Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Innovating on the Fly Among the earliest challenges CTOs faced was how to get thousands of laptops and tablets for students and staff?while She said a philanthropic group stepped up to loan 217 Wi-Fi hotspots to children in San Mateo County, but there are thousands more still in need. “We

Chromebook 181

Chromebook Laptops Broadband Accessibility 181

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

Ramos would connect to the library’s Wi-Fi — sometimes on her cellphone, sometimes using her family’s only laptop — to complete assignments and submit essays or tests for her classes at Skyline High School. Ramos’ parents promised to buy her a laptop eventually, but bills mounted and it wasn’t in the family’s budget.

Digital Divide 109

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 109

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Kids were placed into two groups: tweens 8-12 years old, and teens 13-18 years old. Across the entire age 8-18 survey group, kids from higher-income families ($100,000 or more) are far more likely than their lower-income counterparts ($35,000 or less) to have a computer at home. The topline results carry a few surprises.

Survey 80

Survey Laptops Broadband Smartphone 80

Edsurge

JUNE 23, 2020

Last week, the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) announced that its education technology group will no longer operate as its own division beginning July 1. Computers, laptops and mobile devices became more affordable. In 1999, it merged with the Information Industry Association and took on its current name.

Industry 149

Industry Conference EdTech Student Data Privacy 149

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. As campuses locked their gates out of fear of infection, most American college students rushed to their laptops to study from home. South of the U.S.

Online Learning 118

Online Learning Learning Mobility Blackboard 118

eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The program is primarily focused on impacting students in the following groups: Students in foster care. In addition to free wireless internet access and mobile Wi-Fi hotspots, some awardees may also receive a new or refurbished laptop, Chromebook, or tablet learning device (based on need and subject to availability).

Mobility 53

Mobility Broadband Chromebook Laptops 53

Doug Levin

AUGUST 1, 2016

To respond to the evolving needs of users, to changes in technology, and new threats as they emerge (such as viruses, hacks and exploits, other malicious behavior, and software bugs), blockchains require a core group of active developers. Also disadvantaged will be those with strict data caps on their internet usage.

Education 186

Education Broadband Data System 186

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

The good news is that more organizations today are devoting efforts to giving underrepresented groups greater access than in the past, according to a new report by the State Educational Technology Directors Association.

Tools 79

Tools Laptops Analysis Broadband 79

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2019

When we started all of this, it wasn’t because we wanted to get broadband in every classroom,” Marwell said. “We When EducationSuperHighway launched, the Perry-Lecompton school district, in a rural area outside of Topeka, Kansas, still had laptop carts that teachers had to reserve if they wanted students to use computers in their classrooms.

E-rate 48

E-rate Digital Divide Classroom Laptops 48

Edsurge

DECEMBER 16, 2020

What challenges has this pandemic created for you and the work that you’re doing, particularly since COVID-19 has worsened inequities among the very groups that your organizations are trying to reach? And so we were able to identify those broadband issues. We were able to get girls laptops. That was absolutely the No.

STEM 178

STEM Accessibility Broadband Report 178

Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

Summer and transitioning to a new day-to-day computer (Linux laptop). Tagged on: July 20, 2017 Are iPads and laptops improving students’ test scores? Those are my excuses for combining the last two weeks of news clips into one ‘best of’ roundup. Not that I’ve been twiddling my thumbs exactly.

EdTech 150

EdTech E-rate Software Data 150

MindShift

MARCH 17, 2020

And, as colleges shift to online learning for the remainder of the semester, not everyone can afford the necessary laptops and broadband. “When you’re trying to help a group of people, especially during a crisis, it’s really important to center the most vulnerable people.”

Laptops 36

Laptops Broadband Survey Facebook 36

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

At Miami Northwestern Senior High School, Julian Negron, left, and Jerrell Boykin, right, load laptops for distribution to students, on March 30, 2020. Many broadband providers are also adding capacity, lifting caps on data and offering extended free trial periods. Related: Teachers need lots of training to do online learning well.

Learning 67

Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 67

Edsurge

OCTOBER 23, 2016

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. But many of them may go home or go to a school where there’s no broadband access. Black Girls Code now reaches 7,000 students across 11 chapters in the U.S.,

Meeting 60

Meeting Broadband Industry Education 60

Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Even before the pandemic, more than 25 million Americans lacked access to broadband internet. The state of Connecticut thinks it may have found a straightforward solution to the problem: Give every student in grades K-12 a laptop and pay for their internet. The broadband needs to follow the kid,” Casey says. “We

Digital Divide 206

Digital Divide Broadband Laptops Libraries 206

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Plus, the student said, “kids in friend groups that don’t go to college tend not to go to college.”. percent of residents have broadband). Perry found her a laptop to borrow, then a scholarship to buy one. “I Or, as one rural student shared, classmates don’t go to college “because they don’t know how and their parents didn’t.”

How To 140

How To Education Report Accessibility 140

MindShift

JULY 31, 2020

The librarians at Leander Independent School District in suburban Austin, Texas, say their “front line” relationships helping teachers connect to printers and setting up laptops in classrooms just shifted when learning moved online. Families can pick up a Chromebook and hot spot from the library.

Libraries 68

Libraries Social Media Digital Badges Accessibility 68

IT Bill

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

This means lower costs up-front and lower costs overall when compared to the combined costs of cellular and monthly broadband Internet service to the home. GroupMe ), messaging, engaging in group discussions, as well as sharing news, scholarly articles, video, etc. By replacing LMS threaded discussion with SMT (e.g.

