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

MARCH 26, 2020

But the term doesn’t just mean equipping students with the same devices and broadband access. Howard : I think connecting online, if you can of course, is nice. Brown : If we’re creating Google Docs, we could share those out. That makes the conversation about education equity essential. All of those are ways just to connect.

Technology 214

Technology Digital Divide Broadband Accessibility 214

ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 17, 2019

For example, it’s no good investing in iPads for the school if the broadband bandwidth and Wi-Fi connectivity aren’t up to scratch. Digital whiteboards like myViewBoard check this box while also supporting the most prolific platforms in education including Microsoft, Google, and Apple operating systems and education services.

How To 252

How To Software Education Tablets 252

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The teenager’s classes in English and junior ROTC are taught by a district teacher, while history and math are self-paced courses via the online platform Edgenuity. 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.

Survey 130

Survey Course Online Learning Accessibility 130

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2019

Take the perennially-popular “50 Best Apps” or “How to Make a Google Form” sessions that crop up every year. Conferences like these sessions because they’re popular, but most of the content can be found online, and of course, via word of mouth recommendations from teachers. Is there a speech to text option?

Conference 134

Conference Software Broadband Strategy 134

Edsurge

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Tanner: I would say the persona of the course is what students are used to finding online, on social media platforms. We talk about the platforms they’re on such as TikTok, Google. And so we were able to identify those broadband issues. I’ve heard you say the curriculum is more like TikTok than Scholastic.

STEM 180

STEM Accessibility Broadband Report 180

Edsurge

OCTOBER 23, 2016

Exposure may be one factor: A Google-sponsored Gallup report ( PDF ) that found that female students are less aware of online and local opportunities to learn computer science. And not just in terms of learning how to code; they can apply these skill it in their traditional math and science courses, American government classes.

Meeting 60

Meeting Broadband Industry Education 60

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

A student in New York uses Google Docs on her classroom iPad to discuss themes in the class’s latest book with her group. Efforts by the national nonprofit EducationSuperHighway to publicize how much districts pay for broadband have allowed many school systems to negotiate bandwidth deals to get greater capacity for a fraction of the cost.

iPad 80

iPad Broadband Software Company 80

edWeb.net

JUNE 13, 2019

As edtech leaders and stakeholders work to eliminate the homework gap, solutions such as mobile hotspots, low-cost broadband, private LTE networks and even Wifi on buses have the potential to ensure that students have 24/7 access to their education. Connect with Regina at on Twitter @reginaschaffer. Join the Community.

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Strategy EdTech Professional Learning Accessibility 47

Shake Up Learning

MARCH 2, 2021

The post Google Workspace for Education (and other updates you need to know!) – SULS099 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Google just made some HUGE announcements about your favorite Google products, including Google Classroom and officially renaming G Suite as Google Workspace for Education.

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Google Chromebook Android Education 101

IT Bill

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

This means lower costs up-front and lower costs overall when compared to the combined costs of cellular and monthly broadband Internet service to the home. This is understandable considering the fact that many online courses tend to be reading and writing intensive. What would we then need to do differently?

Smartphone 28

Smartphone Learning Mobility Social Media 28

MindShift

JULY 31, 2020

Librarians were instrumental in helping guide teachers in those first weeks, said Leander district library coordinator Becky Calzada, sitting in on staff meetings, helping set up Google classrooms and Zoom calls, and answering copyright questions and curating digital resources.

Libraries 68

Libraries Social Media Digital Badges Accessibility 68

MindShift

APRIL 12, 2020

students do not have access to computers at home and 18% do not have home access to broadband internet.” by 8:00, she’s sending out the day’s assignments via email and Google Classroom. says her classroom had been paperless for two years, with her students using Google Classroom to turn in their work.

Elementary 49

Elementary Accessibility Google Digital Divide 49

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Can Google Challenge Over-Zealous Web Filtering at Schools? 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.

Knewton 43

Knewton Pearson E-rate Education 43

Nik Peachey

DECEMBER 13, 2007

You can create a room by specifying the URL of particular resources you want to share with your students or you can generate a ‘quick room’ using a range of other sources, like Flickr , Google , MySpace and you can even generate rooms full of YouTube videos. Though that could well be an advantage too.

Software 40

Software Broadband Google Video 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 19, 2014

link] Moebius Noodles : New open online course for parents + teachers: Multiplication inspired by algebra and calculus, starting April. Curating the Best Content for Learning , Spending on education technology is now in the tens of billions dollars as schools push for broadband, computer labs, and 1-to-1 tablets. Thanks, Chris!

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Conference Education Learning Common Core 52

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 20, 2020

Of course, teachers want their students to master content, develop a love of learning and move on to the next grade. Now, during morning meetings via Google classroom, Glick is the one being peppered with questions – and often she can’t answer them. But these teachers also know that success requires time and trusting relationships.

Broadband 140

Broadband Chromebook Laptops Meeting 140

Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

A year later, in their second grade, Google launched the first Chromebooks. This Chrome OS share, of course, has made Microsoft angry. Of the speakers people own, Amazon Echo and its offspring are 70 percent of the installed base, Google Home is 24 percent, and Apple HomePod has 6 percent. And determined. Outside of the U.S.,

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Analysis Trends Chromebook EdTech 154

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2014

The Verizon Mobile Learning Academy (VMLA) is a free, facilitated, online professional learning course for educators focusing on developing mobile learning at the school or district level. Education Revolution Google+ Community Fostering a Growth Mindset, Supporting Lifelong Learning. More information. Share your ideas with Joel here.

