Education Superhighway

MARCH 19, 2019

Jojo Myers Campos is the state broadband development manager and has been working on the Nevada Connect Kids Initiative for the past two years. After years of research, Jojo and her team proposed solving the problem through community broadband upgrades – bringing together stakeholders across towns to build business cases for upgrades.

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Education Superhighway

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

EducationSuperHighway and our partners across the broadband space have been busy advocating for ACP renewal, and we are starting to see positive progress. On Social Media Many of us spend more hours on social media than we’d like. Right now, the ACP is projected to run out of funds in early 2024.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Private equity and venture funds have invested record sums into the global education sector—$30 billion in the past five years across K-12 and workplace learning. Here are five key trends to consider as education enters a new decade: 1. In the workplace, education is the new healthcare. hours on social media.

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MIND Research Institute

MAY 15, 2020

Findley educators and staff distribute food and supplies to families. To achieve equity and resume coursework for students, Dr. Adams told MIND that Des Moines Public Schools (DMPS) began with a district-wide survey to determine each family’s need for computers or a wired home broadband connection. They know I’m here!”.

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Education Superhighway

AUGUST 22, 2023

Share on your social accounts. Tell your social media followers about the Affordable Connectivity Program. Use your social media accounts to explain what the benefit provides and how to qualify. Many haven’t heard of the ACP or know what they need to do to enroll. Add ACP information to your website.

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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. But how does the community know?

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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). This theme keyed into addiction concerns, as social media and gaming become ever more effective in giving us dopamine hits.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 9, 2018

In 2015 they released a interesting report titled What Educators Want from Digital Instructional Tools 2.0 , that sought out 3100 educators to establish the state of technology integration across K12. Starting a social media account. 59% of teachers feel the digital tools they use frequently are effective.

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Education Superhighway

MAY 30, 2019

In 2016, EducationSuperHighway worked with the Virginia Department Of Education (VDOE) to hire an E-rate and school technology specialist. She’s a big advocate for expanding broadband access and digital equity, and she has become a key strategic planner for school Internet in Virginia.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 29, 2021

Participants are encouraged to use #library2020 and #librariesascommunityanchors on their social media posts about the event. In 1998, he created the Community TeleStructure Initiative, a national consortium advocating local community leadership responsibility for telecom/ broadband infrastructure planning.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 23, 2021

Participants are encouraged to use #library2020 and #librariesascommunityanchors on their social media posts about the event. In 1998, he created the Community TeleStructure Initiative, a national consortium advocating local community leadership responsibility for telecom/ broadband infrastructure planning.

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The Innovative Educator

JUNE 24, 2019

Innovative educators understand the importance of being in touch with the latest trends in ed tech. Richard Culatta, CEO of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) helps us by sharing what the organization sees as the next big trends. Educator Voice Patricia J. 2019/20: The Year Of. She knows first hand.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 6, 2021

Participants are encouraged to use #library2020 and #librariesascommunityanchors on their social media posts about the event. In 1998, he created the Community TeleStructure Initiative, a national consortium advocating local community leadership responsibility for telecom/ broadband infrastructure planning.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Participants are encouraged to use #library2020 and #librariesascommunityanchors on their social media posts about the event. In 1998, he created the Community TeleStructure Initiative, a national consortium advocating local community leadership responsibility for telecom/ broadband infrastructure planning.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Participants are encouraged to use #library2020 and #librariesascommunityanchors on their social media posts about the event. In light of the recent Covid-19 pandemic and other natural disasters such as floods, drought, firestorms, hurricanes, and tornadoes, universal access to the internet has never been more important.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Participants are encouraged to use #library2020 and #librariesascommunityanchors on their social media posts about the event. In light of the recent Covid-19 pandemic and other natural disasters such as floods, drought, firestorms, hurricanes, and tornadoes, universal access to the internet has never been more important.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Participants are encouraged to use #library2020 and #librariesascommunityanchors on their social media posts about the event. In light of the recent Covid-19 pandemic and other natural disasters such as floods, drought, firestorms, hurricanes, and tornadoes, universal access to the internet has never been more important.

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Hapara

MARCH 13, 2023

Schools that receive E-rate program discounts for broadband access are required to have internet safety policies with “technology protection measures.” Map educators and learners separately If you don’t already, it’s a good idea to keep educators and learners separate in your Google organizational unit (OU) structure.

