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3 Levels of Connectivity K–12 Schools Should Consider

EdTech Magazine

Individual Classroom Technology Use. Technology has become an integral part of day-to-day classroom activities, used for everything from improving personalized learning initiatives to cutting down on unwanted behavior. Characterized by bandwidth of 100Kbps per student and one wireless access point per 1.5 by Calvin Hennick.

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Digital Equity & Ensuring All Students Succeed

Lightspeed Systems

Technology-enabled education has been on an upward trend for well over a decade. Technology, both the internet and the mobile devices it enables, offers almost unlimited opportunity. However, it is also rife with challenges to both educators and students alike. One particularly important challenge is digital equity.

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Big Jump in Use of Games, Videos in K-12 Schools, Survey Finds

Marketplace K-12

Are easy to find and easy to access on mobile devices (53 percent). Are engaging and keeps their attention (48 percent). See also: Many High School Students Bringing Their Own Devices to School, Survey Finds. CoSN Calls Broadband Access Outside School a ‘Civil Right’ for Students.

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29 K-12 edtech predictions for 2021

eSchool News

However, the struggle will be to expand innovation in core subjects and beyond, including integrating technology into ancillary K-12 areas such as CTE, music, physical education, health, and the arts. We are hopeful that, when the pandemic lifts, we can welcome a return to hands-on, collaborative, creative technology education in 2021.

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Cincinnati Schools launches blended learning AP courses

eSchool News

“Boot camp” sessions introduce students to new blended learning platform. Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS) is launching an Advanced Placement (AP) Blended Learning program, and wireless provider Kajeet will provide students with mobile hotspots to support the district’s efforts.

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New bill would support innovative internet pilots for students

eSchool News

It also provides for a national study of data related to the digital divide, including barriers to students’ home internet access, how educators confront that reality in their classrooms, and how no at-home internet access can impact student engagement. Next page: More actions to expand out-of-school internet access.

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Google Workspace for Education (and other updates you need to know!) – SULS099

Shake Up Learning

Track student engagement (coming later this year) : To give teachers visibility into which students are engaged and which are falling behind, Google is launching student engagement tracking. Students will be able to combine photos into a single document, crop or rotate images, and adjust the lighting.

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