ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 17, 2019

Over the past few years, there has been a huge influx of education technology resources available to schools – from tablets and robotics, to online platforms and digital whiteboards. However, with the sheer amount of technology available, it can be challenging to identify those resources, products, or tools that tick all the boxes.

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Education Superhighway

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

She is the current Digital Access Coordinator for the Learning Technology Center of Illinois (LTC) and an Illinois State E-rate Coordinator. 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).

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2020

As the years pass, the gap between Jennifer’s and Maria’s access to technology widens: Jennifer has everything she needs at her fingertips, while Maria does not. But it’s not just Maria who is falling behind due to her lack of access to educational technology and resources. I think we all know the answer.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Despite the influx of capital, employers, schools and policymakers are only just beginning to harness the sector’s advancements in the delivery, accessibility and effectiveness of education technology. But the proliferation of technology does not come without concerns. Schools spent a decade buying technology. A group of U.S.

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Education Superhighway

JULY 8, 2019

As the State E-rate Director, Milan Eaton has been working on the Arizona Broadband for Education Initiative since it began in 2016. He’s been a tireless advocate for schools across the state, doing everything he can to make sure school districts have affordable, high-quality broadband so that students can use digital learning technologies.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2019

But the takeaways for educators and the edtech industry are most obvious in the sections on homework. Kids were placed into two groups: tweens 8-12 years old, and teens 13-18 years old. Common Sense is weighing in on kids’ use of media in a detailed new report this week. Its primary focus is media used for entertainment.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

As schools and districts strive to meet their existing technology needs and prepare for the future, access to federal and state funding, along with other grants, is making a major difference in whether students engage in 21 st century learning or are left behind. Sheryl Abshire, Ph.D., Cynthia Schultz, Esq.,

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Fueled by an explosion of broadband access, education software and, of course, the irresistible allure of financial returns, investors across the world want a slice of the U.S. edtech industry. based education technology startups have raised just over $1 billion, according to our unofficial count.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

September 15, 2021 — DreamBox Learning, the leading education technology provider that in 2006 pioneered intelligent adaptive learning, today announced new expansions and partnerships with school district customers, including Prince George’s County Public Schools and East Baton Rouge Parish School System. BELLEVUE, Wash.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

border, Tecnológico de Monterrey, a private university, founded in 1943 by a group of wealthy local business executives, supports 33 campuses across the nation and in 15 countries abroad. South of the U.S. Commonly known as Monterrey Tech, it broadcast its first class more than 20 years ago via satellite.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Capturing a picture of education is a bit like looking through a kaleidoscope, with each group that comes to education bringing its own point of view on how teaching and learning has and should evolve. Part One: The Trends Our initial survey focused on the big trends that all these players saw shaping education technology.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

The use of technology is growing in schools, but we’re missing critical opportunities if technology isn’t being used to close the pernicious achievement gaps between students of color and their white peers and between low-income students and their more affluent peers.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 23, 2016

Gender is just one part of the diversity problem confronting many technology companies today. So Bryant signed her up for a game development camp at Stanford in 2010, only to learn that Kai was one of the few girls—and the only student of color—in the group. And there’s even more chatter about age diversity within the tech industry.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 13, 2021

There are clear levels of support for academic, attendance, and discipline issues, provided by counselors, school psychologists, and behavioral specialists, and at the Tier 3 level the supports include small-group or individualized sessions. Join the Community.

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techlearning

JUNE 26, 2018

JUNE 26, 2018 In a move that enhances its mission of supporting education institutions and libraries, Education Networks of America ® (ENA) today announced that Dallas-based education technology company CatchOn, Inc has joined the ENA family of companies. Draper will continue as general manager of CatchOn.

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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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edWeb.net

JUNE 13, 2019

As edtech leaders and stakeholders work to eliminate the homework gap, solutions such as mobile hotspots, low-cost broadband, private LTE networks and even Wifi on buses have the potential to ensure that students have 24/7 access to their education. This edWebinar was sponsored by The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE).

