The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2019

In Albemarle County, Virginia, where school officials estimate up to 20 percent of students lack home broadband, radio towers rise above an apple orchard on Carters Mountain, outside Charlottesville. Higher Education. Tom Rolfes, education IT manager for the Nebraska Information Technology Commission. Photo: Chris Berdik.

Broadband 92

Broadband Education Policies Digital Divide 92

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. COVID has also accelerated funding for broadband in underserved neighborhoods. Audience engagement poses another conundrum.

Game-Based Learning 163

Game-Based Learning Broadband Learning Company 163

Education Superhighway

MARCH 21, 2022

I first connected to EducationSuperHighway through my mentor, who has supported me in exploring the education space and familiarizing myself with different career paths. EducationSuperHighway’s mission of closing the digital divide and its experience in supporting school districts fit perfectly with my own personal mission and life goals.

Digital Divide 52

Digital Divide Broadband Meeting Course 52

Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2020

That makes the conversation about education equity essential. But the term doesn’t just mean equipping students with the same devices and broadband access. Last week, Howard was a guest on an hour-long, interactive webinar, Understanding the Impact of Coronavirus on K-12 Education , hosted by EdSurge and ISTE, our parent organization.

Technology 217

Technology Digital Divide Broadband Accessibility 217

Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2019

This semester I’m teaching a graduate seminar on education and technology for Georgetown University. Over the next few months, I’ll share the experience and highlights in a series of columns for EdSurge with highlights from the course. These divides, in turn, can lead to unequal educational access. This is part 5.

Digital Divide 95

Digital Divide Social Media Broadband Analysis 95

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

Foundation grant will fund educational computer tablets for 1,500 low-income families. The grant will fund a pilot program providing 1,500 tablet computers, preloaded with educational content, to families in Georgia who are enrolling in Cox Communications’ Connect2Compete discounted internet service program. The James M.

Digital Divide 40

Digital Divide Broadband Tablets Education 40

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

education system. It will provide more support for students who are struggling in the online environment, it will take some of the burden off of the teachers, and it will help schools support educational equity by creating greater access to services that previously were only available to families that could afford it. – As the U.S.

EdTech 135

EdTech Digital Divide Broadband PresenceLearning 135

Education Superhighway

OCTOBER 15, 2015

Lack of high-speed Internet prevents teachers and students from taking full advantage of the transformational power of digital learning and leaves millions of kids on the wrong side of the digital divide. High-speed broadband equalizes educational opportunity and accelerates learning. As a result, $2.5

Broadband 40

Broadband Digital Divide E-rate Digital Learning 40

Digital Promise

APRIL 4, 2016

To support powerful use of technology in classrooms, you need powerful infrastructure, includingadequate broadband and wireless, a mobile device management system (MDM), and a clear device incident workflow. The digital divide has been bridged, and every learner now has access — at school and at home. Ready to Manage.

Digital Divide 96

Digital Divide Broadband Accessibility Mobility 96

Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Even before the pandemic, more than 25 million Americans lacked access to broadband internet. The impetus was really to close that achievement gap and that digital divide.” The broadband needs to follow the kid,” Casey says. “We The state, of course, did not work alone.

Digital Divide 206

Digital Divide Broadband Laptops Libraries 206

eSchool News

AUGUST 12, 2016

Read on for more: Can your internet service provider help close the digital divide? The digital divide is a reality for three out of four American families, meaning approximately eight million individuals under the age of 18 are living without internet access. Distance learning fills core gaps at rural school.

Digital Divide 40

Digital Divide Broadband Survey Accessibility 40

Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

Been quoted in an article on ransomware in K-12 education. 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. I think the latter."

EdTech 150

EdTech E-rate Software Data 150

Educator Innovator

MARCH 7, 2014

“What was the promise of technology that everyone saw in the beginning for education?” While broadband wasn’t a specific focus of the survey, Purcell said that the issue did arise frequently in focus groups. In rural areas where there is no broadband access, that isn’t the case.”. Purcell asked.

Broadband 41

Broadband E-rate Digital Divide Survey 41

MindShift

JULY 31, 2020

School libraries have become tech hubs for educators teaching from home, while public libraries have worked to expand access to the internet, with many keeping their building’s WiFi on even when buildings were closed, so patrons can get internet access from the parking lot. Louis Public Library have moved completely online.

