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.

Knewton 43

Knewton Pearson E-rate Education 43

Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

They went into first grade when Apple was rolling out the first iPad, in 2010. Being connected, as is required to get iPads and Chromebooks up and running, is assumed. It’s hard to make a case that there is still a separate edtech industry. The early rise of the iPad peaked in 2012-13 at about 40 percent of shipments.

Analysis 153

Analysis Trends Chromebook EdTech 153

techlearning

AUGUST 30, 2018

COMCAST INTERNET ESSENTIALS PROGRAM ( www.internetessentials.com/apply ) Comcast announced it has now connected over six million Americans to the Internet through its Internet Essentials program, a comprehensive broadband adoption program for low-income families in the U.S. Spectrum Industries Inc.

Tools 45

Tools Chromebook Software Mobility 45

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.

Broadband 132

Broadband Accessibility Report Company 132

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

The students live in homes with multiple laptops, iPads, tablets, iPhones – iEverything. Third grade students at Meeker Elementary school share an iPad in a blended learning class in Greeley, Colorado. The foundation has already raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for classroom iPads, digital audiobooks, and high-tech wiring.

Laptops 40

Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

For the last five or six years, education technology has been largely talked about in terms of “startups,” something that helps position the industry as an outsider and an underdog. Schools do continue to turn away from the iPad as the tablet hasn’t proven to be quite as revolutionary as some predicted.

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. Alphabet is, of course, the parent company of Google.

Education 46

Education Company Data Elsevier 46

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. Via Edsurge : “ Apple iPad Sales to Schools Jump 32%, Selling 1M Tablets in Fiscal Q3 2017.” These 11 Cases Show How.”

Khan Academy 46

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.” Everything about our lives has moved beyond the industrial era. ” Via CItyLab : “The Problem With America’s New National Broadband Map.” Excellent re-branding.

Education 47

Education Kaplan Coursera MOOC 47

Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

” IBM released a Watson-powered education app for iPad. Via The New York Times : “ Broadband Providers Will Need Permission to Collect Private Data.” ” Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “ Value of Education Industry Sector Transactions Nosedives in 2016.” IBM partners with Pearson.

Education 40

Education Pearson Blackboard Survey 40