 Shift to online classes 'discriminates' against rural children, mother claims | Stuff.co.nz → In New Zealand, the shift to online classes 'discriminates' against rural children without easy access to the internet and who have parents who are not tech-savvy. The breach affects 1.3

EdTech 170

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Tagged on: April 23, 2017 Shift to online classes 'discriminates' against rural children, mother claims | Stuff.co.nz → In New Zealand, the shift to online classes 'discriminates' against rural children without easy access to the internet and who have parents who are not tech-savvy. The breach affects 1.3

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EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Tagged on: March 17, 2017 E-learning day a breeze for tech-savvy students | Dubois County Herald → But for as helpful as the eLearning days can be, Hubster said they probably won’t grow too much in number in the near future. Census data, and the divide among states in internet accessibility is apparent.

EdTech 170

EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

EdTechTeam

JULY 24, 2017

They eventually go home, where their parents may have a different device, visit friends and family that have a diversity of devices and those same apps can be recommended to others, or not, based on affordability and accessibility. Be sure to check out my e list of recommended creative apps at edutechserve.com/thinkopen.

Android 59

Android E-rate Chromebook iPad 59

There is no box

OCTOBER 3, 2015

How do we get reliable bandwidth at a decent rate? We are now working on an e-rate application to double it again. The key is good fiber between buildings and good cable into the classrooms for the Access Points. We installed a Meraki Access Point in every classroom. Google Apps for Education. Teacher Devices.

EdTech 40

EdTech E-rate Google Company 40

Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

Tech devices won't fix our education system | Lockport Union Sun & Journal → Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan recently issued a plea for greater student access to high-tech tools. "This Government Websites | ITIF → The public relies on federal websites to access information and services from the U.S.

EdTech 170

EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

Hack Education

APRIL 6, 2018

Via Education Week : “ FCC Chair Moves to Block E-Rate Funds for Companies Deemed ‘Security Risk’ ” (State and Local) Education Politics. ” The Verge covers the blog post : “ Google is equipping more rural school buses with Wi-Fi and Chromebooks.”

Education 45

Education MOOC E-rate Facebook 45

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. ” These colleges no longer offer federal loans because of students’ high default rates.

Education 40

Education lynda.com Knewton E-rate 40

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.) Despite a few anecdotes, they’re really not.).

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

Here’s Edsurge’s “exclusive” on the news that Android apps will soon be able on Chromebooks. Elsevier has acquired SSRN , an online open access repository. ” From Mindwires Consulting: “ e-Literate Big Picture: LMS.” ” Funding and Acquisitions (The Business of Ed-Tech).

Education 46

Education Pearson Report Company 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Not Net Neutrality, but another potential FCC move – ending the E-Rate program. Via Pacific Standard : “Why Is the FCC Considering Cutting Broadband Access for Students?” ” Via CJR : “‘This is unprecedented’: Public colleges limiting journalist access.” Chromebooks.

Kaplan 50

Kaplan Education Robotics E-rate 50

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

” Via Real Clear Education : “Connecting Schools to the Future: Rethinking E-Rate.” Scammers advertise phony job opportunities on college employment websites, and/or students receive e-mails on their school accounts recruiting them for fictitious positions. turns the most low-income students into top earners.”

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40