EdTech Magazine

MAY 12, 2020

For school districts implementing e-learning plans, a key concern is ensuring equity and access to learning materials for all students. Some students may not have access to the devices needed to complete e-learning activities, while others may not be able to connect to the internet from home.

E-rate 150

E-rate How To Learning Accessibility 150

EdTech Magazine

MAY 9, 2020

For school districts implementing e-learning plans, a key concern is ensuring equity and access to learning materials for all students. Some students may not have access to the devices needed to complete e-learning activities, while others may not be able to connect to the internet from home.

E-rate 150

E-rate How To Learning Accessibility 150

EdTech Magazine

MAY 7, 2020

For school districts implementing e-learning plans, a key concern is ensuring equity and access to learning materials for all students. Some students may not have access to the devices needed to complete e-learning activities, while others may not be able to connect to the internet from home.

E-rate 150

E-rate How To Learning Accessibility 150

EdTech Magazine

MAY 7, 2020

For school districts implementing e-learning plans, a key concern is ensuring equity and access to learning materials for all students. Some students may not have access to the devices needed to complete e-learning activities, while others may not be able to connect to the internet from home.

E-rate 150

E-rate How To Learning Accessibility 150

EdTech Magazine

MAY 6, 2020

For school districts implementing e-learning plans, a key concern is ensuring equity and access to learning materials for all students. Some students may not have access to the devices needed to complete e-learning activities, while others may not be able to connect to the internet from home.

E-rate 150

E-rate How To Learning Accessibility 150

EdTech Magazine

MAY 6, 2020

For school districts implementing e-learning plans, a key concern is ensuring equity and access to learning materials for all students. Some students may not have access to the devices needed to complete e-learning activities, while others may not be able to connect to the internet from home.

E-rate 150

E-rate How To Learning Accessibility 150

EdTech4Beginners

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Gone are the chalkboards and allergy-inducing erasers of old classrooms. Opponents argue digital media is distracting and can worsen classroom performance — but others believe forbidding digital media could hinder the performance of students who learn better with technology.

Classroom 176

Classroom Laptops E-rate Social Media 176

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

A critical finding is that school districts that are meeting the 1 Mbps per student goal are also getting access at a much lower rate than those districts not meeting that benchmark,” said Emily Jordan, Vice President of Education Initiatives, CN. “In Key points: U.S. million students, an increase of over 5 million students since 2022.

Meeting 107

Meeting E-rate Digital Divide Comparison 107

Digital Promise

JULY 20, 2020

The different factors that we know impact learning encompass the whole child—not just their math and literacy skills but also their cognitive abilities, social-emotional states, and their personal background. All of these factors interact to impact a child’s readiness to learn when they come into the classroom.

Professional Learning 198

Professional Learning E-rate Learning Strategy 198

Digital Promise

APRIL 29, 2019

To better understand how using technology can create equity in schools, we’ll outline how technology creates more equitable situations in the classroom. Technology isn’t the only tool we can use to create equitable learning environments, but there are a few ways it can assist in that mission.

Accessibility 335

Accessibility Technology E-rate Data 335

Education Superhighway

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Walking into a Merritt Elementary School classroom today, you’ll find students using iPads to figure out math problems and submit their answers, while teachers grade those answers and provide feedback and follow-up support in real-time. Now, teachers create their own curriculum in iTunes U, and the majority of classrooms are paperless.

Digital Learning 92

Digital Learning Guidelines E-rate Edcamps 92

EdTech Magazine

JUNE 14, 2018

When introducing technology to improve classroom results, it’s important to understand the needs and limitations of the teachers who will handle those solutions day to day. . No matter what stage districts or schools are at on the journey to digital learning, this guide will help them move forward,” state the authors of the report.

E-rate 240

E-rate Case Study Strategy Report 240

Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Whether you’re an experienced educator or a parent struggling to adjust to remote learning in the face of the national lockdown, chances are good that you’re looking for ideas to help your student, or students, thrive in the unfamiliar world of the virtual classroom. The key is to learn what works best for each of them.

