Digital Promise

JANUARY 8, 2019

Still, huge gaps exist in educational outcomes, high school graduation rates, college readiness and workforce advancements based on race, class, and geography. And, accessibility technologies support learner variability and people with disabilities by ensuring navigation and information display is available in multiple ways.

Digital Learning 329

Digital Learning E-rate Learning Mobility 329

eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Common Sense, SETDA unveil toolkit to help states, schools apply for billions in federal aid under the E-rate program modernization. A new E-rate funding toolkit from Common Sense and SETDA explains the changes to the federal program, available funding, and best ways to apply for it.

E-rate 40

E-rate Broadband Libraries Advocacy 40

Vizor

JANUARY 29, 2024

Leverage E-rate, Title I, and other federal & state funds Make sure you take advantage of various funding sources available for technology in education. E-rate is a federal program that provides discounts on internet access and telecommunications services for schools.

BYOD 52

BYOD How To E-rate Chromebook 52

Neo LMS

JANUARY 8, 2016

E-learning, for some, can be boring if they just stick to the “rules”. You know like, not expanding the already-existing e-learning concepts and techniques instructors and educators already know. Mobile devices also have WiFi which makes for an on-demand access to school resources.

BYOD 150

BYOD E-rate Khan Academy LMS 150

Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2021

With the movement for no-tuition community college gaining momentum in more states and earning top billing in President Biden’s education agenda , experts in college access and affordability advise caution about using that potent four-letter word: f-r-e-e. There’s no free-and-reduced lunch at college. It’s understandable.

E-rate 125

E-rate Policies Study Accessibility 125

eSchool News

MAY 12, 2022

The Children’s Internet Protection Act, signed into law in 2000, is a document that regulates the exposure of inappropriate content to children. Needless to say, K-12 schools must be CIPA compliant to use E-Rate discounts, but those schools and libraries that do not receive the fundings do not have this obligation.

E-rate 86

E-rate Guidelines Libraries Policies 86

Education Superhighway

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

This could include: Line Item Information: For Category 2 projects (internal connections equipment and services), you are often purchasing a lot of different items, from routers and wireless access points down to jacks, screws and cables. 18 States now offer E-rate State Matching Funds for Special Construction Projects.

E-rate 84

E-rate System Data Accessibility 84

Education Superhighway

JANUARY 29, 2020

With the average E-rate discount rate across the districts at 78%, I realized that they would be able to receive fiber – which had been the missing piece – for low costs. They didn’t have to worry about the time of day or other concerns to access the Internet.

E-rate 96

E-rate Blended Learning Groups Accessibility 96

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

to outlay an estimated $8 billion annually on software and digital resources, not including hardware. We recognize that conducting detailed reviews of evidence requires substantial time and resources. Research databases, including Google Scholar, ResearchGate and JSTOR can serve as resources for peer-reviewed studies.

EdTech 186

EdTech Comparison Study Groups 186

Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2021

And we’ve only seen the beginning—within the next few years, the company is poised to disrupt the healthcare market, become the market leader in online advertising, establish itself as a competitor to USPS, FedX and UPS, and provide global access to broadband internet through a network of satellites orbiting the planet… to name but a few examples.

Education 218

Education Company E-rate Industry 218

Marketplace K-12

AUGUST 30, 2016

Future revenue in the $33 billion e-learning market is expected to fall precipitously in the United States and internationally, but sales of other types of digital learning products are predicted to rise, according to a market research report released recently. Unstable Economies Impact E-Learning Market. percent and negative 1.1

Report 70

Report E-rate OER LMS 70

Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

” This letter marked the launch of the implementation of the first federal program dedicated to ensuring universal access to information and communications technology for improved teaching and learning in the nation’s schools. Having said that, I have already committed to writing a series of posts specifically on the U.S.

Policies 150

Policies Technology Program Evaluation Education 150

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. For guests and hyperlinks to resources, scroll down. So they full access, they get the full toolbar when they’re in their Google account.

Google 293

Google Twitter Data Tools 293

NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 17, 2019

The tasks: The Helpful task asked participants to select the resources they considered helpful to address their research prompt. The Cite task displayed the resources that the participants selected as helpful, and asked participants to select those they considered citable. Student simulation tasks (RSIC study).

E-rate 111

E-rate Wiki Elementary Study 111

A Principal's Reflections

MAY 5, 2011

Social media services paired with high rates of Internet connectivity allow multiple forms of information—web links, videos, audio files, images, text messages, and documents—to be delivered and consumed in multiple ways. Ferriter, W, Ramsden, J, & Sheninger, E. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree.

Social Media 253

Social Media Twitter E-rate Mobility 253

The 21st Century Principal

DECEMBER 8, 2012

At any rate, my file cabinet lives a lonely and neglected life these days because its utility has been reduced to simply some place to put my printer. Still, I think these 6 simple strategies will go a long way in reducing the reliance on physical documents, hence paper. Find some free/inexpensive Web 2.0

Strategy 90

Strategy E-rate System Meeting 90

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.

Accessibility 525

Accessibility Assistive Technology E-rate BYOD 525

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 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. For guests and hyperlinks to resources, scroll down. Look at all the resources and things they’re doing. Listen Now.

