Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2021

Without reliable access to the internet and devices like laptops or cell phones, college students probably aren’t going to succeed in online learning. A new survey shows that college students’ attitudes correlate with their personal experiences with online learning. Photo by Gorodenkoff / Shutterstock.

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EdTech Survey Laptops Online Learning 159

eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2024

Given that schools were forced into online learning, many districts used those funds to invest in edtech—in hardware like laptops and Wi-Fi hotspots but also in edtech software. One way to think of it is as a “strategic culling,” he explains, as districts square budget realities with whether tools are truly meeting their needs.

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EdTech Assessment Policies Data 125

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

That left us at EdSurge to ponder, how are edtech companies making sure their products are working best for teachers, the people responsible for weaving them into lessons each day? And what—if anything—can we glean from the number of former educators in the leadership ranks of edtech companies? The short answer is—it depends.

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EdTech Company Social Media Training 185

MindShift

JANUARY 25, 2018

In an open letter, along with another activist shareholder, they called on the company to study digital distraction among youth and to make it easier to limit young people’s use. Of those teachers surveyed, 75 percent said students’ ability to focus on educational tasks has decreased. ” Distraction has an upside.

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Laptops Classroom Policies Survey 54

Neo LMS

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Did you know that according to a United States Department of Education survey, 94% of public school educators buy supplies with their own money ? For example, do this directly by donating supplies, funding a GoFundMe page set by a teacher, or by pitching in their Amazon (or any other company) wish list. Helping with classroom supplies.

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Education Digital Divide Laptops Trends 363

Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2023

In the past year, colleges have seen a rise in students skipping lectures , and some reports indicate that students are more prone to staring at TikTok or other distractions on their smartphones and laptops during lecture class. Most had the lecture slides up on their laptops or iPads, or were using paper notebooks and pens.

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Laptops Smartphone Course E-rate 204

Marketplace K-12

JULY 5, 2016

Teachers who are most confident about educational technology tend to work in low-poverty and suburban schools, bringing their students a wide range of experiences and potential benefits that other young people may lack, concludes a survey released today by the Education Week Research Center. Cost and Customization Are the Key.

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Survey Analysis Digital Divide Report 66

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 4, 2020

Only 24 percent of public school teachers reported that all of their students had access to a computer or tablet to use for school work, according to a nationally representative survey of 600 public school teachers conducted in early May by Educators for Excellence (E4E). On the other side of the country, an estimated 1.2

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Accessibility Online Learning Tablets Learning 145

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

BRUNSWICK, Maine—Like many school districts, Brunswick School Department in Maine suddenly has a lot more laptops and tablets to manage than it planned for. BPS applied for help from the federal Emergency Connectivity Fund to purchase additional Chromebooks so students can keep a laptop at school and have one at home.

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Digital Divide Broadband Laptops Chromebook 141

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

These days, fingerprint scanners and cameras are regular parts of school life—on the ceilings watching students walk, and on their laptops analyzing their facial expressions. And cameras have moved from hallways to classrooms, with technology and security companies actively marketing them to schools.

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Kickboard Laptops Social Media Data 115

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

It’s also a place where companies are racing into technologies that raise tough ethical issues. But that reluctance is gone, replaced by an enthusiasm and a booming ecosystem of new companies trying to serve a growing audience—especially for online tutoring and English-language learning. That means many of the tutors live in the U.S.,

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Technology Education Company Conference 115

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2017

Almost all of the PreK to 12 programming clustered in the Little America hotel, while the post-secondary, workforce training and company suites clustered in the more opulent Grand America across the street. That’s generally how much companies have to generate for most major banks to consider working with them to find a buyer.

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Pearson Microsoft Company EdTech 78

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

With schools mostly online, nearly one in four public school students in Detroit aren’t logging in or showing up , the superintendent says — many because they don’t have laptops or Wi-Fi. That’s significantly more than in a typical year. We have to fight three times as hard now.”. College enrollments have fallen.

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Survey Laptops Dropout Report 140

Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Data’s influence on modern education is immense; it drives policies, impacts funding—it even affects decisions about which tools and services edtech companies create for educators. Below, Rambo shares her thoughts on education innovation, including her newest tool for edtech companies. What’s fueling innovation in schools right now?

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Trends EdTech Data Tools 72

The Hechinger Report

MAY 4, 2019

On a laptop in the nearly empty office, he worked on code for a webpage he was developing for his employer, the learning materials company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. In half an hour, he needed to join a conference call about changes to the company’s website. Trish Torizzo, chief information officer for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

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Company Survey Report Training 112

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2020

They give companies another reason to stop relying principally on academic degrees when hiring, since candidates who are Black are less likely than white candidates to have one , according to the U.S. Caitlin Storhaug, director of global recruiting communications, McKinsey & Company. Steve Yadzinski, Jobs for the Future.

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Company Assessment Report Gamification 144

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

adults who went to college strongly agree that the education they received is relevant to their work , a survey by the Strada Center for Education Consumer Insights found. Some check equations on laptops. Only 26 percent of working U.S. The first thing people think is, ‘That doesn’t lead to a job.’

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Kaplan Training Report Survey 125

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2020

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. According to the latest survey data from the Pew Research Center, 73 percent of adults have broadband internet at home. BrainPop, Kahoot!,

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Broadband Flipped Classroom Online Learning Smartphone 145

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2020

He spent more than one morning at his family’s kitchen table, staring at his laptop, his thoughts frayed. An education technology company called Course Hero surveyed students last month about their financial needs; among the more than 14,000 who responded, rent and food were nearly tied for first place.

