Digital Promise

JANUARY 13, 2015

One of those programs is the Universal Service Program for Schools and Libraries, better known as E-rate. E-rate helps schools and libraries get affordable Internet access by discounting the cost of service based on the school’s location – urban or rural – and the percentage of low-income students served.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Inside the classroom, it supports teaching and learning; outside the classroom, it powers everything from door access to security cameras and bus schedules. Federal initiatives, such as E-rate, were developed to help schools procure the technologies they need.… Today’s schools fully depend on technology.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 20, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out where K–12 schools can turn to secure funding for personalized learning programs. Schools today require vast amounts of bandwidth, but convincing leaders to pay for networking projects is often challenging, even with the Federal Communication Commission’s E-rate program subsidizing most of the costs.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 26, 2018

School Districts Take Advantage of E-Rate’s Category One Funding. Once its existing WAN ­provider wanted to charge significantly more for the same bandwidth speed, Midlothian Independent School District administrators began shopping for a faster, more affordable network — and they got one this ­summer with the help of E-rate fund s.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 5, 2020

For school districts implementing e-learning plans, a key concern is ensuring equity and access to learning materials for all students. Some students may not have access to the devices needed to complete e-learning activities, while others may not be able to connect to the internet from home.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 12, 2020

For school districts implementing e-learning plans, a key concern is ensuring equity and access to learning materials for all students. Some students may not have access to the devices needed to complete e-learning activities, while others may not be able to connect to the internet from home.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 9, 2020

For school districts implementing e-learning plans, a key concern is ensuring equity and access to learning materials for all students. Some students may not have access to the devices needed to complete e-learning activities, while others may not be able to connect to the internet from home.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 7, 2020

For school districts implementing e-learning plans, a key concern is ensuring equity and access to learning materials for all students. Some students may not have access to the devices needed to complete e-learning activities, while others may not be able to connect to the internet from home.

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E-rate How To Learning Accessibility 150

EdTech Magazine

MAY 7, 2020

For school districts implementing e-learning plans, a key concern is ensuring equity and access to learning materials for all students. Some students may not have access to the devices needed to complete e-learning activities, while others may not be able to connect to the internet from home.

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E-rate How To Learning Accessibility 150

EdTech Magazine

MAY 6, 2020

For school districts implementing e-learning plans, a key concern is ensuring equity and access to learning materials for all students. Some students may not have access to the devices needed to complete e-learning activities, while others may not be able to connect to the internet from home.

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E-rate How To Learning Accessibility 150

EdTech Magazine

MAY 6, 2020

For school districts implementing e-learning plans, a key concern is ensuring equity and access to learning materials for all students. Some students may not have access to the devices needed to complete e-learning activities, while others may not be able to connect to the internet from home.

E-rate 150

E-rate How To Learning Accessibility 150

EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2019

Millions of students lack the ability to access the internet from home — a problem compounded by increasing expectations from educators that students do so to complete homework and research. . Fourteen percent of children ages 3 to 18 lack home internet access , according to National Center for Education Statistics data.

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Broadband E-rate Mobility Smartphone 331

EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

The nonprofit broadband advocacy group found nearly 45 million students enjoy in-school access to high-speed internet connectivity, up from 39 million in 2017. According to the group, 98 percent of public schools have next-generation fiber infrastructure, and 96 percent have enough connectivity to support online and digital learning. .

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E-rate Broadband Advocacy Report 258

EdTech Magazine

MARCH 5, 2018

8 Steps to Create a Successful Modern Learning Space. Modern learning spaces can have a big impact on both students and teachers. One quick way to tell whether modern learning environment improvements will truly transform teaching and learning is to look at the classroom layout. Make Every Space a Learning Space.

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NeverEndingSearch

MARCH 15, 2020

Here’s a Wakelet list of free learning resources and tools to enjoy with kids and as a family, while were are at home. Note that this list points to resources made freely available by a growing number of publishers to support learning during this crisis. Wakelet of selected learning resources.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 3, 2018

In education, software programs lend a helping hand just about everywhere, from device ­management to digital learning. We learned that one child had planned to commit suicide in the next couple of days — because of the monitoring , we were able to intervene and get him the services he needed.”. eli.zimmerman_9856. by Tommy Peterson.

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Tools E-rate Chromebook Policies 337

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2017

By Meghan Bogardus Cortez An E-rate-funded network overhaul allowed the Illinois district to transform the classroom for students and teachers.

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E-rate Learning Classroom Accessibility 179

EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

No longer just a haven for dusty books and stern shushes, the library is now a place for digital resources and makerspaces and flexible learning. IT administrators must make sure there are enough manageable wireless access points and switches in the library to ensure proper capacity and coverage. There will always be books.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Every one of our schools had only two access points.”. This translated to teachers creating a learning environment where students are empowered to utilize digital tools to create solutions,” said Mike Patterson, an education strategist with CDW•G , who helped Aldine leaders with their technology rollout.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 30, 2019

Wi-Fi-enabled bus programs have the potential to improve K–12 student success by extending their learning time, but the road to implementing one of these programs can be complex. Currently, E-Rate does not cover connected bus programs. FETC 2019: 10 Steps to Develop a Successful K–12 Bus Wi-Fi Program. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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eSchool News

MAY 31, 2017

In an article published in, of all places, Delta’s Sky Magazine , writer Allison Kaplan details her interview with generational expert and author David Stillman on how Generation Z will begin graduating from college this year and what businesses should expect. So what does that mean for educators? Well, buckle up and hold on.

