EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

The space was outfitted with modern furniture, laptops and audiovisual equipment. . Makerspaces encourage students to explore and create using science, technology, engineering and math concepts. With so many school districts going one-to-one with tablets or laptops , libraries are the new meeting space for tech-enabled teamwork.

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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

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 30, 2020

The homework gap, characterized by the technological barriers and disparities students face when doing schoolwork at home, is a long-standing issue in education. It impacts millions of students nationwide, particularly black and Latino students and those who come from low-income families.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 19, 2020

The homework gap, characterized by the technological barriers and disparities students face when doing schoolwork at home, is a long-standing issue in education. It impacts millions of students nationwide, particularly black and Latino students and those who come from low-income families.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

BRUNSWICK, Maine—Like many school districts, Brunswick School Department in Maine suddenly has a lot more laptops and tablets to manage than it planned for. There’s a simmering sense of anticipation about how far educators have come with technology, and its potential to enhance student learning. “I 18, 2021, in Brunswick, Maine.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

But Bredder can’t give students the tool he considers most indispensable to 21st-century learning — broadband internet beyond school walls. They’re building their own countywide broadband network. This is an equity issue,” said Bredder. “If The hardware on the towers then blasts that connection about 10 miles into the valley below.

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eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2024

Meeting with other education technology and instructional leaders affirmed how multi-faceted and critical digital sustainability is for school districts right now. A laptop without a charger is essentially non-existent in your fleet, so we had to develop an in-depth plan for managing and replacing chargers.

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Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2020

And among those who do have access, not all have a broadband connection. If the coronavirus keeps schools shuttered into the fall, it may be better to start improving the country’s physical broadband infrastructure as a way to ensure lasting connectivity. But these are short-term solutions, acknowledges John Windhausen, Jr.,

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2021

In the months that followed, many states and school districts mobilized, using federal CARES Act funding, broadband discounts and partnerships with private companies to connect their students and enable online learning. K-12 students lacked access to a working device, reliable high-speed internet or both.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Key points: Without continued funding, schools and libraries may struggle to maintain or upgrade technological infrastructure See article: 3 ways the E-rate program helps level up learning See article: Will cybersecurity receive E-rate funding? Another innovative approach involves the recycling and upcycling of technology.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

As iPads, laptops and other learning gadgets increasingly make their way into K-12 schools, there’s one resource that more than 21 million students still lack access to in the United States: high-speed internet. “We billion Federal Communications Commission (FCC) program that helps 96 percent of schools get more affordable broadband.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 4, 2018

Today we launch right in with a topic that is on the minds and hearts of many teachers – the “digital divide”; that silent, pernicious socioeconomic gap between students that have and students that do not have access to technology. Now, however, access to technology is becoming a rights issue. Digital divide: facts and figures.

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Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2020

One big barrier to sustaining education via remote instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic has been students’ unequal access to advanced technology tools. Any Device Will Do Americans have lots of consumer technology tools to choose from, and they haven’t all made the same selections. A cellular model works very, very well.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Technology giants are working to bolster K–12 education in middle America , specifically targeting subjects that will help young students learn the skills they’ll need as traditional jobs like agriculture and manufacturing evolve with the rise of emerging technology. eli.zimmerman_9856. Mon, 09/10/2018 - 13:50. education system.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 17, 2021

don’t have a broadband connection and don’t own a laptop or computer. Don’t introduce certain technological platforms as permanent solutions. Read more: 6 Practical strategies for teaching across the digital divide. Don’t forget that around 4 in 10 lower-income households in the U.S.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 17, 2019

Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Jane Sandwood, has interesting ideas on blending tech with tradition: Balancing Technology With Traditional Teaching To Enhance Performance In Class. However, blended learning takes the positive aspects of technology and combines them with tried and tested teaching methods. Improving Student Behavior.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Before March, the chief technology officers who keep modern classrooms connected would have agreed that new tech programs can’t be rolled out overnight. One Texas school district fielded 35,000 calls to its technology help desk on the first day of remote classes. It seems like since March we’ve not stopped.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 18, 2022

and Canada lack home broadband access, putting a staggering number of school-aged children at a serious learning disadvantage. patents in mobile technologies. An estimated 12 million students in the U.S. The call for entries for Kajeet’s 2022 Homework Gap Grant Program is now open! Kajeet holds 40 U.S.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

With the ambitious goal of closing the digital divide, Congress approved and President Biden recently signed into law $65 billion for broadband infrastructure—the largest federal investment in history. For those districts just starting their digital equity journey, it can be tempting to stay focused on technology infrastructure.

