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Edtech Reports Recap: Video Is Eating the World, Broadband Fails to Keep Up

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The broadband gap isn’t only a problem for remote learning. That Broadband Gap Bar? schools had high-speed broadband connections. Well, that was at the Federal Communications Commission’s 2014-15 short-term target of 100 Kbps per student for using tech in the classroom. All in this Edtech Reports Recap.

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How to Embrace Unconventional Classroom Designs

EdTech Magazine

How to Embrace Unconventional Classroom Designs. Despite the abundant technology advances that have taken place over the past century, many classrooms still have something in common with the one-room schoolhouses of yore. Modernize Classrooms with Open Spaces. GPAEA aims to make #K12 classrooms more modern and flexible.

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3 Levels of Connectivity K–12 Schools Should Consider

EdTech Magazine

Individual Classroom Technology Use. Technology has become an integral part of day-to-day classroom activities, used for everything from improving personalized learning initiatives to cutting down on unwanted behavior. Students are also using their mobile devices to assist with their education now more than ever.

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Private wireless is the key to K-20 digital transformation

eSchool News

To realize the promise of digital transformation, schools at all levels (K-20) need solutions that can extend secure and reliable broadband connectivity campus wide. But Wi-Fi has limitations in important areas such as multi-user capacity, coverage, reliability, security, and mobility. Fortunately, there’s a better alternative.

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3 amazing findings about digital and mobile learning

eSchool News

In order to support digital and mobile learning, students in K-12 classrooms need access to sufficient bandwidth, scalable and affordable broadband infrastructure, and robust Wi-Fi. Related content: 6 realities about district broadband connections. And for the most part, they have it.

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Could the Bridge Across the Digital Divide Be Paved With TV Signals?

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We asked where it fits in the journey toward universal broadband. households didn't have broadband access. Over the next three years, we worked with educators to design and integrate the system to work with learning management systems like Google Classroom, Schoolology and Canvas. Langner: Really, it was born from desperation.

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State Leadership Working Towards Broadband Access for All

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If the workday of an adult typically requires seamless broadband access, then it’s reasonable that today’s students need the same access during their school day. The key is the state leadership to make broadband accessible to all. More important, states are starting to recognize the need for equitable access off site.