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Study Survey Course Company 145

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2019

Rolling cabinets stocked with dozens of the laptops sit in classrooms where teachers assign them to students for everything from researching hereditary DNA to writing essays. What’s unusual about James Lick’s Chromebook program isn’t the laptops themselves, but how they were paid for. Amadou Diallo for The Hechinger Report.

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Technology Chromebook Laptops iPad 104

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2019

EducationSuperHighway surveyed school districts and found that 94 percent use digital learning in at least half of their classrooms every week. And 85 percent of teachers support even greater use of digital learning in their schools, according to a recent survey by NewSchools Venture Fund and Gallup. Their plan seems to have worked.

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E-rate Digital Divide Classroom Laptops 48

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

In its 48-year history, Curriculum Associates has acquired only one company. His company’s flagship digital product, i-Ready , is a K-8 math and literacy tool used by nearly 15 percent of K-8 students across the country. “I The two companies have had on-and-off conversations about partnership opportunities since 2012.

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Company Chromebook Learning Gamification 96

MIND Research Institute

MAY 15, 2020

To achieve equity and resume coursework for students, Dr. Adams told MIND that Des Moines Public Schools (DMPS) began with a district-wide survey to determine each family’s need for computers or a wired home broadband connection. DMPS distributed nearly 21,000 laptop computers to students throughout Des Moines during two weeks in mid-April.

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Education Broadband Learning Elementary 124

ViewSonic Education

MAY 7, 2019

In one recent national survey of pre-K-12 teachers, 94% said that classroom and instructional technologies are extremely important or very important. Compatible with any laptop, iPad or other tablets, IFPs are simple to set up – in most cases instructors just connect the board and they're ready to go.

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Classroom Software iPad Tablets 238

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

The report highlights a number of steps that states are taking, including creating one-to-one laptop programs, increasing statewide broadband networks and making Wi-Fi hotspots more readily available. Related: The ‘dirty secret’ about educational innovation.

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Tools Laptops Analysis Broadband 79

Fractus Learning

APRIL 9, 2021

These tools help create instructional content, interactive lessons, polling surveys, activities, and students’ opportunities to ask questions and communicate effectively. Zoom for Education allows students to virtually join a class from any device, laptop, tablet, Android mobile phone, or iPhone. Zoom for Education. SurveyMonkey.

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Flipped Classroom Software Tools Classroom 97

EdTechTeam

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Cross-posted from edscoop.com EdTechTeam and CDI Computer Dealers have joined up to provide the Google-powered laptops along with workshops for educators. The two education companies recently partnered to deliver competitively priced technology and opportunities for professional development to educators across North America.

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Chromebook Training Laptops Google 51

Edsurge

JANUARY 8, 2018

I spun around my laptop, which was currently displaying Mancrates , a website that sends Valentine’s boxes to avid lovers of artisanal meats. For our first round, sixteen staff members including teachers, reading specialists, media specialists and para-professional educators signed up by completing a short interest survey.

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Learning Professional Learning Survey Resources 113

Edsurge

DECEMBER 16, 2020

We did a survey of our girls before they even entered the program to really get a handle on what were their needs: How many hours could they give, did they have the hardware? We were able to get girls laptops. Typically when we run our summer immersion program, it’s girls coding from 9-5, seven days a week, in tech companies.

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STEM Accessibility Broadband Report 180

Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

We’ve largely succeeded—according to a recent Common Sense Media survey , eight out of 10 K-12 teachers have computing devices in their classrooms. As we took notes on our $2000 laptops, those stats seemed too far off. But we’ve learned technology alone does not drive higher achievement. But the consultant was right.

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EdTech iPad Chromebook Industry 159

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

What’s different about the trend today is that educational technology companies are eagerly marketing software under the “personalized learning” label. The school used the money for a bulk order of Google Chromebooks, allowing every classroom to have a laptop for each student. DeVonté Trask, 11. Aaaaaaaa ,” the kids chanted.

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Personalized Learning Software Data Report 99

TeacherCast

JANUARY 1, 2016

Laptops and computer workstations have already made significant inroads into traditional learning environments. The company has developed a number of sophisticated software programs and mobile apps designed to encourage greater customization in education.

Technology 68

Technology LMS Classroom Trends 68

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 21, 2021

Second, the Logitech Rugged Combo 3 Touch is made for iPads with a place to store a stylus and features a trackpad and keyboard allowing touch screen devices to turn into a laptop-like experience. The Logitech Rugged Combo 3 Touch has a sealed pry-resistant keyboard, but also a trackpad that operates just like a trackpad on a laptop.

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iPad Laptops Chromebook BYOD 405

Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2018

The “Netflix for education” analogy has become somewhat of a cliché for edtech companies using student data to recommend anything from courses to textbooks. Private companies also took notice. The company also noticed that institutions weren’t as excited about a student-directed degree planning tool as they had expected. “We

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Course Data System Company 99

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

A new federal survey estimates that 10 percent of U.S. In this classroom, some students are working with a tutor through a video connection on their laptops. The Department of Education provided some answers last week with the release of a national survey conducted in December 2022 of 1,000 schools, from elementary to high school.

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Survey Data Laptops Report 101

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2019

While nearly 90 percent of school district leaders say they are investing in social-emotional products, according to one survey , only a small share of the many programs in existence have been rigorously vetted. Many companies market their products as “evidence-based,” she said, when in fact there’s no real evidence demonstrating they work.

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Strategy Training Report Company 79

The Hechinger Report

MAY 18, 2020

Armed with laptops, Legos (with no shops to build mechanical structures, the school sent kits) and pads of Post-it Notes, along with their social rituals — meals together, Friday craft nights, a running notebook of their funny quotes — they created a quarantine campus. Credit: Photo courtesy Alex Butler.

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Social Media Groups Course Meeting 122