EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Technology giants are working to bolster K–12 education in middle America , specifically targeting subjects that will help young students learn the skills they’ll need as traditional jobs like agriculture and manufacturing evolve with the rise of emerging technology. eli.zimmerman_9856. Mon, 09/10/2018 - 13:50. education system.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 24, 2019

When Tulare City School District officials wanted to provide Google Chromebooks to every student, they knew the wireless network wasn’t up to the job. It was in the midst of wiring high schools for APs in each classroom, part of a plan to provide Chromebooks for all students in grades 3 through 12. lora.strum_r7w0. billion to $3.9

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

To support this digital transformation, schools and libraries should build an IT infrastructure that accommodates a wide variety of equipment , accepts cable routing from any direction, sustains high rack densities at allowable temperatures, supports intelligent power distribution and is ready for future learning technology demands.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 24, 2018

For the past decade, bringing digital equity and broadband access to U.S. families with school-aged children — most of them low-income — lack broadband access at home, reports the Pew Research Center. This article is part of the "Connect IT: Bridging the Gap Between Education and Technology" series. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Tracy Smith, Parkland’s assistant to the superintendent for operations, spoke with EdTech about the district’s strategies and best practices for improving digital equity and shared her hopes for bringing broadband to every home in the Lehigh Valley region. . Technology can make a difference , and in this case it’s a good fit.

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Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2020

But the term doesn’t just mean equipping students with the same devices and broadband access. Maybe it is about learning new technology, but it also could be about reading a book together.” It is more about what they can create with that technology. We have seen some districts actually say, “Come check out a Chromebook.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 14, 2018

How are rural schools, which face logistical obstacles unheard of in more urban districts, finding ways to provide their students with technology? The access to technology that students have is just as varied as the students and schools themselves. Some students live off the grid, in homes only reachable by four-wheel drive vehicles.

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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. Teachers themselves report a lack of confidence using technology tools in the classroom. With 99 percent of U.S. It’s not just Kolb’s observations.

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2017

“The baseline, fundamental technology barrier is just being connected,” said Miguel A. Gamino, New York City’s Chief Technology Officer, in an interview with EdSurge earlier this month, noting his office’s desire to close the “homework gap” caused by lack of broadband connection in homes.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Before March, the chief technology officers who keep modern classrooms connected would have agreed that new tech programs can’t be rolled out overnight. One Texas school district fielded 35,000 calls to its technology help desk on the first day of remote classes. It seems like since March we’ve not stopped.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Your school just invested in a new set of Chromebooks or iPads. In a study of 140,000 classrooms in K-12 schools across 39 states, more than half showed no evidence of students using technology to gather, evaluate, or use information for learning. For many schools, this isn’t for lack of technology.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

As the district prepares to reopen for full in-person learning on August 30, teachers are attending training sessions and figuring out just what role technology will play in their classrooms. There’s a simmering sense of anticipation about how far educators have come with technology, and its potential to enhance student learning. “I

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2022

As summer vacation winds down, thousands of devices—including Chromebooks, iPads, and laptops—are in the care of school district IT departments. John Kraman, chief information officer at the MDE who has overseen the purchasing of thousands of devices over the years, says, “Getting districts the technology is the easy part.”

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 16, 2015

“What you find out very quickly as teachers is not just the power of using technology in the classroom, but the power to extend learning, to carry it beyond just the school day,” says Brian Nicol, communications coordinator and, until recently, a teacher at the Wisconsin school district.

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Tom Murray

JUNE 8, 2016

During this step, school leaders across the district should collaborate to inventory what currently exists, from core curriculum and technology support resources, to types of devices already in place. Districts can often be seen purchasing vast amounts of technology based on little to no research or evidence.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Now is also a time to reflect on what educational technology tools U.S. Chromebooks. With 1:1 initiatives increasingly being either considered or implemented across the US, school districts need an affordable and easy-to-use device for their students: enter, Chromebooks. Broadband improvements. K-12 schools.

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Edthena

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Earlier this month, the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) released their report, The Broadband Imperative II: Equitable Access for Learning. In it, education leaders advocate strongly for policymakers to increase broadband internet access in support of student learning. Cornerstone Academy.

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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. With the new year now upon us, listed below are six edtech resolutions for 2016.

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eSchool News

MAY 24, 2023

Key points: Digital classrooms–and their remote students–are here to stay School facilities face unprecedented demand for broadband across education sites The introduction of always-connected PCs and Chromebooks continues to be the catalyst for digitally liberating many students.