Social Media 195

Social Media Gamification Learning E-rate 195

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

While vendors and e-learning service providers promote microlearning as an off-the-shelf solution to be used like a genie’s lamp to solve all the learning and development issues in your organization, they fail to understand that microlearning is not a technological solution—it is a learning strategy.

LMS 187

LMS E-rate Training Survey 187

eSchool News

MARCH 26, 2018

This year’s E-rate cycle may be over, but in order to be well prepared for the next one, now is the time to start the connectivity conversation with your school district. In today’s classrooms, high-speed internet is no longer an option; it has become a necessity.

E-rate 71

E-rate Broadband Digital Learning Accessibility 71

Education Superhighway

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Over the past eight years, WANRack has worked with schools and communities to close the digital divide and ensure students have access to digital learning in every classroom, every day. With the increasing use of technology as a tool for learning, students and teachers need more than basic connectivity.

Digital Divide 70

Digital Divide E-rate Broadband Digital Learning 70

Edsurge

MAY 7, 2020

Good teaching is good teaching, regardless of whether it happens in a classroom, on Zoom or any other delivery modality. Course Materials Journals: Hybrid Pedagogy ; Online Learning “ Best Practices for Teaching with Emerging Technologies ,” by Michelle Pacansky-Brock (book), describes practical tools to support student learning.

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Course E-rate Flipped Classroom Education 216

Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

High-speed broadband that can support digital learning requires a combination of scalable fiber-optic connections, sufficient and affordable bandwidth, and robust internal networks that can deliver information onto student devices in the classroom. NAVIGATE E-RATE. Advice on E-rate program timeline and milestones.

E-rate 40

E-rate Broadband Comparison Digital Learning 40

eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2016

Statewide ed-tech inventories are helping state leaders assess their digital learning needs. It was the 100-percent response rate from the survey. “We We knew most districts and schools would respond, but a 100-percent response rate shows that technology is a high priority for education leaders throughout the state,” he said.

Digital Learning 40

Digital Learning Assessment E-rate Survey 40

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2019

But EducationSuperHighway did it this week, announcing that the classroom internet connectivity gap is effectively closed – one year ahead of schedule, no less. When we started all of this, it wasn’t because we wanted to get broadband in every classroom,” Marwell said. “We Their plan seems to have worked.

E-rate 49

E-rate Digital Divide Classroom Laptops 49

eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Academy participants make a positive impact on student-centered and digital learning in their school district and enhance their career trajectory. 00:02:53 Speaker 2 So, I mean, I’ve always been involved in educational technology, you know, been a classroom teacher, came through 12, taught pretty much at every grade level.

E-rate 103

E-rate Industry Accessibility EdTech 103

Education Superhighway

DECEMBER 14, 2017

One of the most important features of E-rate is that it allots $3.9 billion annually to help schools upgrade their internal networks and implement Wi-Fi in every classroom. To date, only 50% of that available E-rate funding has been utilized. Access RFP templates and other tools to help you with your upgrade.

E-rate 72

E-rate Digital Learning Policies Tools 72

Educator Innovator

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Digital Learning Day (DLD), held on February 5, immersed kids from coast to coast in activities like tinkering with robotics, penning blog posts, and painting digital canvases. As educators know, integrating meaningful digital learning into the classroom is a 365-day effort. So it should be with E-Rate.

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Digital Learning E-rate Broadband Learning 28

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2017

A free tool from nonprofit EducationSuperHighway is intended to help district technology leaders compare broadband and connectivity information with other districts nearby and across the nation. Next page: District success stories and highlights of the new tool).

Broadband 57

Broadband E-rate Digital Learning Data 57

Hapara

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Listen to an audio version of this post: Your learners don’t come to your classroom with perfect math, language arts, science and social studies skills. It will help them set goals, collaborate in positive ways and make better decisions within your classroom and the school. They can do this with a rubric or a rating scale.

