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

Edsurge

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Providing hosted services rather than giving districts the software to install on their own servers is better for edtech companies; it makes their products easier and cheaper to deploy and maintain. Wireless, once a frustration for many teachers, has largely improved. Edtech cannot afford to let the specter of cybercrime dampen enthusiasm.

EdTech 60

EdTech E-rate Symantec Data 60

MindShift

MARCH 26, 2020

” Sadie’s teacher reminds her that they’ll be using the educational software that she is already familiar with from her face-to-face classes at Ortega Elementary School: “It’s iReady, so we’ve got that. . “Yeah,” Sadie responds. “It’s kind of scary isn’t it?”

Learning 52

Learning Training Blended Learning Laptops 52

Learning with 'e's

MARCH 5, 2012

The imminent arrival of widespread 4G broadband and LTE ( Long Term Evolution ) will usher in wider availability to information and push even more data to our mobile devices over the same amount of radio spectrum. In 1996 Microsoft's Bill Gates claimed that 'content is king'. Never before has gaining access to information been so easy.

Microsoft 64

Microsoft Broadband Mobility Tools 64

techlearning

AUGUST 30, 2018

THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Thanks to breakthroughs in computing power, the advent and availability of big data, cloud hosting/storage, highly sophisticated software, and complex algorithms, the potential of AI is now starting to be fulfilled—with the business world being the biggest benefactors. But that’s all changing.

Learning 40

Learning Data Software Company 40

Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

However, this lag began to erode when the rise of cloud computing made it possible for edtech startups to flood the market with educational applications, the expansion of broadband internet gave those apps an easy distribution channel into campuses, and an increasing number and variety of mobile devices provided them an in-school abode.

Analysis 154

Analysis Trends Chromebook EdTech 154

Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2017

From Apple, Google and Microsoft battling to take over the classroom, to random acts in both K-12 and higher education compromising the private information of millions of vulnerable students, 2017 has been no short of edtech news. Increasingly, that means broadband. But it has over 4,000 students. It's the largest school in Colorado.

Report 97

Report E-rate Technology Education 97

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Via The New York Times : “ Broadband Law Could Force Rural Residents Off Information Superhighway.” “The San Francisco-based software company will continue a four-year partnership with San Francisco Unified School District. No surprise, it’s the certificate offered by LinkedIn-owner Microsoft.

Education 52

Education Coursera Elsevier MOOC 52

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

FWA allows extremely high-speed broadband where fiber connections can be too cost-prohibitive to install. Think of broadband speeds where large amounts of data can allow students to collaborate digitally from their schools or homes. –John Wheeler, CEO, Vernier Software & Technology. Territorium. .

EdTech 120

EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 120

Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

.” “Modern E-Rate Puts Telephones On Hold in K–12,” Education Week reports , noting that schools are struggling to pay for phone service (still totally necessary) as well as expanded broadband. Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Microsoft -Branded MOOCs for K–12 Leaders.” Data, Privacy, and Surveillance.

Education 40

Education lynda.com Knewton E-rate 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

The pressure to move towards digital assessments has fueled schools’ investments in hardware and software more than any other argument about the importance of ed-tech. The learning management system is a piece of “enterprise” software after all. The Procurement Problem.

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

It’s a partnership with Microsoft. ” Via Multichannel News : “Trayvon Martin Attorney Parks Targets AT&T Over Alleged Broadband Redlining.” ” I’m more interested in hearing about segregation and state laws in Mississippi than the adaptive learning software a school is using. ” Oh.

Education 47

Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

Still in its early stages, this ambitious project relies on a little-known public resource – a slice of electromagnetic spectrum the federal government long ago set aside for schools – called the Educational Broadband Service (EBS). I wonder how many schools and districts that use the software have done this?

Education 44

Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44

Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

“ FCC Delays Are Keeping Broadband From Rural School Kids,” says Wired. Via Wired : “The Young and the Reckless – A gang of teen hackers snatched the keys to Microsoft ’s videogame empire. Muñiz as the Education Department’s General Counsel. Here’s the official statement from Betsy DeVos.

Education 43

Education Pearson Edmentum lynda.com 43

Hack Education

MAY 26, 2017

Via Edsurge : “Possible ‘Fraud, Theft, Waste, and Abuse’: Report Questions NYC School Broadband Spending.” ” Via Education Week : “ Iowa schools to stop using $14M testing software after audit.” Via MinnPost : “Almost 50 years ago, Oregon Trail revolutionized educational software.

Education 46

Education Data Report Software 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Marc Andreessen famously said that “software is eating the world,” but it’s far more accurate to say that the neoliberal values of software tycoons are eating the world. Every industry uses computers, software, and internet services. Microsoft and Apple are two. million in E-Rate rebates.).

Technology 40

Technology Education Facebook Company 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Microsoft is doing a desktop PC thing. Blackboard has acquired Fronteer , a software company that helps make course materials accessible. Via The New York Times : “ Broadband Providers Will Need Permission to Collect Private Data.” And Google has put plans to expand Fiber to more cities on hold.

Education 40

Education Pearson Blackboard Survey 40