eSchool News

JANUARY 18, 2022

At Kajeet, we believe internet access is a basic human right and are fully committed to efforts aimed at closing the digital divide,” said Daniel J. For a decade, Kajeet has been working with education and community leaders to close the digital divide for students, known as the “Homework Gap.”

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

Privacy and Student Data During these pressing circumstances, many educators are curating and sharing digital tools, strategies, and tips for remote teaching with their networks. They might also have their location data and IP address tracked without their knowledge.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The program is now expanding to include a new model for schools that already have 1:1 device programs, with Verizon providing hotspots equipped with a 30GB 4G LTE monthly data plan for students who have a school-issued tablet or laptop but lack reliable home internet access. billion in 2019.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The data on this is clear. This would be a fantastic opportunity for private corporations with extensive IT infrastructures to partner with their local communities to accelerate digital transformations in the public schools. Consider this: 1 in 4 U.S. The result?

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

When “families can speak in their native tongue, they feel more connected to school—no longer a guest, but part owner, like they have stock in the company,” said Dr. Van Heukelum. Data can be your best friend, said Dr. Louters. Make sure to use several sources, including core achievement, programming, and engagement data.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 25, 2024

Now comes the first partnership between a higher education institution and OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, and a new flurry of question marks. Researchers, for example, will be able to use these tools to synthesize large data sets. ASU has a reputation for its innovative partnerships. The ASU community is enormous.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2020

For its second impact fund, Salesforce is doubling the size of its pockets to support start-up companies working to solve problems in education, workforce training and climate science, and to create economic opportunities for minority and underrepresented populations. There’s also Trailhead, its online platform for employee training.

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Edsurge

MAY 29, 2020

Unfortunately, for many schools and districts, the need for digital services and software to support basic communication between teachers, parents and students across the digital divide is one that is often overlooked and underfunded. households with less than $30,000 in income have broadband at home.

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Edsurge

JULY 22, 2020

Baker’s experience was reflected in the results of a survey sent by BrightBytes, an education data company, from April to June 15. The data was then sent to Baker’s team at UPenn for analysis. ISTE, EdSurge’s parent organization, helped design the survey questions.) Here is the full report.)

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2023

While there is still work to do in closing the digital divide, access is becoming less of a limiting factor for game-based learning. Nearly all of these skills are required for jobs in a digital world with an increasingly distributed workforce. COVID has also accelerated funding for broadband in underserved neighborhoods.

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eSchool News

MAY 5, 2021

While much work has been done to help close the digital divide, according to the FCC’s Eighth Broadband Report, an estimated 19 million American citizens still lack reliable broadband internet access at home. Kajeet remains laser-focused on closing the digital divide, and this grant program is another step in our journey.”.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

have received billions of dollars in combined donations and gifts from private companies and individuals. Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter, gave $10 million to a single school district in California, aimed at closing digital disparities. More than Devices The “digital divide” was not quite a household term two years ago.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2023

For the last few years, the local government — with schools, the telecommunications company EPB of Chattanooga, and nonprofits — has run “HCS EdConnect,” a program through which schools give Chromebooks, tablets and free training on the skills needed to use smart technology and the modern internet system. The area is something of an outlier.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 8, 2022

In this role, Felix will spearhead business development and account management for Kajeet’s global education customers, further bolstering its mission of closing the digital divide in education and beyond.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2021

Still, no new regulations have yet emerged from that data gathering. 1560 , and proposed adding sections designed “to close the digital divide in California.” Even when there are laws meant to address the digital divide in terms of devices and WiFi, they aren’t always effective. Jennifer E.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2021

Kajeet is mission-focused on closing the digital divide, not just in the U.S., The announcement comes on the heels of significant growth for Kajeet, having more than doubled its customer base and adding new notable hires to its leadership team over the last year. but worldwide,” said chairman, CEO and founder Daniel J.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 27, 2020

This early report represents a 19 percent response rate so far and includes data from nearly 500 districts across 49 states and covers a wide range of both urban and rural regions. When researchers diced the survey data up by income, they discovered less than a half hour difference in school time between low- and high-income districts.

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The Web20Classroom

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Samsung, along with other companies, are working with districts across the U.S. to help figure out the best ways to overcome this digital divide and get that access to where it is needed the most. I was able to secure a grant to buy hundreds of devices and to pay for the data plans for a year. What can be done?

