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Three actions that helped Darby School District go digital

Education Superhighway

Last May, EducationSuperHighway partnered with Darby School District to connect all students to high-speed broadband so they can take advantage of digital learning in school year 2017. For more district stories, follow us on Twitter and Facebook and make sure to subscribe below. Check out the three steps that led to Darby’s success: 1.

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Three actions that helped Darby School District go digital

Education Superhighway

Last May, EducationSuperHighway partnered with Darby School District to connect all students to high-speed broadband so they can take advantage of digital learning in school year 2017. Keeping digital learning goals in mind, Darby completed a cost analysis for all bids through the Broadband Upgrade Consulting Program.

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9 Steps for Choosing a Device

Tom Murray

Assess and understand current infrastructure and broadband capabilities. Year after year, stories become public of districts that purchase a large number of devices without doing a thorough analysis of the district’s infrastructure or density study of their current wireless system, rendering devices almost un-useable.

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Librarians at the Forefront of “Future Ready”

edWeb.net

The Future Ready movement grew out of the Connect Ed initiative launched by President Obama in 2013 with several goals: to connect 99% of students in schools to broadband, and to address the need for more professional learning and leadership to ensure the effective use of technology. Follow her on Twitter @mluhtala. About Mark Ray.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 38 Edition)

Doug Levin

It’s not you, dear Twitter, it’s me. If you think the cops infiltrated a protest you organized and sifted through your Twitter feed, do you have a right to know about that? Twitter not your thing? I’m having some trust issues and just need some space. I’m not leaving you…at least not just yet.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 38 Edition)

Doug Levin

It’s not you, dear Twitter, it’s me. If you think the cops infiltrated a protest you organized and sifted through your Twitter feed, do you have a right to know about that? Twitter not your thing? I’m having some trust issues and just need some space. I’m not leaving you…at least not just yet.

EdTech 150
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Q&A: Lea(R)n CEO Karl Rectanus on Lessons Learned From the Top 40 EdTech Tools

EdTech Magazine

With the ease of use, broadband availability, and rapid analysis visualizations , that has allowed teachers to start to make data-driven decisions about personalizing learning for an individual student or at the classroom level. . EDTECH: Where might schools find more use within these categories to improve student outcomes?

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