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Revised Federal Edtech Plan Calls for Closing Digital Divides

Edsurge

When the federal government released its revised edtech plan last month, it was laying down its hope for a future that delivers on effective instruction for students. For example, on a smaller scale, the FCC is looking to enable schools to use its E-rate program to purchase hotspots and devices, Krueger says.

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Bridging the Connectivity Divide in K–12 School Districts

EdTech Magazine

Despite widespread efforts to bridge the digital divide through one-to-one device programs, connectivity challenges continue to leave millions of students and teachers trapped in the slow lane of the information superhighway. DISCOVER: Pandemic aid helps narrow Mississippi's digital divide.

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Funding Edtech with the E-Rate Program and Grants

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During a recent edWebinar , edtech experts provided an overview of the E-Rate program, state matching funds, and ways to obtain grants for technological development. Accessing the E-Rate and Matching State Funds. Sheryl Abshire, Ph.D., Cynthia Schultz, Esq.

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Edtech Reports Recap: Video Is Eating the World, Broadband Fails to Keep Up

Edsurge

All in this Edtech Reports Recap. But there’s still a ways to go to hit the FCC’s “longer-term” target of 1 Mbps, which was to kick in by now, for taking advantage of bandwidth-hungry edtech apps. “Early childhood” videos on YouTube nearly all have advertising. That Broadband Gap Bar? schools had high-speed broadband connections.

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Majority of districts now meet FCC’s school internet connectivity goal

eSchool News

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 Why students should have internet access at home When it comes to digital equity , U.S.

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64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

As we wave farewell to 2023 , we’re looking ahead to edtech trends in 2024 with optimism for education as a whole. What are the projections for edtech? We asked edtech executives, stakeholders, and experts to share some of their thoughts and predictions about where they think edtech is headed in 2024. Today, over 2.9

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 28 & 29 Editions)

Doug Levin

Since the last edition of a ‘Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News”: I’ve joined efforts to support Net Neutrality protections ; Written further about the prediction made in the book, “Disrupting Class.” A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 28 and 29 Combined Edition).

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