Education Superhighway

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Meet Melinda (“Mindy”) Fiscus. She is the current Digital Access Coordinator for the Learning Technology Center of Illinois (LTC) and an Illinois State E-rate Coordinator. From facilitating E-rate workshops, I gained more knowledge about the program.

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Education Superhighway

OCTOBER 31, 2017

In 2014, the Federal Communications Commission modernized the E-rate program with the objective of closing the K-12 digital divide within five years. As a result, 35 million more students have been connected to digital learning and educational opportunity. Why has E-rate modernization worked so well?

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 12, 2020

For school districts implementing e-learning plans, a key concern is ensuring equity and access to learning materials for all students. Some students may not have access to the devices needed to complete e-learning activities, while others may not be able to connect to the internet from home.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 9, 2020

For school districts implementing e-learning plans, a key concern is ensuring equity and access to learning materials for all students. Some students may not have access to the devices needed to complete e-learning activities, while others may not be able to connect to the internet from home.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 7, 2020

For school districts implementing e-learning plans, a key concern is ensuring equity and access to learning materials for all students. Some students may not have access to the devices needed to complete e-learning activities, while others may not be able to connect to the internet from home.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 7, 2020

For school districts implementing e-learning plans, a key concern is ensuring equity and access to learning materials for all students. Some students may not have access to the devices needed to complete e-learning activities, while others may not be able to connect to the internet from home.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 6, 2020

For school districts implementing e-learning plans, a key concern is ensuring equity and access to learning materials for all students. Some students may not have access to the devices needed to complete e-learning activities, while others may not be able to connect to the internet from home.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 6, 2020

For school districts implementing e-learning plans, a key concern is ensuring equity and access to learning materials for all students. Some students may not have access to the devices needed to complete e-learning activities, while others may not be able to connect to the internet from home.

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Digital Promise

JULY 20, 2020

With that in mind, we recently spoke with our Director of Research, Medha Tare, and our Director of Practitioner Partnerships, Jessica Jackson, about what the Learner Variability Project (LVP) is doing to strengthen that bond for teaching and learning in both brick-and-mortar schools and online environments.

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Education Superhighway

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

As the largest education technology program in the country, the Schools and Libraries program (E-rate) has transformed Internet access in our nation’s schools. In 2014, AASA played a lead role in modernizing the E-rate program, advocating for key changes such as: A policy update to make the program broadband-centric; and.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Common Sense, SETDA unveil toolkit to help states, schools apply for billions in federal aid under the E-rate program modernization. A new E-rate funding toolkit from Common Sense and SETDA explains the changes to the federal program, available funding, and best ways to apply for it.

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eSchool News

MARCH 30, 2015

With some districts and schools still struggling to meet bandwidth needs, keeping E-rate strong is more vital than ever. The digital concept is so important for our schools today. As the roles of connectivity and technology within our schools continue to evolve, modernizing the E-rate program is a huge priority for us.

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Education Superhighway

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

As a result of their efforts, teachers have seen far greater opportunities to marry critical thinking with digital learning in their classrooms. Merritt solicited the support of its E-rate consultant, Julie Watson, who provided invaluable advice on how to fund an upgrade. The Path to a Successful Upgrade. The Impact.

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Education Superhighway

JUNE 14, 2018

Last month, our Service Provider Partnership Manager Tim Riley and Network Engineer Jason Warchol traveled to the Alaska Telephone Association 2018 Annual Meeting. E-rate data shows that approximately 59,107 students in Alaska do not have the bandwidth they need to access digital learning opportunities in the classroom.

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Education Superhighway

AUGUST 1, 2017

Having high-speed Internet is not just about meeting standards, however: it’s about offering students equal access to a robust, modern education, regardless of their socioeconomic background or geographic location. Tune in to the FCC’s Open Commission Meeting on August 3, 2017. You can find the proposed meeting agenda here.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 29, 2019

It removes barriers to learning materials, supports students where they are across varied learning contexts and needs, and gives educators more insight into the learning environments they’re creating. Students can access learning materials outside of school. Here are some examples.

