Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

As iPads, laptops and other learning gadgets increasingly make their way into K-12 schools, there’s one resource that more than 21 million students still lack access to in the United States: high-speed internet. “We They turned to E-rate, the $3.9 They turned to E-rate, the $3.9

Broadband 60

Broadband E-rate Tools Data 60

Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Back in late 2013, Barack Obama and the White House launched the ConnectED Initiative , an effort to bring almost $2 billion worth of high-quality broadband, technology and professional development to schools and districts across the U.S. In February of 2014, Obama rounded up technology donations worth more than a $1 billion from U.S.

Adobe 60

Adobe Broadband E-rate Future Ready 60

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2019

When we started all of this, it wasn’t because we wanted to get broadband in every classroom,” Marwell said. “We So Elliott petitioned the school board to give each high schooler an iPad and improve the school’s infrastructure to support increased internet use. It was a well-timed initiative. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

E-rate 51

E-rate Digital Divide Classroom Laptops 51

Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

I have a bit more to say about some of these topics, so stay tuned… Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye these past two weeks – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Tagged on: July 20, 2017 Are iPads and laptops improving students’ test scores?

EdTech 150

EdTech E-rate Software Data 150

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. Photo: Jessica Huseman for The Hechinger Report. Many of the discounts uncovered by the Hechinger analysis came on iPad Airs in the year before Apple discontinued them. million, a savings of just 0.66

iPad 85

iPad Broadband Software Company 85

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The Student Access to Digital Learning Resources Outside the Classroom Report , by the Department of Education, identified the three main causes of digital inequity as access and cost of high speed broadband and the lack of understanding by school families as to the importance of internet to support their students’ education.

Accessibility 64

Accessibility Digital Citizenship E-rate Broadband 64

Educator Innovator

MARCH 7, 2014

Students now interview authors across the country via Skype and access books that match their interests and reading levels on e-readers. And fourth graders collaborate on an annual ecosystem project using iPads, taking pictures and annotating their work as they go. Clearly, broadband is a huge problem,” said Keith Krueger, CoSN CEO.

Broadband 41

Broadband E-rate Digital Divide Survey 41