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.

Broadband 84

Broadband Chromebook Accessibility Mobility 84

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Today, 95 percent of teenagers have access to a smartphone, and the average teen is now spending more than 7 hours per day on their screens , including over 1.5 Broadband penetration in K-12 schools reached over 98 percent , while low-cost computing devices like Chromebooks have proliferated in classrooms. A group of U.S.

Trends 156

Trends EdTech Education Company 156

eSchool News

MARCH 23, 2015

Hispanic Americans are not meeting the economic, educational, and healthcare successes of other ethnic group peers due to inadequate broadband internet access, according to a recent study by The Hispanic Institute. Next page: Can smartphones increase the opportunity for internet access? Broadband and internet News Top News'

Accessibility 40

Accessibility Broadband Smartphone Education 40

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 78

Survey Laptops Broadband Smartphone 78

Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2017

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. But time with tablets and smartphones is triple what it was in 2013. A whopping 98 percent of U.S.

Survey 87

Survey Mobility Digital Divide Tablets 87

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. While smartphones are not as widely available, the devices are beginning to proliferate in several nations, including 34 percent in South Africa.

Online Learning 114

Online Learning Learning Mobility Blackboard 114

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

In 1999, Wakamiya helped create the website Mellow Club—described as “a group for the aged, by the aged”—and later ran a digital archive called Mellow Denshoukan which contains personal histories from seniors who lived through World War II and the post-war period. Her experience with digital projects dates back decades.

EdTech 166

EdTech Meeting iPhone Industry 166

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Each new region will be led by a NOVA Science Studio Site Coordinator who brings an expertise in science communication and video production; the group includes science communicators, producers, and teachers who have a strong track record of covering science through multi-platform storytelling.

Facebook 105

Facebook Broadband Twitter Mobility 105

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

Miami-Dade County Public Schools has distributed some 100,000 tablets and other mobile devices, and more than 11,000 smartphones that double as Wi-Fi hot spots. Miami-Dade County Public Schools, for instance, sent home about 80,000 tablets and other mobile devices, and more than 11,000 smartphones that double as Wi-Fi hot spots.

Learning 69

Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 69

TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2015

We have the luxury of becoming choosier, and harsher on ourselves, as progress is made, i.e., let’s first make sure there are free, quality schools everywhere, and that children can all read and write, and then at some point down the line we can concern ourselves with iPads vs Androids, or the broadband access in our poorest communities.

Education 40

Education Broadband Industry Accessibility 40

Neo LMS

AUGUST 17, 2021

don’t have a broadband connection and don’t own a laptop or computer. This means some of your students may only be connecting to your lessons through smartphones and data plans. 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.

Strategy 368

Strategy Tools Digital Divide Exercises 368

Educator Innovator

JULY 8, 2014

When you’re a kid whose main point of access to the net is your mom’s smartphone, and your only broadband is at your school or library, it’s tough to make it through a series of Kahn Academy videos or a Udacity course on your own to become an awesome coder.

Khan Academy 40

Khan Academy Digital Badges Learning Libraries 40

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. Accessible from any computer, tablet or smartphone, ClassLink is ideal for 1to1 and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiatives.

Broadband 98

Broadband E-rate BYOD Accessibility 98

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.

Learning 91

Learning Broadband Elementary Professional Learning 91

Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

However, this lag began to erode when the rise of cloud computing made it possible for edtech startups to flood the market with educational applications, the expansion of broadband internet gave those apps an easy distribution channel into campuses, and an increasing number and variety of mobile devices provided them an in-school abode.

Analysis 145

Analysis Trends Chromebook EdTech 145

Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2018

It can answer questions about school safety, disciplinary actions taken against certain student groups, graduation rates, attendance and academic performance. Families who don’t have access to the internet at home, due to a lack of hardware or broadband availability, often use their phones to access websites.

Data 102

Data Laptops Meeting Report 102

MindShift

AUGUST 10, 2021

When her students discussed what they wrote as a group after these quiet, collective periods, she said they were more engaged. are more likely to have smartphones than traditional computers or broadband internet at home than white adults. To her, this replicated the classroom feeling of being surrounded by peers working.

Tools 43

Tools eBook Digital Divide Broadband 43

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. Families who don’t have access to the internet at home, due to a lack of hardware or broadband availability, often use their phones to access websites.

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. Families who don’t have access to the internet at home, due to a lack of hardware or broadband availability, often use their phones to access websites.

Data 43

Data Laptops Report System 43

MindShift

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

According to Owens, a couple of girls from that group let slip that they couldn’t wait for a printer malfunction so they could show off their technical chops and fix it. The app used a sensor hardwired into smartphones called an accelerometer, which detects physical movement. Within minutes, a chorus of meows filled the room.

Robotics 28

Robotics Elementary Technology STEM 28

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 201

Accessibility Broadband E-rate Smartphone 201

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

From the FCC : “Fact Sheet on Broadband Consumer Privacy Proposal.” through-MOOCs program launched, its College of Business says it is seeing the contours of a model it can use to promote the university abroad, enroll previously untapped groups of students and attract corporate partners.”

Education 63

Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2017

The message, from Zach Leverenz, founder of the nonprofit EveryoneOn, attacked the Educational Broadband Service (EBS), which long ago granted school districts and education nonprofits thousands of free licenses to use a slice of spectrum — the range of frequencies that carry everything from radio to GPS navigation to mobile internet.

Broadband 89

Broadband Mobility Digital Divide Learning 89

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. Access to interactive experiences, 3D drawings, site visits, etc. Territorium.

EdTech 112

EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 112

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

” “Republicans try to take cheap phones and broadband away from poor people,” Ars Technica reports. monthly subsidies toward cellular phone service or mobile broadband. “ Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? These 11 Cases Show How.” ” This Week in Betteridge’s Law of Headlines.

Khan Academy 46

Khan Academy Elsevier Education MOOC 46

Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

schools in recent years, according to an Associated Press analysis, but few have shown any indication that they’ll follow the lead of businesses that are cutting ties with the group following last month’s massacre at a Florida high school.” The Stepping Stones Group has acquired Cobb Pediatric Therapy Services.

Education 47

Education Kaplan Coursera MOOC 47