Edsurge

OCTOBER 14, 2018

After conducting a survey in 2015, district leaders found that while a surprising number of students have access to broadband, the biggest obstacle to technological access rural students face is the lack of devices. Some students live off the grid, in homes only reachable by four-wheel drive vehicles. Others live in familiar American suburbs.

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Tom Murray

JANUARY 12, 2016

Equity in access, from broadband to devices is a concern and something that districts need to work to meet head on. “ As districts became more in tune with these issues in 2015, the move to Chromebooks continued to grow. Districts having success in this area are committed to meeting families where they are.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Before heading out, they call families to see what supplies are needed, including supplies like papers, pencils and crayons, back-up Chromebook chargers or food and warm clothing for kids. Santiago-Diaz said sometimes they’ll send a private link via Google Meet to students who seem to be having trouble.

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Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2020

But the term doesn’t just mean equipping students with the same devices and broadband access. We have seen some districts actually say, “Come check out a Chromebook. But at the same time, pull out of your comfort zone just a tad to meet the needs of your kids. That makes the conversation about education equity essential.

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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. On Chromebook purchases, some districts paid up to $90 more for the same product and services.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The CoSN Meeting the Needs of Students Without Home Internet Access webinar on September 19, 2018 reflects the growing concern and call to action for school districts, business communities and state and federal government to address what has been termed as the homework gap. 1 at the elementary level.

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MindShift

MAY 4, 2020

Classroom teachers scrambled to learn how to put lessons online and tens of thousands of Chromebooks and other devices were distributed in a matter of weeks in large school districts. She speaks regularly at SLA’s EduCon conference about how to change schools to meet students’ needs. Starting the school year with testing won’t help.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

In the weeks that followed, the district surveyed parents about their technology needs, took an inventory of devices such as Chromebooks and Wi-Fi hotspots, and assembled digital learning content under one portal that teachers and students could access easily. When schools closed for the coronavirus, an estimated 1.2

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MindShift

JULY 31, 2020

But this year the STEM projects, maker space designs and story hours that usually take place within the library’s walls have moved online, and the library itself has found itself innovating quickly to meet the needs of their community. Families can pick up a Chromebook and hot spot from the library. Vihn Tran (Courtesy of Vihn Tran).

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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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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 2, 2021

We have updates to Google Classroom, Google Meet, Chromebooks, and even Google Forms! Quick Tip (Mute ALL in Google Meet). Did you know you can mute ALL the participants in your Google Meet? Google Meet Updates. When meetings are generated from Classroom, students won’t be able to join before the teacher. .

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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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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 20, 2020

Some might not have a Chromebook or internet. Now, during morning meetings via Google classroom, Glick is the one being peppered with questions – and often she can’t answer them. Nearly 12 million students in 2017 didn’t have broadband internet in their homes , according to a federal report. Will we get yearbooks?

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

A year later, in their second grade, Google launched the first Chromebooks. Being connected, as is required to get iPads and Chromebooks up and running, is assumed. In 2017—the last full year for which it publicly released numbers— Futuresource Consulting estimated that Chromebooks had 58.3 million more students left to connect.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 29, 2020

schools accessing high-speed broadband, and devices all but ubiquitous in the classroom, the question is no longer whether teachers and students are using technology, but how. With 99 percent of U.S. On its face, that sounds like a good thing. It’s not just Kolb’s observations.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

The money is used to buy SMART boards, Chromebook carts, iPad carts and replace old desktop computers. For Lake Central this means that at the same time each new loan is approved, an old one is being paid off. So there is no increase in cost to taxpayers. " Tagged on: September 18, 2017 Too Much Technology in AR Elementary Schools?

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

The money is used to buy SMART boards, Chromebook carts, iPad carts and replace old desktop computers. For Lake Central this means that at the same time each new loan is approved, an old one is being paid off. So there is no increase in cost to taxpayers. " Tagged on: September 18, 2017 Too Much Technology in AR Elementary Schools?

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MindShift

DECEMBER 5, 2020

There’s housing: Lose your home and you lose your broadband connection. There are backlogs of items such as Chromebooks. ” Twice a week, she meets with other Cadence teachers from around the country who are also teaching the exact same material on the same timetable. Then there’s infrastructure.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Educators will seek out content that better supports them to successfully bring clean energy content to their students in meaningful ways and, as the job market in clean energy continues to grow, it is important for schools to help meet this demand for an educated workforce by helping students see themselves in clean energy careers.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

million Idaho Education Network settlement | Idaho EdNews → After eight years - and with state-issued checks totaling $3.4M - the state has closed the costly and convoluted case of the Idaho Education Network broadband project. He anticipates needing to purchase around 2,000 to meet that goal.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

Extra money has allowed these wealthier districts to invest heavily in Chromebooks and iPads, state-of-the-art robotics programs, computerized blackboards, and high-end 3-D printers. Mayor Tom Norton (center) meets with the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) advisory board at Northridge High School. Greeley, Colo.,

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Via WaPo’s Valerie Strauss : “ Trump ’s rather weird meeting with the 2017 Teachers of the Year.” ” Via Multichannel News : “Trayvon Martin Attorney Parks Targets AT&T Over Alleged Broadband Redlining.” .” “ What does Trump’s executive order on education do?

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Hack Education

MARCH 3, 2017

.” Via Buzzfeed : “Republican Proposal Would Make Trump University Lawsuits ‘Almost Impossible’ ” Via The Washington Post : “ Chance the Rapper is meeting with Illinois ’ governor about education funding. Via Techcrunch : “ FCC votes to negate broadband privacy rules.”

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