The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 9, 2020

When the transition happened in March, administrators in our region of Washington state had roughly two weeks to evaluate, purchase and train teachers to use a variety of ed-tech products — from learning management systems and video-conferencing tools to complex, interactive software. Related: What if public schools never reopen?

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Broadband Learning Accessibility Outcomes 143

Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2024

We start things off with some basic tools and experiments, planting the seed. Stemming from the need for connectivity, we conducted virtual STEM lessons, like the popular glitter bomb experiment, engaging kids from across the country on [video conferences]. The emphasis is on ensuring widespread broadband access for these resources.

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Bryan Alexander

APRIL 7, 2020

Over the past few weeks the switch to wholly online learning has been represented by live video meetings. This discursive emphasis on video in education is based on some reality. Most instructors who’ve never taught online can find live video to be a closer analog to their classroom practice than asynchronous tools.

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Blackboard Education Microsoft Adobe 141

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Today, the award-winning science series NOVA , produced for PBS by GBH Boston, announced the launch of NOVA Science Studio , a new national program to teach and engage young people through an interdisciplinary curriculum focused on science communication, digital media literacy, and video production.

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Bryan Alexander

APRIL 7, 2020

Over the past few weeks the switch to wholly online learning has been represented by live video meetings. This discursive emphasis on video in education is based on some reality. Most instructors who’ve never taught online can find live video to be a closer analog to their classroom practice than asynchronous tools.

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Blackboard Microsoft Education Adobe 52

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2020

We must continue to provide access to software, online libraries and educational videos. are doling out computers and providing access to Wi-Fi — ostensibly essential learning tools — because of the coronavirus emergency. Our widespread foray into distance learning is forcing teachers to optimize technology.

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Learning Software Digital Divide Broadband 115

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Register now for our free Library 2.016 online mini-conference, " Libraries of the Future " on October 6th, and we'll send you the information on how to either attend the live sessions or watch the recordings afterwards. Be sure to also join the Library 2.0 Sponsored with ALA’s Center for the Future of Libraries.

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Libraries Conference OER Trends 28

edWeb.net

JULY 16, 2018

An IT leadership survey from cosn.org lists the top three IT priorities in K-12 education as cybersecurity and broadband/network capacity, data security, and budgets. Welter notes, while the cloud isn’t the solution to every problem, it’s a powerful tool to have and has the potential to solve quite a few.

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Broadband Data Libraries Technology 40

eSchool News

JULY 20, 2016

But what does it take to improve learning for all student populations, support positive school environments, and ensure school leaders at all levels are equipped with the skills and tools they need to maintain successful learning environments? The need for high-speed broadband internet in every classroom in the U.S. by 2020.

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Trends Broadband Strategy Learning 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

We're just over a week away from our free Library 2.016 online mini-conference, " Libraries of the Future " on October 6th! Be sure to also join the Library 2.0 network to be able to connect with and correspond with 22,000 other individuals in the library world, and to be kept updated on this and future events.

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Libraries Conference OER Trends 28

Education Superhighway

MARCH 28, 2019

We couldn’t download videos, and I even had to ask people to get offline during standardized testing so we wouldn’t bog down the network. 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.

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E-rate Broadband iPad STEM 65

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

The tools you are buying are not the ones you should be most concerned [about]. The tools school districts should be most concerned about are the ones they don’t even know are being used” said Draper. It’s What You Don’t Know. Join the Community.

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Data Accessibility Student Data Privacy Libraries 42

Educator Innovator

MARCH 7, 2014

Using digital tools in the classroom isn’t the future of learning, it’s the present—except at the significant percentage of schools without reliable high-speed internet. Along with the increase in speed, there’s been an exponential increase in the use of digital tools in the classroom. By Heidi Moore.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Michelle Luhtala , Department Chair of the New Canaan, CT, High School Library and a 2015 Library Journal Mover & Shaker , is a leader in helping teacher-librarians all around the country to become Future Ready. Future Ready has developed a common set of information, tools, and assessment, that are all available for free.

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Education Superhighway

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

For example, the Broadband for Montana Schools program contracted with several E-rate consultants and provides grants to help Montana schools successfully apply for the E-rate Program. All of our tools and resources are free of charge and can support you in the upgrade process, including: • 470 best practices. • Online training videos.

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E-rate Broadband Report Libraries 40

Graphite Blog

MARCH 25, 2016

Working together with members of Congress as well as technology and publishing firms, the Obama administration has launched ConnectED , a multi-billion dollar initiative aimed at wiring every classroom, modernizing school libraries, increasing professional development, and activating technology-infused professional learning communities.

