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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Digital Divide Broadband Report Accessibility 218

EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

broadband households own smart speakers with these voice assistants. Today, they’re also being used for at-home learning. Families are turning their smart speakers into virtual school bells to recreate familiar routines for students and help them stay on schedule with their online learning.

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Broadband Microsoft Software Online Learning 150

EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

broadband households own smart speakers with these voice assistants. Today, they’re also being used for at-home learning. Families are turning their smart speakers into virtual school bells to recreate familiar routines for students and help them stay on schedule with their online learning.

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Broadband Microsoft Software Online Learning 150

EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

broadband households own smart speakers with these voice assistants. Today, they’re also being used for at-home learning. Families are turning their smart speakers into virtual school bells to recreate familiar routines for students and help them stay on schedule with their online learning.

Broadband 150

Broadband Microsoft Software Online Learning 150

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Many depend on accessing course resources and lessons seamlessly from online textbooks or other digital resources. Others find it enriching to participate in online chat and polling. or in disadvantaged countries abroad that lack robust broadband options depend on mobile devices to participate online.

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Survey Broadband Course Analysis 203

EdTech Magazine

JULY 19, 2020

Congress Joint Economic Committee reported that nearly 12 million children lived in homes without a broadband connection, but the problem made few headlines. Back in 2017, the U.S. The following year, the Pew Research Center found that 15% of U.S. households with school-age children did not have a high-speed connection at home.

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Digital Divide Broadband Online Learning Accessibility 150

EdTech Magazine

JULY 19, 2020

Congress Joint Economic Committee reported that nearly 12 million children lived in homes without a broadband connection, but the problem made few headlines. Back in 2017, the U.S. The following year, the Pew Research Center found that 15% of U.S. households with school-age children did not have a high-speed connection at home.

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Digital Divide Broadband Online Learning Accessibility 150

Edsurge

JULY 23, 2021

Students and families who are considered under-connected are those who have internet access and devices in their home, but not at a caliber or quality sufficient for smooth and consistent online learning. But don’t just ask them a yes-or-no question about “Do you have broadband internet access?”

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Accessibility Digital Divide Broadband Survey 190

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Most of these households, he said, “have infrastructure available at their home but they just can’t afford to sign up for a broadband service.” Only a third of those without broadband access blame a lack of infrastructure; the remaining two thirds without access say they can’t afford it, Marwell said.

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Digital Divide Broadband Report Trends 105

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 27, 2020

We educators understand online learning, probably have taken classes this way, but we haven’t yet wrapped our brains around how to make it work in OUR classes. In fact, the biggest question I get from teachers in my online classes and on my blog is: “How do I do it?” How do I make online learning personal?

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Khan Academy LMS Broadband Digital Citizenship 246

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

As teachers develop lesson plans, they also face lingering questions, in Maine and nationally, over the possibility of a return to remote learning and concerns about ensuring all students have access to the devices and high-quality broadband they need to do classwork and homework. 18, 2021, in Brunswick, Maine.

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Digital Divide Broadband Laptops Chromebook 144

Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The head of a coalition that advocates for stronger broadband for schools and libraries talks about an FCC plan to allow E-rate dollars to be used for K-12 cybersecurity. The post A New Federal Funding Option to Help Schools Battle Cyberattacks? appeared first on Market Brief.

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E-rate Broadband Libraries Online Learning 98

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Our teachers had already participated in professional development on how to incorporate the blended learning model into their classrooms. They were fortunate enough to have extensive knowledge about the resources that were available to make online learning and teaching possible, meaningful, and engaging.”.

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Broadband Learning Blended Learning Training 159

Education Superhighway

MAY 24, 2022

In our work to close the broadband affordability gap for the 18 million U.S. To date, only 23% of Americans who qualify for federal broadband affordability programs have enrolled. Find out how local leaders across the nation can take action to close the broadband affordability gap. Learn more.

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Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Online Learning 52

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

“We have to do something about that, especially now that so many of our students are learning remotely,” Muri said. Related: Hundreds of thousands of students still can’t access online learning. An initial report , which is still being finalized, states that “lack of broadband access in Ector County is a crisis.”

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Broadband Learning Accessibility Company 145

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2020

State and federal agencies have advised schools to create online learning plans to minimize the disruption to student learning. 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.

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Broadband Flipped Classroom Online Learning Smartphone 145

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 12, 2021

Here are some suggestions to help you with that issue (from the Ask a Tech Teacher team): How Parents Can Protect Their Kid’s Privacy and Safety Online? Many people witnessed the change in technology from dial-up modems to broadband. However, a child born in this technological era permeates every activity they do.

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Social Media Data Broadband Digital Citizenship 375

Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2021

Finally, there are states that had some version of a law prior to 2020 and proceeded to add provisions to better address the needs of distance learning. of California’s Public Contract Code only addressed online learning in the context of surplus technology and nonprofit computer labs.

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Broadband Digital Divide E-rate Policies 149

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2021

million broadband connections, according to the FCC. Without adequate internet access and a working device at home, educators say, many students will continue to fall further behind in school, unable to do online homework or attend virtual classes when schools are disrupted by pandemic quarantines or natural disasters.

