Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Since President Obama’s ConnectED announcement in 2013 in Mooresville, NC , there has been more than $10 billion committed as part of the five-year program to transform American education. These commitments are connecting 20 million more students to next-generation broadband and wireless. Here are just a few of their stories.

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Education Superhighway

AUGUST 15, 2017

As is the case in many mega-districts, PWCPS already had access to high-speed broadband. The district put in a request to their school board to upgrade their network’s bandwidth, and sought out additional support to make their broadband goals a reality. They had recently increased from 1 Gbps to 2 Gbps. GAINING MOMENTUM. to $1.85.

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Education Superhighway

AUGUST 15, 2017

As is the case in many mega-districts, PWCPS already had access to high-speed broadband. The district put in a request to their school board to upgrade their network’s bandwidth, and sought out additional support to make their broadband goals a reality. They had recently increased from 1 Gbps to 2 Gbps. GAINING MOMENTUM. to $1.85.

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Education Superhighway

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Walking into a Merritt Elementary School classroom today, you’ll find students using iPads to figure out math problems and submit their answers, while teachers grade those answers and provide feedback and follow-up support in real-time. The Impact.

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eSchool News

APRIL 8, 2016

Broadband and network capacity is school technology leaders’ top priority, according to the results of an annual IT leadership survey from CoSN. will impact school iPad rollouts. Even the idea of high school will be different, according to architects of a plan that the State Board of Education will flesh out over the next two years.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 14, 2017

How can we prepare a generation of students to adapt and evolve, learn (and un-learn), in an era where technological advances are transforming the world of work, traditional educational pathways are under fire—and the half-life of skills hovers around five years ? iPads were introduced when today’s first graders were still in the womb.

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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. Miller is one of many vocal critics of the wide disparities in education technology pricing, which he and others contend is becoming an increasingly pressing problem as more devices and software enter U.S.

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eSpark

JANUARY 11, 2016

In the blended learning community, educational equity is a growing concern in districts that use classroom technology. families, broadband is not affordable. This creates what policy-makers and education leaders refer to as the “homework gap.” Educational equity should be a concern for everyone, not just education leaders.

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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.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2017

But more than half of all respondents said they are optimistic about technology’s promise as an educational tool and to spur kids’ creativity. Lovely maintains that virtually all families need better education on how to use technology more productively in the home. That need is still astronomical and cuts across all demographics.”

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Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

Been quoted in an article on ransomware in K-12 education. 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. I think the latter."

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Education Superhighway

MARCH 28, 2019

Rappahannock implemented a 1:1 device initiative across all grade levels and they’ve been keeping their school library open after-hours for students who don’t have broadband connectivity at home. In education, we’re all in this together.” This Internet upgrade] really helps the kids. Don’t be afraid to ask for help.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Your school just invested in a new set of Chromebooks or iPads. Most classrooms have access to at least one computer or mobile device, and 77% of school districts have high speed broadband. In my work as an education researcher and product manager, I’ve observed dozens of schools and interviewed hundreds of teachers.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

Sifting out solutions from the struggle may help solve chronic problems of quality and equity, say education experts. After a moment of disruption – of major disruption – the conditions are ripe for accelerating innovation,” says Richard Culatta, CEO of the International Society for Technology in Education. “We Learning from Lockdown.

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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.

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Educator Innovator

MARCH 7, 2014

And fourth graders collaborate on an annual ecosystem project using iPads, taking pictures and annotating their work as they go. What was the promise of technology that everyone saw in the beginning for education?” While broadband wasn’t a specific focus of the survey, Purcell said that the issue did arise frequently in focus groups.

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Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Hoping to bolster connectivity in his schools, Bockwoldt recently led the district broadband network upgrade to 10 Gbps of Internet Access, thereby preventing network bottlenecks from creating disruptions during the school day. I saw the need to start paying attention to a cloud-based curriculum as we moved towards 1:1 devices.”