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Edsurge

MAY 24, 2021

Some will have a live emcee behind a laptop encouraging cross-participation between presenters and online attendees following along at home. Attendees won’t have to make such fraught choices at the annual Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition conference in Arlington, Va.—scheduled scheduled for Oct.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 27, 2020

Repurpose cart devices or class laptops to go home. Check with your local broadband provider to see if they have free access programs. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is simply in the cloud rather than in the room. Access the required site through mobile devices. coronaviruseducation.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 9, 2018

Before we go ahead and look at some practical steps I thought it would be useful to sketch in some background on how technology is actually being used in classrooms across the US, in an effort to create some necessary context. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation fund a series of research reports called Teachers Know Best.

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 31, 2020

This shift to technology-mediated teaching and learning puts a spotlight on the homework gap -- the divide between students who have home broadband access and those who do not. PCs for People and Human IT are programs that can link students up with free or low-cost computers, tablets, and laptops. Leverage educational TV.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2024

Additionally, we've expanded into science, technology and engineering with prominent programs in robotics and entrepreneurship. That's where connectivity comes in: How do they get info, explore and maybe talk to a scientist or learn about some new technology? The emphasis is on ensuring widespread broadband access for these resources.

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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.

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Neo LMS

JULY 12, 2018

A counterpoint to these figures, is also the finding that 70% of teachers assign homework requiring broadband access. Some studies have shown that enabling such households with mobile, rather than broadband, internet creates a more flexible solution, as these types of households tend to relocate more frequently.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

This year’s Future of Education Technology Conference landed in New Orleans, and the conference was abuzz with post-pandemic learning recovery tools, solutions to promote equity among students and parents, strategies for digital access, student mental health, social and emotional learning tools, and more.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2021

We need to look at this like any other utility,” said Christopher Rush, the director of educational technology for the U.S. Twelve percent of families still have no computer at home. “We Department of Education, during the forum. Related: They helped all schools get good internet, now they’re focusing on homes. An additional $7.17

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Personal hotspots, which allow students to connect a laptop or tablet with a cellular data connection, have been the most popular solution because they are relatively inexpensive and easy to use. An initial report , which is still being finalized, states that “lack of broadband access in Ector County is a crisis.”

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 16, 2015

When Howard-Suamico School District went digital, giving every student in grades 3 and up tablets or laptops, the change was immediate and dramatic. The funds will go toward purchasing MiFi devices, which provide mobile broadband access, so that 15 percent can connect at home for free. Teachers were transforming their instruction.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2020

Their students have internet connections at home, laptops they can work from, teachers who know how to design online lessons and a strong foundation of in-school blended learning experience. According to the latest survey data from the Pew Research Center, 73 percent of adults have broadband internet at home.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2019

The likelihood of having any home computer, desktop or laptop is 94 percent for higher income vs. 73 percent for lower income. Personal laptops are also more prevalent in higher-income homes. Among teens, 54 percent in higher-income families have a personal laptop compared with 36 percent in lower-income homes.

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Edsurge

JUNE 23, 2020

What was once the premier, must-go conference in the education technology industry is now going away. Last week, the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) announced that its education technology group will no longer operate as its own division beginning July 1. As part of the change, the Washington, D.C.-based

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

But what if we took that to its logical conclusion and also made it the goal of our education technology predictions? We’d need to consider not just what technology products students are exposed to in the classroom, but also across the rest of their lives. First is the evolving nature of education technology.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2022

Today, I have a full-time job as a machine operator at Fastener Innovation Technology, where I support the setup and calibration for their heading machines. My county social worker recommended a certificate program in machine tool technology, given my interest in engineering.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 1, 2016

Blockchain technology may seem magical, but it is not magic. Based on that experience, I’d argue that there are three main misconceptions being advanced by many of those advocating for the use of blockchain in education: One, blockchain technology is self-executing.

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Marketplace K-12

MAY 12, 2016

New York schools will receive $26 million for classroom technology out of a total distribution of $45 million in state funds, the governor announced this week. Besides classroom technology, the funds will also support school connectivity ($15 million), high-tech security ($4 million) and community connectivity ($23,000). Starpoint ($1.59

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