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 25, 2018

I don’t need us frivolously spending it on flavor-of-the-month technology and programs.”. Jeremy Bunkley is the Director of Information Technology Services at the School District of Clay County (Clay), located in Northeast Florida. This edWeb broadcast was sponsored by Education Networks of America (ENA) and CatchOn.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2015

When discussing equity, there are so many convenient handles–race, gender, language, poverty, access to technology, but there may be a larger view that we’re missing when we do so. There is a constant self–>group transaction that is based on both affection (inward expression) and image (outward expression).

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Digital Promise

JUNE 30, 2020

Developed by the University of New Mexico-Taos Education and Career Center and local business partners, Taos HIVE was designed to solve challenges unique to rural communities, such as geographic isolation, education deserts , and lack of access to broadband and other services. Collaborating Organizations. As HIVE Project Manager Rose M.

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Educator Innovator

JULY 8, 2014

Khan Academy has been the darling of the tech industry because of its potential to disrupt existing models of educational content delivery. A group of educators (who I’m proud to be associated with) have set off to change this. The code.org campaign has been touting the potential of online courses to teach kids how to code.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

What can we learn from library innovators and innovators from other sectors and industries that will help us shape the future we want and that our communities aspire towards? Prior to joining the School as Director, she worked in the Silicon Valley for more than a decade at major technology companies: Hewlett Packard and Microsoft.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

What can we learn from library innovators and innovators from other sectors and industries that will help us shape the future we want and that our communities aspire towards? Prior to joining the School as Director, she worked in the Silicon Valley for more than a decade at major technology companies: Hewlett Packard and Microsoft.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2017

Aurice Blanton, a senior at Chicago Technology Academy, looks over his schedule during a month-long internship at CNA Insurance last May. Blanton, a high school senior, was interning for the firm’s information technology group. Linnea Garrett, Chicago Technology Academy school director.

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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. In response, the ad-tech industry has staged a(nother) tantrum, claiming that Apple is 'destroying the Internet's economic model.'"

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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. In response, the ad-tech industry has staged a(nother) tantrum, claiming that Apple is 'destroying the Internet's economic model.'"

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Audrey is a writer for the NPR education technology blog MindShift , for the data section of O’Reilly Radar , and for the Edutopia blog. Steve Jobs, Apple, and the Failure of Education Technology HACK EDUCATION NEWS ROUNDUP And here, in full, is the Hack Education weekly roundup, also available directly at Hack Education.

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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. Tech Enablers. Looking Forward.

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Tom Murray

AUGUST 21, 2016

Prior to my role as the Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools ® , I spent 14 years in a public school in Pennsylvania as an elementary and middle school teacher, middle school and elementary principal, and district level technology director. Organization: Girls Who Code. URL: girlswhocode.com. URL: www.inacol.org. URL: makered.org.

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

But what if we took that to its logical conclusion and also made it the goal of our education technology predictions? We’d need to consider not just what technology products students are exposed to in the classroom, but also across the rest of their lives. First is the evolving nature of education technology.

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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.”. The population in this region around Pittsburgh is surging, thanks to a thriving medical and technology economy and a natural gas-fracking boom. We started being invited into classrooms,” said Owens. “We

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Education and student well-being are stretched thin, and lingering learning gaps, exacerbated by the pandemic, present hurdles for all students–especially underrepresented students groups who were already at a disadvantage. Speak to those who have spent a lifetime in and out of education.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2017

In 2017, reality took a massive swipe at the wobbly optimism of technology progressives. Echoing wider soul searching over technology’s polarizing role in politics and society, the education technology scene has been doing its own reckoning. Equitable: An analysis by John Hansen and Justin Reich of U.S.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 9, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Tagged on: April 3, 2017 No phones, no computers: Heathwood Hall students to give up technology for a day | ColaDaily.com → While others go without access.

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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. Only 13 percent of New Mexico’s population has access to a low-price internet service plan, according to Broadband Now, a research group.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 9, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Tagged on: April 3, 2017 No phones, no computers: Heathwood Hall students to give up technology for a day | ColaDaily.com → While others go without access.

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Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2020

“There's a big giant access issue, both in terms of what happens when there’s no internet and then also what happens when you don’t have a device that can go on the internet,” says Beth Holland, the digital equity and rural project director at the Consortium for School Networking, an industry group for school tech directors.

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