Edsurge

OCTOBER 15, 2018

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. Thus, there is a homework gap—the problem created when students who use digital learning in class can’t get online at home to finish up their schoolwork.

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Education Superhighway

AUGUST 17, 2017

As teachers kick off the back-to-school season, we’d like to hear your thoughts about the role technology plays in your classrooms and how you empower your students to navigate digital learning. What does Digital Learning mean to you? What role, if any, did computers and digital learning play in your teaching experiences?

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ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

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. Quite often, software options have a lot more capabilities than you might be aware of, so it’s important to spend a little bit of time training yourself and getting to grips with all the features and functions.

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edWeb.net

JULY 15, 2018

SETDA’s latest research, Navigating the Digital Shift 2018: Broadening Student Learning Opportunities , highlights how state policies are supporting the transformation to digital learning. Of course, schools can’t make the switch to digital overnight.

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eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2016

Statewide ed-tech inventories are helping state leaders assess their digital learning needs. They commissioned a school technology inventory that was completed by Connected Nation , a nonprofit organization whose mission is to bring affordable broadband to all Americans. It was the 100-percent response rate from the survey.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 9, 2020

Last-minute decision-making is the new normal, as schools and districts vet a multiplicity of strategies and applications to support their reliance on digital learning in a pandemic. No matter the Day One plans in your local area this fall, every school district must be ready for partially or fully remote school days.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

That’s according to the sixth annual broadband and infrastructure report released by the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), a nonprofit made up of K-12 school technology leaders. It may also include cybersecurity insurance, real-time monitoring, or training for IT staff, among other services. To Krueger, it’s a matter of equity.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

In education technology, a litany of surveys published this decade have touted the growing adoption of digital learning tools. The bird’s-eye results: 65 percent of teachers say they use digital learning tools every day; 87 percent report using them at least a few days each week. That’s arguably the case for U.S.

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Education Superhighway

JULY 8, 2019

As the State E-rate Director, Milan Eaton has been working on the Arizona Broadband for Education Initiative since it began in 2016. He’s been a tireless advocate for schools across the state, doing everything he can to make sure school districts have affordable, high-quality broadband so that students can use digital learning technologies.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 14, 2018

After conducting a survey in 2015, district leaders found that while a surprising number of students have access to broadband, the biggest obstacle to technological access rural students face is the lack of devices. One unique aspect of Mat-Su’s approach to digital learning is that edtech is housed under the office of instruction.

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Public Schools, digital equity and access to technology at home is a very real problem. Without home access to broadband Internet, students don’t have a chance at an equitable education and have virtually no chance to compete for the best jobs and an opportunity to break the cycle of poverty that is pervasive in the Washington inner city.

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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. This means that Georgia’s students will no longer be trying to learn tomorrow’s skills with yesterday’s tools.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

Jason Innes, Director of Curriculum, Training, and Product Management, KinderLab Robotics. “We We learned in 2020 that the “new normal” for educational facilities will need to look a lot different than the normal we’re used to. GHz frequency of the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) band. temperature, lighting).

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Education Superhighway

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

From our work, we have learned how the complex filing process is even more strenuous for small schools due to limited staff and resourcing. For example, the Broadband for Montana Schools program contracted with several E-rate consultants and provides grants to help Montana schools successfully apply for the E-rate Program.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

These commitments are connecting 20 million more students to next-generation broadband and wireless. Building on the success at Burbank, Adobe is expanding the ConnectED program in the Hayward Unified School District with the goal of getting free creativity and eLearning software and teacher training to all of the district’s Title I schools.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 25, 2018

For example, if the school has adopted a specific reading program for K-3, and the teachers are using supplemental materials more than the program, the teachers might need further training on the adopted program. Data can also show where programs may be contributing to student success and where the resources show minimal impact.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 13, 2019

Schools need to create a sense of urgency by supporting the professional learning of their teachers and coaches. When it comes to overcoming digital equity barriers, CoSN Digital Equity Toolkit is a crucial resource packed with digital equity options for school districts. Overcoming Barriers.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

Almost no district was truly ready to plunge into remote learning full time and with no end in sight. There is no one-size-fits-all remedy and no must-have suite of digital learning tools. Related: Teachers need lots of training to do online learning well. Coronavirus gave many just days. on April 10, 2020.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2022