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Broadband Digital Citizenship Industry Libraries 40

Graphite Blog

MARCH 25, 2016

Working together with members of Congress as well as technology and publishing firms, the Obama administration has launched ConnectED , a multi-billion dollar initiative aimed at wiring every classroom, modernizing school libraries, increasing professional development, and activating technology-infused professional learning communities.

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Broadband Digital Citizenship Industry Libraries 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

There is no one-size-fits-all remedy and no must-have suite of digital learning tools. Many broadband providers are also adding capacity, lifting caps on data and offering extended free trial periods. Some of his webinar attendees have noticed that teachers in their schools are using different tools to reach the same students.

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Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 70

MindShift

MARCH 26, 2020

” her teacher asks, in a video sent to NPR by Hernandez’s mother, Audrey. 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?” ” “Kind of.”

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Learning Training Blended Learning Laptops 52

Fractus Learning

APRIL 18, 2016

Technology for me in the 1980s was a dodgy microfiche in the university library and then my trusty and often dusty overhead projector in my classroom. They are the generation that sees ultrafast broadband and wi-fi as a basic right. Use the best tool for the job. I’m a Gen X baby. Blended approach. Develop a blended approach.

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Social Media Learning Broadband Smartphone 40

MindShift

MARCH 22, 2020

” Virtual tours and video chats. ” But with these spring events cancelled, schools are moving online — with virtual tours, video chats with professors and online classes. ” Innovations in digital ways to see the campus are exciting — unless you rely on your school or public library to give you access.

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Broadband Course Libraries Video 30

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 19, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. link] Digital Wish : Two new videos - The Importance of Technology in American Schools and The Need for a Shift to Mobile.

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Conference Education Learning Common Core 52

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

ANNOUNCEMENTS The Library 2.011 worldwide virtual conference is almost here! Huge thanks to the San Jose State University School of Library and Information Science , the founding sponsor of the conference. and aims to address some of the obstacles to broadband adoption -- in terms of cost, access, relevance, and digital literacy.

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Knewton Pearson E-rate Education 43

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2017

Engineering students used computer-aided design software to build 15 “Little Free Libraries” and placed them in neighborhoods where libraries and bookstores are scarce. A coding class programmed a blackjack video game for exhibition visitors who also played analog casino games made by algebra students studying probability.

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Report Study Software Meeting 68

Education Superhighway

JULY 31, 2020

With the possibility of remote learning returning this fall, the City of Chicago, Chicago Public Schools (CPS), the philanthropic community, and leading Internet Service Providers (ISPs) recognized a historic opportunity to eliminate broadband accessibility as a barrier to digital learning. On June 25, 2020, Mayor Lori E.

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Case Study Study Digital Divide Broadband 52

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Sessions are free to watch for five days, then become part of the Home Learning Summit library. Libraries and Librarians ? Practical Student Tools (Email / Calendars / Organizers) ? We have several sessions each day, with (lots) more coming ( and that could include you! ). A current list is below. Learning Cultures ?

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Conference Learning OER Blended Learning 34

eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

The various services and products acquired by consolidators over the last year or two will be integrated into increasingly comprehensive platforms offering instructional content, assessments, and classroom tools all in one place. This emphasizes the need for tools and programs to support their well-being.

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EdTech Learning Industry Data 69

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.

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Broadband Accessibility Report Company 129

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. Curriculum is available online and for iBooks, with interactive activities, videos, and assessments. Connected Librarian Day!

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Google Classroom Digital Citizenship Conference 54

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. And their cash-strapped school district has struggled to provide them with even the most basic digital tools. Photo: Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor. GREELEY, Colo.

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Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

” Via The New York Times : “ Penn State Student’s Dying Hours Play Out in Courtroom Video.” ” Student workers at the University of Chicago’s library have voted to unionize. The company helps students make videos to market themselves to recruiters. million total.

Education 44

Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

” Via Ars Technica : “Senate Democrats fight FCC plan to lower America’s broadband standards.” million to cover federal funds that went to the botched statewide school broadband contract.” ” Via Education Week : “New Tool Alerts Teachers When Students Give Up on Tests.”

Education 45

Education Broadband Company Data 45

Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Unveils Free Online Tool for Rapid Evaluation of Edtech Products.” ” In other MIT news : “MIT task force releases preliminary ‘Future of Libraries ’ report.” Twitter announced big layoffs this week – 9% of its staff – and said it would shutter its video app Vine.

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Education Pearson Blackboard Survey 40