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Higher Education. Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter. Choose as many newsletters as you like. Weekly Update.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2015

A New Definition For Equity In Education. While progress is being made in sub-Saharan Africa in primary education, gender inequality is in fact widening among older children. Somehow, though, public education, more so than any other industry or profession, is expected to aggregate these inherent disparities while transcending them.

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Education Superhighway

MARCH 7, 2017

Now, the district has started purchasing more devices including carts of Chromebooks and iPads. Click here to learn more about EducationSuperHighway’s free broadband upgrade consulting program. With their infrastructure needs taken care of, Jal’s future looks bright.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2017

As an educator, Jared Cotton has worn nearly as many hats as Dr. Seuss’s Bartholomew Cubbins—elementary math and science teacher, assistant principal, principal, district director of assessment and accountability, assistant superintendent, superintendent. Which isn’t to say that the readership of educators has been entirely forgotten.

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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. As mobile learning is a blend of the digital and physical, diverse metrics (i.e.,

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Zion, who enjoys video games, drawing on his iPad and practicing archery, is quite content with his learning schedule, his mother said. Almost one in five rural Americans don’t have access to broadband at the speed considered minimum for basic web use, according to a report this year from the FCC. He seems to do wonderful virtually.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 2, 2015

The Guinness World Record event was organized by The Association of IT Leaders in Education (AiTLE) in conjunction with Baptist Rainbow Primary School, DTSL and Makers Empire. Students arrived on Saturday morning and went to their allocated classrooms for the event.

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edWeb.net

JULY 15, 2018

Elizabeth James, Curricular Materials Coordinator from the Idaho State Department of Education, explained that while Idaho does provide a curricular review process as a service, Idaho is a local control state so districts are not mandated to choose resources that have gone through the process. About the Presenters.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. Global Education Conference Keynotes. The great majority of these events are free to attend.

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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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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2022

As summer vacation winds down, thousands of devices—including Chromebooks, iPads, and laptops—are in the care of school district IT departments. One survey of educators found a jump from about two-thirds of middle and high school students having access to a school-issued device prior to the pandemic, to 90 percent a year later.

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MindShift

MARCH 26, 2020

She turned on an iPad and started talking to her first grade teacher, Robin Nelson. ” 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.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 20, 2020

Eileen Wood, a first-grade teacher in Stoneham, Massachusetts, joined educators last month in a parade through town to greet students after schools closed. The conversations reminded me why the relationships teachers form with children – and vice versa – are so often the key to educational success. How will we graduate?” said Glick. “I

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

One overused catchphrase in education is that learning should be “student-centered.” But what if we took that to its logical conclusion and also made it the goal of our education technology predictions? Especially if those students are teens, within sight of leaving K-12 and moving into higher education. Yes, teens.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2015

The problem related to the student accounts that are auto-generated at the district level for platforms like Google apps for education. To overcome this problem, Schwab said districts need to put time and effort into training educators on how to effectively integrate the iPads, Chromebooks, or laptops into their instructional flow.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2020

On the Friday before spring break at Meigs Middle School, special education teacher Matt Coe was busy preparing new lessons for his students now that schools were set to close due to the coronavirus crisis. Pledger added that the state’s education department approved all of the broadcast content and that the benefit goes beyond academics.

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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. The money is used to buy SMART boards, Chromebook carts, iPad carts and replace old desktop computers. 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. The money is used to buy SMART boards, Chromebook carts, iPad carts and replace old desktop computers. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

techlearning

AUGUST 30, 2018

Educators can use the assessment data to identify students’ SEL strengths and areas in which they may need additional support. Designed as a one-stop shop for educators and students, ClassPad.net is an all-in-one web-based mathematics creation and discovery resource geared for K-12th level and beyond.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

But there is one essential that has always been scarce in this part of the country and that she couldn’t stock up on: Broadband access. Perry’s home isn’t wired for broadband access. The school district, where Perry works as an education assistant, gave the family a hot spot in August 2020, but it didn’t function well.

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