EdTech Magazine

MARCH 31, 2021

As soon as the boxes of laptops arrived at the homes of Casa Blanca Community School students, the phone calls to school leaders began. As they removed the laptops from boxes and figured out how to turn them on, the school community took the first of many steps toward becoming a tech-endowed dynamo in distance learning.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The Persistence of the Digital Divide The pandemic exacerbated inequities in access and opportunity across the country, but this is particularly true of rural areas in the south. Experiences of digital access exist along a continuum. A student who owns a laptop is device deficient if she has to share it with one or more siblings.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 22, 2023

Recently I asked the following question, "What peer-reviewed research studies support 1:1 laptops in schools?". There are a number of peer-reviewed research studies that support the use of 1:1 laptops in schools. These studies have found that laptops can improve student achievement, engagement, and motivation. & Kay, A.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 16, 2024

For instance, a student in the field of data science might initially need a laptop capable of running statistical software for class projects. Investing in a Reliable Laptop A laptop is undeniably one of the most crucial tech investments for anyone in today’s learning and working environments.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2024

Endless Network , a global organization committed to addressing equity disparities, strategically invests worldwide to tackle challenges such as insufficient internet access. However, the challenge lies in addressing disparities in access, especially in underserved communities where internet connectivity is crucial.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

By Meghan Bogardus Cortez Classroom computers can’t boost student outcomes if educators don’t know how to use them innovatively.

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Fractus Learning

MARCH 17, 2021

Students are transporting a variety of tech with them each day, and this can include laptops. Rather than just shoving a laptop into an ordinary book bag, laptop backpacks can help to make carrying a laptop more convenient, and hopefully a little safer. Best Laptop Backpacks for Students. inch laptop.

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eSchool News

APRIL 21, 2023

He knew not every student had a laptop or tablet. That seismic shift made devices more accessible to students than ever before — and has now pushed some teachers to fold technology more often into their lesson plans. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. newsletters. Before the pandemic, U.S.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 29, 2019

Students can access learning materials outside of school. One of the most straightforward ways that technology contributes to equity in schools is ensuring that every student has access to learning materials, even outside of the classroom. Ensuring internet access outside of school. Here are some examples.

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The Web20Classroom

AUGUST 27, 2017

For others we need to differentiate and make the content more accessible to accommodate for a disability. As classrooms and digital spaces become more ubiquitous educators must understand how the content they create and put in these online spaces must be made accessible for all. is accessibility. And the law is on their side.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

The post ( perhaps one like this ) described how alienating and awkward it can feel for a student to show up to class without a laptop. With professors saying ‘Everyone take out your laptop,’ it was not an inclusive environment. Most of the laptops the university recommends for students cost upwards of $1,000.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Achieving digital equity only just begins when students and teachers have sufficient access. A critical condition for an equitable education, digital equity spans a broader context than just access to sufficient devices and high-speed internet. A new report from the nonprofit EducationSuperHighway found that 28.2 Take action.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 25, 2023

Teachers and students in today’s classrooms expect reliable internet connections, wide coverage and speedy access. I say potential because this depends on the devices you buy, how you deploy them, how dense your network is and whether end users have upgraded their laptops, tablets and smartphones to…

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 30, 2020

Racial and socioeconomic achievement gaps are expected to widen because many of those students still lack essential access to devices and internet connections at home, preventing them from participating in remote learning activities largely delivered online.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 19, 2020

Racial and socioeconomic achievement gaps are expected to widen because many of those students still lack essential access to devices and internet connections at home, preventing them from participating in remote learning activities largely delivered online.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2022

School-issued laptops became a valuable bridge to learning and community when schools switched to remote learning during the pandemic lockdown. Now the access is just…

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ProfHacker

MARCH 19, 2018

Annually, we go through the outrage cycle around laptop bans. Student Erynn Brook took to Twitter to speak about her own experience as a student with ADHD and how she uses her laptop. Here are some highlights: If I’m on my laptop in class I have the following things going on: 1. The day’s lecture/slides open. Photo is my desk.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

When schools went remote in 2020, the demand for laptops and tablets skyrocketed. Click the banner to access exclusive educational tech content when you register as an Insider. This depleted inventories, accelerated the need for computer chips and created sustained shortages. Read on to learn five reasons this situation persists.

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2019

David Peña-Guzman starts off his Friday class at San Francisco State University like any other professor might: students file in and pull out their note-taking materials, and he opens his laptop to begin lecture. Some faculty members point to research showing how laptops can be more of a distraction than a learning enabler.

