eSchool News

MAY 3, 2022

Stay Connected K-12 provides schools the ability to offer high-speed, reliable broadband internet access directly to their students in their own homes so learning and teaching are uninterrupted. Students and their families can benefit from: Download speeds up to 100 Mbps to support video collaboration and large file transfers.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Administrators considering housing a makerspace in a library should make sure the library has a proper power supply for large equipment such as printers and audio/video infrastructure for games like “ Minecraft.”. Libraries are an ideal spot for these STEM spaces , where students tinker, code, problem-solve and build. .

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

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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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

At that speed, students are able to access features such as basic web browsing, basic streaming and live video calls, but the quality of service declines when used by more than one person at a time. “We 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

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. Users can enjoy: Download speeds up to 50 Mbps to support video collaboration and large file transfers. About Charter.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 9, 2020

When the transition happened in March, administrators in our region of Washington state had roughly two weeks to evaluate, purchase and train teachers to use a variety of ed-tech products — from learning management systems and video-conferencing tools to complex, interactive software. And that two weeks was more time than many districts had.

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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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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2020

According to the latest survey data from the Pew Research Center, 73 percent of adults have broadband internet at home. While 92 percent of adults from households earning $75,000 or more per year say they have broadband internet at home, just 56 percent of adults from households earning below $30,000 say the same. BrainPop, Kahoot!,

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2019

In this still from a Byju's provided video, about 20,000 students pack the country's largest indoor arena for a math lesson from the company's CEO in 2013. The stunt came years before the CEO’s company, Byju’s, launched a learning app that would take the company to 35 million downloads, with 2.7 million) this fiscal year.

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techlearning

AUGUST 13, 2018

Comcast today announced it has now connected more than six million low-income Americans to the Internet through its Internet Essentials program, a broadband adoption program for low-income families in the U.S. The company also announced it will significantly expand eligibility to low-income veterans.

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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

Read part 1 , part 2 (about audio) , part 3 (about video) , and part 4 (about mobile tech in education). Digital Divides While some may end up with too much of the latest media, others are completely cut off, due to persistent lack of broadband. This is part 5.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

But through learning how to code, she believes that experience offers an even more important lesson to today’s education and technology companies: don’t forget about senior citizens. And while there’s a growing industry around serving adult learners in higher education, companies largely neglect to consider the needs of the elderly.

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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). USAC online training video series. Other USAC E-rate video resources. Who is eligible to receive E-rate support?

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techlearning

JULY 17, 2018

Ruckus Networks , an ARRIS company, today announced the Ruckus R730 , an IoT- and LTE-ready, 802.11ax wireless access point (AP). Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) 3.5 In addition, the R730 complies with both the new WPA3™ security protocol and Wi-Fi™ Enhanced Open for more secure connections on public networks.

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eSchool News

JULY 20, 2016

The short answer: It takes a lot, but companies and researchers are up to the challenge. The research followed a charter school management organization that co-designed technology with the nonprofit company Gooru. The need for high-speed broadband internet in every classroom in the U.S. by 2020.

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The Innovative Educator

JUNE 24, 2019

You can check it out in the video below. School bus wifi In communities where students spend a lot of time on a bus, consider using a company like Kajeet to provide internet access during the commute. When she first enlisted in the ISTE and TED masterclass, she didn't know what story she had to offer the world.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 23, 2016

Gender is just one part of the diversity problem confronting many technology companies today. As diversity reports from companies like Alphabet, Apple and Facebook reveal, the employee headcounts—especially in senior and executive positions—are overwhelmingly male and white. And I want to run a video game company.”.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2020

We must continue to provide access to software, online libraries and educational videos. Some of the strategies they’re using now might easily be extended through the summer months. We can learn from our coronavirus experience: We can be distant and connected at the same time.

