Education Superhighway

AUGUST 15, 2017

As is the case in many mega-districts, PWCPS already had access to high-speed broadband. The district put in a request to their school board to upgrade their network’s bandwidth, and sought out additional support to make their broadband goals a reality. They had recently increased from 1 Gbps to 2 Gbps. GAINING MOMENTUM. to $1.85.

Case Study 58

Case Study Study Broadband E-rate 58

eSchool News

APRIL 8, 2016

Broadband and network capacity is school technology leaders’ top priority, according to the results of an annual IT leadership survey from CoSN. will impact school iPad rollouts. I can’t fit all of this week’s news stories here, though, so feel free to visit eSchoolNews.com and read up on other news you may have missed.

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Broadband Advocacy iPad Survey 40

Education Superhighway

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Walking into a Merritt Elementary School classroom today, you’ll find students using iPads to figure out math problems and submit their answers, while teachers grade those answers and provide feedback and follow-up support in real-time. The Impact.

Digital Learning 92

Digital Learning Guidelines E-rate Edcamps 92

Edsurge

DECEMBER 14, 2017

iPads were introduced when today’s first graders were still in the womb. For the first time, many students are learning in classrooms equipped with access to broadband internet and mobile computing devices. It’s a challenge that is complicated as the touchscreen generation enters middle school.

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Robotics Broadband iPhone Data 142

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

A student in New York uses Google Docs on her classroom iPad to discuss themes in the class’s latest book with her group. Efforts by the national nonprofit EducationSuperHighway to publicize how much districts pay for broadband have allowed many school systems to negotiate bandwidth deals to get greater capacity for a fraction of the cost.

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iPad Broadband Software Company 81

ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 17, 2019

For example, it’s no good investing in iPads for the school if the broadband bandwidth and Wi-Fi connectivity aren’t up to scratch. Has internet connectivity been ensured? Before you invest in any technology, it’s important to check your IT infrastructure. So, before you do anything, check this.

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How To Software Education Tablets 252

Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Back in late 2013, Barack Obama and the White House launched the ConnectED Initiative , an effort to bring almost $2 billion worth of high-quality broadband, technology and professional development to schools and districts across the U.S. In February of 2014, Obama rounded up technology donations worth more than a $1 billion from U.S.

Adobe 60

Adobe Broadband E-rate Future Ready 60

eSchool News

MARCH 24, 2015

Broadband and internet Featured on eSchool News IT Newsletter Top News cables dongle hdmi iPad miracast smartboard surface pro tablets whiteboard wifi wires' Now the Miracast technology can provide the freedom without the limitations. Next page: How Miracast technology stacks up in real tests.

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Broadband Tablets Classroom iPad 40

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.” Thanks to the proliferation of smartphones and inexpensive tablets, the mobile device gap has all but disappeared.

Survey 99

Survey Mobility Digital Divide Tablets 99

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

These commitments are connecting 20 million more students to next-generation broadband and wireless. They donated an iPad to every student, a Mac and iPad to every teacher, and an Apple TV to every classroom. Now Tessie uses FaceTime and other iPad apps to communicate with students and mentors all over the world.

Adobe 120

Adobe Education Tablets iPad 120

Education Superhighway

MARCH 28, 2019

Rappahannock implemented a 1:1 device initiative across all grade levels and they’ve been keeping their school library open after-hours for students who don’t have broadband connectivity at home. “[Rappahannock] is in a beautiful area, but as far as technology goes… it’s just not there.

E-rate 65

E-rate Broadband iPad STEM 65

Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

Tagged on: July 20, 2017 Are iPads and laptops improving students’ test scores? Tagged on: July 9, 2017 As the Digital Divide Grows, an Untapped Solution Languishes: Educational Broadband Service (EBS) | Wired → Most EBS license holders don’t actually use their free spectrum.

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EdTech E-rate Software Data 150

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Your school just invested in a new set of Chromebooks or iPads. Most classrooms have access to at least one computer or mobile device, and 77% of school districts have high speed broadband. And in nearly two-thirds of the classrooms, students didn’t appear to use technology to solve problems or work collaboratively.

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Technology Differentiated Instruction Broadband Academic Standards 121

Educator Innovator

MARCH 7, 2014

And fourth graders collaborate on an annual ecosystem project using iPads, taking pictures and annotating their work as they go. While broadband wasn’t a specific focus of the survey, Purcell said that the issue did arise frequently in focus groups. In rural areas where there is no broadband access, that isn’t the case.”.

Broadband 41

Broadband E-rate Digital Divide Survey 41

Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Hoping to bolster connectivity in his schools, Bockwoldt recently led the district broadband network upgrade to 10 Gbps of Internet Access, thereby preventing network bottlenecks from creating disruptions during the school day. I saw the need to start paying attention to a cloud-based curriculum as we moved towards 1:1 devices.”

E-rate 40

E-rate Broadband iPad Accessibility 40

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The Student Access to Digital Learning Resources Outside the Classroom Report , by the Department of Education, identified the three main causes of digital inequity as access and cost of high speed broadband and the lack of understanding by school families as to the importance of internet to support their students’ education.