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Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2020

With no guaranteed end in sight, we need Congress to take swift and decisive action to empower the federal E-rate funding program to support off-campus learning devices and connectivity, delivered via secure internet access. Along with the rest of society, K-12 students are facing a new challenge. We estimate that $5.25

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 20, 2021

we have a access to our income streams on our digital devices. Any moderately-talented hacker can access your computer’s webcam and microphone remotely. And, if your digital device of choice is a laptop, when you finish, close it. VPNs can be used on phones, desktops, laptops, iPads, and more.

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myViewBoard

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Whiteboard for Windows is available on both laptop and ViewBoard (ViewSonic’s interactive flat panel). With internet access and Whiteboard for Windows, ViewBoard enables teachers to combine all resources and create interesting lessons. We recommend planning lessons on a laptop. All features are available for laptop users.

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Neo LMS

JULY 12, 2018

A counterpoint to these figures, is also the finding that 70% of teachers assign homework requiring broadband access. 4 Examples of the best digital access initiatives. In their first year (2017) the program provided over 180 000 students across 118 school districts with mobile devices and 4G internet. EveryoneOn.

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N2Y

MAY 27, 2021

Welcome to the fourth and final article in our travel series, where we cover a variety of topics on travel and access that help prepare you for traveling with children with special needs. Travel and Medical Access. Travel and Physical Access. Some children use applications on a tablet and/or laptop.

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Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2020

There's a big giant access issue, both in terms of what happens when there’s no internet and then also what happens when you don’t have a device that can go on the internet,” says Beth Holland, the digital equity and rural project director at the Consortium for School Networking, an industry group for school tech directors.

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Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2020

It has disabled our education system, creating challenges to educational access, barriers to student academic progress and strains on teachers’ and students’ physical and emotional well-being. Simultaneously, educators needed to identify what content students needed, how to organize it and how to help students access it.

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eSchool News

MARCH 31, 2020

Educational publisher TCI is offering free digital access to its platform for learning social studies and science to qualified schools and teachers until the end of the school year. Available on a digital platform, TCI’s programs allow teachers to deliver interactive lessons from any device – their laptop or tablet.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 4, 2020

Students who haven’t had access to technology since mid-March could face significant problems, said Karen Cator, CEO of Digital Promise, a nonprofit that works for innovation in schools. “If If we can’t get every student access, that’s going to exacerbate the gaps even more.”

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Waterford

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

. “While the pervasive use of tablets, smartphones, laptops and digital education content is expanding around us, in the classroom, students are not actively using these technologies for learning—even within well-equipped classrooms where access is not the problem,” the report says.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Programs that provide students with an assigned laptop, tablet or Chromebook level the playing field for students’ technology access at school. With equitable access in place, principals also report mobile devices are used more effectively in core subjects. They also enhance the learning experience for those students.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Summarize and Access Web Content First, inside Edge, you'll want to toggle on the feature that lets you access web content inside the browser. I'm using Bing Chat (and Bing Chat Enterprise for private items) to access and work with all of my PDF's and web pages now. If not, search for voice access in your apps list.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Technology and internet access for rural students in some parts of the U.S. is unreliable at best, and this limited access could adversely affect their learning. Rural students are less likely than non-rural students to claim that their home internet access is “great” (36 percent versus 46 percent).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 15, 2024

Behavior Management: set expectations, monitor conduct, and implement positive reinforcement strategies Data Analysis: provide analytics, track student performance, identify areas that need additional attention Remote Learning Support: coordinate virtual classrooms Parental Involvement: allow parents to monitor child’s progress, access grades, (..)

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ViewSonic Education

MARCH 24, 2022

It’s always better for employees to use their company-provided laptops and mobile devices for work, rather than their personal devices. Unsecured home networks make it easier for cybercriminals to access emails and passwords. Make sure employees only use the VPN when working remotely and when accessing company information remotely.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

School administrators should be continually on the lookout for emerging technologies that can increase student engagement, retain knowledge, and make learning more accessible. Today, teachers and students have complete access to smartphones, tablets, or laptops in all classes.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 4, 2023

Any device such as a smart TV, computer, laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc. So, for example, when you use your laptop and visit a website, there is an exchange of information. Additionally, it can help unlock content unavailable in any other region, giving travelers more access to sites, music, and videos than they could before.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

A majority of educators (79 percent) and 86 percent of parents in a survey say edtech including laptops, video content, and STEM products, is becoming a crucial part of classroom education at every level. Key study findings show nine in 10 parents (92 percent) and educators (88 percent) agree students enjoy interacting with technology.

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