Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2021

K-12 students lacked access to a working device, reliable high-speed internet or both. This progress is “significant,” write the authors of a report that details the groups’ findings. The majority of efforts since March 2020 are temporary, stop-gap measures,” according to the report. “In Money is an issue.

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Digital Divide Broadband Report Accessibility 218

Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2020

One big barrier to sustaining education via remote instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic has been students’ unequal access to advanced technology tools. According to a 2019 Pew Research Center report, 96 percent of adults own a cell phone and 81 percent own a smartphone. The devices use cell signals to transmit Wi-Fi to laptops.

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Laptops Tablets Smartphone Mobility 195

Edsurge

MAY 2, 2024

As at many schools these days, students spend much of their learning time on a laptop or an iPad, and they use a variety of tech tools as they move through the school day. Typically these tools can only be accessed as independent entities where a student has to go through a different login for each of these tools,” she added.

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eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2024

However, they may still need to remotely access school websites or learning modules for homework, group assignments, or to check their grades. Also, even if students are accessing the internet at school, one wrong move could endanger sensitive information and cost the district a lot of money.

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Accessibility Laptops Meeting Classroom 93

The Hechinger Report

MAY 3, 2024

Croix and an invention to sustainably recharge laptops, phones and tablets. It was part of a long-term strategy to increase the number of men at a university where women now outnumber them by nearly two to one. Men are also 7 percentage points more likely than women to drop out, the Clearinghouse reports. “At

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Report Survey Company Groups 120

Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2021

Without reliable access to the internet and devices like laptops or cell phones, college students probably aren’t going to succeed in online learning. At the heart of the study were inquiries about “edtech self-efficacy,” defined in the report as confidence in one’s ability to learn new technology.

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EdTech Survey Laptops Online Learning 160

EdTech Magazine

MAY 4, 2018

“In its current form the IoT represents a considerable threat to consumers, due to inadequate regulations regarding its security and use,” states a report by F-Secure , an IT solutions provider. One solution for schools using a cloud environment is a cloud access security broker, or CASB. CDW VV2 Strategy. Content Subtype.

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Survey Adobe EdTech Data 178

Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2022

To support both new and existing solutions, while delivering engaging learning experiences, developing forward-thinking data strategies and building new revenue streams, edtechs are using Amazon Web Services, Inc. To implement these technologies, edtechs must first establish a solid foundation and strategy.

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EdTech Trends Outcomes Data 218

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

A birds-eye view captures a bed, a clock and a laptop, surrounded by the bedroom walls which seem to creep closer to the bed as one looks on. They offered strategies for remote learning, as well as mental and emotional wellbeing. In an art class, a middle schooler drew a picture of her bedroom with colored pencils.

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Social Media Laptops Strategy Report 162

Neo LMS

MARCH 20, 2018

There is however, I think, a nuance between learning that is possible on a portable device such as a laptop, and the learning possible on smaller devices such as tablets and smartphones, a difference which simply boils down to ergonomics: screen size and navigation. 7 PROs and CONs of m-learning in the classroom.

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Smartphone Classroom Tablets Mobile Learning 150

Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 22, 2024

How Interactive Textbooks Transform a Students’ Learning Experience Makes Content Easily Accessible Fosters Personalization Embeds Multimedia Adds a Touch of Gamification Fosters Interactive Learning Promotes Timely Assessments Promotes Immersive Learning III.

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Study eBook Gamification Assessment 59

Neo LMS

JULY 11, 2019

This can be a strategy for teaching 21st century skills such as media and technology literacy, but also collaboration and critical thinking. Otherwise, use a camera if possible, your phone, or even a laptop. News and weather reports. As a bonus, videos can be saved to their digital portfolios. Lights, Camera, Action!

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Classroom Laptops Video Software 208

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

How Schools Are preparing – and Not Preparing – Children for Climate Change,” reported by HuffPost and The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. This story was produced as part of the nine-part series “Are We Ready? Are We Ready?

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Digital Divide Laptops Accessibility Online Learning 122

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Students can see right away whether they did something correctly, and they are prevented from practicing strategies incorrectly because these tools let them know when they’re off track. However, while the benefits of moving some student homework to interactive, online platforms are clear, we can’t ignore the question of access.

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Tools Laptops Analysis Broadband 80

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Given the educational and economic divide between rural and nonrural America, this may be the most important college access program you’ve never heard of. Lawrence County, Tennessee, where its three high schools recently joined a college access effort that is closing the rural-nonrural education gap. serving more than 3,000 students.

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How To Education Report Accessibility 143

Edsurge

JANUARY 13, 2020

However, the hyperconnected digital environment in which many users have access to multiple devices has added new concerns for school districts. News reports tend to portray school districts as the target of hackers in the United States. Controlling network access is another way to prevent cybersecurity threats.

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Policies Mobility Data Laptops 128

techlearning

APRIL 3, 2018

These opportunities encouraged participants to take a deep dive into educational topics and try tools like laptops, 3D printers, exploratory equipment like Google cardboards, and other interactive tools and programs. Attendees attended Learning Labs and Poster sessions facilitated by educators.

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Conference Report Differentiated Instruction Mobility 40

EdTech Magazine

MARCH 9, 2018

School districts that zealously inventory and tag every physical asset they purchase often have a laissez-faire attitude toward software — but a software license can be much more durable and valuable than the laptop or server it’s currently being used on. Use metering isn’t a one-time thing, so there’s no quick report. Content Subtype.

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Software Microsoft Comparison Data 151

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2022

For the rest of her junior year and most of her senior year, she learned from a laptop in her family’s living room, with her younger sibling taking Zoom classes down the hall in their shared bedroom. Credit: Erika Rich for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Erika Rich for The Hechinger Report. “It Their failure is my failure.”.

