Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Common Sense Media “The digital divide is shrinking but the need to support that technology is pervasive,” says Gail Lovely, an early learning expert and co-author of “ Using an iPad With Your PreSchooler.” Lovely maintains that virtually all families need better education on how to use technology more productively in the home.

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Survey Mobility Digital Divide Tablets 99

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Your school just invested in a new set of Chromebooks or iPads. The problem is that many schools haven’t figured out how to leverage technology to accelerate and enrich learning. Most classrooms have access to at least one computer or mobile device, and 77% of school districts have high speed broadband.

Technology 121

Technology Differentiated Instruction Broadband Academic Standards 121

Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

Tagged on: July 21, 2017 Technology is transforming what happens when a child goes to school | The Economist → Reformers are using new software to “personalise” learning: How well the model will work when it spreads is unclear. Tagged on: July 20, 2017 Are iPads and laptops improving students’ test scores?

EdTech 150

EdTech E-rate Software Data 150

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

As districts across the United States consider how to get student learning back on track and fortify parent interest in public schools, they’re asking the same question as Steve Joel: What should we keep after the pandemic? million toward new iPads for every student in K-5 and all staff pre-K-8. This was a real awakening,” he says. “We

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Learning Accessibility Personalized Learning Digital Divide 142

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Cotton has committed his own community to making sure its students learn how to write effectively; here too technology plays a role. teacher may say, ‘I’m not sure this is good writing’ or ‘I’m not sure how to score this writing.’ Along with that, you have to provide support because a math teacher or a P.E.

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Broadband Technology Assessment iPad 97

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Zion, who enjoys video games, drawing on his iPad and practicing archery, is quite content with his learning schedule, his mother said. Almost one in five rural Americans don’t have access to broadband at the speed considered minimum for basic web use, according to a report this year from the FCC.

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Survey Course Online Learning Accessibility 131

MindShift

MARCH 26, 2020

She turned on an iPad and started talking to her first grade teacher, Robin Nelson. And now you know how to meet me in the morning.” Just over half of the nation’s public school children are from families considered low-income, and an estimated 12 million lack broadband Internet access at home.

Learning 52

Learning Training Blended Learning Laptops 52

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2020

The Federal Communications Commission estimates that about 21 million Americans lack broadband access, with an independent research group indicating the actual number is twice as high. To accommodate students without digital devices, the district has been making iPads available. Others can easily calculate the taxes and a tip.

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Accessibility How To Broadband Advocacy 144

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Get ideas on how to participate! Monday, October 27th at 4pm Webinar: Biggest 1:1 iPad Rollout Ever: Challenges and Opportunities , In our community’s next webinar, hear about LAUSD’s Common Core Technology Project: the largest one-to-one mobile device rollout in the country. More information.

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Conference Digital Citizenship Libraries Common Core 53

eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2015

He said both teachers and technical staff members need to be trained on how to leverage and manage the “big scale-up,” with a primary focus on how to most effectively use the devices for learning. When they decide to go one-to-one,” said Schwab, “districts aren’t always thinking about this issue as much as they should be.”.

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Chromebook Laptops Training System 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The recordings of recent FutureofEducation.com shows are posted: David Loertscher on Library 2.0 , Gina Bianchini on Mightybell , Tim Wilson on Redirect , Peter Cookson on a Children''s Education Bill of Rights , and an iPads in the Classroom report. The bill will be a massive revisions to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

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Knewton Pearson E-rate Education 43

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

You know how to reach me if you want to talk… Note to self: When deleting tweets in bulk, remember not to delete my keybase proof. The money is used to buy SMART boards, Chromebook carts, iPad carts and replace old desktop computers. I’ll be a bit more tidy going forward. I’m sorry. Hope you get better soon.

EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

You know how to reach me if you want to talk… Note to self: When deleting tweets in bulk, remember not to delete my keybase proof. The money is used to buy SMART boards, Chromebook carts, iPad carts and replace old desktop computers. I’ll be a bit more tidy going forward. I’m sorry. Hope you get better soon.

EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

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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Broadband Accessibility Report Company 132

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

The students live in homes with multiple laptops, iPads, tablets, iPhones – iEverything. I may need to know how to use this at some point, and I don’t want to go to college or to a job totally clueless.”. Third grade students at Meeker Elementary school share an iPad in a blended learning class in Greeley, Colorado.

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Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

Edsurge runs with Trump’s promise to boost rural broadband like it’s a truth anyone can count on. Via Buzzfeed : “ Bill Cosby Is Going To Educate People On How To Avoid Sexual Assault Allegations.” ” Via IHE blogger Joshua Kim : “The Institutional Impact of Maryville’s 1:1 iPad Program.”

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Education Kaplan Pearson Elsevier 53

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Schools do continue to turn away from the iPad as the tablet hasn’t proven to be quite as revolutionary as some predicted. The organization’s first target was Apple, which it found charged different districts different prices for identical iPads. ” So congrats, ed-tech vendors.) Surprise, surprise.

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Via Wired : “ Ajit Pai ’s Plan Will Take Broadband Away From Poor People.” ” Via The Telegraph : “ Teaching children with iPads means they struggle to concentrate without technology, study finds.” ” (State and Local) Education Politics. They work equally long hours.” All of this is wrong.

Education 46

Education Company Data Elsevier 46

Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

Tagged on: April 1, 2017 Libraries have become a broadband lifeline to the cloud for students | Ars Technica → The role of the library in the digital age has grown thanks to cloud tools. Advertising companies, tech giants, data collectors, and the federal government, it turns out. Tagged on: March 28, 2017 Got tech problems?

EdTech 150

EdTech Data Broadband Company 150

Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

Tagged on: April 1, 2017 Libraries have become a broadband lifeline to the cloud for students | Ars Technica → The role of the library in the digital age has grown thanks to cloud tools. Advertising companies, tech giants, data collectors, and the federal government, it turns out. Tagged on: March 28, 2017 Got tech problems?

EdTech 150

EdTech Data Broadband Company 150

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

These 11 Cases Show How.” ” “Republicans try to take cheap phones and broadband away from poor people,” Ars Technica reports. monthly subsidies toward cellular phone service or mobile broadband. Via Edsurge : “ Apple iPad Sales to Schools Jump 32%, Selling 1M Tablets in Fiscal Q3 2017.”

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Khan Academy Elsevier Education MOOC 46

Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

” Via Apple Insider : “Jamf’s ‘innovation pod’ aims to offer iPad-based education to students in Haiti.” Via NPR : “Here’s How To Prevent The Next School Shooting , Experts Say.” ” Via CItyLab : “The Problem With America’s New National Broadband Map.”

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Education Kaplan Coursera MOOC 47