The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Joe Sanfelippo, superintendent of Fall Creek school district in Wisconsin, leads a social media campaign for his schools using the hashtag #gocrickets. Parents can follow the Twitter feed, and say, ‘Don’t you have that paper due soon in social studies class?’ ” Terrill said. Photo: Cindy Kolpien.

Social Media 40

Social Media Broadband Twitter Facebook 40

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Alongside four other school communities, we selected it because the majority of the district’s students returned to in-person learning during the 2020-2021 school year — and officials identified Covid-19 cases in under 5 percent of the student population. According to the CDC, about 5 percent of school-aged children in the U.S.

Libraries 109

Libraries Data Broadband Report 109

edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

The 2021 Driving K-12 Innovation report released by CoSN selected the most critical Hurdles (challenges), Accelerators (mega-trends), and Tech Enablers (tools) that school districts are facing with personalized learning, innovation, and digital equity.

Learning 79

Learning Broadband Elementary Professional Learning 79

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Via The Independent : “13-year-old girl arrested after contacting clown on social media and asking him to kill her teacher.” From the FCC : “Fact Sheet on Broadband Consumer Privacy Proposal.” It includes all the buzzwords : competency-based education, personalized learning, and even blockchain!

Education 63

Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Via Motherboard : “ New York City Passes Bill to Study Biases in Algorithms Used by the City.” Via Wired : “ Koch Brothers Are Cities’ New Obstacle to Building Broadband.” ” “Personalized learning,” I believe Zuck calls this. ” Education in the Courts.

Education 46

Education Robotics MOOC Facebook 46

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

” Via Edsurge : “As Bootcamps Look for Novel Ways for Students to Pay For Their Studies, Many Try ‘ Deferred Tuition ’ ” Do note how student financial aid startups are still raising venture capital (and how now, I guess, ed-tech publications cover these stories when before they insisted these weren’t ed-tech). .”

Education 51

Education ProctorU Company Report 51

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. ” More on this scramble to serve (profit from) low-income broadband customers in the upgrades/downgrades section below.

Education 40

Education lynda.com Knewton E-rate 40