Smartphone 28

Smartphone Learning Mobility Social Media 28

Neo LMS

AUGUST 17, 2021

don’t have a broadband connection and don’t own a laptop or computer. You discuss the theory a little together as a class, then individuals or groups are sent away to explore the practical applications of the theory. Read more: 6 Practical strategies for teaching across the digital divide.

Strategy 368

Strategy Tools Digital Divide Exercises 368

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

Widespread lack of broadband access complicates learning. She’d created a Facebook group at the start of the school year for families of the children she taught. Their family does not have a computer or broadband internet at home, so the siblings have to take turns sharing their mom’s phone to access online lessons.

Broadband 145

Broadband Digital Divide Education Accessibility 145

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 20, 2020

New Rochelle teacher Rose has no idea if lack of internet or laptops are the reasons some of her students haven’t gotten in touch, although she suspects that’s sometimes the case. Nearly 12 million students in 2017 didn’t have broadband internet in their homes , according to a federal report.

Broadband 139

Broadband Chromebook Laptops Meeting 139

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Tagged on: September 21, 2017 Hampton school making do without stolen laptops | Daily Press → After 100 laptops were stolen from George P. Phenix PreK-8 School over the summer, the students who were supposed to use them are making do. " Tagged on: September 18, 2017 Too Much Technology in AR Elementary Schools?

EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Tagged on: September 21, 2017 Hampton school making do without stolen laptops | Daily Press → After 100 laptops were stolen from George P. Phenix PreK-8 School over the summer, the students who were supposed to use them are making do. " Tagged on: September 18, 2017 Too Much Technology in AR Elementary Schools?

EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

The 15-year-old today is more a sibling of cloud computing, of apps that are available from any screen, of mobile devices in many sizes and form factors that go beyond last century’s laptops. So Apple may wind up owning teen allegiance to wearable digital accessories, even as it loses hands-on loyalty in traditional laptops and tablets.

Analysis 151

Analysis Trends Chromebook EdTech 151

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

With the ambitious goal of closing the digital divide, Congress approved and President Biden recently signed into law $65 billion for broadband infrastructure—the largest federal investment in history. Real digital equity requires more than just boxes and wires; it requires tailor-made planning best fit to meet school and district needs.

Accessibility 171

Accessibility Digital Divide Broadband Laptops 171

Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2018

It can answer questions about school safety, disciplinary actions taken against certain student groups, graduation rates, attendance and academic performance. percent of households in Oakland don’t have a desktop or laptop at home, and 18.9 percent of households lack a desktop or laptop, and just 10.3 Census Bureau. (In

Data 107

Data Laptops Meeting Report 107

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2018

It can answer questions about school safety, disciplinary actions taken against certain student groups, graduation rates, attendance and academic performance. percent of households in Oakland don’t have a desktop or laptop at home, and 18.9 percent of households lack a desktop or laptop, and just 10.3 Census Bureau. (In

Data 100

Data Laptops Report Accessibility 100

MindShift

JUNE 26, 2018

It can answer questions about school safety, disciplinary actions taken against certain student groups, graduation rates, attendance and academic performance. percent of households in Oakland don’t have a desktop or laptop at home, and 18.9 percent of households lack a desktop or laptop, and just 10.3 Census Bureau. (In

Data 43

Data Laptops Report Accessibility 43

Shake Up Learning

MARCH 2, 2021

This will make it easier for teachers to prepare for differentiated learning, be thoughtful about group dynamics and avoid losing valuable time setting up breakout rooms during class. Google is designing devices that can better support students with limited access to the internet, or in countries with strong mobile broadband networks.

Google 101

Google Chromebook Android Education 101

MindShift

APRIL 24, 2020

And a federal government plan for reopening, according to The Washington Post , says that getting kids back in classrooms or other group care is the first priority for getting back to normal. At the International School in Denmark, they are grouping kids in classes of 10. But there are still many more unknowns than guarantees.

Digital Divide 69

Digital Divide Broadband Groups Policies 69

Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Concerned that current technologies may not be closing equity gaps, a group of educators, researchers, developers and funders gathered over the course of this past year to consider how we might do better. These can include strategies such as addressing stereotype threat, and addressing costs that matter more to low-income groups.

EdTech 109

EdTech Khan Academy Broadband MOOC 109

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. The role of schools in providing accessible and equitable education will come into focus.

EdTech 70

EdTech Learning Industry Data 70

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.

Accessibility 204

Accessibility Broadband E-rate Smartphone 204

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

From the FCC : “Fact Sheet on Broadband Consumer Privacy Proposal.” million laptops to all public primary schools. ” Via The Kansas City Star : “ White nationalist group , seeking young recruits, targets college campuses.” Now it’s giving away flash drives for positive online reviews.

Education 63

Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

The Hechinger Report

MAY 12, 2020

School board members can’t get the funding kids deserve alone; they must quickly ally themselves and form alliances with unions, parents and community groups. This would include a commitment of $15 billion to provide free broadband access and a laptop to every student in America who needs one, and $9 billion for educator retraining.

Policies 95

Policies Broadband Laptops Report 95

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

— Inside a high-ceilinged library at Northridge High School here, seniors are typing on 16-year-old laptops donated by a local Rotary Club. Norton, as the seniors in the library close their balky laptops and head to class. The students live in homes with multiple laptops, iPads, tablets, iPhones – iEverything.

Laptops 40

Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

FWA allows extremely high-speed broadband where fiber connections can be too cost-prohibitive to install. Think of broadband speeds where large amounts of data can allow students to collaborate digitally from their schools or homes. Across the board, we saw more laptops in the hands of young people than ever before.

EdTech 111

EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 111