The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

While some students remain unconnected, Oakland’s effort has emerged as an example of how to tackle a citywide digital divide. “We 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.

Digital Divide 107

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 107

eSchool News

MAY 10, 2017

As the world undergoes a digital transformation—with connectivity and access to computers and mobile devices playing an increasingly prominent role in everyone’s lives—elementary schools know they need to incorporate technology in the educational process to prepare their students for future success.

E-rate 79

E-rate Blackboard Broadband Survey 79

Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2021

It’s been a busy few months for schools reopening—and perhaps an even busier time for the agencies releasing guidance on how to do those reopenings safely. When prioritizing testing, we recommend that schools prioritize teachers and staff first, then high school and middle school students and then elementary school [students.]”

Handbook 92

Handbook Strategy Broadband Policies 92

Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

This category covers the services necessary to support broadband connectivity in schools and libraries, including data links that connect multiple points, services used to connect eligible locations to the internet, and services that provide basic conduit access to the internet.

E-rate 52

E-rate Digital Citizenship Broadband Internet Safety 52

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

What can we take from this when we return to our classrooms? And will we return to our classrooms to teach in the same manner as we did before COVID? Leaders will be looking for new ways to streamline observation to ensure teachers feel supported, connected with colleagues, and aligned on how to have the most impact with students.

EdTech 145

EdTech Digital Divide Broadband PresenceLearning 145

Education Superhighway

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Walking into a Merritt Elementary School classroom today, you’ll find students using iPads to figure out math problems and submit their answers, while teachers grade those answers and provide feedback and follow-up support in real-time. Creating Guidelines Around Classroom Technology Use. The Path to a Successful Upgrade.

Digital Learning 92

Digital Learning Guidelines E-rate Edcamps 92

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

These commitments are connecting 20 million more students to next-generation broadband and wireless. Beginning in fall 2014, the students and teachers at Burbank Elementary School in Hayward, California, embarked on a new and ambitious program to integrate arts across the curriculum. Here are just a few of their stories.

Adobe 120

Adobe Education Tablets iPad 120

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2018

Katherine Cribbs, a second-grader at Discovery Elementary School in Arlington, Virginia, explores the online “energy dashboard” that tracks her school’s energy consumption and production. With a flurry of touch-screen taps, she explored the “energy dashboard” of Discovery Elementary in Arlington, Virginia.

Elementary 104

Elementary Learning Data Report 104

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 20, 2022

And that’s different from just learning how to use the tools. It’s different from just knowing how to upload a document into your learning management system, right? And then, “Whew that’s all over, back to normal, back into the classroom, let’s not use technology.” C: It’s hard.

Broadband 110

Broadband Technology Tools Report 110

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

If this small district, despite all the challenges, can find a way to keep students engaged outside the four walls of a classroom, it may shine a light on how other districts can make virtual schools work as well. In one math class in September, she was teaching her fourth graders how to add multi-digit numbers.

Survey 124

Survey Course Online Learning Accessibility 124

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

As districts across the United States consider how to get student learning back on track and fortify parent interest in public schools, they’re asking the same question as Steve Joel: What should we keep after the pandemic? Louis, a seventh-grade language arts teacher adapted her own classroom check-ins. Sustaining lessons learned.

Learning 139

Learning Accessibility Personalized Learning Digital Divide 139

MindShift

APRIL 12, 2020

students do not have access to computers at home and 18% do not have home access to broadband internet.” ” “There’s a huge disparity in accessing Wi-Fi and students having devices,” says Cara Godbe, a third grade teacher at Cottonwood Elementary School in rural Montrose, Colo. (LA LA Johnson/NPR).

Elementary 49

Elementary Accessibility Google Digital Divide 49

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

Blaney Elementary School in Elgin, S.C., After dealing with the first priority — making sure students were safe and fed — schools had to figure out how to keep the learning alive. Many broadband providers are also adding capacity, lifting caps on data and offering extended free trial periods. on March 18, 2020.

Learning 67

Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 67

MindShift

MARCH 26, 2020

.” Sadie’s teacher reminds her that they’ll be using the educational software that she is already familiar with from her face-to-face classes at Ortega Elementary School: “It’s iReady, so we’ve got that. And now you know how to meet me in the morning.” And we’ve got WritingCity.

Learning 52

Learning Training Blended Learning Laptops 52

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Do you co-learn with a classroom across the globe? Get ideas on how to participate! What matters most, though, is timeless, and how this complements the constantly new can be both challenging and inspiring for us. Join this webinar for a look at where we are, and how to take what matters with us where we go next.

Conference 53

Conference Digital Citizenship Libraries Common Core 53

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Learning from Home: Episode 2 Bring on the Learning Revolution Learning from Home: Episode 3 Creating a New Normal Passion How to Escape Education's Death Valley Building a Culture of Innovation THE LEARNING REVOLUTION SERIES Laurie Santos: Happiness Homeroom: Well-Being Strategies for High School Students (Dr. hours a day.

Learning 36

Learning Conference Libraries Broadband 36

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2020

But while many districts around the country have moved to remote learning platforms like Google Classroom, Coe was using the school’s copy machine to put together printed packets for his students to take home. In this rural Tennessee county of just 12,000 residents, online learning simply isn’t an option for most families. “A

Accessibility 144

Accessibility How To Broadband Advocacy 144

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2017

With this “Real-World Learning” program, ChiTech joins a growing number of schools devoting big chunks of the year to internships, despite the perennial classroom time crunch. Related: In one state, students are ditching classrooms for jobs. Mixing term-time internships with classroom academics is not a brand-new idea.

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Report Study Software Meeting 64

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

As the new school year began this fall, battles around vaccine and mask mandates raged, school boards took up the thorny issue of how to teach students about race and Congress argued about how much to spend on children (and everything else). Maranda Seawood, student support specialist at Washington Elementary School.

