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.”

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Learning Training Blended Learning Laptops 52

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Pew research suggests just 24 percent of US adults with less than a high-school diploma have home broadband access, while further Pew research indicates 95 percent of U.S. adults have some type of mobile device. Tasks such as using a smartphone to find the answer to a simple question—say, “What famous person was born today?”—provide

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Software Smartphone Mobility Robotics 238

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. Tech Enablers.

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Learning Broadband Elementary Professional Learning 77

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. 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. Everything is online now,” Bey said.

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Data Laptops Meeting Report 119

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.

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Data Laptops Report Accessibility 107

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.

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Data Laptops Report Accessibility 43

MindShift

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

For instance, one class of second-graders recently learned how to use simple circuits to make a game in which the correct answer to a double-digit math problem would light up a little bulb. Middle school in South Fayette starts the transition to specific technology skill courses, such as mobile app development.

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Robotics Elementary Technology STEM 28

Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2020

And among those who do have access, not all have a broadband connection. A separate Pew Research Center survey found that 17 percent of adults access the internet exclusively through smartphones. We ought to start thinking now about how to get fiber to everyone’s home in order to provide that long-term access.”

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Accessibility Broadband E-rate Smartphone 211

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? Spoiler alert: it’s about learning how to teach differently.).

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Khan Academy Elsevier Education MOOC 46