The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

This disparity in home computer and internet access, dubbed the “homework gap,” was a slow-burning problem for most districts in the days when schools were in session and students could get online at libraries, after-school programs, coffee shops and other community gathering spots. Coronavirus gave many just days. on April 10, 2020.

Learning 69

Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 69

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

And like so many products on this list, 3D printing was hailed as a revolution in education, and schools were encouraged to reorient libraries and shop classes towards “maker spaces” which would give students opportunities to print their plastic designs. Ban Laptops" Op-Eds. Siegler: “ The End of the Library.” WTF is Unizin ?!

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 25, 2019

Content is infrastructure, and working to increase the adoption of OER is like working to build an interstate highway system. Rather, people get excited about all the places they can go and all the things they can do once the highway system is in place. No one cares about the roads themselves. Unless there’s a shorter one.

OER 73

OER Course Company Smartphone 73

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Leaders need to make sure that lawmakers and board members see the tech plan as a long-term, sustainable project and not just a one-off purchase of laptops. ClassLink® OneClick® includes a library of over 5,000 single sign-on apps and instant links to file folders at school and on Google, Office 365, and Dropbox cloud drives.

Technology 53

Technology BYOD Advocacy Guidelines 53

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Jaelyn Deas and her four best friends shared everything, including late-night study sessions in the library at San Jose State University and a never-ending preoccupation with how they’d pay for their tuition there. “It took a burden off my shoulders,” Deas says. Photo: Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report. SAN JOSE, Calif. The upshot?

Education 98

Education Policies Course System 98

The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

“We can’t keep structures that would allow us to fall back into a more traditional system,” said Steiner. “If One recent spring afternoon, about a dozen Northern Cass students working on laptops made themselves comfortable in a large classroom with mobile furniture, beanbag pillows and a plush blue couch.

Report 111

Report Personalized Learning Assessment System 111

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 18, 2018

EPISD was also selected as one of eight Texas districts to join TEA’s System of Great Schools. Under his leadership, Bristol Tennessee City Schools has embraced personalized learning through an effort that includes providing laptops for students to use at school and at home.

PowerMyLearning 40

PowerMyLearning Data BYOD Training 40

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

They stayed at the library working until closing time because they didn’t have laptops. Moises has his own laptop, bought for him by the nonprofit that helped him apply to college, but he was also at the library till they kicked him out most nights. I never thought I’d be in a library for two hours every day.”.

Libraries 85

Libraries Laptops Training Report 85

techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

ASSIST EDUCATION & APEX LEARNING ( assisteducation.com/ ) & ( www.apexlearning.com ) ASSIST Education and Apex Learning enhanced their partnership with the addition of adaptive content and digital tutorials into the ASSIST Integrated Education Management System for K-12 schools.

Tools 55

Tools Robotics Edmentum Software 55

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 8, 2016

Of particular note are the special "turn your old pcs into Chromebooks" event today, the pretty amazing new speakers we have for "Privacy Con" (the Library 2.106 event next week), and new library events in June and October ("Library as Classroom" and "Libraries of the Future").

Chromebook 28

Chromebook Blendspace Libraries Conference 28

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2016

Nancy Loome, executive director and founder of the Parents’ Campaign, a nonprofit and grassroots education advocacy organization. If E-rate didn’t fund our technology, we didn’t get it,” he said, referring to a federal program that makes telecommunications and Internet access more affordable for schools and libraries. “We

Elementary 56

Elementary Advocacy E-rate Accessibility 56

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

ASSIST has expanded the system with content for every grade level, K-12 through Higher Education. Upon completion of the course, students receive an “Advocacy Plan,” which outlines their strengths and challenges and makes recommendations to consider and is shared with their educators. Incorporating end user feedback, the 10.0

Epson 50

Epson Blackboard Pearson STEM 50

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2017

Blame Schools… “Government Schools” In July, famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson tweeted that “The rise of flat-Earthers in society provides some of the best evidence for the failure of our educational system.” Should you ban laptops ? Nobody wants to take responsibility, which is fine. I get that.

Technology 71

Technology Education Facebook Social Media 71

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

“ Are iPads and laptops improving students’ test scores? It’s building this little web that turns the user into a mostly passive consumer of mostly western corporate content,” says Ellery Biddle, Global Voices’ advocacy director. ” asks US News & World Report. ” asks ZDNet.

Education 43

Education MOOC Company Report 43