Google 177

Google Digital Badges Tools E-rate 177

The Hechinger Report

MAY 1, 2017

Many schools and community organizations try to boost FAFSA completion rates by emphasizing the financial benefits of completing the FAFSA. The National College Access Network Form Your Future campaign makes this appeal: “Each year, more than $2 billion of financial aid goes unclaimed. Related: Column E-Counseling 2.0:

E-rate 52

E-rate Policies Comparison Study 52

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 22, 2020

NEW ORLEANS — School absences were rare for Lorenzo Elliott, the drum major of the George Washington Carver High School band and an honor roll student with a 96 percent attendance rate. Often, they can’t,” said Robert Schwartz , a visiting scholar at Temple University James E. His family said that police had picked him up.

Strategy 109

Strategy Education E-rate Report 109

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

A substantial part of the nation’s resources are being devoted to higher education,” Simon said. The hope is that if what would normally take 10,000 hours could be shortened to 1,000, and be done via methods that are more affordable and accessible, many more people can become experts.

Education 209

Education Learning Software Knewton 209

Educator Innovator

JANUARY 30, 2014

That’s according to a new survey-based report by Sesame Workshop’s Joan Ganz Cooney Center, which documents parents’ perspectives on their children’s informal use of educational media—including apps, games, websites, and TV shows. But many teachers say they don’t always know what the best resources are.

E-rate 29

E-rate Survey Education Mobility 29

Learning with 'e's

MARCH 8, 2017

Resources are so limited and some local schools are even asking parents to foot the bill. Our teamwork is smooth, neat and effective through the use of sharing files, planning and working collaboratively on documents. Children in school have a Chromebook each along with access to tablets in each class. Everything is connected.

E-rate 37

E-rate STEM Chromebook Tablets 37

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

Responsibility to negotiate with vendors falls on school districts that often do not have the time or resources to drive a hard bargain. Related: In Mississippi schools, access to technology lacking, uneven. Yet the same device or program can cost more from one state to another and even from district to district.

iPad 80

iPad Broadband Software Company 80

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 27, 2014

Partner Spotlight American Library Association The global, regional, and local association that connects tens of thousands of librarians, their ideas, and their innovations, providing a comprehensive gateway to library-related resources, opportunities, and communities. First, you can discover new tools rated for learning.

Libraries 55

Libraries Conference Game-Based Learning Education 55

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.

Technology 158

Technology E-rate Laptops Digital Divide 158

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

If you are affiliated with an academic institution or organization you can use their login credentials for free access, otherwise, you will have pay to access paywalled materials. WorldCat also features open source e-books, articles, and downloadable audiobooks and photos.

Libraries 117

Libraries Google Accessibility Elsevier 117

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

This year’s Future of Education Technology Conference landed in New Orleans, and the conference was abuzz with post-pandemic learning recovery tools, solutions to promote equity among students and parents, strategies for digital access, student mental health, social and emotional learning tools, and more.

EdTech 130

EdTech Lenovo Robotics Laptops 130

Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2021

Library closures hit patrons hard—especially those who relied on them as their main internet source and used them to access online educational resources. Libraries Close, Internet Access Ends There have been several studies about how the lack of fast home broadband has hurt kids’ access to online learning during school closures.

Libraries 128

Libraries Survey E-rate Report 128

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Meanwhile, Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel has proposed a pilot cybersecurity program, which would run separately, but in tandem, with the FCC’s E-Rate program, which was created in the early 1990s as a way to provide affordable internet for schools and libraries.

E-rate 112

E-rate Advocacy Data Libraries 112

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Ultimately, less than 4 percent of them graduate from college, compared with the nation’s overall rate of 29 percent, according to a 2018 report. It now spans 15 CSU campuses, where it offers academic counseling, opportunities to network, financial advice, tutoring, a community, help in accessing campus resources, financial aid, and more.

E-rate 114

E-rate Study Report Accessibility 114

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Among them, I’ve updated my site to include a dedicated FAQ on open educational resources (OER). Tagged on: April 22, 2017 Leaked Microsoft document confirms Windows 10 Cloud and a Chromebook competitor | PCWorld → Google’s Chrome OS-powered Chromebooks have quickly insinuated themselves into American classrooms. ."

EdTech 170

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Among them, I’ve updated my site to include a dedicated FAQ on open educational resources (OER). Tagged on: April 22, 2017 Leaked Microsoft document confirms Windows 10 Cloud and a Chromebook competitor | PCWorld → Google’s Chrome OS-powered Chromebooks have quickly insinuated themselves into American classrooms. ."

EdTech 150

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 16, 2013

There are eight conference strands covering a wide variety of timely topics, such as MOOCs, e-books, maker spaces, mobile services, embedded librarians, green libraries, doctoral student research, library and information center "tours," and more! We have 146 accepted conference sessions and ten keynote addresses.

Libraries 51

Libraries Conference MOOC E-rate 51

The Cornerstone for Teachers

MAY 17, 2023

The Teachers College Reading and Writing Project promotes a workshop model for reading and writing and has numerous units of study as a curriculum and many resources available for teachers. Here is an example document of characteristics of different text bands. Picture Books also offer rich vocabulary in an accessible package.

Secondary 72

Secondary Libraries Groups E-rate 72

NeverEndingSearch

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

Consider this results of this report in the context of with the decline of the newspaper industry also documented by recent Pew Research Center data. The Center for News Literacy from Stony Brook University’s School of Journalism, offers an impressive Digital Resources Center that includes.

Social Media 40

Social Media Handbook Facebook Report 40