EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

education system. Since our nation’s beginning, the farm has been a foundation of American society , but too often rural communities do not have broadband access or don’t have access to the digital skills needed on today’s modern farms,” Snapp wrote in a blog post. “As Google Offers Digital Skills Workshops and Coaches.

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ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

For example, it’s no good investing in iPads for the school if the broadband bandwidth and Wi-Fi connectivity aren’t up to scratch. Digital whiteboards like ViewBoard check this box while also supporting the most prolific platforms in education including Microsoft, Google, and Apple operating systems and education services.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 2, 2021

The post Google Workspace for Education (and other updates you need to know!) – SULS099 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Google just made some HUGE announcements about your favorite Google products, including Google Classroom and officially renaming G Suite as Google Workspace for Education.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

As teachers develop lesson plans, they also face lingering questions, in Maine and nationally, over the possibility of a return to remote learning and concerns about ensuring all students have access to the devices and high-quality broadband they need to do classwork and homework. 18, 2021, in Brunswick, Maine.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 24, 2019

When Tulare City School District officials wanted to provide Google Chromebooks to every student, they knew the wireless network wasn’t up to the job. We couldn’t have the bandwidth that we currently provide to students without E-rate,” says Daryl Shelton , information systems director for the California district. “It lora.strum_r7w0.

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edWeb.net

MAY 9, 2023

These tools include artificial intelligence (AI), untethered broadband and connectivity, and a rich digital ecosystem. Ubiquitous broadband internet and the underlying technologies enable robust connected learning without requiring devices to be physically connected. It is not a one-size-fits-all situation.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2021

Even before the pandemic, broadband and mobile technology was expanding connectivity across the globe, hybrid and virtual classrooms were gaining steam in providing personalized learning to students, and project-based learning was proving to be an effective, engaging and increasingly popular pedagogy.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

To date, our education systems sit atop a cultural assumption—that information is scarce. Our higher education system formed around libraries. Our primary and secondary education systems formed around teachers imparting knowledge. Distance reduction allow companies to compete worldwide.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Another in Oregon launched an Amazon-style locker system for students to exchange broken devices. “It Langford’s team created a locker system where students can exchange a broken device for a functioning one. “We Hotspots are just a bandaid, she said, and San Mateo County is looking for ways to provide broadband internet county-wide.

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Edthena

JANUARY 23, 2018

We’ve developed a one-click video record and upload solution for Google Chrome to support professional development for teachers. Edthena users will have immediate access to the video tool inside Edthena when using Google Chrome. The upload technology was built with the variability of school broadband networks in mind.

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 21, 2012

It is a collaboration between the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Harvard University, and Dassault Systems (who make lots of great products including CATIA CAD systems). A broadband internet connection is also strongly recommended. Follow me on Twitter and Google+. free resources History Social Studies'

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Google is a familiar platform for most students, so it comes as no surprise that the Chromebook, which uses the Google Chrome browser, is the number one device of choice for more than 58 percent of U.S. These devices and the included applications like Google Docs support collaborative learning. Broadband improvements.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 3, 2021

These rural districts face the four significant challenges: broadband access, funding, people, and understanding the “why.” Broadband access has become more critical in the last year and a half than ever before. CoSN (the Consortium for School Networking) is the premier professional association for school system technology leaders.

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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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ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 17, 2019

For example, it’s no good investing in iPads for the school if the broadband bandwidth and Wi-Fi connectivity aren’t up to scratch. Digital whiteboards like myViewBoard check this box while also supporting the most prolific platforms in education including Microsoft, Google, and Apple operating systems and education services.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

According to a 2021 report from the think tank New America, 1 in 8 children from low-income families don’t have a computer at home, while 1 in 7 lack access to broadband internet. The district lacked a system for tracking how many students weren’t logging on to classes for lack of a working computer, tablet or internet connection at home.

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NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 12, 2020

NCDE hopes that this, and its other collaborative projects with school librarians, with help professionals build capacity as local systemic digital inclusion leaders. A Google form on the site will collect questions, along with context relating to grade level, location, and the category of the inquiry. Ballard; Cassandra G.

