eSchool News

DECEMBER 22, 2023

In an emergency, when timely and effective communications are vital, first responders may have trouble connecting via their smartphones, hand-held radios, or other devices. Every dollar not spent on education needs to be justified. Many school leaders will therefore be shocked to learn that 52 percent of U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

During the pandemic, many districts have addressed this gap by handing out personal hotspot devices (similar to routers) or smartphones, or provided mobile Wi-Fi on school buses to kids lacking internet. An initial report , which is still being finalized, states that “lack of broadband access in Ector County is a crisis.”

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 12, 2015

12 Principles Of Mobile Learning. Mobile Learning is about self-actuated personalization. As learning practices and technology tools change, mobile learning itself will continue to evolve. As mobile learning is a blend of the digital and physical, diverse metrics (i.e., by Terry Heick. Transparent. Asynchronous .

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

And yet, reliable broadband is far from guaranteed in this region of towering plateaus, sagebrush valleys and steep canyons. According to an April 2018 Department of Education report, 18 percent of 5- to 17-year old students in “remote rural” districts have no broadband access at home.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The platform’s videos are in English and Spanish and includes tools for educators to measure engagement from children’s parents. Educators see how much of a video parents watched and how that video connects back to lessons from the day. While most of the educators and families served are in the U.S.,

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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 program, which is free for students, also will provide stipends to NSS Site Coordinators.

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eSchool News

MARCH 29, 2016

CFISD is building a 100G network with the vision of providing students and staff ‘Anytime, Anywhere’ broadband access so they can easily interact and collaborate with peers and engage in distance learning initiatives. ”

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

“Nobody knows the right path forward,” said Robin Lake, director of the Center on Reinventing Public Education , a nonpartisan education research center in Seattle that has compiled an online database of coronavirus response plans provided by scores of districts across the country as a resource for other educators.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2015

It seems like our education system talks and talks about the inequities that exist between students and schools that are well-funded, well-supported, and well-granted, and those that struggle to keep the lights on, pay their staff, and run the HVAC. This is the chasm between the homes with and those without access to quality broadband.

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Bryan Alexander

MARCH 20, 2017

Disadvantages: Challenges for students without access to needed technologies, including video recorders (how many don’t have smartphones?) and broadband. ” If this goes on, would incorporating more video into classes along these discussion board lines be a good thing for educators to do? Missing hyperlinking.

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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. Just three days to mobilize a community of partners and volunteers to assist our schools.”

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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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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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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. His district also ensured that apartment complexes and mobile home parks could access WiFi with overnight placements of minibuses with hotspots.

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Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2018

Many parents, however, experience educational, technological and language barriers to accessing and understanding data, limiting their ability to make informed decisions about their children. These changes could offer parents like Zuberi a deeper understanding of the educational systems in their communities.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2018

Many parents, however, experience educational, technological and language barriers to accessing and understanding data, limiting their ability to make informed decisions about their children. These changes could offer parents like Zuberi a deeper understanding of the educational systems in their communities. Higher Education.

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MindShift

JUNE 26, 2018

Many parents, however, experience educational, technological and language barriers to accessing and understanding data, limiting their ability to make informed decisions about their children. These changes could offer parents like Zuberi a deeper understanding of the educational systems in their communities.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

The STEAM labs, STEAM coordinators and technology education teachers are part of a district-wide embrace of “computational thinking.”. Three new 3-D printers hummed quietly in Anthony Mannarino’s seventh-grade technology education class. Computing devices and broadband Internet are abundant both inside and outside of school.

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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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Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2020

And among those who do have access, not all have a broadband connection. A separate Pew Research Center survey found that 17 percent of adults access the internet exclusively through smartphones. Most of those are in households that make less than $50,000 a year, and many live in rural areas. the organization’s executive director.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2017

The message, from Zach Leverenz, founder of the nonprofit EveryoneOn, attacked the Educational Broadband Service (EBS), which long ago granted school districts and education nonprofits thousands of free licenses to use a slice of spectrum — the range of frequencies that carry everything from radio to GPS navigation to mobile internet.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

(National) Education Politics. ” More via Buzzfeed and The Chronicle of Higher Education. Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “What You Need to Know About Race-Conscious Admissions in 2017.” In the past, Secretaries of Education have just used the department’s own force.

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