Education Superhighway

APRIL 3, 2018

School board members play an important role in school districts’ ability to improve the level and quality of digital learning opportunities in the classroom. With that in mind, here’s a guide to assess school district network needs and implement affordable broadband upgrades. School Network Structure. How to Fund Network Upgrades.

E-rate 70

E-rate Broadband BYOD Smartphone 70

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. for only a few weeks.

Digital Divide 111

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 111

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

In Utah, the Murray City School District had been slowly developing a broadband network for students for two years when funding from the CARES Act helped the district speed up the rollout. Tweaks to services for students, for example, resulted from a more empathetic understanding of individual student needs, says Dr. Robinson in New York.

Learning 143

Learning Accessibility Personalized Learning Digital Divide 143

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

Miami-Dade County Public Schools has distributed some 100,000 tablets and other mobile devices, and more than 11,000 smartphones that double as Wi-Fi hot spots. Miami-Dade County Public Schools, for instance, sent home about 80,000 tablets and other mobile devices, and more than 11,000 smartphones that double as Wi-Fi hot spots.

Learning 72

Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 72

Graphite Blog

MARCH 25, 2016

Working together with members of Congress as well as technology and publishing firms, the Obama administration has launched ConnectED , a multi-billion dollar initiative aimed at wiring every classroom, modernizing school libraries, increasing professional development, and activating technology-infused professional learning communities.

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Broadband Digital Citizenship Industry Libraries 40

Graphite Blog

MARCH 25, 2016

Working together with members of Congress as well as technology and publishing firms, the Obama administration has launched ConnectED , a multi-billion dollar initiative aimed at wiring every classroom, modernizing school libraries, increasing professional development, and activating technology-infused professional learning communities.

Broadband 40

Broadband Digital Citizenship Industry Libraries 40

eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Just last year, for example, he said Tustin USD was using a nationally-known curriculum product that failed during a critical juncture. “We Craven sees this as the perfect example of how even the best-laid plans on the district side can quickly unravel when third parties are involved.

Chromebook 40

Chromebook Laptops Training System 40

Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

We’d need to consider not just what technology products students are exposed to in the classroom, but also across the rest of their lives. It’s not like 40 years ago in the late 1970s when a single Apple II in the back of the classroom had explorers endlessly dying of dysentery on the Oregon Trail. Yes, teens.

Analysis 154

Analysis Trends Chromebook EdTech 154

edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2020

One of the first challenges rural districts face is broadband access. Now, they are employing creative methods, such as expanding the reach of the school’s broadband so students can do work from the parking lot or in the surrounding area, having off-duty patrol cars become hotspots across the district.

BYOD 54

BYOD Broadband EdTech Elementary 54

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

And even before bandwidth, plenty of schools don’t have the laptops or tablets that students need to get online. I would give an example of an individual I met, Amanda, here in New York at the Patrick Henry School. In the last couple years, I’ve become increasingly aware of it. What else do you find striking about the digital divide?

Digital Divide 69

Digital Divide Broadband Accessibility Laptops 69

MindShift

APRIL 24, 2020

And a federal government plan for reopening, according to The Washington Post , says that getting kids back in classrooms or other group care is the first priority for getting back to normal. There are only 10 students to a classroom, with just one teacher. But there are still many more unknowns than guarantees. Staggered schedules.

Digital Divide 69

Digital Divide Broadband Groups Policies 69

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Most educational organizations want the classroom to change; to improve teaching and learning by leveraging technology. Thus, there are some requirements for change in the classroom to begin. An organization with everything in place, ready to support change in the classroom, would score 5 in each of these areas.

LMS 40

LMS Laptops Tablets System 40

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 Classroom teachers take kids through Unger’s lab for one period, three days in a row, followed by six days off.

Robotics 28

Robotics Elementary Technology STEM 28

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. It is time to find the balance again. It is all about the balance.

EdTech 70

EdTech Learning Industry Data 70

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Virtual and hybrid learning continued into the spring, but then classrooms welcomed back students for full-time in-person learning in the fall. FWA allows extremely high-speed broadband where fiber connections can be too cost-prohibitive to install. Well, it did–but it also didn’t.

EdTech 112

EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 112

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

Via Education Week : “ Trump Signs Orders on Rural Broadband Access.” Vox on segregation in US public schools : “We can draw school zones to make classrooms less segregated. ” The school: the Electronic Classroom of the Future. .” The Department of Education’s press release has more.

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Education Company Blackboard Kaplan 43

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

I think it’s safe to say, for example, that venture capital investment has fallen off rather precipitously this year. Some of these areas that are popular for investment do coincide with the popular narratives about “the future of education” – “everyone should learn to code,” for example.

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Indeed, it is not hard to find examples in current events that substantiate this view (e.g., challenged her 8th- and 9th-grade students to put down their phones, laptops, tablets and video game consoles for the 11 Tuesdays of summer. Equifax , Facebook , facial recognition , DACA , etc.).

EdTech 150

EdTech Software Facebook Data 150

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Indeed, it is not hard to find examples in current events that substantiate this view (e.g., challenged her 8th- and 9th-grade students to put down their phones, laptops, tablets and video game consoles for the 11 Tuesdays of summer. Equifax , Facebook , facial recognition , DACA , etc.).

EdTech 150

EdTech Software Facebook Data 150

Hack Education

MARCH 8, 2017

The agency issued an order to support affordable access to high-speed broadband in particular (not merely “access to the Internet”) and to boost access and bandwidth of schools’ WiFi networks. As part of these modernization efforts , in 2015 the funding cap for E-rate was increased to $3.9

E-rate 49

E-rate Digital Divide Broadband Libraries 49

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

On video games , for example – yes, that old canard. What Happens in My Classroom During a Lockdown Drill Should Horrify Americans,” writes K. Via Wired : “ Ajit Pai ’s Plan Will Take Broadband Away From Poor People.” Via NPR : “How School Shootings Have Changed The Teaching Profession.”

Education 46

Education Company Data Elsevier 46