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3 Levels of Connectivity K–12 Schools Should Consider

EdTech Magazine

“Teachers and students can upload images easily or interact with the display through their personal devices,” the The Tech Edvocate reports. “By By integrating personal devices with their interactive board, these companies are creating a way for teachers to combine student-centered methods with their high-tech display.”

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Reflections on 50 years of Game-Based Learning (Part 2)

Edsurge

This was before large game studios consolidated the market, and small companies like Broderbund, MECC, Maxis and the Learning Company thrived. Triple-A titles and companies like Activision, Blizzard and Electronic Arts came to dominate the talent and capital markets. This is beginning to shrink that gap.

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Digital divide: Gap is narrowing, but how will schools maintain progress?

The Hechinger Report

As teachers develop lesson plans, they also face lingering questions, in Maine and nationally, over the possibility of a return to remote learning and concerns about ensuring all students have access to the devices and high-quality broadband they need to do classwork and homework. 18, 2021, in Brunswick, Maine.

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OPINION: Five ways to achieve equity in remote learning

The Hechinger Report

But digital delivery raises serious questions about the educational soundness of digital products as well as the protections they offer for student privacy. Without devices and broadband access, a significant percentage of our students would have missed classes and fallen behind, losing critical months of instruction.

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Educators Share What’s Working in Distance Learning

MIND Research Institute

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. Student Engagement and Academic Rigor.

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Funding Edtech with the E-Rate Program and Grants

edWeb.net

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. Application processes vary, based on the state, as do disbursements.

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29 K-12 edtech predictions for 2021

eSchool News

As a result, school district IT teams will look to vendors and broadband solution providers to support other use cases in 2021 that go beyond COVID-19, such as school bus security cameras and indoor IoT to help manage building operations (e.g. GHz frequency of the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) band. temperature, lighting).

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