edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

As schools and districts strive to meet their existing technology needs and prepare for the future, access to federal and state funding, along with other grants, is making a major difference in whether students engage in 21 st century learning or are left behind. Accessing the E-Rate and Matching State Funds.

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Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

At the same time, the report cites the urgent need to close the digital divide for 2.3 million students across the nation who lack access to the minimum connectivity required for digital learning. billion in E-rate funds set to expire in 2019. Since 2015, the amount invested in Wi-Fi nearly doubled to $2.9

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Broadband E-rate Digital Divide Report 40

Education Superhighway

OCTOBER 15, 2015

Lack of high-speed Internet prevents teachers and students from taking full advantage of the transformational power of digital learning and leaves millions of kids on the wrong side of the digital divide. No longer will lucky students engage a universe of digital learning while millions languish in a bandwidth bottleneck.

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Broadband Digital Divide E-rate Digital Learning 40

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

In 2023, a new popular kid in town, better known as AI, dominated headlines and prompted debates around how students could abuse–and should use–the generative tool for learning. Here’s what they had to say: Text-based AI interfaces provide an opportunity to help close the digital divide…and avoid an impending AI divide.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

In 2023, a new popular kid in town, better known as AI, dominated headlines and prompted debates around how students could abuse–and should use–the generative tool for learning. Here’s what they had to say: Text-based AI interfaces provide an opportunity to help close the digital divide…and avoid an impending AI divide.

Trends 52

Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Many silver linings emerged and digital learning cemented itself as a “must have” in schools. Equity remained front and center, too, raising issues of inequitable technology access, along with racial and socioeconomic disparities and discrimination. Currently, the esports ecosystem is projected to surpass $1.8

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EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 105

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. Um, they do.)

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