Digital Promise

DECEMBER 22, 2014

” To help increase digital literacy awareness in underserved communities, Broadband Rhode Island , a partner with RIFLI, created a curriculum in 2011 for adult education teachers to promote digital literacy among adult learners. Without an affordable data plan, a tablet has limited usefulness. As a result, Ms.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

According to a 2021 report from the think tank New America, 1 in 8 children from low-income families don’t have a computer at home, while 1 in 7 lack access to broadband internet. It also offers training on site at public housing complexes. Oakland launched OAK Wi-Fi, a broadband program, in late 2020 using $7.7

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Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 108

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Pew Research Center found that the share of lower-income Americans who rely on smartphones to go online instead of a broadband connection has nearly doubled from 2013 to 2019. Any serious engagement of this demographic with educational technology tools must have a mobile-first strategy in place,” Roden says.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

Jason Innes, Director of Curriculum, Training, and Product Management, KinderLab Robotics. “We As a result, school district IT teams will look to vendors and broadband solution providers to support other use cases in 2021 that go beyond COVID-19, such as school bus security cameras and indoor IoT to help manage building operations (e.g.

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EdTech Digital Divide Broadband PresenceLearning 139

Educator Innovator

MARCH 7, 2014

Teachers attend training sessions via webinar. Nearly three-quarters (73%) of teachers surveyed by Pew reported using mobile phones in the classroom or to complete assignments, while almost half (45%) reported using e-readers and tablet computers. In rural areas where there is no broadband access, that isn’t the case.”. “Low-income

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Broadband E-rate Digital Divide Survey 41

MindShift

MARCH 26, 2020

Thrown into the breach, public schools are setting out on an unprecedented experiment: With little training and even fewer resources, in a matter of days they’re shifting from a system of education that for centuries has focused on face to face interaction, to one that works entirely at a distance. Three days! Imagine that!

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Learning Training Blended Learning Laptops 52

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

In most cases, district hardware and broadband infrastructure don’t support site-level decision-making or deployment. With the emergence of adaptive solutions, real-time data, and broadband mobility, we are now able to provide anytime, anywhere access to learning that is personalized, and engaging to students.

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Broadband Student Data Privacy Survey Assessment 59

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Rather than using their school buses to bring students to schools, the district turned its buses into mobile service providers that could deliver meals and other types of support to students, while also serving as internet connection hotspots. Arati is currently on the edtech advisory board for Central Square Foundation in New Delhi, India.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 13, 2019

Through edtech conferences such as ISTE , coaching programs such as Digital Promise and DigCit , teachers and coaches can be trained to teach in innovative ways that include critical components in digital learning and digital inquiry. Overcoming Barriers.

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Learning with 'e's

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Some people don't have mobile phones, and many more are not, nor ever will be, on Facebook, regardless of the hype Zuckerberg and his pals periodically peddle. Lack of broadband infrastructure. Lack of training opportunities. Not everyone can participate in the digital society. Lack of finance.

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Digital Divide Broadband Facebook Outcomes 64

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

Related: Teachers need lots of training to do online learning well. Miami-Dade County Public Schools has distributed some 100,000 tablets and other mobile devices, and more than 11,000 smartphones that double as Wi-Fi hot spots. Coronavirus gave many just days.

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Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 66

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2014

We will provide training for volunteers over the next few weeks, and your assistance will be greatly appreciated by our conference presenters. AIR was established in order to address the critical need for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure and training at school level in Ghana. More information.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 30, 2020

Developed by the University of New Mexico-Taos Education and Career Center and local business partners, Taos HIVE was designed to solve challenges unique to rural communities, such as geographic isolation, education deserts , and lack of access to broadband and other services. How can students access this space?

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The company has built several tools to do that, including a customizable reading challenge platform and a mobile app, reading challenge templates, and diverse book recommendations. LG also unveiled its expanded training programs through the LG Academy, with a new course set to launch specifically for LG CreateBoard line in the first quarter.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Politics and Policies FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced Connect to Compete , a new non-profit initiative that brings private industry and the non-profit sector together to help expand broadband adoption and promote digital literacy. This includes video games, mobile games and the like.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2015

The training counts. He said both teachers and technical staff members need to be trained on how to leverage and manage the “big scale-up,” with a primary focus on how to most effectively use the devices for learning. It turned into an enormous, annual undertaking.”.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Student athletes, musicians, and other pupils who spend a good portion of their after-school time on the road or at events will also use those mobile devices. Next year we want to expand that to include more than 10 devices,” said Dooley, “for students to check out and take home.”.

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E-rate Chromebook Accessibility Flipped Classroom 40

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Blatantly audible complaints by employees (“We have ‘this new system…’”) made it clear staff were neither trained adequately nor on board with the new technology. But these behaviors are symptomatic of something more than a simple lack of software-specific training and “skills gaps.”. adults have some type of mobile device.

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Software Smartphone Mobility Robotics 237

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. Skills development training.

