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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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 15, 2018

Cruzan was joined by LaShona Dickerson, technology director for Lafayette Parish School System in Louisiana, to give CoSN attendees tips on how to better plan for E-rate funding and avoid unnecessary audits. Event for Tracking. CoSN 2018: Broadband and Cybersecurity Are Top IT Concerns. CDW VV2 Strategy. CDW Segment. Management.

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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. “ For more information, check out how to ‘ Equip Your School for the 21st-Century with a Solid Foundation. With the new year now upon us, listed below are six edtech resolutions for 2016.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 1, 2016

Recent events have crystallized my sense of the misconceptions that even blockchain advocates bring to conversations about the future of education. Followers of the crypto-currency world should see obvious parallels in the aftermath of the Ethereum hard fork and the ongoing Bitcoin block size debate.

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Bryan Alexander

APRIL 7, 2020

And – less widely discussed – there are decades of scholarship on how to teach with synchronous technologies. Those that do might struggle with limitations of data caps or competing with folks thrust together in a lockdown and each hungry for broadband. Worst, not everyone has sufficient bandwidth.

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Education Superhighway

AUGUST 8, 2017

As summer winds down, you’ve likely already started thinking about how to meet your school’s bandwidth needs in the year (and years) to come. Here are six key considerations, based on the Federal Communications Commission’s broadband access recommendations, to bear in mind as you evaluate your school’s needs.

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Education Superhighway

AUGUST 8, 2017

As summer winds down, you’ve likely already started thinking about how to meet your school’s bandwidth needs in the year (and years) to come. Here are six key considerations, based on the Federal Communications Commission’s broadband access recommendations, to bear in mind as you evaluate your school’s needs.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 19, 2014

. - Eleanor Roosevelt The technologies of the Internet and the Web are reshaping where, when, and from whom we learn--and even how we think about learning. The Learning Revolution Project highlights our own virtual and physical events and those of our more than 200 partners. To subscribe to this newsletter, please sign up at [link].

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2019

Educators often go to professional development events, including technology conferences for a variety of reasons. Take the perennially-popular “50 Best Apps” or “How to Make a Google Form” sessions that crop up every year. Does the session require broadband access that is not likely to exist in the homes of many students?

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Digital Promise

APRIL 4, 2016

When we started thinking about how to support schools working to close the Digital Learning Gap , we knew we wanted school leaders to feel just as confident and prepared as athletes ready for a race. Distribute devices at a celebratory event that is focused on learning, empowerment, and shared responsibility. Ready to Manage.

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Graphite Blog

APRIL 9, 2020

In an episode of our Distance Learning with Common Sense video series , Arcelia Gonzalez, regional family engagement liaison at Oakland Unified School District in California, offers helpful guidance on how to identify communication gaps and reach students with limited tech access. Don't try to do it all by yourself.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Lovely maintains that virtually all families need better education on how to use technology more productively in the home. Heitner also suggests schools host events for parents, such as geolocation scavenger hunts or showcasing apps that families can use together, like those from children’s app developer Toca Boca.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 4, 2020

We currently have 3200 people registered for this event. This event is being organized in partnership with Jim Lynch from TechSoup for Libraries , Kate Laughlin from the Association for Rural & Small Libraries , and The School of Information at San José State University. network to be kept updated on this and future events.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Check out what your local school pays for broadband here. Part Two: The Funding Figuring out how to fund the development of education technology continued to be complex: Investors in US edtech startups hit a high-water mark in 2015 with US companies raising $1.45 2016 was an eventful year—politically, culturally, educationally.

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MindShift

JULY 31, 2020

On a recent summer day, librarian Lyn Hunter posted a video to YouTube on how to make a weather thermometer using a straw, rubbing alcohol and a bottle. We were always on the front lines for campus tech anyway, and it’s the librarians helping not only navigate Zoom, but also best practices on how to use the tools.” .

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 19, 2020

This event is being organized in partnership with Jim Lynch from TechSoup for Libraries , Kate Laughlin from the Association for Rural & Small Libraries , and The School of Information at San José State University. This is a free event, being held live online and also recorded. network to be kept updated on this and future events.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

How Schools Are preparing – and Not Preparing – Children for Climate Change,” reported by HuffPost and The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. We’re still learning how to fly as we’re flying,” he said. “We But there was no long-term plan, McKneely said.