Before the pandemic, the state ranked lowest on the number of broadband subscribers per capita. In a fall 2021 survey of more than 100,000 Mississippi students conducted by the MDE, over 40 percent reported that digital learning was difficult because the internet connection at school did not work all the time or was too slow.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

In the weeks that followed, the district surveyed parents about their technology needs, took an inventory of devices such as Chromebooks and Wi-Fi hotspots, and assembled digital learning content under one portal that teachers and students could access easily.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

After all, remote learning that relies on video calls and emails doesn’t work well for students who don’t have internet access. That divide affected a significant share of college students in West Virginia, a state where officials say nearly 40 percent of rural residents don’t have broadband.

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Education Superhighway

JULY 31, 2020

With the possibility of remote learning returning this fall, the City of Chicago, Chicago Public Schools (CPS), the philanthropic community, and leading Internet Service Providers (ISPs) recognized a historic opportunity to eliminate broadband accessibility as a barrier to digital learning. Digital literacy support.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The Biden administration recently allocated more than $650 million in federal grants and loans to build more broadband infrastructure in rural U.S. That means doubling down on efforts to expand access to 5G and high-speed internet. communities.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Add concepts like blended and flipped learning to the equation and you come up with yet another to-do list item: Make sure students can actually use their devices when they aren’t physically on campus and within wi-fi range. Intent on bridging that gap, Little Falls CSD is working with Albany, N.Y.-based

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

To help develop this workforce, Intelitek, a worldwide CTE leader, has released SmartCIM 4.0 , a modular training environment featuring industrial working components for computer-integrated manufacturing education.

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Tom Murray

AUGUST 21, 2016

Future Ready Schools ® helps district leaders plan and implement personalized, research-based digital learning strategies so all students can achieve their full potential. Award winning principal, and now Senior Fellow Eric Sheninger , helps to lead much of the digital work. URL: www.futureready.org ; www.all4ed.org.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 23, 2018

How can they train for jobs that don’t even exist yet? On the other side of that equation are educators, who often draw from their own learning experiences in K-12 and higher education to inform their instruction. EdSurge recently sat down with Karen Cator, the CEO of Digital Promise, to get her take.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2020

The Federal Communications Commission estimates that about 21 million Americans lack broadband access, with an independent research group indicating the actual number is twice as high. For rural communities that are committed to providing all of their students with options for digital learning, the transition is often a multistep process.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 29, 2020

schools accessing high-speed broadband, and devices all but ubiquitous in the classroom, the question is no longer whether teachers and students are using technology, but how. With 99 percent of U.S. On its face, that sounds like a good thing.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2023

For a number of years, she’s relied on discount options for broadband so that her own family can connect to the internet. The broadband speed is supposed to be up to 300 gigabytes — considered moderate usage for an American household — but it can run slow because everyone is using it, Tang says.

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Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

This broadband leader has always had a passion for policy – especially when it came to funding for technology in schools. Here’s more about her journey to connect all Texas students to digital learning opportunities, and her top tips to help educators invest in technology funding to improve student engagement.

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MindShift

DECEMBER 5, 2020

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. ” Another organization, Cadence, is also trying to improve digital teaching at scale. There are backlogs of items such as Chromebooks.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 15, 2021

But even during the crisis, they dug in, designing creative digital learning experiences, using technology for enhanced remote engagement, and leveraging local phenomena and investigations for students and their families to do at home. All students, Krehbiel emphasized, should have universal access to broadband internet.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

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. College is not the only viable path to success. Skills matter most to both Gen Z and employers.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

The guide included tips for online teaching, a five-day training for school staff, clarity on rules for special education and more. Nearly 70 percent of public schools serving Native students were conducting digital learning, according to the survey. To keep kids learning, BIE and tribal schools needed more resources, fast.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Via The New York Times : “ Broadband Law Could Force Rural Residents Off Information Superhighway.” ” “Can Startup College Minerva Reinvent The Ivy League Model For The Digital Age? ” I mean, paying for air conditioning in schools would just be a bridge too far. ” More via Techcrunch.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Virtual and hybrid learning continued into the spring, but then classrooms welcomed back students for full-time in-person learning in the fall. Many silver linings emerged and digital learning cemented itself as a “must have” in schools. Access to interactive experiences, 3D drawings, site visits, etc.

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