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Edtech Reports Recap: Video Is Eating the World, Broadband Fails to Keep Up

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The broadband gap isn’t only a problem for remote learning. That Broadband Gap Bar? schools had high-speed broadband connections. A different nonprofit, Connected Nation, has picked up EducationSuperHighway’s broadband baton. Early childhood” videos on YouTube nearly all have advertising. All in this Edtech Reports Recap.

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Is a Backpack the Key to Closing the Homework Gap?

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Kajeet ’s ConnectEdNow campaign , announced in June, aims to make broadband access more affordable by providing students with portable Wi-Fi hotspot devices, a $200 mobile device subsidy and discounted data plans from Verizon , T-Mobile and other LTE providers. Broadband access still is limited in some rural areas.

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State Leadership Working Towards Broadband Access for All

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If the workday of an adult typically requires seamless broadband access, then it’s reasonable that today’s students need the same access during their school day. After all, schools are preparing them for their future careers, which will include using some aspect of online technology.

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The Digital Divide Has Narrowed, But 12 Million Students Are Still Disconnected

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In the months that followed, many states and school districts mobilized, using federal CARES Act funding, broadband discounts and partnerships with private companies to connect their students and enable online learning. This progress is “significant,” write the authors of a report that details the groups’ findings.

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Students Know What They’re Looking for Online. Are Colleges Delivering What They Want?

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or in disadvantaged countries abroad that lack robust broadband options depend on mobile devices to participate online. This survey asked a broader group of students, while the Wiley study quizzed those in online programs only. But are colleges paying attention to what online students want most?

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Millions of Students With Home Internet Access Still Can’t Get Online

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Yet, even as the number of unconnected students declines, there is another group that, for years, has made virtually no headway. A plurality of those disconnected families rely on mobile phones to get onto the internet. Education technology is going to make up a bigger proportion of what we’re doing in school moving forward,” she says.

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New Survey Reveals How Much Time Kids Really Spend on Mobile Devices

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kids live in a house with some form of a mobile device—and those smartphones and tablets are gobbling up a greater portion of kids' screen time than ever. In addition to that hour of TV, kids are spending about 48 minutes on a mobile device. In addition to that hour of TV, kids are spending about 48 minutes on a mobile device.

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