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

This means they know a K-12 where the promise of mobile 1:1 school computing is becoming a reality. The 15-year-old today is more a sibling of cloud computing, of apps that are available from any screen, of mobile devices in many sizes and form factors that go beyond last century’s laptops. And determined. Outside of the U.S.,

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Analysis Trends Chromebook EdTech 151

Shake Up Learning

MARCH 2, 2021

Now on to Level 2… I already purchased the training! ”. Improved grading on mobile (coming later this year) : More teachers are using mobile devices to give feedback on the go. Get Google training for your whole school: GoogleTrainingforSchools.com. Thanks so much! I felt totally prepared after this course.

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Google Chromebook Android Education 101

edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

When asked about the hurdles that happened due to schools closing on March 13th, 2020, all four presenters agreed that broadband, not devices, challenged their districts to provide equitable access to learning no matter their districts’ geographic location or demographics. She also holds an MBA from the University of Virginia.

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Learning Broadband Elementary Professional Learning 77

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 19, 2014

link] Digital Wish : Two new videos - The Importance of Technology in American Schools and The Need for a Shift to Mobile. Curating the Best Content for Learning , Spending on education technology is now in the tens of billions dollars as schools push for broadband, computer labs, and 1-to-1 tablets. Check them out! Great learning.

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Conference Education Learning Common Core 52

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. “A lot of our kids don’t have internet access,” said Coe, who knows students who routinely head to the library or the town’s McDonald’s to get online.

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Accessibility How To Broadband Advocacy 143

Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2018

Families who don’t have access to the internet at home, due to a lack of hardware or broadband availability, often use their phones to access websites. Smartphones, however, offer limited access because several school data systems are more difficult to navigate on mobile devices. I don’t even go to it anymore. I can’t understand it.”

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Data Laptops Meeting Report 107

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2018

Families who don’t have access to the internet at home, due to a lack of hardware or broadband availability, often use their phones to access websites. Smartphones, however, offer limited access because several school data systems are more difficult to navigate on mobile devices. Sign up for our newsletter. Choose as many as you like.

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MindShift

JUNE 26, 2018

Families who don’t have access to the internet at home, due to a lack of hardware or broadband availability, often use their phones to access websites. Smartphones, however, offer limited access because several school data systems are more difficult to navigate on mobile devices. I don’t even go to it anymore. I can’t understand it.”.

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Data Laptops Report Accessibility 43

techlearning

AUGUST 30, 2018

COMCAST INTERNET ESSENTIALS PROGRAM ( www.internetessentials.com/apply ) Comcast announced it has now connected over six million Americans to the Internet through its Internet Essentials program, a comprehensive broadband adoption program for low-income families in the U.S. app, even on the go. The app’s new update supports Kahoot!’

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Tools Chromebook Software Mobility 45

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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Doug Levin

APRIL 9, 2017

Tagged on: April 8, 2017 Federated Learning: Collaborative Machine Learning without Centralized Training Data | Google Research → Fascinating and promising approach. Would you want to work a school district (or any employer) that did this to you? Eichenwald, who has epilepsy, immediately suffered a seizure.

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EdTech E-rate Data Android 191

Doug Levin

APRIL 9, 2017

Tagged on: April 8, 2017 Federated Learning: Collaborative Machine Learning without Centralized Training Data | Google Research → Fascinating and promising approach. Would you want to work a school district (or any employer) that did this to you? Eichenwald, who has epilepsy, immediately suffered a seizure.

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EdTech E-rate Data Android 150

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

From the FCC : “Fact Sheet on Broadband Consumer Privacy Proposal.” Via Edsurge : “ Salesforce Announces Mobile App for Advising at Dreamforce.” ” “The Weak Evidence Behind Brain-Training Games ” by The Atlantic’s Ed Yong. ” Well, maybe they do; maybe they don’t.

Education 63

Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

But many students live in threadbare mobile homes and modest, low-slung dwellings on the edge of town. The school district is working to raise money for more computers and technology training, hoping to better prepare its students for an increasingly digitized economy. Photo: Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor.

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Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The report highlights states (Tennessee, Mississippi, Massachusetts) that have used state and federal relief funding to purchase devices and expand broadband connectivity. Ensuring that all students have high-speed internet access and functioning devices is a baseline requirement for virtual learning.

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Digital Divide How To Learning Broadband 218

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

” Via Multichannel News : “Trayvon Martin Attorney Parks Targets AT&T Over Alleged Broadband Redlining.” ” The Business of Job Training. EverFi also announced this week that it’s acquired the online compliance training company Workplace Answers. The mobile app maker has raised $11.9

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Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Eric Holcomb says Indiana ’s low-rated online charter schools need ‘immediate attention and action’ ” Via Motherboard : “Half of West Virginia has Applied for Broadband Assistance.” ” The Business of Job Training. ” Education in the Courts. ” From the HR Department.

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Education Robotics Company Report 48

Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

For its part, Udacity has fully rebranded itself as a high-tech job training company, a topic I’ll cover in more detail in a forthcoming article in this series. broadband privacy rules.” ” From August: “ Republicans try to take cheap phones and broadband away from poor people.”

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