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eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2022

To further the mission of closing the Digital Divide for students across the United States, each grant recipient will receive up to $25,000, which they may use for any combination of Kajeet Education Broadband solutions, including WiFi hotspots, school bus WiFi, LTE-embedded Chromebooks and routers. patents in mobile technologies.

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Edsurge

MAY 29, 2020

In the absence of in-person instruction, educators are being forced to rely on technology more heavily than ever. households with less than $30,000 in income have broadband at home. But a staggering number of families lack access to the digital tools required for learning at home.

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eSchool News

JULY 2, 2020

K-12 school systems have taken many actions to ensure that students have the technology they need to learn from home, such as distributing mobile devices and wireless hotspots to students who need them and even negotiating deals with internet service providers to extend free or discounted broadband service to low-income families.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

Ramos knew there were many kids like her, eager to keep up with school but lacking the technology to do so. According to a 2021 report from the think tank New America, 1 in 8 children from low-income families don’t have a computer at home, while 1 in 7 lack access to broadband internet. To her, it was “heartbreaking.”.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Shawn Caine, who teaches technology at Panguitch High School in Garfield County, Utah, lets students who don’t have adequate home internet service get online in her classroom before and after school. Caine oversees the school’s Chromebooks. Photo: Chris Berdik. Some kids come to log extra time on class projects.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Several times a week, Ericka Santiago-Diaz can be found driving around her low-income, underserved school community in New Jersey’s Asbury Park with bags of school supplies, replacement technology, food and donated clothing in the back seat to deliver to students. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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eSchool News

JUNE 16, 2022

Empowering Learning Anywhere by combining Kajeet’s public & private wireless networks with Google’s Chromebook and Classroom EDU solutions. Many school districts aspire to provide adequate off-campus broadband access to their staff and students. patents in mobile technologies. Kajeet holds 40 U.S.

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eSchool News

MAY 11, 2016

Google’s affordable broadband service is already impacting some communities and schools. percent of American households with school-age children currently have broadband access at home. According to The Pew Research Center, 82.5 In some U.S.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 18, 2022

and Canada lack home broadband access, putting a staggering number of school-aged children at a serious learning disadvantage. patents in mobile technologies. An estimated 12 million students in the U.S. The call for entries for Kajeet’s 2022 Homework Gap Grant Program is now open! Kajeet holds 40 U.S.

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Hapara

MARCH 13, 2023

Schools that receive E-rate program discounts for broadband access are required to have internet safety policies with “technology protection measures.” Hāpara’s content filtering solution for schools only takes a few minutes for technology administrators to set up. Which web filtering best practices does your team use?

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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. The money is used to buy SMART boards, Chromebook carts, iPad carts and replace old desktop computers. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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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. The money is used to buy SMART boards, Chromebook carts, iPad carts and replace old desktop computers. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 2, 2021

We have updates to Google Classroom, Google Meet, Chromebooks, and even Google Forms! Improved performance on Chromebooks : Google has also made significant improvements to the performance of Meet on Chromebooks. By the way, they are also improving how Zoom works on Chromebooks.). Chromebook Updates.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

Miller is one of many vocal critics of the wide disparities in education technology pricing, which he and others contend is becoming an increasingly pressing problem as more devices and software enter U.S. Related: In Mississippi schools, access to technology lacking, uneven. classrooms.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 15, 2020

He also sees an upside to more children gaining access to technology devices like laptops. Almost a third of all homes in the county lack broadband access. Waterford provides free devices and internet service for qualifying families to access the program.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The Student Access to Digital Learning Resources Outside the Classroom Report , by the Department of Education, identified the three main causes of digital inequity as access and cost of high speed broadband and the lack of understanding by school families as to the importance of internet to support their students’ education.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2020

In addition to free wireless internet access and mobile Wi-Fi hotspots, some awardees may also receive a new or refurbished laptop, Chromebook, or tablet learning device (based on need and subject to availability). Applicants may seek awards for up to 500 students per application. Everyone belongs in a Connected Nation.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

“Before we start handing out devices, we want to make sure that all of students are on an even playing field; our board was very intent on this,” said Leeann Dooley, K-12 assistant principal and technology coordinator at the district. For now, the district lends out to students (10) 4G-enabled Chromebooks that were donated by OpenRoom.

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