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At ISTE Live Conference, Pandemic Lessons and New Challenges

Edsurge

In a little less than a decade, the district has gone from having no functional email to “ubiquitous Wi-Fi” and every kid with a device, Caposey said during a panel at the ISTE Live conference in New Orleans last week. ISTE is the parent organization of EdSurge, though we operate with editorial independence.)

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A school district is building a DIY broadband network

The Hechinger Report

Eric Bredder (second from left), a teacher at Monticello High School, confers with students using the CNC milling machine, one of several computer-guided fabrication tools used by his classes. But Bredder can’t give students the tool he considers most indispensable to 21st-century learning — broadband internet beyond school walls.

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How 2 states are making school broadband a priority

eSchool News

As digital tools play an increasingly larger role in learning, states are targeting school broadband access for all students. As high-speed broadband internet becomes critical for student success in and beyond the classroom, a number of state education leaders are forging partnerships to strengthen school broadband throughout their districts.

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From Hotspots to School Bus Wi-Fi, Districts Seek Out Solutions to ‘Homework Gap’

Edsurge

boast broadband access these days, and plenty of assignments require the internet, when students head home, their connections are not quite in lockstep with schools. schools to high-speed broadband nears completion. schools to high-speed broadband nears completion. While most schools in the U.S.

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Teachers, cafeteria workers and school bus drivers should be next in line for the Covid vaccine

The Hechinger Report

As a working parent of a 10-year-old, I certainly welcome more space at our kitchen/conference/homework table. Opening schools would also free up broadband, computer hardware and time for parents who have had to set up home offices next to their children’s remote learning stations.). times greater than the costs.”

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Teaching Strategies Buys ReadyRosie to Reach Parents and Children With Video Lessons

Edsurge

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. Roden worked as an elementary school teacher and in sales for Pearson before founding ReadyRosie in 2012.

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How technology can amplify the effects of good teaching

Education Superhighway

As the Director of Digital Learning at the Massachusetts Elementary and Secondary Education office, Ken Klau is focused on the strategy for rethinking the structure and delivery of learning, building a more student-centered system of public education, and creating the next generation of K–12 learning environments.