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Conference Digital Citizenship Libraries Common Core 53

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Tagged on: September 21, 2017 Google search links secret, court-protected names to online coverage | Ottawa Citizen → Computer experts believe it’s an unintended, “mind-boggling” consequence of Google search algorithms. Phenix PreK-8 School over the summer, the students who were supposed to use them are making do.

EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Tagged on: September 21, 2017 Google search links secret, court-protected names to online coverage | Ottawa Citizen → Computer experts believe it’s an unintended, “mind-boggling” consequence of Google search algorithms. Phenix PreK-8 School over the summer, the students who were supposed to use them are making do.

EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2020

One of the first challenges rural districts face is broadband access. Now, they are employing creative methods, such as expanding the reach of the school’s broadband so students can do work from the parking lot or in the surrounding area, having off-duty patrol cars become hotspots across the district.

BYOD 54

BYOD Broadband EdTech Elementary 54

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. Translate closed captions in a Google Meet! Empower your #newcomers #ells. CAellchat #ELLchat.

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Tools eBook Digital Divide Broadband 43

MindShift

DECEMBER 5, 2020

There’s housing: Lose your home and you lose your broadband connection. Rouse, in Joliet, calls its training “pretty fabulous” and essential to her district’s transition from teaching mainly through paper packets in the spring to full-on remote using Google Classroom this fall. Then there’s infrastructure.

Digital Divide 28

Digital Divide Learning Laptops Broadband 28

Doug Levin

APRIL 9, 2017

Tagged on: April 8, 2017 Federated Learning: Collaborative Machine Learning without Centralized Training Data | Google Research → Fascinating and promising approach. Of course, this is not just an issue in Oregon as Education Week has extensively reported.

EdTech 191

EdTech E-rate Data Android 191

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

It’s not really “free Internet,” of course – it’s Facebook as Internet. From the FCC : “Fact Sheet on Broadband Consumer Privacy Proposal.” Google had a big press event this week too, unveiling shiny stuff to a cheering crowd of stenographers. A Wi-Fi system.

Education 63

Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

Doug Levin

APRIL 9, 2017

Tagged on: April 8, 2017 Federated Learning: Collaborative Machine Learning without Centralized Training Data | Google Research → Fascinating and promising approach. Of course, this is not just an issue in Oregon as Education Week has extensively reported.

EdTech 150

EdTech E-rate Data Android 150

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

The New York Times notes it’s not just rural students who struggle with broadband access : “Why San Jose Kids Do Homework in Parking Lots.” From the Coursera blog : “Announcing ‘ AI for Everyone ’: a new course from deeplearning.ai .” “ Rural Kids Face an Internet ‘Homework Gap.’

Education 53

Education Coursera Facebook MOOC 53

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Via The New York Times : “ Broadband Law Could Force Rural Residents Off Information Superhighway.” ” It’s now unclear, observers say, if the FTC can regulate companies like Google or Verizon. ” Of course, you have to pay $300 for this “features.”

Education 52

Education Coursera Elsevier MOOC 52

Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

"This sort of pie-in-the-sky belief that simply getting more computers in kids' hands and more app-development elective courses in schools will make the future bright is an oversimplification of a complex issue." Tagged on: March 10, 2017 State reaches $3.5

EdTech 170

EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

Of course, the US can’t let the UK lead for too long when it comes to terrible people and terrible ideas in education. Via Education Week : “ Trump Signs Orders on Rural Broadband Access.” Via The Verge : “James Damore sues Google for allegedly discriminating against conservative white men.”

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Education Company Blackboard Kaplan 43

Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

Edsurge runs with Trump’s promise to boost rural broadband like it’s a truth anyone can count on. Google ’s chairman Eric Schmidt praises Trump. ” Via The Verge : “ Google Glass gets its first update in nearly three years.” “technologizing” the government. ” Phew!

Education 53

Education Kaplan Pearson Elsevier 53

Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

.” “Modern E-Rate Puts Telephones On Hold in K–12,” Education Week reports , noting that schools are struggling to pay for phone service (still totally necessary) as well as expanded broadband. Via the EFF : “ Google Changes Its Tune When it Comes to Tracking Students.” Some say the earth is flat.

Education 40

Education lynda.com Knewton E-rate 40

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2019

But faster, more affordable broadband could help students navigate the effects of global warming evident in their own backyards. Eighth-graders Avril Seppilu, 13, right, and Tia Prentice, 13, left, listen during a Google Hangouts Meet video call to students in Hawaii. More bandwidth, of course, is always better.

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Broadband Report Accessibility Video 82

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Even without providing you the final tally of funding for 2016, I can point to other signals about what’s happened to ed-tech startups over the course of the last twelve months – their sustainability, their viability. (Or These are just the ones that were reported by the press, of course.). Why, schools of course.

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

” The Trump Administration is calling it “ restoring Internet freedom ,” because of f **g course. ” Via Multichannel News : “Trayvon Martin Attorney Parks Targets AT&T Over Alleged Broadband Redlining.” There have been several stories recently calling the Google Books project a failure.

Education 47

Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

Still in its early stages, this ambitious project relies on a little-known public resource – a slice of electromagnetic spectrum the federal government long ago set aside for schools – called the Educational Broadband Service (EBS). “ Google Drive will soon back up your entire computer,” says The Verge.

Education 44

Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44