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Big Jump in Use of Games, Videos in K-12 Schools, Survey Finds

Marketplace K-12

A growing number of teachers, meanwhile, are hungry for PD on how to integrate games in their classrooms. Last year’s survey underscored the large numbers of high school students using their own devices in classrooms , a practice often called BYOD. Why Ed Tech Is Not Transforming How Teachers Teach.

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Network Essentials for School Board Members

Education Superhighway

With that in mind, here’s a guide to assess school district network needs and implement affordable broadband upgrades. Bear in mind that if your district has a Bring Your Own Device (“BYOD”) policy or a guest network, many students, teachers, and visitors will bring one or more devices of their own to your network.

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6 Bandwidth Best Practices for Schools To Consider This Year

Education Superhighway

As summer winds down, you’ve likely already started thinking about how to meet your school’s bandwidth needs in the year (and years) to come. Here are six key considerations, based on the Federal Communications Commission’s broadband access recommendations, to bear in mind as you evaluate your school’s needs.

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6 Bandwidth Best Practices for Schools To Consider This Year

Education Superhighway

As summer winds down, you’ve likely already started thinking about how to meet your school’s bandwidth needs in the year (and years) to come. Here are six key considerations, based on the Federal Communications Commission’s broadband access recommendations, to bear in mind as you evaluate your school’s needs.

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Tuesday and Wednesday - Big Kickoff Days for Connected Educator Month!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

How to get to the ultimate goal of connected education: collaboration to move the field forward. What does classroom management mean in an era of 1:1 computing, BYOD, flipped classrooms, technology-driven personalized learning and other innovations intended to address discipline issues even more directly?

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Librarians at the Forefront of “Future Ready”

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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.

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Ed Tech News, a New Podcast, and the Hack Education Roundup!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The Rise of the Low-Cost Tablet & the Promise It May Hold for Learning BYOD: Does It Solve or Does It Worsen K-12 Tech Woes? and aims to address some of the obstacles to broadband adoption -- in terms of cost, access, relevance, and digital literacy. Can Google Challenge Over-Zealous Web Filtering at Schools?

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