The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

During the pandemic, many districts have addressed this gap by handing out personal hotspot devices (similar to routers) or smartphones, or provided mobile Wi-Fi on school buses to kids lacking internet. An initial report , which is still being finalized, states that “lack of broadband access in Ector County is a crisis.”

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Broadband Learning Accessibility Company 145

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 111

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 111

MIND Research Institute

MAY 15, 2020

There is nothing black-and-white about how to best support our students and families,” said Dr. Barbara Adams, principal at Findley Elementary School in Des Moines, IA. Adams told MIND that Des Moines Public Schools (DMPS) began with a district-wide survey to determine each family’s need for computers or a wired home broadband connection.

Education 124

Education Broadband Learning Elementary 124

Edsurge

DECEMBER 14, 2017

For the first time, many students are learning in classrooms equipped with access to broadband internet and mobile computing devices. Role models give our students an important internal map on who they might be, how to do it and what success looks like. Recall that the first iPhones weren’t released until 2007.

Robotics 140

Robotics Broadband iPhone Data 140

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

After dealing with the first priority — making sure students were safe and fed — schools had to figure out how to keep the learning alive. At Miami Northwestern Senior High School, Julian Negron, left, and Jerrell Boykin, right, load laptops for distribution to students, on March 30, 2020. Inequity looms large. on April 10, 2020.

Learning 72

Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 72

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 212

Digital Divide Broadband Laptops Libraries 212

MindShift

MARCH 26, 2020

And now you know how to meet me in the morning.” We have managed to troubleshoot the mobilization of meal programs, lack of technology equipment, online teacher training, and a whole host of issues that come with a change of this magnitude. Just three days to mobilize a community of partners and volunteers to assist our schools.”

Learning 52

Learning Training Blended Learning Laptops 52

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

It motivates people to reach reading goals by tracking when, how much, and what they read. The company has built several tools to do that, including a customizable reading challenge platform and a mobile app, reading challenge templates, and diverse book recommendations.

EdTech 131

EdTech Lenovo Robotics Laptops 131

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.”.

Chromebook 40

Chromebook Laptops Training System 40

Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2018

Parents also learn how to use that data to advocate for change at school board meetings and with high-power community officials. 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 Everything is online now,” Bey said. Census Bureau. (In

Data 113

Data Laptops Meeting Report 113

Shake Up Learning

MARCH 2, 2021

Improved grading on mobile (coming later this year) : More teachers are using mobile devices to give feedback on the go. Google is improving how you use Classroom to grade on Android, including the ability to switch between student submissions, grade while viewing an assignment, and share feedback. Credit: The Keyword Blog).

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Google Chromebook Android Education 101

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2018

Canvassers like Bey use that opportunity to invite parents to be learn about and apply to their fellowship program, a ten-session course that provides $200 vouchers for refurbished laptops (through its partnership with the nonprofit Tech Exchange), teaches parents digital literacy and shows them how to access and understand school data.

Data 103

Data Laptops Report Accessibility 103

MindShift

JUNE 26, 2018

Canvassers like Bey use that opportunity to invite parents to be learn about and apply to their fellowship program, a ten-session course that provides $200 vouchers for refurbished laptops (through its partnership with the nonprofit Tech Exchange), teaches parents digital literacy and shows them how to access and understand school data.

Data 43

Data Laptops Report Accessibility 43

Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2020

And among those who do have access, not all have a broadband connection. Before putting its emergency instruction on hold, Northshore had already distributed 4,000 devices and around 600 mobile hotspots to families. We ought to start thinking now about how to get fiber to everyone’s home in order to provide that long-term access.”

Accessibility 206

Accessibility Broadband E-rate Smartphone 206

Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

Tagged on: March 10, 2017 As new technology is paramount, Robertson County gives students laptops | WKRN News 2 → "As new technology is paramount," Robertson County gives students laptops - funded through a special resolution (and not the regular budget). Tagged on: March 10, 2017 State reaches $3.5

EdTech 170

EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

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

Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Eric Holcomb says Indiana ’s low-rated online charter schools need ‘immediate attention and action’ ” Via Motherboard : “Half of West Virginia has Applied for Broadband Assistance.” ” Via ProPublica : “ How Students Get Banished to Alternative Schools.”

Education 48

Education Robotics Company Report 48

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. " But, wait, there's more.

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. " But, wait, there's more.

EdTech 150

EdTech Data Broadband Company 150