Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2019

This semester I’m teaching a graduate seminar on education and technology for Georgetown University. Read part 1 , part 2 (about audio) , part 3 (about video) , and part 4 (about mobile tech in education). Gaps opened up by race, income, education and geography drive wedges between technologies and entire populations.

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Education Superhighway

JUNE 21, 2017

Last May, EducationSuperHighway partnered with Darby School District to connect all students to high-speed broadband so they can take advantage of digital learning in school year 2017. For more district stories, follow us on Twitter and Facebook and make sure to subscribe below. Check out the three steps that led to Darby’s success: 1.

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Tom Murray

JANUARY 12, 2016

Equity in access, from broadband to devices is a concern and something that districts need to work to meet head on. “ In America ,” former Secretary of Education Arne Duncan often says, “ your zip code or your socioeconomic status should never determine the quality of your education.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2020

According to the Alliance for Excellent Education, nearly 17 million public K-12 students have fallen into the “homework gap” due to COVID-19 school closures. In addition, Bellwether Education Partners estimates that approximately 3 million at-risk students may not have experienced any formal education—virtual or in-person—since March 2020.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

The program, NOVA’s first focused effort to create educational resources to teach science communication to teens, grew out of a pilot program during the 2018-2019 academic year in the Boston area that worked with nearly 30 students. The first episode focuses on misinformation about mask usage during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Education Superhighway

JUNE 21, 2017

Last May, EducationSuperHighway partnered with Darby School District to connect all students to high-speed broadband so they can take advantage of digital learning in school year 2017. Keeping digital learning goals in mind, Darby completed a cost analysis for all bids through the Broadband Upgrade Consulting Program.

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Bryan Alexander

APRIL 7, 2020

I don’t have good enough stats to know what Zoom’s market share actually is in higher education.). This discursive emphasis on video in education is based on some reality. Those that do might struggle with limitations of data caps or competing with folks thrust together in a lockdown and each hungry for broadband.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 22, 2014

.” Unfortunately, there is a wide gap between the number of under-skilled Rhode Islanders and the number of adult education openings available through the state. Even if there were enough adult education services to help each person, some adults are unaware of which skills they need.

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Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2020

That makes the conversation about education equity essential. But the term doesn’t just mean equipping students with the same devices and broadband access. Last week, Howard was a guest on an hour-long, interactive webinar, Understanding the Impact of Coronavirus on K-12 Education , hosted by EdSurge and ISTE, our parent organization.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 23, 2016

As diversity reports from companies like Alphabet, Apple and Facebook reveal, the employee headcounts—especially in senior and executive positions—are overwhelmingly male and white. These companies have committed money, mentors and other resources to provide educational opportunities for underserved communities.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

“However, it remains clear that more work and investment are needed over the long run to address the digital equity challenge of today and provide robust broadband connectivity for all students in and outside of school.”. Read more about Blended Learning.

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Education Superhighway

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

100 kbps per student may have been sufficient bandwidth when there were only 520 students and few devices, but as the student population and technology use grew, so did the district’s need for more robust broadband.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 18, 2017

In late 2015, Education SuperHighway received a $20 million grant from the Chan-Zuckerberg Foundation, the charitable group of the chief executive of Facebook and his wife, a pediatrician. And what do you hope the next administration focuses on in regards to education technology? Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Faced with fast-changing instructional models, varying infection rates, decreasing revenue sources, and a variety of natural disasters, how can education finance officials meet the short-term needs of their districts as well as longer-term requirements? WATCH THE EDLEADER PANEL RECORDING. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

For instance, classroom videos posted on Facebook and Twitter could help convince parents that the school’s recently purchased computers are being used for creative and collaborative projects rather than rote practice and remedial work. Now parents can say, ‘I saw that you guys were launching rockets today,’ ” he said. Tell me about that.”.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The 2011 Global Education Conference is also fast approaching: November 14 - 18. In it''s second year, this amazing five-day, 24-hour-a-day event helps educators and students connect with each other and with global education programs all over the world. Last year we had presentations from 62 countries.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Technology like tablets PCs, apps, and access to broadband internet are lubricating the shift to mobile learning, but a truly immersive mobile learning environment goes beyond the tools for learning to the lives and communities valued by each individual learner. Asynchronous .

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Learning with 'e's

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Some people don't have mobile phones, and many more are not, nor ever will be, on Facebook, regardless of the hype Zuckerberg and his pals periodically peddle. Lack of broadband infrastructure. It's the elephant in the room, and those who hold the purse strings are steadfastly looking away from it. Lack of training opportunities.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

Johnson also didn’t want her children to go through the next two months with no educational tools beyond the worksheets she’d picked up from the Greenville Public School District and limited access to online materials through Kentiona’s phone, shared between the four of them. Widespread lack of broadband access complicates learning.