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Strategy Hapara E-rate Differentiated Instruction 144

Education Superhighway

JANUARY 14, 2020

Over the past eight years, an unprecedented coalition united behind a simple, but important, goal: to improve broadband in America’s K-12 classrooms. As a result of these efforts, 99% of students have been connected to the minimum high-speed Internet needed for digital learning.

Broadband 59

Broadband E-rate Learning Data 59

Education Superhighway

APRIL 3, 2018

School board members play an important role in school districts’ ability to improve the level and quality of digital learning opportunities in the classroom. The chart below outlines three general usage scenarios and the bandwidth necessary to support each of the various digital learning environments.

E-rate 70

E-rate Broadband BYOD Smartphone 70

Hapara

AUGUST 8, 2022

When you build your own, you can differentiate instruction and support every student with the specific learning content they need. Because these resources are open to use, when you share an OER, other educators across the globe can access it and use it in their classrooms. OER development tools. Screencasting tools.

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OER Resources How To Education 130

Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Be explicit with districts about expectations for access to technology in schools and classrooms. Consider also digital and online learning opportunities afforded students and teachers in which the state has invested.

Strategy 231

Strategy EdTech Broadband E-rate 231

Education Superhighway

JUNE 26, 2020

Connect K-12 is a free internet pricing and speed transparency tool for US K-12 school districts. Powered by open E-rate data , it provides the broadband data and pricing information needed to upgrade each public K-12 school’s bandwidth to the Federal Communication Commission’s 1 Mbps per student goal.

Broadband 52

Broadband E-rate Advocacy Policies 52

Edsurge

JULY 3, 2017

Digital Learning Innovation Awards (DLIAwards) from the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) last November. The awards recognize educators’ and institutions’ innovative use of digital courseware to improve outcomes for students, especially underrepresented ones. The result? 2016 Faculty-Led Team Awards. Fisher College.

Tools 93

Tools Outcomes Flipped Classroom E-rate 93

eSchool News

JANUARY 21, 2016

21 launched a beta version of Compare & Connect K-12, an online tool that makes the internet services that schools receive more transparent. Every student should have the opportunity to take advantage of digital learning, and one of the ways to help make that a reality is through transparency.

Broadband 40

Broadband Tools E-rate Digital Learning 40

TeacherCast

JANUARY 27, 2022

Who dares to TEACH must never cease to LEARN – John Cotton Dana For many school districts, the ability to create a dynamic and effective Instructional Coaching program is a challenge. The PD Topic Interest Survey The Professional Development Topic Survey is one of the first tools that a coach can use when deciding what PD sessions to offer.

Survey 88

Survey E-rate Course Assessment 88

Education Superhighway

JUNE 14, 2019

With technology playing a pivotal role in creating incredible learning opportunities for America’s students, it’s vital that every classroom has the bandwidth needed to access media-rich educational tools and implement digital learning. What are the FCC’s Bandwidth Goals?

Broadband 55

Broadband E-rate BYOD Digital Learning 55

Education Superhighway

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

With a 50% E-rate discount and 10% matching funds through the state’s Digital Connections Partnerships Schools Grant & Loan Program that resulted in an additional 10% from E-rate (for a total of 70% discount), the district moved to a fully self-provisioned fiber network.

E-rate 40

E-rate Broadband Digital Learning Accessibility 40

Education Superhighway

JUNE 13, 2019

Every year, our organization aims to build a complete picture of every school district’s Internet speed and pricing information so that we can update our free tools and resources, which in turn support school leaders as they upgrade their networks. Create new funding sources. Join us by updating your 2019 data.

E-rate 40

E-rate Broadband Data Analysis 40

Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2018

Because the tools have not been designed to work together, faculty often have to juggle several platforms at once. These challenges—and the tools and solutions the industry responds with—have real implications on student outcomes.

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Trends EdTech E-rate LMS 132