Libraries 68

Libraries Social Media Digital Badges Accessibility 68

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

Johnson also didn’t want her children to go through the next two months with no educational tools beyond the worksheets she’d picked up from the Greenville Public School District and limited access to online materials through Kentiona’s phone, shared between the four of them. Widespread lack of broadband access complicates learning.

Broadband 145

Broadband Digital Divide Education Accessibility 145

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. Global Education Conference Keynotes. The great majority of these events are free to attend.

Conference 53

Conference Digital Citizenship Libraries Common Core 53

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

With the ambitious goal of closing the digital divide, Congress approved and President Biden recently signed into law $65 billion for broadband infrastructure—the largest federal investment in history. Still, solving the digital divide will not in itself create digital equity.

Accessibility 169

Accessibility Digital Divide Broadband Laptops 169

MindShift

APRIL 12, 2020

Most of them have closed, according to a tally by Education Week , and nearly all of the nation’s 56.6 Educators are now shouldering an impossible task: to replicate the functions of school for months without an actual school building. The digital divide is real. ” America’s schools are in crisis.

Elementary 49

Elementary Accessibility Google Digital Divide 49

Tom Murray

AUGUST 21, 2016

During my time as a public school employee, I’d occasionally hear about educational organizations that were working to support schools in some capacity. The organizations referenced in this post are also leaders in the field of educational technology. URL: www.christenseninstitute.org/education. Organization: Code.org ®.

Future Ready 100

Future Ready EdTech Advocacy Data 100

MindShift

AUGUST 10, 2021

When the English proficiency assessment her program uses moved online several years ago, many of its corresponding course materials also went virtual, making her program’s transition to distance learning less difficult materials-wise. They create ebooks in both their native language and English.

Tools 43

Tools eBook Digital Divide Broadband 43

MindShift

DECEMBER 5, 2020

For this story I talked to educators in six states, from California to South Carolina. The digital divide is still big and complex. Lee at Brookings is working on a book about the digital divide, and she says it’s multidimensional. There’s housing: Lose your home and you lose your broadband connection.

Digital Divide 28

Digital Divide Learning Laptops Broadband 28

eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

As we closed the door on 2022 , we approached 2023 with clear-cut priorities for edtech and education as a whole. Education and student well-being are stretched thin, and lingering learning gaps, exacerbated by the pandemic, present hurdles for all students–especially underrepresented students groups who were already at a disadvantage.

EdTech 67

EdTech Learning Industry Data 67

The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2017

The message, from Zach Leverenz, founder of the nonprofit EveryoneOn, attacked the Educational Broadband Service (EBS), which long ago granted school districts and education nonprofits thousands of free licenses to use a slice of spectrum — the range of frequencies that carry everything from radio to GPS navigation to mobile internet.

Broadband 89

Broadband Mobility Digital Divide Learning 89

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on innovative ways to engage students, digital resources, and online and hybrid learning strategies related to post-pandemic teaching. This year’s 6th most-read story focuses on the predictions educators and industry experts made for learning in 2022.

EdTech 104

EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 104

MindShift

JULY 10, 2020

In June, Missouri cut K-12 education funding by more than $100 million amid the pandemic-induced recession. Education leaders have said schools may need more than $200 billion in new federal education funding to stop these gaps and meet the new need. And parents and educators are finding it hard to make decisions in the murk.

Education 47

Education Survey Digital Divide Broadband 47

Hack Education

OCTOBER 27, 2017

(National) Education Politics. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, as the next head of civil rights at the Department of Education.” ” Via Education Week : “The Polarizing Pick to Be Betsy DeVos ’ Right-Hand Man.” ” (State and Local) Education Politics. schools Supt. .”

MOOC 47

MOOC Education Company Coursera 47

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

Greeley offers a lens into how wide the digital divide in the US has become, how much it is contributing to a two-tiered society, and, perhaps most important, whether it can be bridged – something that will be crucial to keeping the country competitive in the global economy of tomorrow. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter.

Laptops 40

Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

Questions that have been a long time coming… Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. The social consequences for the field of education in general are significant."

EdTech 150

EdTech Data Broadband Company 150

Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

Questions that have been a long time coming… Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. The social consequences for the field of education in general are significant."

EdTech 150

EdTech Data Broadband Company 150

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

The business of education technology overlaps with the politics of ed-tech. One of the flaws, I think, of much of the reporting on education technology is that it treats “ed-tech” as a product without a politics and without a practice. The politics overlap with privacy. The US Presidential Campaign.

Technology 40

Technology Education Facebook Company 40