Elementary 140

Elementary Broadband Assessment Dropout 140

edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

When asked about the hurdles that happened due to schools closing on March 13th, 2020, all four presenters agreed that broadband, not devices, challenged their districts to provide equitable access to learning no matter their districts’ geographic location or demographics. Tech Enablers. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.

Learning 78

Learning Broadband Elementary Professional Learning 78

Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2020

and since learning inside was deemed dubious at best, the classroom was moved outdoors, where group gatherings were considered safe. They created a sort of how-to manual for outdoor learning, detailing everything from campus site assessments and classroom infrastructure to case studies and curriculum.

Learning 218

Learning Analysis Groups Assessment 218

edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2020

During CoSN and ClassLink’s edWebinar, “ Leading Digital Transformations in Rural School Districts,” the presenters talked about how the situation with COVID-19 amplifies the obstacles rural schools face transitioning to a 21st century learning environment. One of the first challenges rural districts face is broadband access.

BYOD 54

BYOD Broadband EdTech Elementary 54

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The Classroom 2.0 The recordings of recent FutureofEducation.com shows are posted: David Loertscher on Library 2.0 , Gina Bianchini on Mightybell , Tim Wilson on Redirect , Peter Cookson on a Children''s Education Bill of Rights , and an iPads in the Classroom report. Details and log-in links here.

Knewton 43

Knewton Pearson Education E-rate 43

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

In Port Orford, Oregon, it’s a quick walk from the elementary and middle school building to the town library—the two buildings are right down the street from each other. SERIES: How to reopen schools safely. Here’s how they did it. The staff also prioritized ventilation: windows needed to be open in each classroom.

Libraries 102

Libraries Data Broadband Report 102

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.

Technology 99

Technology Chromebook Broadband EdTech 99

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

You know how to reach me if you want to talk… Note to self: When deleting tweets in bulk, remember not to delete my keybase proof. " Tagged on: September 18, 2017 Too Much Technology in AR Elementary Schools? I’ll be a bit more tidy going forward. I know you are going through a bit of a funk yourself. I’m sorry.

EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

You know how to reach me if you want to talk… Note to self: When deleting tweets in bulk, remember not to delete my keybase proof. " Tagged on: September 18, 2017 Too Much Technology in AR Elementary Schools? I’ll be a bit more tidy going forward. I know you are going through a bit of a funk yourself. I’m sorry.

EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2020

During a Senate hearing this week lawmakers asked tough questions about how to safely reopen the country’s schools this fall. Residents of rural areas are less likely to have access to broadband at home than those living in larger cities. More than half of urban districts expected teachers to provide remote instruction.

Broadband 71

Broadband Software Report Chromebook 71

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The first year of the Covid-19 pandemic was devastating: classrooms emptied, dorms shuttered, livelihoods shattered, millions of lives lost. Berta Romero is a counselor for English learners at Mary Harris Mother Jones Elementary school in Prince George’s County, Maryland. Then came 2021. “No Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report.

Report 102

Report Kaplan Elementary Broadband 102

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2022

Aside from a clear disruption to the curriculum and lingering mental health challenges for students and staff alike, the effects of school closures have been felt far beyond the classroom. Municipalities currently exploring how to commit these federal dollars must do so with a multidimensional approach in mind.

Digital Divide 88

Digital Divide Broadband Policies System 88

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Classroom 2.0 ? Elementary Years ? Alternative Education ? Balancing Home and School ? Blended Learning ? Brain-based Learning ? College Admissions ? Connections ? Creativity ? Defining Success ? Digital Citizenship ? Educational Technology ? Engagement ? Family & Parenting ? Future of Eduction ? hours a day.

Conference 34

Conference Learning OER Blended Learning 34

MindShift

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

They’re in the center of each floor, with regular classrooms on either side, a layout that reflects a philosophy transforming the entire district. We started being invited into classrooms,” said Owens. “We Children in fifth grade at South Fayette elementary school collaborate to make their Rube Goldberg machines do what they wish.

Robotics 28

Robotics Elementary STEM Technology 28

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 13, 2021

This school year, with the pandemic making it even harder to import teachers from elsewhere, education leaders in the state issued the highest number of emergency waivers — 122 — for unlicensed teachers to work in classrooms since at least 2005. She soon earned a degree in elementary education from Rocky Mountain College in Billings, Montana.

Elementary 125

Elementary Report Training Analysis 125

eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

The various services and products acquired by consolidators over the last year or two will be integrated into increasingly comprehensive platforms offering instructional content, assessments, and classroom tools all in one place. That piece is critical, and we need research-backed methods for teaching kids how to read and decode.

EdTech 75

EdTech Learning Industry Data 75

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

As winter bears down on most of America and Covid-19 again surges out of control, pundits and parents alike are wondering when our nation’s 50 million schoolchildren will return to classrooms. In other words, even if schools reopened, it’s not at all clear how many — and which types of — families would send their kids back to classrooms.

Online Learning 137

Online Learning Broadband Report Guidelines 137

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2014

ACTFL is an individual membership organization of more than 12,000 language educators and administrators from elementary through graduate education, as well as government and industry. First, learn how to discover new tools rated for learning, mapped to Common Core, and see how other teachers are using them.

Google 54

Google Classroom Digital Citizenship Conference 54

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2021

In January, Rosa Bermudez brought home a colorful worksheet from Stansbury Elementary School, meant to guide her “power plan” for a safe, healthy relationship to technology. In January, Rosa Bermudez filled out her “Power Plan” for a safe, healthy relationship to technology, one of her early assignments from Stansbury Elementary School.

Policies 91

Policies Elementary Report System 91