The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Debate about the fairness of online learning tends to revolve around technology access. And there are indeed sharp disparities in home access to computers and reliable broadband service. But equity in online learning is more than simply making sure students have decent technology and fast internet.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Makerspaces encourage students to explore and create using science, technology, engineering and math concepts. Besides expanding internet use, districts can outfit makerspaces with the proper tools and technology — laptops, 3D printing, coding kits — for students to get started. Computer Labs Make Way for 1:1 Device Programs.

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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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eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Data shows multiple disconnects between what parents pointed to as actual barriers to broadband adoption versus what teachers perceived as parents’ barriers to adoption. They can also learn about which schools have the lowest broadband adoption rates in their area.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 20, 2018

Despite the abundant technology advances that have taken place over the past century, many classrooms still have something in common with the one-room schoolhouses of yore. The agency launched the Room 21C initiative to create a learning environment designed to promote collaborative and personalized learning through the use of technology.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2023

Tailwinds: An Enabling Ecosystem A baseline enabling condition for game-based learning is access to computers and broadband. COVID has also accelerated funding for broadband in underserved neighborhoods. art, design, technology, sound/music, project management). Making games cultivates a range of hard skills (e.g.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 13, 2018

Draper, the director of innovative learning at Alpine School District in Utah, offered six best practices in technology and instructional coaching Tuesday at CoSN’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C. Related Articles. CoSN 2018: Broadband and Cybersecurity Are Top IT Concerns. Content Subtype. CDW Activity ID. CDW VV2 Strategy.

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

And now, it’s attracted TCV to an education technology company. On Wednesday, the firm announced it invested $50 million in a Series C round for Newsela , which offers an instructional content platform containing news and nonfiction articles at various reading levels. The technology is there,” Sanchez says.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 2, 2018

TVWS works by delivering broadband internet over unused TV channels, which traditionally serve as buffers between active channels. Chandler, the school district’s director of technology, told EdTech in 2016. Microsoft needs government approval because the power level will be above what FCC rules allow for personal use. Content Subtype.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 7, 2018

Thankfully, technologies such as virtual reality and collaboration software can assist with the training and recruiting of better teachers. Recruiting talented teachers there, however, is no longer an issue thanks to videoconferencing technology. SIGN UP : Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks!

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 22, 2023

School districts will also need to ensure their schools have adequate coverage for FirstNet public safety broadband, which uses the reserved Band 14 communications channel. As the name suggests, this is a technology that boosts the coverage of public safety communications coverage within buildings.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 24, 2018

For the past decade, bringing digital equity and broadband access to U.S. families with school-aged children — most of them low-income — lack broadband access at home, reports the Pew Research Center. This article is part of the "Connect IT: Bridging the Gap Between Education and Technology" series. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 20, 2020

Part of the previous modernization included the establishment of a budget system for Category Two funding, which covers schools’ internal connections and can cover switches, routers and access points as well as equipment needed to install broadband in schools. Incentivizing state support for “last-mile” broadband connections.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2020

Part of the previous modernization included the establishment of a budget system for Category Two funding, which covers schools’ internal connections and can cover switches, routers and access points as well as equipment needed to install broadband in schools. Incentivizing state support for “last-mile” broadband connections.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

Part of the previous modernization included the establishment of a budget system for Category Two funding, which covers schools’ internal connections and can cover switches, routers and access points as well as equipment needed to install broadband in schools. Incentivizing state support for “last-mile” broadband connections.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Part of the previous modernization included the establishment of a budget system for Category Two funding, which covers schools’ internal connections and can cover switches, routers and access points as well as equipment needed to install broadband in schools. Incentivizing state support for “last-mile” broadband connections.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2024

This article explores the impactful initiatives undertaken by 4-H , an organization supported by Endless Network. Additionally, we've expanded into science, technology and engineering with prominent programs in robotics and entrepreneurship. The emphasis is on ensuring widespread broadband access for these resources.

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Bryan Alexander

APRIL 13, 2016

A new Campus Technology article does an astonishing job of summarizing my recent Future Trends Forum discussion with Gardner Campbell. It’s a matter of wrestling with rural broadband.). David Rath reports, synthesizes, and reflects with admirable detail and thoughtfulness.

