Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

As a guy who lives on the cutting edge of technology, I found it very frustrating to see how far behind the school was, not just in terms of their use of one-off tech and old-school tools, like clickers and white boards, but their failure to connect the dots between better outcomes and using things like big data and mobile technologies.”

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Although digital technologies hold great promise in the realm of education, access remains limited for many communities worldwide. One such company, Information Equity Initiative (IEI), is working to bridge the digital divide so that all students have access to educational information. households didn't have broadband access.

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Edsurge

JULY 13, 2020

Digital divide is a term used to describe the gap present in society between those who have access to the internet and technology and those who don’t. This plan serves as a $10 million investment to help the district’s more than 65,000 students complete their academic pathways and support their aspirations toward social and economic mobility.

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Digital Divide Laptops Mobility Accessibility 182

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 27, 2020

How to I provide equity for those without computers or internet access at home is challenging? Repurpose cart devices or class laptops to go home. Access the required site through mobile devices. Provide mobile hotspots distributed by school. If I am online, students can access me any time. coronavirus.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

It’s the key to ensuring constant access to classes, at any time, from anywhere, and offering students a personalized learning experience. With the help of an LMS, for example, all students have access to classes regardless of their location as long as they have a device with an internet connection. Have a backup plan.

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Technology LMS EdTech Strategy 390

Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 29, 2024

Benefits of Interactive Digital Textbooks Enriched Learning Experience Personalized Learning Opportunity Accessibility and Portability Collaborative Learning Sustainable Mode of Learning III. Future Trends in Interactive Digital Textbooks Virtual and Augmented Reality Artificial Intelligence Mobile Learning IV.

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techlearning

JUNE 25, 2018

CHICAGO – June 25, 2018 – According to a national study by , schools with one-to-one laptop environments show higher levels of academic achievement. Now with today’s launch of the world’s first augmented reality (AR)/virtual reality (VR) laptop from Silicon Valley company, zSpace Inc.,

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Protocols for these mobile devices have little in common today with how they were addressed a decade ago. What do you do about personal devices that circumvent the school security to access the Internet? In many schools, Internet access is spotty, undependable, and a challenge to manage. And why not?

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Mobility iPad Survey Chromebook 173

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Since those early days, two million Canadian students avoided COVID-19 danger, continuing their studies remotely during the pandemic at Canada’s fully online colleges—including Athabasca University in Alberta and at highly ranked colleges like McGill University in Montreal. Another 26,000 study at a lower-cost affiliate, Tech Millennium.

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ViewSonic Education

MARCH 7, 2019

The impact of mobile computing on education is indisputable. Accessibility to computing power is no longer constrained by time and place. Full computer lab workstations deliver greater computing power and more screen space than mobile devices. Laptops sit much lower on a work surface.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

My graduate studies focused on integrating technology across the curriculum. From then on I brought my laptop computer to class. I didn’t need a projector nor a large screen TV, I only needed a laptop sized monitor. We began taking our mobile lab to schools, churches, libraries, and other non-profit sites.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 20, 2018

Mobile learning is generally defined as training or education conducted via a mobile device such as a smartphone or tablet, generally connected to a wireless network such as GSM, G3 or Wifi. This study found that in 2017, 71% of teens claimed to either own or have use of a smartphone.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

As a guy who lives on the cutting edge of technology, I found it very frustrating to see how far behind the school was, not just in terms of their use of one-off tech and old-school tools, like clickers and white boards, but their failure to connect the dots between better outcomes and using things like big data and mobile technologies.”

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Study Assistive Technology Data Course 82

Neo LMS

JANUARY 4, 2018

Today we launch right in with a topic that is on the minds and hearts of many teachers – the “digital divide”; that silent, pernicious socioeconomic gap between students that have and students that do not have access to technology. Now, however, access to technology is becoming a rights issue. Digital divide: facts and figures.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Up until this point we had students sign off on a paper guideline sheet after which I created a username and password for them to access the secure guest network. This information was then passed on to Ron and each student that filled out the form was granted access. Take a look at the traffic at each access point below.

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Read more: 4 Tips for using accessibility features to promote inclusion. Students with juvenile idiopathic arthritis or spina bifida, for example, may need to attend regular physical therapy sessions to retain their mobility. Doing so on a laptop or tablet lets their classmates move on to other assignments.

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EdTech Tablets Education Laptops 412

Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2021

K-12 students lacked access to a working device, reliable high-speed internet or both. In the months that followed, many states and school districts mobilized, using federal CARES Act funding, broadband discounts and partnerships with private companies to connect their students and enable online learning. Money is an issue.

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Digital Divide Broadband Report Accessibility 218

Neo LMS

MAY 2, 2017

Some people even lobby for a right to technology for every student, in the hope of making the presence of laptops and tablets in classrooms as spread as that of blackboards and notebooks. E-learning is mobile. Kids live in the same world as we do, and they keep up pretty well in terms of mobile devices ownership.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Pearson/Harris Poll reveals new findings on mobile device ownership and how wi-fi access impacts learning in school. Just 68 percent of grades 4-12 students in a recent survey said they have wi-fi access at school, though 96 percent of those same students have wi-fi access at home. college students.