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

You’ll explore emotional intelligence models and various methods for collecting data, so you’ll be equipped to decide which instruments are right for your school or district to measure SEL growth. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

You know, there's a lot more to that when it comes to the biases of the data and important things like that. What About the Lack of Data Transparency with the Data Sets Used by AI? So the lack of data transparency really concerns me. So, for example, I know of an ed tech company in the U.K. Have You Asked It?

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Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Do you know that feeling when you are told your questions about student privacy are unfounded by a representative of a company that earns 86% of its total revenue from advertising? “I’m slightly wary of building a Google data profile of a young child,” says @ashleyrcarman @verge [link]. The thread on this tweet has the details.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

| The Hechinger Report → In three years, no one will be able to explain why it was that colleges and universities continued to hand more than half of their tuition to companies marketing and supporting their online programs – the online program managers. Wish there were publicly available data to support this claim.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

| The Hechinger Report → In three years, no one will be able to explain why it was that colleges and universities continued to hand more than half of their tuition to companies marketing and supporting their online programs – the online program managers. Wish there were publicly available data to support this claim.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2023

Educators, youth and experts in promoting positive development should be consulted in the design and delivery of any digital technology that will be used by significant numbers of young adolescents. Second, we must use regulations to make digital spaces safe for this age group. Targeted advertising should be limited.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Unlimited usage with no data caps, providing schools/districts with a consistent cost per user. Over an advanced communications network, the company offers a full range of state-of-the-art residential and business services including Spectrum Internet ® , TV, Mobile and Voice.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 30, 2020

As the Coronavirus has changed the landscape of education, I have become more and more aware of inequity and the digital divide. In my reflection, I have attempted to present ideas for all schools across the digital divide. What education can be delivered on cell phone hot spots… keeping limited data in mind?

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2021

“Teaming with Kajeet builds on our commitment to deliver connectivity services to our education customers and offer additional capabilities that empower them to take greater control of their data” Tweet this. The platform enhances secure connectivity through customized content filters, firewalls, reporting and internet gateways.

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Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2019

We’re witnessing waves of technology skepticism and dread, with multiple Facebook debacles , the publication of new critiques about the negative impacts of tech giants, and rising concern about privacy in an age of growing big data and AI. Privacy and Digital ‘Colonialism’ The class also investigated problematic aspects of social media.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 16, 2015

In December, the district won a $15,000 grant from Cellcom, a local cellphone company. The following three resources can help students and families realize the powering of digital learning at home. . “You can’t just send them home with an assignment or some research to do, because they have no access.”

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

By supporting schools in low-incomes areas and helping them access high-quality learning technology, the program aims to increase equity and close the digital divide in education. After a successful first year working with Breakthrough, Verizon was looking for a district to serve as its inaugural 5G-enabled education site.

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Edsurge

JULY 11, 2019

Basically, these invisible airwaves transmit bits of data—maybe a little like how Mike Teavee was zapped into pieces and transported from one place to another in “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.” radio, TV, mobile data, broadband. But Windhausen also theorizes—as others have—that the FCC wants telecom companies to use the 2.5

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eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2023

Companies are encouraged to nominate the schools and districts using their products and services–this offers a chance to share success stories and impart valuable lessons learned with the education community.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

Tagged on: March 25, 2017 Data breach disclosure 101: How to succeed after you've failed | Troy Hunt → Folks in edtech may want to bookmark this one. Tagged on: March 25, 2017 Cybersecurity Knowledge Quiz | Pew Research Center → This is not easy (though I did get 10/10). This is ALSO true for edtech.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2017

Sprint, headquartered in suburban Kansas City, said students would receive limited LTE data service and unlimited slower service as well as free phone and text service during their four high school years. The 1Million Project will begin in seven to 10 cities, according to Sprint, though the company has identified only Kansas City so far.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

Tagged on: March 25, 2017 Data breach disclosure 101: How to succeed after you've failed | Troy Hunt → Folks in edtech may want to bookmark this one. Tagged on: March 25, 2017 Cybersecurity Knowledge Quiz | Pew Research Center → This is not easy (though I did get 10/10). This is ALSO true for edtech.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2022

If blockchain records follow learners throughout their lives, asked San José State University professor Roxana Marachi in a recent interview with The Markup, what would that mean for people’s data privacy, and their right to be forgotten ? Anthropologists and people who study religious texts, what can we learn from them? and between the U.S.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Automation of grading, attendance tracking, and data analysis facilitates efficient classroom management. While the integration of AI in K-12 education presents immense opportunities, it is essential to address concerns related to data privacy, equity, and teacher training. One key aspect is personalized learning.

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