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MindShift

MARCH 26, 2020

” Sadie’s teacher reminds her that they’ll be using the educational software that she is already familiar with from her face-to-face classes at Ortega Elementary School: “It’s iReady, so we’ve got that. . “Yeah,” Sadie responds. “It’s kind of scary isn’t it?”

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Dr. Rebecca English: Parenting and Home Education Jodi Chaffee: Creating Intentional Family Culture in Homeschooling Leah Boden: Charlotte Mason Philosophy on Homeschooling Judy Sarden: Why Black Children Should Be Homeschooled? What Is It, How Does It Work? More to come. Why Are You Still Sending Your Kids to School?

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eSchool News

MARCH 28, 2016

Addressing the tight budget concerns of many K-12 school districts, the Neutron Series requires no licensing or subscription fees to monitor or manage its products, lowering operating expenses and freeing up budgets for other education initiatives.

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techlearning

AUGUST 30, 2018

What about Facebook and its ability to not only recognize there are people in the photo you’ve posted, but can sometimes even identify them too? In essence, AI is something that can be packaged up and purchased on a monthly basis, like your broadband or phone. Ready or not, AI is coming to you.”

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2020

And she hopes educators and families all across the country will try it and see that for themselves. In May, as one school year ended and another began to loom large on the horizon, Danks and the leaders of a handful of other outdoor education advocacy groups— Ten Strands , the Lawrence Hall of Science museum in Berkeley, Calif.,

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edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

In a recent edWebinar , sponsored by ClassLink and co-hosted by CoSN and AASA , education leaders reflected on the challenges of the past year and the possibilities of the upcoming school year. Kelley is an exemplary superintendent who received her bachelor’s degree and a doctorate in education from the University of Pennsylvania.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. We argue that this progress is achievable only if we make room for new approaches in education—that is, if we innovate." Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. We argue that this progress is achievable only if we make room for new approaches in education—that is, if we innovate." Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2019

There was also plenty of rain in the education technology industry, where venture capitalists and private-equity investors unleashed a deluge of cash. education technology companies raised $1.45 educational technology companies whose primary purpose is to support educators and learners across preK-12 and postsecondary education.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 18, 2018

As aligns with our mission to promote and make more accessible free and open education resources, most of the tools needed to develop learner resilience are free. Pew research suggests just 24 percent of US adults with less than a high-school diploma have home broadband access, while further Pew research indicates 95 percent of U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Nieraeth recalled how she often received information about students who needed to quarantine: “I would get a Facebook message [from a parent] at eight o’clock at night going, what do I do?” Similarly to Garrett County in Maryland , the geography of this rural district makes broadband access inaccessible for many families.

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MindShift

APRIL 24, 2020

Among the biggest, says Lily Eskelsen Garcia, president of the National Education Association, the nation’s largest teachers union, is this: “Is it safe and healthy for my kids to pack them into that classroom?” Norway started with kindergartens, and Israel with special education kindergartens. Staggered schedules.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Please spread the word and tell people about the Summit forward this email , or post on social media Hashtag: #homelearningsummit Twitter: @homelearnsummit Facebook: @homelearningsummit Instagram: homelearningsummit HERE ARE SOME OF THE TOPICS WE ARE WORKING TO COVER IN THE SUMMIT TALKS, INTERVIEWS, AND OPEN-CHAT TIMES : ADHD and Learning ?

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the series I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. So enjoy all this educational doom while you can.). National) Education Politics. Education in the Courts.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Among the education highlights: Republican VP candidate Mike Pence made up a name for the university hosting the event. Actually, I think that was the only education highlight. ” “ Clown College Calls National Rash of Rumored Clown Scares ‘Troubling’,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reports.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Education Politics. Via Education Week : “ Maine Gov. Paul LePage has called for a review of his state’s groundbreaking 1-to–1 student computing initiative, highlighting the growing pains nagging an educational-technology movement now well into its second decade.” ” Education in the Courts.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

(National) Education Politics. Various education-related updates – via The New York Times : “How the Republican Tax Plan Uses School Savings to Hurt States.” ” Via Education Week : “Final Tax Bill Keeps Teacher Deduction at $250 , Cuts State and Local Deductions.” What’s Out?

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

were also having an impact on her child’s education. Honani’s son attends Hopi Junior Senior High School, which is funded and partially overseen by the Bureau of Indian Education, an agency within the Department of the Interior that manages nearly 200 tribal K-12 schools throughout the country. Read the series.

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