EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

K–12's Digital Transformation Is Giving Libraries a Modern Makeover. Today’s school libraries are being reinvented. No longer just a haven for dusty books and stern shushes, the library is now a place for digital resources and makerspaces and flexible learning. Student Feedback Can Be Helpful for Library Design.

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Libraries Laptops E-rate Broadband 377

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Thankfully I have an amazing staff who are very seasoned … I had a number of meetings and said, ‘Here’s the problem, how do we even begin to solve it?’” When we went into shelter-in-place on March 17, we were clearing out Chromebook carts [not only] for students but also for our own employees.

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Chromebook Laptops Broadband Accessibility 185

MindShift

JULY 31, 2020

Hunter and her colleague Rachel Krumenacker at the Chattanooga Public Library in Chattanooga, Tennessee, had filmed the DIY craft on a Zoom call from their respective living rooms. They posted it to the library’s YouTube channel as part of their new summer programming, the majority of which is taking place online due to COVID-19. . “We

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Libraries Social Media Digital Badges Accessibility 68

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

After schools went remote in 2020, Jessica Ramos spent hours that spring and summer sitting on a bench in front of her local Oakland Public Library branch in the vibrant and diverse Dimond District. Inside Castlemont’s media center in May 2021, Chromebook carts are completely empty. OAKLAND, Calif. The homework gap isn’t new.

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Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 111

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Caine oversees the school’s Chromebooks. And yet, reliable broadband is far from guaranteed in this region of towering plateaus, sagebrush valleys and steep canyons. According to an April 2018 Department of Education report, 18 percent of 5- to 17-year old students in “remote rural” districts have no broadband access at home.

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Broadband Chromebook Accessibility Mobility 82

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

Elsewhere, teachers hold daily virtual office hours to check on the academic and emotional well-being of students they can no longer meet face to face. Many broadband providers are also adding capacity, lifting caps on data and offering extended free trial periods. In others, schools use PBS’s “Nova” program to help teach science.

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Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 67

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

The same point can be made for the athlete who is whisked off to a game or swim meet right after school and is unable to do her homework on the bus or while sitting in the bleachers. After they audited our systems and curriculum, we decided to expand our infrastructure and launch a sixth-grade Chromebook pilot.”

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E-rate Chromebook Accessibility Flipped Classroom 40