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Bryan Alexander

APRIL 13, 2016

A new Campus Technology article does an astonishing job of summarizing my recent Future Trends Forum discussion with Gardner Campbell. It’s a matter of wrestling with rural broadband.). David Rath reports, synthesizes, and reflects with admirable detail and thoughtfulness.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 15, 2018

Cruzan was joined by LaShona Dickerson, technology director for Lafayette Parish School System in Louisiana, to give CoSN attendees tips on how to better plan for E-rate funding and avoid unnecessary audits. Related Articles. CoSN 2018: Broadband and Cybersecurity Are Top IT Concerns. Content Subtype. CDW Activity ID.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2020

As the years pass, the gap between Jennifer’s and Maria’s access to technology widens: Jennifer has everything she needs at her fingertips, while Maria does not. But it’s not just Maria who is falling behind due to her lack of access to educational technology and resources. I think we all know the answer.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

As schools and districts strive to meet their existing technology needs and prepare for the future, access to federal and state funding, along with other grants, is making a major difference in whether students engage in 21 st century learning or are left behind. Sheryl Abshire, Ph.D., Cynthia Schultz, Esq.,

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NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 12, 2020

I’ve read their books and articles. He understands that digital equity doesn’t simply mean access to broadband or computers. Over a great number of years, I’ve looked to many of our profession’s leaders as friends and mentors and guiding lights. I’ve heard them speak. Executive Director of NCDE.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Back in late 2013, Barack Obama and the White House launched the ConnectED Initiative , an effort to bring almost $2 billion worth of high-quality broadband, technology and professional development to schools and districts across the U.S. In February of 2014, Obama rounded up technology donations worth more than a $1 billion from U.S.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2018

Rather, it's centered in the popular E-Rate program, which has provided billions of dollars in broadband discounts and infrastructure upgrades to schools and libraries. Last month, an article in from New America, a think tank, raised the specter that the FCC could overhaul the program once again, this time cutting funding.

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The Principal of Change

JANUARY 5, 2017

I was excited to read the article, “ More Students Are Graduating Because High School Is Getting Less Boring “, saying, “America’s high school graduation rate has reached an all-time high—83.2 percent for the 2014-2015 school year” This is great news and a nice acknowledgment of schools.

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edWeb.net

JULY 16, 2018

Making use of this technology can also help IT staff with the problems they face. According to one technology coordinator, IT staff needs to be in a “constant state of alert” in order to stay ahead of new technology and know how to support it. So, what is the cloud?

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 15, 2020

There are also Education Stabilization Fund – Rethink Education Models (ESF-REM) grants, and they also can be used to provide broadband access as part of a new education model. This article was modified and published by eSchool News. He also works with edWeb.net to write articles on their professional learning edWebinars.

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Educator Innovator

MARCH 7, 2014

That was one frustrating situation Jean Tower recalls encountering when she started as director of technology at the Public Schools of Northborough and Southborough , Massachusetts, about six years ago. What was the promise of technology that everyone saw in the beginning for education?” The problem: a slow internet connection.

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EdTechTeam

OCTOBER 27, 2017

A digital divide is a gap between different demographics and regions in the world that have access to technology and those who doesn’t. According to the Pew Research Center, 75% of American homes have internet and broadband access. How do we assist those students who don’t have internet access to obtain the proper access to broadband?

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Bryan Alexander

MARCH 20, 2017

Jeffrey Young raises this prospect in a provocative EdSurge article. The technologies are already available. Teaches technological skills (video recording, audio recording, editing, publishing). and broadband. Should we transform discussion boards from text to video? Requires support for accessibility, such as captioning.

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Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

Been quoted in an article on ransomware in K-12 education. I have a bit more to say about some of these topics, so stay tuned… Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye these past two weeks – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Unified gets a $3.26-million

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Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2021

Some schools are creating bubbles around a particular classroom, and our MMWR article that was done in partnership with the Salt Lake County Schools did just that: They create cohorts for each classroom. On creating school ‘bubbles’ “One thing I want to highlight is this best practice that’s emerging around use of cohorting,” Massati says.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2019

This makes Byju’s one of the rare unicorns in education technology and the fourth most valuable privately held company in India. Origins on India's Coast Raveendran declined an interview request for this article. He offered online live and video classes through broadband and satellite to teach students beyond the centers’ walls.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 13, 2019

As edtech leaders and stakeholders work to eliminate the homework gap, solutions such as mobile hotspots, low-cost broadband, private LTE networks and even Wifi on buses have the potential to ensure that students have 24/7 access to their education. This edWebinar was sponsored by The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE).

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 25, 2018

I don’t need us frivolously spending it on flavor-of-the-month technology and programs.”. This article was modified and published by EdScoop. Jeremy Bunkley is the Director of Information Technology Services at the School District of Clay County (Clay), located in Northeast Florida. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

By understanding which tools and apps have access to student data, districts can prioritize and build a safe student data privacy practice that is in line with their technology strategy. This article was modified and published by eSchool News. Jena is passionate about improving how students learn with technology. About the Host.

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