Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2020

We are thankful for those who broadcast the news and the broadband providers that have opened their networks, lifted data caps and fees, and promised not to discontinue service. Broadband providers are facing unprecedented pressure to deliver reliable connectivity as more of our economy shifts online. These are positive things.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2023

Tailwinds: An Enabling Ecosystem A baseline enabling condition for game-based learning is access to computers and broadband. COVID has also accelerated funding for broadband in underserved neighborhoods. Companies like Microsoft (Minecraft), Epic (Fortnite Creator) and Roblox have set up education divisions with ambitious goals.

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Education Superhighway

MARCH 19, 2019

Jojo Myers Campos is the state broadband development manager and has been working on the Nevada Connect Kids Initiative for the past two years. After years of research, Jojo and her team proposed solving the problem through community broadband upgrades – bringing together stakeholders across towns to build business cases for upgrades.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Personal hotspots, which allow students to connect a laptop or tablet with a cellular data connection, have been the most popular solution because they are relatively inexpensive and easy to use. An initial report , which is still being finalized, states that “lack of broadband access in Ector County is a crisis.”

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In 2020, after the onset of the pandemic, the program was created to provide funding to schools and libraries to purchase eligible equipment and services for students and teachers who lack connected devices, including laptops, tablets, or even broadband access. Planning is essential to being able to continue providing reliable technology.

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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. “Providing a more equitable future for students everywhere is a top priority at Kajeet and we are thrilled to once again offer a grant opportunity that will help schools and libraries provide critical resources.”.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2021

And we’ve only seen the beginning—within the next few years, the company is poised to disrupt the healthcare market, become the market leader in online advertising, establish itself as a competitor to USPS, FedX and UPS, and provide global access to broadband internet through a network of satellites orbiting the planet… to name but a few examples.

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Tom Murray

MAY 23, 2018

Last year, I wrote the post, “ Can Companies Like Facebook Help Close the Access Gap? In this Lifeline Modernization Order , the Commission included broadband as a support service in the Lifeline program for those in need. Partner with Companies Such as Kajeet for Mobile Broadband. Leverage Apps Such As Facebook.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

In bringing affordable education to the workplace, companies like InStride, Guild, Degreed and EdAssist are addressing the biggest issues in higher education: career relevance and student debt. Broadband penetration in K-12 schools reached over 98 percent , while low-cost computing devices like Chromebooks have proliferated in classrooms.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2021

Still, no new regulations have yet emerged from that data gathering. These new amendments require the State Superintendent to survey education institutions to understand students' access to computing devices and broadband connections. Federally, mandates do exist for schools and districts. Jennifer E.

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Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2020

And broadband Internet connections aren’t available everywhere, especially in rural parts of the U.S. That’s why it’s often the connection of choice for American Prison Data Systems, a company that provides correctional facilities with education tools that are free for incarcerated people to use.

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Edsurge

JUNE 23, 2020

Its early work focused on lobbying on behalf of its members, which also included companies across the banking, financial and trade publishing sectors. SIIA also created an “incubator” program in 2006 to support early-stage education companies, long before the idea became popular in the edtech industry. billion in U.S.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Stay Connected K-12 provides schools the ability to offer high-speed, cable broadband internet access directly to their students in their own homes so learning and teaching are uninterrupted. Unlimited usage with no data caps, providing schools/districts with a consistent cost per user. About Charter. Charter Communications, Inc.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Tactical student data privacy questions like “What can I do right now?” should be asked by all CIO’s, teachers, administrators and policymakers in this changing landscape of data access, student privacy and interoperability. Fruth describes this new data access landscape as a teeter-totter effect. The Balancing Act.

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techlearning

JUNE 26, 2018

JUNE 26, 2018 In a move that enhances its mission of supporting education institutions and libraries, Education Networks of America ® (ENA) today announced that Dallas-based education technology company CatchOn, Inc has joined the ENA family of companies. ZMC is currently investing out of ZMC II, L.P. Canada, and around the world.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Some call it “The Rise of the Machines” for the convergence of multiple technologies: artificial intelligence, big data, data science, robotics plus virtual and augmented reality. Distance reduction allow companies to compete worldwide. Our higher education system formed around libraries.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 9, 2020

For Highline schools — based on input from parents, data from local agencies, state guidance and the needs of the most vulnerable students in our district — we’ll be starting with all students in fully remote distance-learning. And that two weeks was more time than many districts had. Related: What if public schools never reopen?

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2020

The data just don’t support optimism. According to the latest survey data from the Pew Research Center, 73 percent of adults have broadband internet at home. Then there are the companies offering free use of their products should crisis hit a school community. But Holland is not optimistic. BrainPop, Kahoot!,

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eSchool News

MAY 5, 2021

While much work has been done to help close the digital divide, according to the FCC’s Eighth Broadband Report, an estimated 19 million American citizens still lack reliable broadband internet access at home.

