EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Augmented data analysis, blended digital tools and connected networks will reign among technology innovations in the coming year, according to IT analyst group Gartner’s top 10 tech trends of 2019. . Artificial Intelligence Will Augment Data-Driven Initiatives. What Gartner’s Top Tech Trends for 2019 Mean for Education.

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Education Superhighway

APRIL 18, 2018

Increasingly, users of digital platforms, tools, and networks around the world are learning how important it is that their data is collected and used transparently and ethically. Why is it that data is collected? Where exactly does the data come from? ENSURING NATIONWIDE DATA ACCURACY. Data Collection.

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eSchool News

MARCH 25, 2016

Big E-rate changes mean schools must chart a new path. A bigger annual cap isn’t the only recent change to the E-rate program. New forms, new data, the potential for infrastructure discounts, and (even more) new funding are all colliding to create one of the most challenging application periods in memory.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 29, 2019

Students have fewer barriers to learning when they can use their tablets or laptops not only to find homework instructions, read e-books, and share important information with their families, but to create and work on independent projects, research topics that interest them, and connect with subject experts. Here are some examples.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 23, 2022

It will not only know a particular student is good at French grammar, for example. For example, a French grammar course centered on future tenses can have the following competencies: Recognize to form of future tenses in French. E-books, studies, and essays. Each module and assessment can have associated competencies.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 5, 2018

If a district finds that interactive whiteboards in its high school classrooms aren’t being used, for example, these displays might be pushed down into classrooms in the lower grades. Often, vendors work with districts to identify products that are eligible for E-rate funding. Support and Manage Technology.

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Education Superhighway

JULY 24, 2017

It is our core belief that w ith access to more information and more data on broadband speeds and pricing, school district leaders are empowered to find new service options, make informed broadband choices, and get more bandwidth for their budgets. However, transparent data is most powerful when it’s accurate.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

School districts, like every organization and person in the world, are concerned with keeping data private and secure,” Keith Krueger, CEO of CoSN, tells EdSurge. The recent data breach at San Diego Unified School District, which is estimated to have affected 500,000 current and former students, is one such example.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 30, 2019

If schools plan to use routers with external antennas, for example, they will need to know whether schools lease their buses or own them before making any physical alterations. Currently, E-Rate does not cover connected bus programs.

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Education Superhighway

JULY 24, 2017

However, transparent data is only powerful if it is accurate. That’s why we have a team of 28 data quality specialists, analysts, and engineers dedicated to ensuring that the network information for every public school district in the country accurately reflects their current network architecture. DATA FUELS ALL THAT WE DO .

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

In Virginia, for example, more than 50 percent of all black college students attend just four colleges, according to research by the Urban Institute, a Washington think tank. Black and Latino students do graduate at higher rates than white and Asian students at two historically black Virginia universities, Hampton and Virginia State.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2021

One example is New Jersey, where schools and districts were required to submit to the state “a survey weekly of how many students lacked devices and/or WiFi,” according to Erica Hartman, Director of Technology Integration at New Jersey’s Morris School District. Still, no new regulations have yet emerged from that data gathering.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

When the unemployment rate spiked during the spring of 2020, jobs that required a college degree declined more than those that didn’t, and new college graduates were hit the hardest. Analyzing data from Burning Glass , Wharton professor Matthew Bidwel found a diminishing number of entry-level jobs requiring a degree.

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Hapara

MAY 12, 2022

The federal Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) was enacted in 2000 and requires schools to have an internet safety policy in place to receive E-rate program discounts. Malicious sites steal online information, mine for data and install viruses, so it’s essential to filter out those related to phishing and malware.

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eSchool News

JUNE 14, 2021

Is there a correlation between technology use and plummeting literacy rates? And that’s just one example of using technology to enhance writing skills, public speaking skills, and stimulating imagination while learning about a critical historical moment.”. Data from Annie E. They directed it.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 17, 2018

According to new Speak Up data from Project Tomorrow, 43 percent of school site administrators say implementing digital content is an effective tool for ensuring equity across classrooms, throughout the school, and within their district. Here are 10 examples of equity resources and efforts to address equity in action: 1.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

At OHDELA, enrollment more than doubled to about 5,200 students in the 2020-2021 school year, according to state data. OHDELA gets an F rating from the Ohio Department of Education, receiving failing marks on measures including students’ performance on state tests, academic growth and graduation rates. At Stride Inc.,

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Hapara

MARCH 13, 2023

Schools that receive E-rate program discounts for broadband access are required to have internet safety policies with “technology protection measures.” There are numerous web filtering examples available for school districts to consider, but the web filters on the market don’t all work the same way.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

They may intend to earn two years’ worth of general education credits at more affordable rates before transferring to a four-year college or university. But data shows these strategies don’t actually work for most of the people who enroll at community college.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Is there a correlation between technology use and plummeting literacy rates? And that’s just one example of using technology to enhance writing skills, public speaking skills, and stimulating imagination while learning about a critical historical moment.”. Data from Annie E. They directed it.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Today’s students see themselves as digital natives , the first generation to grow up surrounded by technology like smartphones, tablets and e-readers. We’ve seen more investment in classroom technologies , with students now equipped with school-issued iPads and access to e-textbooks. Students first rated their medium preferences.