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Bryan Alexander

APRIL 7, 2020

And – less widely discussed – there are decades of scholarship on how to teach with synchronous technologies. Those that do might struggle with limitations of data caps or competing with folks thrust together in a lockdown and each hungry for broadband. Worst, not everyone has sufficient bandwidth.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 16, 2020

This event is being organized in partnership with Jim Lynch from TechSoup for Libraries , Kate Laughlin from the Association for Rural & Small Libraries , and The School of Information at San José State University. This is a free event, being held live online and also recorded. network to be kept updated on this and future events.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2020

This event is being organized in partnership with Jim Lynch from TechSoup for Libraries , Kate Laughlin from the Association for Rural & Small Libraries , and The School of Information at San José State University. This is a free event, being held live online and also recorded. network to be kept updated on this and future events.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

These commitments are connecting 20 million more students to next-generation broadband and wireless. They learned how to manipulate various Photoshop Elements tools to crop, select, paint and fill select areas of their work with contrast colors. Each student learned how to create brushes from words related to their subject matter.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

The opening sessions of this year’s CEM once again feature a terrific lineup of thought leaders and influencers, including panels covering each of the key themes for the month and including a couple of new events, a special kick-off event with Secretary Duncan , a CEM opening celebration and a CEM town hall.

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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!). Spearheaded by The Alliance for Excellent Education , the event provided teachers with resources like lesson plans and toolkits.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

During her time in the makerspace, she learned how to design and create keychains to sell at local veterinarians’ offices and at fundraisers. She also facilitates the members’ professional learning opportunities including planning and implementing the content for SETDA’s virtual and in-person events and newsletters.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Mahatma Gandhi The Learning Revolution Project holds online and physical learning events, and highlights professional development opportunities from a network of 200 partners in the learning professions. The great majority of these events are free to attend. Thank you, in advance, for your contribution to this great event!

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MindShift

MARCH 22, 2020

Financial aid packages are sent out, too — setting up the options for how to pay. In addition to going test-optional, colleges are bulking up their virtual offerings in lieu of cancelled in-person events. Applicants can sit in on a lecture, or meet with current students to get a good feel for how a particular school might “fit.”

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 14, 2020

This free event is for everyone interested in helping students to learn. We're having what may be one of the most important conversations about learning in the history of the world, and understanding when, where, and how learning takes place has never been more important. Why Are You Still Sending Your Kids to School? hours a day.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

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. The call for presentations has been extended until October 31, and the event is highly inclusive so that we have real global participation.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Register now for our free Library 2.016 online mini-conference, " Libraries of the Future " on October 6th, and we'll send you the information on how to either attend the live sessions or watch the recordings afterwards. Be sure to also join the Library 2.0 Sponsored with ALA’s Center for the Future of Libraries. See you online!

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Student athletes, musicians, and other pupils who spend a good portion of their after-school time on the road or at events will also use those mobile devices. We want to be able to turn the device on or off,” said Dooley, “depending on whether they’re at a sporting event, on a class trip, or sitting at a desk in their own homes.”.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 29, 2020

schools accessing high-speed broadband, and devices all but ubiquitous in the classroom, the question is no longer whether teachers and students are using technology, but how. Participants are currently learning how to evaluate software privacy policies and make an informed decision about whether it’s right for their school.

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edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2020

During CoSN and ClassLink’s edWebinar, “ Leading Digital Transformations in Rural School Districts,” the presenters talked about how the situation with COVID-19 amplifies the obstacles rural schools face transitioning to a 21st century learning environment. One of the first challenges rural districts face is broadband access.

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Nik Peachey

JUNE 26, 2007

The conference itself was a fascinating event and the experience of presenting a conference paper within a virtual world to an audience of avatars was certainly a new and novel one for me. For anyone who hasn’t already visited Second Life then you can download some instructions from here and see how it is done (1.3Mb pdf).

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

SERIES: How to reopen schools safely. Here’s how they did it. Similarly to Garrett County in Maryland , the geography of this rural district makes broadband access inaccessible for many families. The district additionally ran its own virtual events, such as a movie night and bingo games.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 2, 2021

I’m breaking it all down so you understand what’s coming, and how it affects you and your students. During “ Learning with Google ,” a free online learning event for educators, Google shared a lot of updates to our favorite Google products. Related: How to Integrate Google Classroom and Google Meet.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

The event brought more than a hundred people to Seattle, Wash., to discuss how public education will adapt to a rapidly changing world. Sure, you can memorize frog parts online, but that will never compare to dissecting one in a laboratory with fellow students and a quality teacher at your shoulder.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2016

The last edtech conference of the year kicked off with a series of reflections by some well-known edtech pundits on the challenges and opportunities at the intersection of education and technology, including around how to assess learning, improve accessibility and catalyze procurement reform.

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