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 11, 2016

As schools go more and more digital with systems, curriculum, assignments and more, they face the need to provide equity in digital access for their students. Digital Equity Action Toolkit Students without home access to high quality broadband connectivity are at a disadvantage, unable to realize the full power of digital learning.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2021

And we’ve only seen the beginning—within the next few years, the company is poised to disrupt the healthcare market, become the market leader in online advertising, establish itself as a competitor to USPS, FedX and UPS, and provide global access to broadband internet through a network of satellites orbiting the planet… to name but a few examples.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2019

Take the perennially-popular “50 Best Apps” or “How to Make a Google Form” sessions that crop up every year. We would recommend choosing sessions with presenters who have a history of equity work as they will be better able to address nuances in practice and systems. On the surface, this seems like a strong approach.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Educators and students are compelled to use centrally purchased tools, data systems, and popular social media platforms. Indeed, dissent by obfuscation is against the spirit of personalized learning and ‘student success’ systems, if not also literally against their terms of service. Oh, and one other teensy-weensy thing.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Educators and students are compelled to use centrally purchased tools, data systems, and popular social media platforms. Indeed, dissent by obfuscation is against the spirit of personalized learning and ‘student success’ systems, if not also literally against their terms of service. Oh, and one other teensy-weensy thing.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 9, 2017

Teaching and Learning Get Personal With Change to Proficiency-Based Grading | Valley News → Parent confusion has been growing this fall after the Woodstock Union middle and high schools began to roll out a proficiency-based grading system. But youth in the criminal justice and foster care systems often don't have access to it.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

Glass student scammed through teacher's hacked email account | WSET → The superintendent stated it wasn't a failure on their security system, but if the email was hacked, obviously it was a failure on their firewalls. Tagged on: April 1, 2017 E.C.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

Glass student scammed through teacher's hacked email account | WSET → The superintendent stated it wasn't a failure on their security system, but if the email was hacked, obviously it was a failure on their firewalls. Tagged on: April 1, 2017 E.C.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 9, 2017

Teaching and Learning Get Personal With Change to Proficiency-Based Grading | Valley News → Parent confusion has been growing this fall after the Woodstock Union middle and high schools began to roll out a proficiency-based grading system. But youth in the criminal justice and foster care systems often don't have access to it.

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edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

When asked about the hurdles that happened due to schools closing on March 13th, 2020, all four presenters agreed that broadband, not devices, challenged their districts to provide equitable access to learning no matter their districts’ geographic location or demographics. ClassLink Analytics gives decision makers the usage data they need.

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edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2020

One of the first challenges rural districts face is broadband access. Now, they are employing creative methods, such as expanding the reach of the school’s broadband so students can do work from the parking lot or in the surrounding area, having off-duty patrol cars become hotspots across the district.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Tagged on: September 21, 2017 Google search links secret, court-protected names to online coverage | Ottawa Citizen → Computer experts believe it’s an unintended, “mind-boggling” consequence of Google search algorithms. " Tagged on: September 18, 2017 Too Much Technology in AR Elementary Schools?

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Tagged on: September 21, 2017 Google search links secret, court-protected names to online coverage | Ottawa Citizen → Computer experts believe it’s an unintended, “mind-boggling” consequence of Google search algorithms. " Tagged on: September 18, 2017 Too Much Technology in AR Elementary Schools?

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Graphite Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2015

While the school systems in these cities are not in charge of this conversation, they are deeply involved. Next Century Cities , a new effort from the Ford Foundation, focuses on getting mayors to commit their cities to lead Next Generation broadband. Political Allies. In Revere, Mass., In less than a year, more than 100 U.S.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

Tech devices won't fix our education system | Lockport Union Sun & Journal → Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan recently issued a plea for greater student access to high-tech tools. "This No endorsements; no sponsored content; no apologies for my eclectic tastes. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

A new toolkit aims to improve digital equity in school systems across the nation by helping district leaders develop thoughtful and measured strategies to narrow the homework gap in their communities. Leverage special broadband offerings. CoSN’s new tools aim to solve ‘homework gap’ and help students benefit from digital learning.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 16, 2020

We talk about the platforms they’re on such as TikTok, Google. And so we were able to identify those broadband issues. Tanner: I would say the persona of the course is what students are used to finding online, on social media platforms. I call it “Gen Z curriculum design.” Also there’s a game-based learning element to it.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

But instead of a deadly hurricane, this year brought another crisis that shut the city’s school system: the coronavirus pandemic. Perhaps no school system had a distance learning plan in place that anticipated a shutdown on the scale of the coronavirus closures. This story also appeared in The Huffington Post.

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MindShift

AUGUST 10, 2021

For guided and independent reading notes alike, her students utilize the Cornell Note Taking System , which Bradley modeled for them. Translate closed captions in a Google Meet! are more likely to have smartphones than traditional computers or broadband internet at home than white adults. Empower your #newcomers #ells.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2014

Tag your questions #eduquestion or post them on our Facebook page or Google+ community. Digital Passport is available on the web, iOS, and on Google Play. Education Revolution Google+ Community So You''re Looking for New Classroom Technology. is just shy of 80,000 members, and the Google Plus Community will hit 90,000 this week.

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