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Education Superhighway
MAY 7, 2018
The Virginia Department of Education’s Learning Infrastructure Coordinator, Susan Clair, spearheads the effort to ensure school leaders are aware of the E-rate program, funding, tools and resources needed for a successful broadband upgrade. The undivided attention from our E-rate consultant Bruno was invaluable.
EdTech Magazine
AUGUST 15, 2019
Kajeet ’s ConnectEdNow campaign , announced in June, aims to make broadband access more affordable by providing students with portable Wi-Fi hotspot devices, a $200 mobile device subsidy and discounted data plans from Verizon , T-Mobile and other LTE providers. Broadband access still is limited in some rural areas. by Erin Brereton.
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EdTech Magazine
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
Besides expanding internet use, districts can outfit makerspaces with the proper tools and technology — laptops, 3D printing, coding kits — for students to get started. As such, modern libraries should be outfitted with robust broadband and plenty of places for students and educators to charge equipment. by David Andrade.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 12, 2017
Eric Bredder (second from left), a teacher at Monticello High School, confers with students using the CNC milling machine, one of several computer-guided fabrication tools used by his classes. But Bredder can’t give students the tool he considers most indispensable to 21st-century learning — broadband internet beyond school walls.
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.
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. Despite near universal device ownership, students have yet to fully embrace the smartphone as a tool for learning. Such media can be submitted to an e-portfolio or blog (e.g.
Gaggle Speaks
APRIL 6, 2015
What Good is E-Rate Modernization if Schools Can’t Pay for What’s Connected to Broadband? The dust is starting to settle from the recent changes to the federal E-Rate program. Schools are actively pursuing increases to bandwidth by filing their Form 471s before next week. Solutions not built for K-12.
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