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Accessibility Digital Citizenship E-rate Broadband 57

Education Superhighway

MARCH 7, 2017

Now, the district has started purchasing more devices including carts of Chromebooks and iPads. Click here to learn more about EducationSuperHighway’s free broadband upgrade consulting program. With their infrastructure needs taken care of, Jal’s future looks bright.

Digital Learning 45

Digital Learning Accessibility Broadband Chromebook 45

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2019

When we started all of this, it wasn’t because we wanted to get broadband in every classroom,” Marwell said. “We So Elliott petitioned the school board to give each high schooler an iPad and improve the school’s infrastructure to support increased internet use. And he remembers battery life on those laptops lasting just an hour.

E-rate 48

E-rate Digital Divide Classroom Laptops 48

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Henry County schools have high-speed broadband access and provide iPads to every student in grades three through nine. “Several teachers who have seen the tool said, ‘We want to give it a try,’” Cotton says, “because they saw its ability to give students lots of feedback very quickly.

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Broadband Technology Assessment iPad 97

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

In Utah, the Murray City School District had been slowly developing a broadband network for students for two years when funding from the CARES Act helped the district speed up the rollout. million toward new iPads for every student in K-5 and all staff pre-K-8. Related: Research evidence increases for intensive tutoring.

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Learning Accessibility Personalized Learning Digital Divide 141

eSpark

JANUARY 11, 2016

families, broadband is not affordable. Find out how Wilkinsburg, a high need district outside of Pittsburgh, PA, used iPads to work towards educational equity: Unfortunately, many low-income or rural families across the country don’t have internet access at home. For nearly 5 million U.S.

Education 40

Education Broadband Blended Learning Policies 40

TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Technology like tablets PCs, apps, and access to broadband internet are lubricating the shift to mobile learning, but a truly immersive mobile learning environment goes beyond the tools for learning to the lives and communities valued by each individual learner. As mobile learning is a blend of the digital and physical, diverse metrics (i.e.,

Mobile Learning 40

Mobile Learning Mobility Learning Edmodo 40

eSchool News

DECEMBER 2, 2015

The school’s internet broadband was upgraded especially for the event, with each classroom fitted with video and audio communication and wifi infrastructure by Cypher Martin. Students arrived on Saturday morning and went to their allocated classrooms for the event.

Broadband 40

Broadband Learning Software Android 40

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.

Survey 131

Survey Course Online Learning Accessibility 131

Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2022

As summer vacation winds down, thousands of devices—including Chromebooks, iPads, and laptops—are in the care of school district IT departments. Before the pandemic, the state ranked lowest on the number of broadband subscribers per capita. But allocating funding for broadband made MDE’s 1:1 initiative more likely to succeed.

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Broadband Survey Laptops Analysis 129

edWeb.net

JULY 15, 2018

They are now in their fifth year of 1:1 with iPads for grades K-12, and have designed learning environments to create student engagement. Pennsylvania on the other hand does not have a review process, but Elizabeth Forward School District in Elizabeth, Pennsylvania has transformed into a digital learning environment.

Digital Learning 40

Digital Learning Instructional Materials Learning Policies 40

Fractus Learning

APRIL 18, 2016

Although they love their smartphones and devices, they were of the belief that we should “just write stuff” and that the students using iPads “would just play games.” They are the generation that sees ultrafast broadband and wi-fi as a basic right.

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Social Media Learning Broadband Smartphone 40

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

MindShift

MARCH 26, 2020

She turned on an iPad and started talking to her first grade teacher, Robin Nelson. 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. “Are you ready to do this online stuff?”

Learning 52

Learning Training Blended Learning Laptops 52

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 20, 2020

Nearly 12 million students in 2017 didn’t have broadband internet in their homes , according to a federal report. Nearly 12 million students in 2017 didn’t have broadband internet in their homes , according to a federal report , and the school leadership group Chiefs for Change is calling for better connectivity nationwide. “It

Broadband 141

Broadband Chromebook Laptops Meeting 141

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2014

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. Five More Halloween Titles - Not So Scary This Time.

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Conference Digital Citizenship Libraries Common Core 53

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. The early rise of the iPad peaked in 2012-13 at about 40 percent of shipments. A year later, in their second grade, Google launched the first Chromebooks.

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Analysis Trends Chromebook EdTech 158

eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2015

To overcome this problem, Schwab said districts need to put time and effort into training educators on how to effectively integrate the iPads, Chromebooks, or laptops into their instructional flow.

Chromebook 40

Chromebook Laptops Training System 40

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.

Accessibility 144

Accessibility How To Broadband Advocacy 144

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

The money is used to buy SMART boards, Chromebook carts, iPad carts and replace old desktop computers. For Lake Central this means that at the same time each new loan is approved, an old one is being paid off. So there is no increase in cost to taxpayers. " Tagged on: September 18, 2017 Too Much Technology in AR Elementary Schools?

EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

The money is used to buy SMART boards, Chromebook carts, iPad carts and replace old desktop computers. For Lake Central this means that at the same time each new loan is approved, an old one is being paid off. So there is no increase in cost to taxpayers. " Tagged on: September 18, 2017 Too Much Technology in AR Elementary Schools?

EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150