Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

I dislike fraudulent courses. Tagged on: July 9, 2017 As the Digital Divide Grows, an Untapped Solution Languishes: Educational Broadband Service (EBS) | Wired → Most EBS license holders don’t actually use their free spectrum. No endorsements; no sponsored content; no apologies for my eclectic tastes.

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EdTech E-rate Software Data 150

MindShift

MARCH 26, 2020

Just over half of the nation’s public school children are from families considered low-income, and an estimated 12 million lack broadband Internet access at home. They do a version of “morning meeting” using Microsoft Teams, videoconferencing every morning at 8:30. “I’ve spoken to his mom.

Learning 52

Learning Training Blended Learning Laptops 52

Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

However, this lag began to erode when the rise of cloud computing made it possible for edtech startups to flood the market with educational applications, the expansion of broadband internet gave those apps an easy distribution channel into campuses, and an increasing number and variety of mobile devices provided them an in-school abode.

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Analysis Trends Chromebook EdTech 151

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

This work has focused on policy and innovations to foster universal broadband access and adoption, digital and media literacy, local journalism and information hubs, public service media, civic engagement, and government transparency.

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Libraries Conference OER Trends 28

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

This work has focused on policy and innovations to foster universal broadband access and adoption, digital and media literacy, local journalism and information hubs, public service media, civic engagement, and government transparency.

Libraries 28

Libraries Conference OER Trends 28

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. This, Tovar said, encourages students to take agency in their learning. .

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Tools eBook Digital Divide Broadband 43

MindShift

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

In the last few years, many schools and enterprising teachers have tried to infuse coding and computational thinking into a wide range of classes, including arts and humanities courses. Middle school in South Fayette starts the transition to specific technology skill courses, such as mobile app development.

Robotics 28

Robotics Elementary Technology STEM 28

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Via The New York Times : “ Broadband Law Could Force Rural Residents Off Information Superhighway.” ” Of course, you have to pay $300 for this “features.” No surprise, it’s the certificate offered by LinkedIn-owner Microsoft. Here’s the Top 100 list, for what it’s worth.

Education 52

Education Coursera Elsevier MOOC 52

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

FWA allows extremely high-speed broadband where fiber connections can be too cost-prohibitive to install. Think of broadband speeds where large amounts of data can allow students to collaborate digitally from their schools or homes. Schools had a crash course in greater instructional technology usage during the pandemic.

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EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 108

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 Inside Higher Ed : “ Microsoft -Branded MOOCs for K–12 Leaders.” Some say the earth is flat.

Education 40

Education lynda.com Knewton E-rate 40

Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

Edsurge runs with Trump’s promise to boost rural broadband like it’s a truth anyone can count on. ” Via the BBC : “ Accenture and Microsoft plan digital IDs for millions of refugees.” Tech CEOs visited the White House to talk about “modernizing” a.k.a. ” What could possibly go wrong?

Education 53

Education Kaplan Pearson Elsevier 53

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.

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Technology Education Common Core Company 40

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). Jordan sign on to Atlanta school cheating movie.”

Education 44

Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

” The Trump Administration is calling it “ restoring Internet freedom ,” because of f **g course. It’s a partnership with Microsoft. ” Via Multichannel News : “Trayvon Martin Attorney Parks Targets AT&T Over Alleged Broadband Redlining.” ” (In Cleveland.).

Education 47

Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

” StraighterLine , an unaccredited online course provider, will partner with Brookhaven College in Texas to offer a joint associate degree to students this August. Students will complete more than 50 percent of their course work online through the StraighterLine platform. The US Senate confirmed Carlos G. Then they went too far.”

Education 43

Education Pearson Edmentum lynda.com 43

Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

” “Coursera and other purveyors of massive open online courses supposedly signaled the end of traditional credentials and, as some told it, universities. “To get rural kids online, Microsoft wants to put Internet access on school buses ,” The Washington Post reports. Via Edsurge : “?In PHEW, RIGHT?

Education 47

Education Kaplan Coursera MOOC 47

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

The reporting often isolates education technology from other developments in the computer technology sector and tends to isolate education technology from education politics and policies more broadly (unless, of course, those policies dovetail with the political interests of ed-tech and ed-reform, which they often do).

Technology 40

Technology Education Facebook Company 40

Hack Education

MAY 26, 2017

Via Edsurge : “Possible ‘Fraud, Theft, Waste, and Abuse’: Report Questions NYC School Broadband Spending.” ” University of Colorado Denver students can earn college credit by taking courses at the coding bootcamp Galvanize. “Tracking Google and Microsoft Adoption in Higher Ed” by Jim Siegl.

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Education Data Report Software 46

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Education , of course. ” “ Make Writing Classes Larger and Other Heresies of Connected Courses” by Justin Reich. Another resource, via Education Week : “K–12 Districts to Get Price Transparency on Broadband Rates With New Tool.” ” Club Penguin ! Who’s to blame ? Education Politics.

Education 40

Education Company Data Pearson 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Microsoft is doing a desktop PC thing. Blackboard has acquired Fronteer , a software company that helps make course materials accessible. Via The New York Times : “ Broadband Providers Will Need Permission to Collect Private Data.” And Google has put plans to expand Fiber to more cities on hold.

Education 40

Education Pearson Blackboard Survey 40