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eSpark

AUGUST 8, 2023

OpenAI, the organization behind ChatGPT and the Dall-E image generator, has been particularly scrutinized since the public release of ChatGPT in November 2022. For AI models, everything that comprises the human experience is replaced with data. They do this thousands of times over to align outputs with societal norms and values.

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Vizor

JANUARY 29, 2024

Leverage E-rate, Title I, and other federal & state funds Make sure you take advantage of various funding sources available for technology in education. E-rate is a federal program that provides discounts on internet access and telecommunications services for schools.

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Education Superhighway

MAY 29, 2019

Earlier this month, EducationSuperHighway announced a partnership with the top telecommunications infrastructure data and Internet-based spatial technologies provider, GeoTel. For example, GeoTel maps can show us when fiber is available at or near a school.

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Discovery Education

DECEMBER 13, 2022

What does the data say about early learning? For decades, data has shown that children 3-4 years old who have access to quality early education see more predictable, and higher, reading scores in third grade. And a study by the Annie E. Even global data supports the critical importance of early education.

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Education Superhighway

MAY 30, 2019

In 2016, EducationSuperHighway worked with the Virginia Department Of Education (VDOE) to hire an E-rate and school technology specialist. One of the first things I did for KLIP was establish goals: get fiber to schools that need it, ensure all schools have reliable Wi-Fi, and rebuild the state E-rate program.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2021

And we’ve only seen the beginning—within the next few years, the company is poised to disrupt the healthcare market, become the market leader in online advertising, establish itself as a competitor to USPS, FedX and UPS, and provide global access to broadband internet through a network of satellites orbiting the planet… to name but a few examples.

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Edsurge

MAY 24, 2017

Since then a slew of security breaches and malicious data hacks have hit educational institutions, including K-12 districts and their technology providers. Laws regarding school data breaches vary vastly, from notification timelines to organizational responsibilities. His request fell on deaf ears as the bill died.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 31, 2024

Black students in Ohio are, on average, kicked out of classes for these offenses at four and half times the rate of white students. ” Maryland’s state education agency said only that it makes annual data available for school districts to analyze.

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eSpark

APRIL 13, 2022

Reflecting on his school's technology initiative, middle school principal Chris Hanson said , “(edtech) has made my life a lot easier when it comes to looking at the entire grade level of data… I can look and see exactly how long a student’s been stuck on a certain standard, how long they’ve been working on it, and if they’ve been stuck.

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 21, 2021

Joyce : What’s different about this study and why is sharing these data so important? We actually have been working since 2017, to try to get this data project funded. This is a piece of hard data relating to equity. Districts are also eliminating library clericals and paraprofessionals at alarming rates.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

AI Tools for Teachers: Meet Curipod, AI Lesson Plan Builder 00;06;00;13 – 00;06;09;25 Vicki Davis And so, Amanda, can you give us some examples of some AI powered educational tools and programs and how they've been effective in helping students learn? What About the Lack of Data Transparency with the Data Sets Used by AI?

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2019

For example, SonicWall ’s Content Filtering Service can “allow or deny access to sites based on individual or group identity — students, faculty, visitors — or by time of day, for more than 50 predefined categories,” Brian Patch of SonicWall told EdTech earlier this year. The monitoring is not a secret.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2020

Examples from The Hechinger Report’s collection of misleading research claims touted by ed tech companies. Edgenuity boasts that the first case study in its long list of “success stories” shows how 10th grade students using its program “demonstrated more than an eightfold increase in pass rates on state math tests.”.

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Education Superhighway

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

The E-rate Category 2 program has been a game changer for school districts across America looking to upgrade their internal networks. Since 2015, 83% of school districts nationwide have received federal E-rate Category 2 funding — a dramatic increase from 14% between 2011 and 2014. Current program set up.

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Education Superhighway

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Many of these questions can only be answered by your vendor, so make sure and reach out to them as quickly as possible to gather this data. 18 States now offer E-rate State Matching Funds for Special Construction Projects. The number of strands of fiber being installed. STATE MATCHING FUNDS. Read this carefully!

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eSchool News

JULY 25, 2018

The 2014 E-rate modernization helped a majority of schools meet the FCC’s short-term connectivity goal of 100 Mbps per 1,000 students, according to CoSN’s relaunched Digital Equity Initiative toolkit. The toolkit also highlights five strategies districts are leveraging to address those challenges.

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