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Broadband Digital Divide Libraries Accessibility 117

SETDA Says

OCTOBER 2, 2020

SETDA and CoSN commend the FCC for acting this week to help rural telecommunications providers offer affordable broadband to qualified students. The agency’s decision to revise tariffs for rural providers is a helpful action at this historic moment when far too many rural students lack access to online learning.

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Broadband Online Learning Accessibility Equity of Access 56

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2021

What is alarming for advocates and policy-makers, is that even for families that do have broadband internet access at home, the survey found that most are “ under-connected ,” or lacking devices or service that are sufficient and reliable enough for remote learning. An additional $7.17

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Broadband Survey Digital Divide Accessibility 119

Edsurge

OCTOBER 23, 2023

From the earliest stages, as Pre-K parents search for activities and resources to nurture their child's growth, to K-12 schools adopting technology to improve student outcomes and operational efficiencies, the impact of modern learning tools is undeniable.

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EdTech Outcomes Data Education 121

The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2019

In Albemarle County, Virginia, where school officials estimate up to 20 percent of students lack home broadband, radio towers rise above an apple orchard on Carters Mountain, outside Charlottesville. We’ve kind of realized that schools aren’t necessarily the best at operating broadband networks, so we should let people specialize.”.

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Broadband Education Policies Digital Divide 95

Edsurge

JANUARY 6, 2021

A few weeks ago, I participated in a webinar with K-12 students, parents and teachers about how online learning is going. Access to technology, we have learned, is also critical. Millions lack broadband. Without these basic needs met, learning cannot take place—and that was true before the pandemic.

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Broadband Education Tablets Accessibility 218

Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

If your state is among the majority that tests students online (or plans to), the fact of the matter is that you have such technology requirements already in place. Consider also digital and online learning opportunities afforded students and teachers in which the state has invested. Offering online learning?

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Strategy EdTech Broadband E-rate 231

Neo LMS

MAY 18, 2017

When considering that technology is playing an ever-increasing role in education, specifically the use of online learning tools, what the future of education looks like is a question many educational historians ponder. Online learning is naturally the way forward for many universities seeking to maximize existing assets.

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Education Broadband Software Online Learning 196

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

And yet, reliable broadband is far from guaranteed in this region of towering plateaus, sagebrush valleys and steep canyons. According to an April 2018 Department of Education report, 18 percent of 5- to 17-year old students in “remote rural” districts have no broadband access at home.

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Broadband Chromebook Accessibility Mobility 84

eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2017

The Internet Broadband Expansion for Minnesota Students grants help provide students with the high-speed internet connections needed to complete homework and access other online learning opportunities. But in Minnesota, a new grant program is changing that. Too many Minnesota students are on the wrong side of the digital divide.

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Broadband Digital Divide Mobility Learning 63

The Hechinger Report

MAY 29, 2023

Prisoners also often lack access to the technology and internet connections needed to take advantage of online learning — as do the 21 million Americans outside the system who lack broadband access. Prisons often restrict incarcerated students’ access to educational materials.

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Accessibility Broadband EdTech Policies 101

Education Superhighway

JULY 17, 2019

Monthly broadband fees. Over the last five years, the cost of school broadband has decreased by 85%. Compare & Connect K-12 is our free online tool that shows bandwidth prices and speeds for school districts across the country. 2 – Plan for your school districts broadband budget. #3 Equipment closet accessories.

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Broadband E-rate Tools Company 70

eSchool News

MARCH 16, 2018

In a letter to the Institute of Education Sciences , a number of ed-tech and advocacy organizations point out that many students lack home access to the internet connectivity they need to complete homework and use online learning resources. “This is critical.”

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Groups Accessibility Report Broadband 63

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

While most schools across the country are fully back in person, students continue to struggle to complete homework assignments or participate in remote learning because they lack adequate internet service and access to a computer at home — a phenomenon commonly referred to as the “homework gap.” The homework gap isn’t new.

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Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 115

eSchool News

JUNE 21, 2017

According to Future Ready Schools , there are 21 million students in the US who still lack the broadband capabilities necessary for digital learning. Automatically, scale–especially in the context of edtech–becomes a substantial issue when you are managing larger numbers of teachers, students and large class sizes.

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How To Broadband Future Ready EdTech 90

Education Superhighway

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

We spoke with her about the challenges and triumphs she’s seen in advocating for broadband access across the state for the second installment in our new Broadband Leaders series. . You’ve driven thousands of miles across the state to meet with school district leaders about their broadband upgrades.

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E-rate Accessibility Broadband Industry 76

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2020

Millions of Americans returning to their families in rural areas have no broadband access there , making online courses impossible for them. And as the wider shutdown caused by the virus cripples the economy, even households with broadband service might find it harder to afford if parents lose jobs.

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Broadband Education Course Report 143

Education Superhighway

JANUARY 22, 2019

New Jersey school districts have made tremendous progress in closing the connectivity gap over the past four years, but over 10,000 students still need more bandwidth for digital learning. Read on to learn more. . This post was originally published on NJSBA’s School Board Notes.

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Accessibility E-rate Broadband Future Ready 40

Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2016

Her boldest claim: That her administration would close the digital divide by 2020 with 100 percent of American families having the "option" of quality broadband. At a June 27 rally in Denver, Hillary Clinton outlined her Tech and Innovation Agenda that included a number of edtech items.

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STEM Digital Divide Broadband Policies 94