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Could the Bridge Across the Digital Divide Be Paved With TV Signals?

Edsurge

We asked where it fits in the journey toward universal broadband. households didn't have broadband access. Now, we're ready to help teachers seamlessly create lesson plans and send them out to all students — even those who don't have broadband. And, most importantly, how does it serve students? Can you explain that?

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Lightspeed Systems’ New ‘Digital Equity’ Module Provides Actionable Insight Into Students’ Internet Connectivity And School-Issued Device Health When Learning Outside of School

eSchool News

Make data-informed decisions to ensure all students have access to adequate digital tools and broadband internet through introducing large-scale solutions such as hotspots, Wi-Fi enabled community centers and more. To learn more about Lightspeed Systems’ Digital Equity module or to request a demo, please visit [link].

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SIIA, a Pioneering Convenor for the Edtech Industry, Scraps Its Conferences

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Broadband internet access and cloud computing made it easier to distribute educational software once sold on floppy disks and CD-ROMs. There were no vendor halls where salespeople demoed their tools. Over the past decade, technological advancements turned education technology from a fringe to an increasingly mainstream market.

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Tips to Design an Education Product for a Better User Experience

Kitaboo on EdTech

Ensuring internet connectivity and appropriate broadband speeds, system security, and compatibility with other devices to run the product smoothly is of utmost importance for the optimum use of the product. REQUEST DEMO READ MORE. You May Also Like. 6 Cutting-Edge Online Publishing Tools for 2022. Digital Publishing / March 9, 2021.

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To Prepare Kids for Their Futures, Incorporate Technology Into Core Curriculum

Edsurge

Most classrooms have access to at least one computer or mobile device, and 77% of school districts have high speed broadband. Explore a demo of Frontier. The problem is that many schools haven’t figured out how to leverage technology to accelerate and enrich learning. For many schools, this isn’t for lack of technology.

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Video conferencing for EFL

Nik Peachey

Here's a quick video demo of what it can do. To view the demo in a new window click here (3mins - 3.5Mb) Download the demo as Quicktime movie (5Mb) Download the movie for i-pod (7Mb) So what do I like about it? This is almost certainly a tool that will be more useful to broadband users.

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3B Village 3D browser

Nik Peachey

Watch a demo here: Exploring 3B Village (2.4Mb Flash) The learning potential for this software is huge and I can see how it could be especially useful for creating webquests or web based treasure hunts and other collaborative tasks for groups of students working virtually / at a distance.