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ProfHacker

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Here are 5 links to some interesting reads (plus a video). " It makes sense to construe broadband and wireless providers as common carriers, like telephone companies and utilities. This week’s video is by Zeynep Tufekci: Lead image is “smoky mountain storms” by evoo73 is licensed under CC BY.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

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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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Zion, who enjoys video games, drawing on his iPad and practicing archery, is quite content with his learning schedule, his mother said. Almost one in five rural Americans don’t have access to broadband at the speed considered minimum for basic web use, according to a report this year from the FCC.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 22, 2016

This student-created video , which won the League Film Festival , highlights why personalized and connected learning makes more sense in today’s global economy. In Kettle Moraine School District , all students have the opportunity to find the route that helps them learn best. Devin is an inclusive leader.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Jena Draper is the founder and general manager at CatchOn, a company designed to support teaching and learning through the smarter use of data and technology. She has extensive experience in building collaborative network opportunities specifically video conferencing and collaborative technologies.

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techlearning

AUGUST 30, 2018

For those that like a bit of online shopping (such as Amazon) or video streaming (Netflix), have you ever wondered how those personalized recommendations are determined? Today, things are so advanced that there is unlimited growth potential with AI companies designed to support business like yours. The market has reacted at pace.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Politics and Policies FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced Connect to Compete , a new non-profit initiative that brings private industry and the non-profit sector together to help expand broadband adoption and promote digital literacy. Valve , the company behind the video game hit Portal, is working on an educational game.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2017

Over lunch at the CNA company cafeteria, a handful of interns chatted with T J Pavlov, a psychology teacher who oversees ChiTech’s Real-World Learning program and regularly checks in at student worksites. Related: A school district is building a DIY broadband network. Related: In one state, students are ditching classrooms for jobs.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Put simply, asking a fifth-grade student to watch an instructional video before the next day’s flipped classroom science lesson will fall on deaf ears if the child doesn’t have access to the internet at home. Intent on bridging that gap, Little Falls CSD is working with Albany, N.Y.-based

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Join the 4,000 others who have already registered to participate or watch the recordings now and we'll also send you our curated resource conference reading packet: 11 downloadable reports and tool-kits, 18 articles, 10 websites, and a YouTube video playlist --all focused on key ideas and trends for libraries of the future. patents.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

PLUS we'll immediately send you our curated resource conference reading packet: 10 websites, 11 downloadable reports and tool-kits, 18 articles, and a YouTube video playlist --all focused on key ideas and trends for libraries of the future. patents.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The how-to materials are intended to be self-explanatory, Danks notes, and one video her team pushed out has been viewed more than 4,000 times. By far the biggest expense was the 33 fabric shade structures the district purchased from a company in Gorham, Maine, for $70,000 total.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2023

For a number of years, she’s relied on discount options for broadband so that her own family can connect to the internet. The broadband speed is supposed to be up to 300 gigabytes — considered moderate usage for an American household — but it can run slow because everyone is using it, Tang says.

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MindShift

DECEMBER 5, 2020

The number has fluctuated as cases rise across the country, but throughout this fall pandemic semester, between 40% and 60% of students have been enrolled in districts that offer only remote learning, according to a tracker maintained by the company Burbio. There’s housing: Lose your home and you lose your broadband connection.

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techlearning

AUGUST 30, 2018

COMCAST INTERNET ESSENTIALS PROGRAM ( www.internetessentials.com/apply ) Comcast announced it has now connected over six million Americans to the Internet through its Internet Essentials program, a comprehensive broadband adoption program for low-income families in the U.S. released several upgrades for the 2018 - 2019 school year.

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Nik Peachey

OCTOBER 9, 2007

If you want to see what it looks like, there is a video here created by the company, but it's quiet a big download (30Mb) What I like about it. There are things to do there and it has the potential to be quite accessible because the makers’ claim that it can run on much lower spec computers without broadband.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

But there is one essential that has always been scarce in this part of the country and that she couldn’t stock up on: Broadband access. Perry’s home isn’t wired for broadband access. Only 13 percent of New Mexico’s population has access to a low-price internet service plan, according to Broadband Now, a research group.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

As such, from the characters portrayed in online programs to reading excerpts included in curricular products, it is important for all education companies to provide, and educators to seek out, more culturally relevant, modifiable, and accessible resources to effectively meet the varying learning needs of all students.

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