Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2021

In the months that followed, many states and school districts mobilized, using federal CARES Act funding, broadband discounts and partnerships with private companies to connect their students and enable online learning. K-12 students lacked access to a working device, reliable high-speed internet or both. Ultimately.

Digital Divide 218

Digital Divide Broadband Report Accessibility 218

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. art, design, technology, sound/music, project management). Making games cultivates a range of hard skills (e.g.

Game-Based Learning 171

Game-Based Learning Broadband Learning Company 171

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.

Broadband 189

Broadband E-rate Data Accessibility 189

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Debate about the fairness of online learning tends to revolve around technology access. And there are indeed sharp disparities in home access to computers and reliable broadband service. But equity in online learning is more than simply making sure students have decent technology and fast internet.

Online Learning 132

Online Learning Accessibility Technology Learning 132

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.

Broadband 40

Broadband E-rate Social Media Survey 40

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.

Education 218

Education Company E-rate Industry 218

Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2021

It’s time for states to step up and realize that proper technology and WiFi connectivity are a must-have in public school districts, and that state policy is dangerously lagging behind. Still, no new regulations have yet emerged from that data gathering. For instance, prior to COVID-19, Section 12100.8

Broadband 159

Broadband Digital Divide E-rate Policies 159

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Despite the influx of capital, employers, schools and policymakers are only just beginning to harness the sector’s advancements in the delivery, accessibility and effectiveness of education technology. But the proliferation of technology does not come without concerns. Schools spent a decade buying technology.

Trends 184

Trends EdTech Education Company 184

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.”

Broadband 145

Broadband Learning Accessibility Company 145

Edsurge

JUNE 23, 2020

What was once the premier, must-go conference in the education technology industry is now going away. Last week, the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) announced that its education technology group will no longer operate as its own division beginning July 1. As part of the change, the Washington, D.C.-based

Industry 167

Industry Conference EdTech Student Data Privacy 167

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. Kajeet holds 40 U.S. To learn more, visit kajeet.com and follow us on Twitter at @Kajeet.

Libraries 98

Libraries Digital Divide Broadband Software 98

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.

Data 56

Data Accessibility Student Data Privacy Libraries 56

Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2020

One big barrier to sustaining education via remote instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic has been students’ unequal access to advanced technology tools. Any Device Will Do Americans have lots of consumer technology tools to choose from, and they haven’t all made the same selections. A cellular model works very, very well.

Laptops 207

Laptops Tablets Smartphone Mobility 207

Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

This op-ed is part of a series of reflections on the past decade in education technology. 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. Our higher education system formed around libraries.

Udemy 146

Udemy Kaplan Industry Coursera 146

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. As the district’s chief technology officer, I co-direct a district-wide team devoted to maintaining student equity.

Broadband 144

Broadband Learning Accessibility Outcomes 144

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. The development and widespread adoption of new technologies—VHS tapes and DVD discs- empowered consumers.

Industry 193

Industry Education Broadband Social Media 193

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. Draper will continue as general manager of CatchOn.

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Company Education Broadband Libraries 40

The Web20Classroom

OCTOBER 7, 2016

When I was an Instructional Technology Director one of the challenges I faced was working to ensure that students, no matter where they lived in my district, had access to the same tools and opportunities. I could provide technology that could be used in the schools, and provided high speed network access while they were in schools.

Accessibility 239

Accessibility Digital Divide Broadband Digital Citizenship 239

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!,

Broadband 145

Broadband Flipped Classroom Online Learning Smartphone 145

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The Denton, Texas-based company is also growing up itself. based early childhood technology and services developer best known for its GOLD observation-based assessment system and its Creative Curriculum product lines for infants, preschoolers and kindergarteners. But our data gets people to continue to use it.”

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Video Strategy Company Smartphone 128

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. Source: Pew Research Center Companies like ours are currently experiencing unprecedented demand.

Digital Divide 125

Digital Divide Broadband Software Smartphone 125

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2019

Print textbooks are the eternal punching bag for the things people think technology should render obsolete. Spending data suggests that instructional software is indeed growing in classrooms. spending on PreK-12 instructional technology steadily ticked upwards, from $2.6 classrooms from kindergarten through high school.”

Chegg 164

Chegg Software Industry Pearson 164

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. patents in mobile technologies. Kajeet holds 38 U.S.

Digital Divide 87

Digital Divide Broadband Mobility Software 87

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. And yet, reliable broadband is far from guaranteed in this region of towering plateaus, sagebrush valleys and steep canyons.

Broadband 86

Broadband Chromebook Accessibility Mobility 86

Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2019

This semester I’m teaching a graduate seminar on education and technology for Georgetown University. When students in my graduate seminar on education technology were given the chance to select a topic for a class session, they wanted to devote time to the digital world’s dark side. This is part 5. This made a great deal of sense.

Digital Divide 105

Digital Divide Social Media Broadband Analysis 105

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.

Resources 120

Resources E-rate Broadband Digital Divide 120

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.

Broadband 94

Broadband Data Learning Policies 94

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.

Broadband 70

Broadband E-rate Tools Company 70

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

As schools and districts strive to meet their existing technology needs and prepare for the future, access to federal and state funding, along with other grants, is making a major difference in whether students engage in 21 st century learning or are left behind. Sheryl Abshire, Ph.D., Cynthia Schultz, Esq.,

E-rate 61

E-rate EdTech Broadband Digital Divide 61

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

Accessibility 52

Accessibility Broadband Data Exercises 52

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

September 15, 2021 — DreamBox Learning, the leading education technology provider that in 2006 pioneered intelligent adaptive learning, today announced new expansions and partnerships with school district customers, including Prince George’s County Public Schools and East Baton Rouge Parish School System. BELLEVUE, Wash.

Adaptive Learning 52

Adaptive Learning Learning Broadband Data 52

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. Generally, the due diligence also points to needs to improve the technology infrastructure and fill gaps on the team.

Outcomes 78

Outcomes Education Company Broadband 78

Education Superhighway

AUGUST 29, 2018

Provides technology consulting and project development support. We also offer direct technology and network advice to schools that need assistance. Typically, their recommendations focus on the services their company can provide to schools. Provides training on E-rate eligible services and technology implementation.

E-rate 69

E-rate Broadband Company Training 69

Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

I have a bit more to say about some of these topics, so stay tuned… Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye these past two weeks – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Windows IT Pro → For most organizations, data breaches are foreign territory.

EdTech 150

EdTech E-rate Software Data 150

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

However, the struggle will be to expand innovation in core subjects and beyond, including integrating technology into ancillary K-12 areas such as CTE, music, physical education, health, and the arts. We are hopeful that, when the pandemic lifts, we can welcome a return to hands-on, collaborative, creative technology education in 2021.

EdTech 145

EdTech Digital Divide Broadband PresenceLearning 145

Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The E-rate program is funded through the federal Universal Service Fund and administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC), under the umbrella of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Through E-rate, your school or library can receive support to purchase communication services and other technological products.

E-rate 52

E-rate Digital Citizenship Broadband Internet Safety 52

Edsurge

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Both women are committed to making education more equitable and technology fields more diverse, especially in the face of a pandemic that has disproportionately affected the populations they seek to elevate. Through 21 different careers, we teach them about data algorithms, predictive analytics, machine learning.

STEM 189

STEM Accessibility Broadband Report 189