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Education Superhighway

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Moreover, Mindy serves on several state and national associations such as the State Education Technology Directors Association (SETDA) and State E-rate Coordinator Alliance (SECA). She has worked in educational technology for nearly two decades, empowering educators to integrate digital learning in the classroom.

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eSchool News

MAY 5, 2021

This year, more than ever, teachers deserve to be recognized for the impactful role they serve in the lives of students, not only in educating our nation’s children and inspiring them to learn, but also supporting their social and emotional well-being. According to the Pew Research Center, 15% of U.S.

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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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Education Superhighway

JUNE 24, 2019

As the Director of Digital Learning at the Massachusetts Elementary and Secondary Education office, Ken Klau is focused on the strategy for rethinking the structure and delivery of learning, building a more student-centered system of public education, and creating the next generation of K–12 learning environments.

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Education Superhighway

JANUARY 8, 2019

In addition to celebrating school districts nationwide, this year our blog will feature a new Broadband Leaders series. His work has been instrumental in securing the Internet access all Maryland students need for an equitable and quality education. I had been working on the provider side of education for the ACT, Inc.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Common Sense is weighing in on kids’ use of media in a detailed new report this week. But the takeaways for educators and the edtech industry are most obvious in the sections on homework. The report, “ The Common Sense Census: Media Use by Tweens and Teens ,” updates a 2015 study by the same name from the nonprofit organization.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 16, 2020

At a time when a global pandemic has laid bare—and exacerbated—many of the inequities that exist in education, a new nonprofit organization has emerged that aims to tackle at least some of them. Tanner: I would say the persona of the course is what students are used to finding online, on social media platforms.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

We invite all library professionals, employers, LIS students, and educators to participate in this event. Participants are encouraged to use #library2019 and #libraryopendata on their social media posts leading up to and during the event. Please also join this Library 2.0 network to be kept updated on this and future events.

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Education Superhighway

AUGUST 17, 2017

Elle Patterson: With the challenges of recruiting highly-trained teachers in general, and even more so in rural areas, access to high-speed Internet might be the only way that some students have access to educational materials that are regularly offered at more highly-resourced schools. Share your thoughts with us on social media.

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MindShift

JULY 31, 2020

School libraries have become tech hubs for educators teaching from home, while public libraries have worked to expand access to the internet, with many keeping their building’s WiFi on even when buildings were closed, so patrons can get internet access from the parking lot. There was space here to discuss, process, and explore these issues.

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IT Bill

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

For the past several years the Horizon Report has listed mobile learning, in one form or another, as an emerging educational technology (e.g. mobile computing, mobile apps, social media, BYOD, mobile learning). Such media can be submitted to an e-portfolio or blog (e.g. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology.

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Education Superhighway

AUGUST 17, 2017

Elle Patterson: With the challenges of recruiting highly-trained teachers in general, and even more so in rural areas, access to high-speed Internet might be the only way that some students have access to educational materials that are regularly offered at more highly-resourced schools. Share your thoughts with us on social media.

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Georgia Test Prep

JANUARY 25, 2021

All of this wonderful technology—smartphones, broadband internet, social media, and so on—came to us at a time when we were already relatively mature. For example, allocate some time to educational apps or communal screen time, and reserve the rest for free-time or individual screen-time. Now how to fix it?

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edWeb.net

JUNE 13, 2019

These conversations have the potential to shift mindsets about digital equity by focusing on changes that will better support students’ access to their education. When we think about professional learning in this new era of education, it is not a linear process. Professional Learning. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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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

MARCH 12, 2016

Significant problems include a lack of broadband connectivity in various parts of the world. However, these are still used effectively by those who desire to access educational opportunities to which they would otherwise have no access. Here is my summary of seven of the themes and challenges raised during the conference.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 10, 2016

However, only 18 percent of teachers reported the majority of students have access to the digital tools they need at home, which left those students without access to broadband at a significant disadvantage. So, where does this leave these students and their families?

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Educator Innovator

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

The next DLD isn’t until next year, but thanks to social media it’s easy to look back at all the amazing ways kids engaged with digital learning at this year’s event. ( #DLDay even trended on Twitter!). As educators know, integrating meaningful digital learning into the classroom is a 365-day effort. So it should be with E-Rate.

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Bryan Alexander

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

We’re doing poorly at attracting generations reared on the digital world when our broadband is unimpressive (better than it was!) Our social media usage is low. Retool public education for 21st-century work. Improve support for public higher education. Some young people leave the state to make more money.

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