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eSchool News

MARCH 17, 2020

Comcast is opening its Xfinity WiFi Network Nationally for Free, Offers Unlimited Data for Free, Confirms Its Commitment to Connecting Low-Income Families. Pausing Our Data Plan: With so many people working and educating from home, we want our customers to access the internet without thinking about data plans.

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Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2021

Once upon a time, the music industry meant gramophones, Victrolas and record players, and large companies called labels controlled what got recorded, the talent that recorded it and the sale of the recordings.

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Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

In partnership with national non-profit EducationSuperHighway, NCTA, USTelecom, NTCA and their member companies will launch programs that enable school districts to identify and connect students without broadband.

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The Web20Classroom

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Now, “the biggest challenge is the at-home piece,” says Brent Legg, vice president for education programs at Connected Nation, a nonprofit committed to bringing high-speed Internet and broadband-enabled resources to all Americans.” Samsung, along with other companies, are working with districts across the U.S.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 16, 2015

In December, the district won a $15,000 grant from Cellcom, a local cellphone company. The funds will go toward purchasing MiFi devices, which provide mobile broadband access, so that 15 percent can connect at home for free. ” That’s about to change, though. Howard-Suamico ’s situation is not unique.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The Denton, Texas-based company is also growing up itself. ReadyRosie founder and CEO Emily Roden says helping children by engaging their parents has helped her company grow to serve 6,500 Head Start programs, childcare centers and elementary schools. But our data gets people to continue to use it.”

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Edsurge

MAY 29, 2020

households with less than $30,000 in income have broadband at home. When it comes to education, even partial or occasional access to technology isn’t sufficient when students have to contend with shared devices, bad connections and data caps.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

And yet, reliable broadband is far from guaranteed in this region of towering plateaus, sagebrush valleys and steep canyons. According to an April 2018 Department of Education report, 18 percent of 5- to 17-year old students in “remote rural” districts have no broadband access at home.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2019

Spending data suggests that instructional software is indeed growing in classrooms. higher education courseware in 2015, down from 50 percent the year before, according to a 2018 report from Macquarie, an investment bank and financial services company. But now I can report that these tools have been adopted in thousands of U.S.

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Education Superhighway

JULY 17, 2019

Monthly broadband fees. Over the last five years, the cost of school broadband has decreased by 85%. We’ve seen that when armed with the knowledge of other school districts’ broadband deals, district leaders can significantly increase the bandwidth they receive within their existing budgets. Equipment closet accessories.

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Education Superhighway

JULY 1, 2020

The answer involves long-term planning, inter-agency data correlation, and the FCC. In 1996, 14 rural telecommunications companies in North Dakota joined forces to create the Dakota Carrier Network (DCN), essentially a state fiber-optic network owned by a co-op. Data Cleaning. But in North Dakota, an astounding 99.8

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

And there are indeed sharp disparities in home access to computers and reliable broadband service. My company, StraighterLine , exists to help get students halfway through college by quickly and affordably completing their prerequisites. Yet, as this spring’s pivot to online learning showed us, equity remains a significant challenge.

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Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2019

We’re witnessing waves of technology skepticism and dread, with multiple Facebook debacles , the publication of new critiques about the negative impacts of tech giants, and rising concern about privacy in an age of growing big data and AI. My students are also in a graduate program that teaches critical understanding of media.

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My Paperless Classroom

JANUARY 19, 2014

This means that as an end user you could enjoy the same data speed if you were playing minecraft or if you were researching the effect of gamma rays on man in the moon marigolds. With the ruling this week from the US supreme courts we could see ISPs charging companies and content providers more to have upload access to the Internet.

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Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2018

In other words, as the business reaches more students, the company generates higher revenue and more value—financially and with social impact. Sometimes a CEO has to take a company in a new strategic direction. Part of the value creation plan includes the data that management will report to the board.

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MIND Research Institute

MAY 15, 2020

Adams told MIND that Des Moines Public Schools (DMPS) began with a district-wide survey to determine each family’s need for computers or a wired home broadband connection. DMPS distributed nearly 21,000 laptop computers to students throughout Des Moines during two weeks in mid-April. Staying Connected. My son thinks the world of his teacher.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

This school year more students have access to devices and broadband, educators are more comfortable and excited about using education technology, and district leaders are bending towards trusted brands with proven results.”. We’ve entered a new age of personalized learning. Furthermore, Reading Plus produces 2.0-2.5

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Education Superhighway

AUGUST 29, 2018

Typically, their recommendations focus on the services their company can provide to schools. Research prospects and find potential customers with contracts expiring using powerful E-rate data. Find qualified leads and links to filed FCC Form 470’s using our free school broadband tool, Compare & Connect K-12. Looking ahead.

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