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 3, 2015

First, mobile learning. Sure, there were lots of devices released in 2014 and the years before, but 2015 was the mobile age. There are those who are already replacing their full-blown laptops with a more portable tablet. There are those who are already replacing their full-blown laptops with a more portable tablet.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2021

April 21, 2021 – Kajeet ®, a leading provider of mobile IoT connectivity, software and hardware solutions that deliver safe, reliable and controlled internet connectivity to students, enterprises, state and local governments and IoT solution providers, announced today its global expansion into the U.K. McLean, Va. In the U.K., In the U.K.,

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MindShift

JUNE 27, 2017

They sat logged into their school-provided Chromebooks studying exercise ideas from their sports coaches. “It has opened up a huge educational resource to our kids who may not have access otherwise,” Hoffman said. Without the school computer, she wouldn’t have had her own laptop to work on. In 2016 alone, 12.6

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eSchool News

MARCH 22, 2020

PowerMyLearning, a national nonprofit, is committed to helping school and district leaders who are mobilizing to implement remote learning plans in response to COVID-19. Unlike other online initiatives, Family Playlists use families’ phones, so families can fully participate without having a laptop or computer at home.

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Connecting 2 the World

MARCH 22, 2014

In addition, the internet made communication more efficient as an email could be left overnight for someone to access the next day. However, due to the computer still being tied to a line, if a person was away from the office for any length of time, a colleague would need to access and review their emails.

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ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

For example, we study diseases of the human body in seventh grade. One landmark study of 85 teachers in 170 classrooms showed IWB’s impact on student achievement. In his study, this amounted to an overall 31% gain. Findings from the Marzano study support the importance of teacher training. Make time for PD.

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Technology Classroom EdTech Training 256

Connecting 2 the World

JULY 14, 2014

Mobile Technology is here to stay. Many of us may try to resist integrating mobile technology into our classrooms. What are some ways in which mobile technology has changed the classroom? What are some ways in which mobile technology has changed the classroom? It is a fact of academic life. This is true of all majors.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Back in April, as schools across the country shifted to online instruction to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Scott Muri saw firsthand just how damaging lack of internet access can be for students and families. They said these are the only students that have access to the internet from their homes,” Muri said. “So,

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 20, 2018

The same thing will happen to laptops. More so, today’s education prioritizes mobile devices which don’t have the ability to read these mediums. Thus, students will have access to all the studying materials in the shape of PDF files, presentations, apps, and streaming videos. On-Premise Software.

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Marketplace K-12

AUGUST 23, 2016

Special education teachers are more likely to use mobile apps with their students than general education teachers, but are not receiving enough formal training on the use of mobile technology for instructional purposes, according to a report released today as part of a new initiative examining the role of mobile technology in special ed.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2017

In that same press release, Apple CEO Tim Cook is quoted as saying students will have access “to the incredible learning tools on iPad, as well as Apple’s new coding curriculum that teaches critical skills for jobs in some of the country’s fastest-growing sectors.” He references a study EDUCAUSE puts out every year.

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Tablets iPad Smartphone Laptops 85

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

Ramos would connect to the library’s Wi-Fi — sometimes on her cellphone, sometimes using her family’s only laptop — to complete assignments and submit essays or tests for her classes at Skyline High School. Ramos’ parents promised to buy her a laptop eventually, but bills mounted and it wasn’t in the family’s budget.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Despite technological advancements, textbooks remain a cornerstone of classroom instruction, offering reliable information in a tangible format accessible to all students. In PBL, students work collaboratively to solve real-world problems or case studies, applying knowledge from the curriculum to analyze situations and develop solutions.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 13, 2020

Today, students register painlessly from their dorm, home, or anywhere with their laptop or smartphone. Raised on apps and on-demand media, students can access almost anything, merely by keying a link. ASU students have now downloaded it 130,000 times, accessing it more than 3.4

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Libraries Smartphone Laptops Accessibility 110

Kitaboo on EdTech

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

While physical textbooks have been a staple of school and college education for decades, they pose a number of limitations and challenges when it comes to access in the digital era. Cheap eTextbooks break down the barriers to economic access. Easy to Access . They are adopting a digital-first approach to educational content. .

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eBook Smartphone Gamification Comparison 52

Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2020

Based on their assessments and my own study of messages, I distilled the following five insights for how best to communicate through a crisis like COVID-19. Ramp Up Resources People who responded to my tweet were particularly impressed with messages that outlined all the resources that were being mobilized to build support infrastructure.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

One major advantage of eLearning books and modules is that they allow easy accessibility anytime, anywhere. It is one of a kind eTextbook app because it doesn’t just offer eBooks but also multiple study tools like worksheets, margin notes, a coach me feature, and much more. offer a more interactive and effective learning experience.

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Digital Promise

MAY 31, 2016

To facilitate robust opportunities for personal and authentic learning, the PowerUp Initiative has provided all high school students and teachers with 1:1 laptops and access to digital content through the HUB, a district-wide learning management system.

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