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Education Course Report Policies 133

MIND Research Institute

MAY 15, 2020

Much of what I’ve heard has been about ST Math , but many of these strategies are applicable to any program or situation. DMPS distributed nearly 21,000 laptop computers to students throughout Des Moines during two weeks in mid-April. Supporting Students and Families. Staying Connected. My son thinks the world of his teacher.

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Education Broadband Learning Elementary 124

Doug Levin

AUGUST 20, 2017

K-12 Cyber Incident Map: 8 School Districts Have Experienced Multiple Cyber Incidents Since 2016 , which reports on a trend that I’ve seen in tracking K-12 cyber incident reports: school districts suffering repeat cyber incidents, even in the short time I’ve been tracking the issue (since the start of 2016).

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EdTech Social Media Data Policies 150

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Credit: Kavitha Cardoza for The Hechinger Report In two and a half years, the teacher training program, run by nonprofit Reach University, has grown from 50 applicants to about 1,000, with most coming from rural areas of Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama and California. What if we eliminate the question?”

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Elementary Report Training Classroom 85

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2020

Department of Education, for reasons including cost and access. Credit: Emma Harris for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Emma Harris for The Hechinger Report. Back at Stony Brook, tired students sat behind laptops covered with stickers commemorating past hackathons, at tables dripping with colored wires.

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Company Assessment Report Gamification 145

Edsurge

JULY 7, 2016

Now, as has been reported , a number of districts have opted to move back to laptops from iPads. Way back in 2002, when Friendster was the biggest social network and people were gathering in Internet cafes, the State of Maine implemented the first 1:1 laptop initiative in the country. So, what happened?

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iPad Laptops Classroom Report 97

Securly

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

” The 1:1 initiative aimed for districts to issue each student a laptop for use in-school and at home. For some districts, the cost per student quickly became unrealistic to initially implement, leading schools to create alternate strategies. Parents are engaged via student activity reports on school-owned devices.

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EdTech Common Core Chromebook iPad 176

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Credit: Molly Haley for The Hechinger Report. All three strategies are in large part a reproach to traditional higher education, which has often failed to provide the right programs to the people who increasingly need them. Credit: Molly Haley for The Hechinger Report. It reports enrolling 313 students this semester.

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Report Dropout System Company 122

Digital Promise

JUNE 11, 2019

This kind of joint engagement, where media offers a starting point and a scaffold for rich interaction, may be more important than setting time limits on access to screens. Strategies for Handling an Imperfect System. Finding Balance. Like all families, we have breakdowns from time to time, and we struggle with them.

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Learning EdTech Video Outcomes 280

EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Today’s youth are digital natives who are unaware of life without Internet access, instant communication, mobile phones and an abundance of on-demand information sitting in their pockets. More than half (56%) of teens (ages 13-17) go online several times a day, and 12% report once-a-day use.

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Digital Citizenship STEM Mobility Smartphone 100

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

Fred Singer: The question that struck me was, ‘how could it be that kids—born to a generation in which smart phones and laptops are a part of their everyday existence—have to sit in a classroom where someone just talks to them?’ Why have a laptop policy if there is not software to go with it? But the phones aren’t the problem.

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Study Assistive Technology Data Course 146

The Innovative Educator

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

While academic performance and test scores have their place, this information is easily accessed by parents. This strategy gives all parents a general sense of what they can expect for their child. Thrively is a tool that allows you to collect a free report of how every child thrives and ideas to support that at school and home.

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Conference Laptops Report Accessibility 72

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

Credit: Yunuen Bonaparte for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Yunuen Bonaparte for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Yunuen Bonaparte for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Yunuen Bonaparte for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Yunuen Bonaparte for The Hechinger Report. Fifteen U.S. Only 26 percent of working U.S.

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Kaplan Training Report Survey 130

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The student swiped at his desk and knocked a laptop to the floor, and the school called for an emergency petition. Schools are required to publicly report suspensions, expulsions and arrests — and the data reveals racial disparities in discipline. That means oversight agencies don’t have access to the information.

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Data Training Assessment Report 132

techlearning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

We share these tools with parents so that they can reinforce the strategies at home. We have staff, we have a computer-based monolingual English program that parents can log in and access. Members of the highly competitive APSD Dream Academy (and Dream Scholars, their middle-school counterparts) are given laptops for 24/7 use.

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Robotics Sony Student Data Privacy Outcomes 109

EdTechTeacher

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

What’s more, creating virtual reality environments is no longer limited to those with an advanced skill set or access to advanced creation platforms. Now anyone with a smartphone and access to a laptop can create and share VR experiences. download to a laptop and then upload to Storyspheres.

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Smartphone Laptops Google Facebook 94

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

I talked with Quan and another co-author of the paper, Maya Escueta, a graduate student at Teachers College, Columbia University (The Hechinger Report is an independently funded unit of Teachers College). Computers and internet access alone don’t boost learning. Three big themes emerged.

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Technology Software Education Study 105

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

This case study was featured in Chapter 4 of EdSurge's "State of Edtech" report. Yuma) The two decided to pool the Title 1 money and buy five laptop computers for every classroom teaching math across the district (approximately 450 laptops) in the spring of 2009. To the other 13 school/district case studies, click here.

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Elementary EdTech Case Study iPad 76

Graphite Blog

MARCH 8, 2022

Screens and digital media are everywhere, from everyday tech like TVs, phones, and gaming consoles to the laptops, tablets, Chromebooks, and other tech we use in school. It's a double-edged sword: Students and teachers have more access to digital media than ever before. Does it have accessibility options for a range of learners?

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Classroom Smartphone Digital Citizenship Google 98