Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2016

In a new report from Bellwether Education Partners, Principal Jennifer Schiess and I argue that there is an opportunity for rural schools to explore how personalized learning can help resolve rural education’s challenges.

Personalized Learning 60

Personalized Learning E-rate Outcomes Learning 60

eSpark

JANUARY 11, 2016

In the blended learning community, educational equity is a growing concern in districts that use classroom technology. Many classroom models today require not only that students have high-speed internet and a learning device to use at school, but also that they have these amenities when they leave school for the day.

Education 40

Education Broadband Blended Learning Policies 40

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

Efforts by the national nonprofit EducationSuperHighway to publicize how much districts pay for broadband have allowed many school systems to negotiate bandwidth deals to get greater capacity for a fraction of the cost. But Apple’s sole-source policy limits the district’s bargaining power. “We

iPad 80

iPad Broadband Software Company 80

Educator Innovator

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler announced on DLD that the FCC will double its spending to $2 billion to connect schools and libraries to broadband over the next two years. As Wheeler pointed out , a 2013 national school speed test found 72 percent of schools—and nearly 40 million students—didn’t have access to the broadband speeds they needed.

Digital Learning 28

Digital Learning E-rate Broadband Learning 28

Graphite Blog

MARCH 25, 2016

This piece was co-authored by Lisa Guernsey , director of the Early Education Initiative and the Learning Technologies Project in the Education Policy Program at New America and Michael H. We sum this up in four key steps: Invest in a new system of early learning from birth through primary school.

Broadband 40

Broadband Digital Citizenship Industry Libraries 40

Graphite Blog

MARCH 25, 2016

This piece was co-authored by Lisa Guernsey , director of the Early Education Initiative and the Learning Technologies Project in the Education Policy Program at New America and Michael H. We sum this up in four key steps: Invest in a new system of early learning from birth through primary school.

Broadband 40

Broadband Digital Citizenship Industry Libraries 40

Shake Up Learning

MARCH 2, 2021

This policy will go into effect across all Google Workspace for Education editions for existing customers in July 2022 and will be effective for new customers signing up in 2022. Learn more about storage here. See: Copyright Policy. Unlimited storage is going away. Related: 13 Tips to Organize Your Google Drive.

Google 101

Google Chromebook Android Education 101

Tom Murray

AUGUST 21, 2016

Creators of Blended Learning Universe (www.blendedlearning.org), the organization provides a directory of innovative schools and a myriad of models and case studies to support district transformation. Organization: International Association of K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL). URL: www.inacol.org.

Future Ready 100

Future Ready EdTech Advocacy Data 100

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

About 30 percent of households don’t have high-speed broadband, with a higher concentration of those households in minority and low-income communities, according to a brief by the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education. They showed some trepidation. A Sustainable Path Toward Equity.

Blended Learning 132

Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 132

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

About 30 percent of households don’t have high-speed broadband, with a higher concentration of those households in minority and low-income communities, according to a brief by the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education. They showed some trepidation. A Sustainable Path Toward Equity.

Blended Learning 120

Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 120

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. You know how to reach me if you want to talk… Note to self: When deleting tweets in bulk, remember not to delete my keybase proof.

EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. You know how to reach me if you want to talk… Note to self: When deleting tweets in bulk, remember not to delete my keybase proof.

EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

edWeb.net

MARCH 15, 2021

The leaders agreed, offer important lessons that inform post-pandemic science teaching and learning. What the Pandemic Revealed: Policy-Level Challenges. But it wasn’t just the pandemic that diminished science learning. Limited or no access to the internet has particularly undermined their remote science learning experiences.

Education 77

Education Assessment Professional Learning Policies 77

Edsurge

MAY 23, 2017

The budget did not mention any details about the Office of Education Technology, or how the staggering cuts could affect edtech initiatives like the department’s #GoOpen campaign or its commitment to connect 99 percent of American students to broadband by 2018. Title IV-A received $1.65 billion in fiscal year 2017. “No

EdTech 102

EdTech Policies Broadband Blended Learning 102

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Blended Learning Designs. Collaborative Learning. Growing Focus on Measuring Learning. Redesigning Learning Spaces. There’s no mention of Trump and little discussion of state and federal education policies (accreditation, financial aid, for-profit higher education, DACA, Title IX, campus carry, for example).

Learning Analytics 68

Learning Analytics LMS Robotics Trends 68

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

We didn’t hear much in the way of education policy from either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton along the campaign trail. At this point, it’s unclear what, if any, specific policy agenda a Trump administration may have for education. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter.

Accessibility 84

Accessibility Secondary Education Broadband 84

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Via The New York Times : “ Broadband Law Could Force Rural Residents Off Information Superhighway.” ” Via Mic : “ Pretoria Girls High School students are protesting racist hair policy , code of conduct.” ” I mean, paying for air conditioning in schools would just be a bridge too far.

Education 52

Education Coursera Elsevier MOOC 52

Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

Questions that have been a long time coming… Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. It remains a modest gesture toward addressing much bigger questions. Strong opinions may be weakly held. ."

EdTech 150

EdTech Data Broadband Company 150

Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

Questions that have been a long time coming… Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. It remains a modest gesture toward addressing much bigger questions. Strong opinions may be weakly held. ."

EdTech 150

EdTech Data Broadband Company 150

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 15, 2017

A major unanswered question is the extent to which her larger goal of empowering parents via choice will extend to online, course-based choice, which presents very different public policy questions. Public-policy changes of similar magnitude will be necessary to realize the full benefit of course-based choice.

Course 78

Course Policies Education Broadband 78