The Hechinger Report

JUNE 8, 2020

Sadly, though, the reality is that millions of Americans — in rural and urban areas alike, and including many underrepresented minorities — lack the reliable broadband connections needed to access postsecondary and K-12 education in a nation that remains in partial lockdown. Related: How to reach students without internet access at home?

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Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Libraries 102

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.

Classroom 120

Classroom Khan Academy E-rate Internet Safety 120

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 133

EdTech Lenovo Robotics Laptops 133

Brainscape

DECEMBER 11, 2023

By rating how well you know the answer to the question on a scale of 1 to 5, you tell Brainscape’s spaced repetition algorithm how often to repeat that flashcard. It’s called spaced repetition and it’s literally how your brain is hardwired to learn information. What happens next?

How To 52

How To Study E-rate Resources 52

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

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

This is driven in large part by the affordability and portability of digital devices like Chromebooks, tablets, and laptops. But there’s another side to the story of print vs. digital , one that is at the core of why 2015 e-book sales dropped in the United States and the UK. Digital ebook files are fragile. Why digital?

eBook 188

eBook Khan Academy Tablets Chromebook 188

Education Superhighway

APRIL 3, 2018

In a school environment, the two main drivers of how much network bandwidth you need are: 1. The number of devices like tablets, laptops, and smartphones your network is supporting. To address this, take a tally of the number of devices that will access your network on a regular basis. How to Fund Network Upgrades.

E-rate 70

E-rate Broadband BYOD Smartphone 70

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

But the iPads will be discontinued next year in favor of the Dell Latitude Education Series (3160) touchscreen laptop computer. But school district leaders are not of one mind of how to best spend the money. It isn’t even good direct instruction." " Readers respond.with gusto. That's a lot of computers.

EdTech 170

EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

Kitaboo on EdTech

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Are you still looking for reasons to create e-textbooks for students? If you draw a comparison between the two, i.e., traditional textbooks and interactive textbooks, you will see that e-textbooks clearly fare better than regular textbooks. Once published, the etextbooks should be easily accessible by the users. Easy to Publish.

eBook 64

eBook E-rate Libraries Software 64

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. Listen to: How to Use Google Keep in the Classroom episode #72 with Crystal Koenig. Nobody really wants to carry the Chromebook or a laptop with you.

Google 290

Google Twitter Data Tools 290

techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

According to the most recent figures from Funds for Learning, E-Rate applicants nationwide requested almost $748 million in discounts against the purchase of just over $1 billion in Category Two products and services, which are detailed in this chart (right). Or are there mobile laptop/tablet stations?) ?

Chromebook 40

Chromebook E-rate BYOD Online Assessments 40

The Innovative Educator

JANUARY 8, 2017

It used to be that 1:1 technology access was a novelty. They also understand that Chromebooks last as long and are as sturdy as traditional laptops and despite the myth, they realize, just like laptops, you don’t need the internet to access your core suite of tools. How to play music, build, repair, and more.

Chromebook 40

Chromebook Internet Safety E-rate Laptops 40

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 95

E-rate Microsoft Industry STEM 95

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. Ban Laptops" Op-Eds. Um, they do.) Collared Dove.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 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. — Suren Aloyan , Co-Founder & CEO, PopUp EduTech, Inc.

EdTech 145

EdTech Learning Data Classroom 145

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.

EdTech 114

EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 114

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 Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

I give the kids access to all the tools pretty much right off the bat,” said Eric Bredder, with a sweeping gesture taking in the computer workstations, 3-D printers, laser cutters and milling machines, plus a bevy of wood and metalworking tools that he uses while teaching computer science, engineering and design classes.

Broadband 88

Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Blackboard 88

Educator Innovator

MARCH 30, 2016

An initiative to fill community spaces with programs using innovative equipment, software, and professionals is teaching youth how to learn by immersing them in digital arts. Yet there’s something to be said for the convenience inherent in e-readers. We walk past a row of laptops, perhaps half of which are occupied by teen users.

Libraries 38

Libraries Laptops E-rate Software 38

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. Tech Support.

EdTech 40

EdTech E-rate Google Company 40

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

On an unremarkable November morning, Jimmie Conner is hunched over his laptop at a dining table in an open-concept kitchen flooded with light. He joined their gang when he was 10, already knowing everyone’s name and how to throw up signs. FULLERTON, Calif. — His first arrest was at age 12. I became a crackhead to education.”

E-rate 113

E-rate Study Report Accessibility 113

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “The Department of Education has placed restrictions on access to federal student aid for West Virginia public universities after the state was late submitting required annual financial statements for the third year in a row. “ Are iPads and laptops improving students’ test scores?

Education 43

Education MOOC Company Report 43

Learning with 'e's

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

In one minute there are over 2 million search queries on Google, 6 million Facebook views, over 200 million e-mails sent and 100,000 tweets. Mobile phones, tablets and laptops are portable gateways into the Internet, and it is predicted by 2015 that there will be twice as many mobile devices on the planet as there are humans.

E-rate 66

E-rate Mobility Social Media Laptops 66

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

She leaned in toward her laptop and looked at a sentence that read, “Bake me a cake.” Advocates say online preschool has the potential to address two serious problems with the current state of preschool: access and cost. The word “bake” was in red. The rest of the words were in white. Source: YouTube. I’m all for that.

Laptops 152

Laptops Accessibility Online Learning Company 152