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Kaplan E-rate Smartphone Mobility 106

EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Content filtering and web monitoring software aim to prevent students from accessing inappropriate materials online, and many options also include features to alert school leaders to cyberbullying and other instances in which students’ digital communications or web activity might indicate troubling behavior.

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Digital Citizenship E-rate EdTech Software 181

edWeb.net

JANUARY 22, 2018

This was a theme in all of the presentations and is affecting how leaders lead, how teachers teach, and how students learn and can be prepared for their own futures. We need to transform their learning today. ” And the learning needs to be personal. What about your own professional learning? D elegate. Have a PLN!

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NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 17, 2019

I actually just have learned, since for the year, well, a couple of years, that anyone can put things on Wikipedia, so that’s why I don’t really go to Wikipedia first because not everything is true on there. So I just kind of learn– I feel like you can just learn something off of the Wikipedia page.

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E-rate Wiki Elementary Study 111

Learning with 'e's

JUNE 15, 2012

In my own keynote speech the following morning, speaking to an audience of around 200 library and information professionals, I argued that libraries need to become more flexible and agile (and indeed many already are), to respond to new learning practices, and an increased interest in knowledge and research. Unported License.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 2, 2018

Learning Comes Alive with Virtual Reality and Other Audio/Visual Technologies. We want them to be smart learners and figure out how to apply what they’ve learned in real-life scenarios,” Blount says. “We That money, combined with federal E-rate funds , enabled St. eli.zimmerman_9856. Mon, 07/02/2018 - 13:36.

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Technology E-rate Learning Blackboard 236

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 6, 2023

SPECIAL GROUP RATES (email admin@learningrevolution.com to arrange) : Multiple individual registrations from the same organization paid together: $149 each for 3+ registrations. Includes unlimited and non-expiring access for those log-ins. Emails come from learningrevolutionemail@gmail.com or steve@learningrevolution.com.

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Course Tools Libraries E-rate 82

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 19, 2023

SPECIAL GROUP RATES (email admin@learningrevolution.com to arrange) : Multiple individual registrations from the same organization paid together: $149 each for 3+ registrations. Includes unlimited and non-expiring access for those log-ins. Emails come from learningrevolutionemail@gmail.com or steve@learningrevolution.com.

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Course Tools Libraries E-rate 68

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.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 8, 2019

Congress passed the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) in 2000, tying E-rate program discounts to a school’s internet safety policy. CIPA requirements are specifically about access to obscene material, but schools now need to think about safety, bullying, radicalization, and more ,” explains Amy Bennett of Lightspeed Systems.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 29, 2023

SPECIAL GROUP RATES (email admin@learningrevolution.com to arrange) : Multiple individual registrations from the same organization paid together: $149 each for 3+ registrations. Includes unlimited and non-expiring access for those log-ins. Emails come from learningrevolutionemail@gmail.com or steve@learningrevolution.com.

Libraries 48

Libraries E-rate Pearson Social Media 48

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Tagged on: March 19, 2017 Textbooks could be history as schools switch to free online learning | Philly.com → Garnet Valley is a district in the vanguard of a nationwide movement to ditch traditional textbooks for open-source educational resources on the web. It isn’t even good direct instruction." " Readers respond.with gusto.

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EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

EdNews Daily

JULY 10, 2019

It can bridge language-learning gaps and increase access with automation so fine that it can literally speak to a student and correct pronunciation and context, while removing any sense of embarrassment because it can be done privately anywhere. By definition, it’s the “motion” of “e.” One of them is love. The Urgency.

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EdTech E-rate Trends Equity of Access 203

NeverEndingSearch

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

Remember Time Magazine’s darkening of the OJ mugshot? NewseumED : Learning tools on media literacy. Time For Kids shares a video News Matters in which 6th graders discuss what they are learning about critical thinking and the news. Fake News vs. Real News: Determining the Reliability of Sources NYTimes Learning Network.

Social Media 40

Social Media Handbook Facebook Report 40

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.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

The Department of Education , under the auspices of “transparency,” promises more access to data about financial aid. The New York Times Magazine interviews the new Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden. His rather disastrous business history in ed-tech includes SoftKey and The Learning Company. Education in the Courts.

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Education Pearson E-rate MOOC 40

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

” “ State educational technology directors have outlined ambitious targets for increasing school bandwidth capacity in an effort to support digital learning and bridge the technology divide that exists in schools and in students’ homes,” says Education Week. ” The story of UClass and Renaissance Learning.

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