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. Last fall, we released the book Tap, Click, Read: Growing Readers in a World of Screens. Policymakers and industry are responding to these concerns.

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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. Last fall, we released the book Tap, Click, Read: Growing Readers in a World of Screens. Policymakers and industry are responding to these concerns.

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 18, 2016

Technology for me in the 1980s was a dodgy microfiche in the university library and then my trusty and often dusty overhead projector in my classroom. They are far more used to technology, having grown up with computers and mobile phones. Or if you like, Generation Technology. I’m a Gen X baby. I owned one of those too.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

Miami-Dade County Public Schools has distributed some 100,000 tablets and other mobile devices, and more than 11,000 smartphones that double as Wi-Fi hot spots. Miami-Dade County Public Schools, for instance, sent home about 80,000 tablets and other mobile devices, and more than 11,000 smartphones that double as Wi-Fi hot spots.

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Learning with 'e's

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Several books I have read recently on new and emerging technologies provide a healthy balance. They eulogise about the benefits, and are circumspect about the dangers of technology. Yet few acknowledge that many members of society are still technologically peripheral. Lack of broadband infrastructure.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2014

If you''re interested in volunteering, please join the Volunteer Group and follow the instructions there for booking your times. AIR was established in order to address the critical need for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure and training at school level in Ghana. More information.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

This year’s Future of Education Technology Conference landed in New Orleans, and the conference was abuzz with post-pandemic learning recovery tools, solutions to promote equity among students and parents, strategies for digital access, student mental health, social and emotional learning tools, and more.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Audrey is a writer for the NPR education technology blog MindShift , for the data section of O’Reilly Radar , and for the Edutopia blog. Steve Jobs, Apple, and the Failure of Education Technology HACK EDUCATION NEWS ROUNDUP And here, in full, is the Hack Education weekly roundup, also available directly at Hack Education.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 30, 2020

Developed by the University of New Mexico-Taos Education and Career Center and local business partners, Taos HIVE was designed to solve challenges unique to rural communities, such as geographic isolation, education deserts , and lack of access to broadband and other services. Collaborating Organizations. Tell the whole story, over time.

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

But what if we took that to its logical conclusion and also made it the goal of our education technology predictions? We’d need to consider not just what technology products students are exposed to in the classroom, but also across the rest of their lives. First is the evolving nature of education technology.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 2, 2021

Improved grading on mobile (coming later this year) : More teachers are using mobile devices to give feedback on the go. Google is designing devices that can better support students with limited access to the internet, or in countries with strong mobile broadband networks. Credit: The Keyword Blog).

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Over the summer, photos began to circulate of children, bundled in warm coats, mittens and thick hats, reading books at their desks, outside, in the New York City winter. In June, the group mobilized. And eating lunch at their desks, outside, in the New England winter. And in the Chicago one, too.

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techlearning

AUGUST 30, 2018

COMCAST INTERNET ESSENTIALS PROGRAM ( www.internetessentials.com/apply ) Comcast announced it has now connected over six million Americans to the Internet through its Internet Essentials program, a comprehensive broadband adoption program for low-income families in the U.S. app, even on the go. The app’s new update supports Kahoot!’

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Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2020

And among those who do have access, not all have a broadband connection. Before putting its emergency instruction on hold, Northshore had already distributed 4,000 devices and around 600 mobile hotspots to families. Most of those are in households that make less than $50,000 a year, and many live in rural areas.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2014

Tuesday, June 17th - Thursday, June 19th in Portland, OR NMC Summer Conference - Portland , The NMC Summer Conference is a one-of-a-kind event, attracting highly skilled professionals interested in the integration of emerging technologies into teaching, learning, and creative inquiry. Is your library mobile friendly?

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Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

Filter bubbles are bad, including in educational technology. Here’s what caught my eye the week of March 6, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Ever wonder how stories promoted by ‘thought leaders’ on social media get selected?

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

million into schoolwide technology upgrades. One in five Greeley residents lives below the poverty level, and the school district is trying to upgrade its technology to give students an economic boost. We literally dumpster-dive for technology.”. The measure failed. Photo: Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor.

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Learning with 'e's

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Brechner is not ignorant of the fact that broadband provision is a necessity for such projects to succeed, indeed he even declared that 'broadband is a human right'. Together with John Seely-Brown, Doug Thomas has authored a ground breaking book entitled A New Learning Culture.

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

” Via Multichannel News : “Trayvon Martin Attorney Parks Targets AT&T Over Alleged Broadband Redlining.” ” From the press release : “ MOOCs and books initiative launched by Springer and Federica Weblearning.” There have been several stories recently calling the Google Books project a failure.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Eric Holcomb says Indiana ’s low-rated online charter schools need ‘immediate attention and action’ ” Via Motherboard : “Half of West Virginia has Applied for Broadband Assistance.” ” More coverage in Techcrunch and the MIT Technology Review. ” Education in the Courts.

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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.

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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.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Clayton Christensen and Michael Horn, for example, predicted in their 2008 book Disrupting Class that by 2019 half of all high school classes would be taught via the Internet. “ Andrew Ng Wants a New ‘New Deal’ to Combat Job Automation ,” said MIT Technology Review. broadband privacy rules.”

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

.” “Republicans try to take cheap phones and broadband away from poor people,” Ars Technica reports. monthly subsidies toward cellular phone service or mobile broadband. .” The Global Times reporting from China : “Schools adopt VR , among other technologies, to instill correct ideology in students.”

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