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SETDA Says

JANUARY 28, 2015

Successful digital learning implementation can meet a broad range of goals, including supporting the academic needs of students to ensure that they are college. Best Practices Digital Content E-Rate Equity of Access OER Policy Professional Learning'

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Academy participants make a positive impact on student-centered and digital learning in their school district and enhance their career trajectory. The biggest piece that they have done so well is each time that we meet, you know, we have an opportunity to learn some experts. I really appreciate it. And those pieces.

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Education Superhighway

JANUARY 14, 2020

As a result of these efforts, 99% of students have been connected to the minimum high-speed Internet needed for digital learning. Funds For Learning will utilize their extensive experience with K-12 broadband data and E-rate to manage the technology platform and ensure that the data is accurate and updated annually.

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Education Superhighway

AUGUST 1, 2017

Having high-speed Internet is not just about meeting standards, however: it’s about offering students equal access to a robust, modern education, regardless of their socioeconomic background or geographic location. Tune in to the FCC’s Open Commission Meeting on August 3, 2017. You can find the proposed meeting agenda here.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

We find no one with a professional knowledge in the laws of learning, or the techniques for applying them,” he wrote. There are widespread beliefs about the best way to teach and learn that have been proven wrong by science, yet they persist. But at a university? “We Teaching at colleges is often done without any formal training.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 18, 2017

. Nearly nine out of 10 school districts meet the federal government’s minimum standard for internet connectivity – a significant increase from 2013, when only 30 percent met that level, according to a report released Tuesday by a California-based nonprofit organization. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. Absolutely.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

These days many schools tout blended learning programs when marketing their school to potential students. Blended learning can combine the flexibility of online instruction with the benefits of in-person teaching. The Good The best blended learning programs seem to have some common threads. And in a way, this does make sense.

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Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

As such, states can expect to support a great variety of approaches to educational technology in their districts under the program, from those that spend some smaller portion of funds on activities to fill in the gaps in local efforts to those that devote the maximum allowable funds to ambitious personalized learning implementations.

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Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

High-speed broadband that can support digital learning requires a combination of scalable fiber-optic connections, sufficient and affordable bandwidth, and robust internal networks that can deliver information onto student devices in the classroom. NAVIGATE E-RATE. Advice on E-rate program timeline and milestones.

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Hapara

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Social awareness skills When students work on building their social awareness skills, they learn how to empathize with people from different cultures and backgrounds and understand their perspectives. They can do this with a rubric or a rating scale. Add scenarios on cards or present them digitally.

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Education Superhighway

JUNE 24, 2019

As the Director of Digital Learning at the Massachusetts Elementary and Secondary Education office, Ken Klau is focused on the strategy for rethinking the structure and delivery of learning, building a more student-centered system of public education, and creating the next generation of K–12 learning environments.

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Education Superhighway

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Making sure your school district has the ability to scale your Internet access over time is critical to keeping pace with demand for digital learning in the classroom. However, E-rate program rules require you to re-bid if you want to make a change to the service described in your establishing Form 470. Currently, 2.3

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TeacherCast

JANUARY 27, 2022

Who dares to TEACH must never cease to LEARN – John Cotton Dana For many school districts, the ability to create a dynamic and effective Instructional Coaching program is a challenge. One of the best ways to build daytime workshop sessions with the understanding that the sessions will help administrators meet their yearly goals.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 16, 2015

Students were excited about learning. “What you find out very quickly as teachers is not just the power of using technology in the classroom, but the power to extend learning, to carry it beyond just the school day,” says Brian Nicol, communications coordinator and, until recently, a teacher at the Wisconsin school district.

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TeacherCast

JANUARY 27, 2022

Who dares to TEACH must never cease to LEARN – John Cotton Dana. You have a few hundred teachers scattered across several school buildings, each with their own comfort level digital learning, and only one or a few coaches to support everyone. The only place to read this as the original content is [link]. Surveying Your Staff.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2017

million of US students who are now meeting the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) minimum internet access goal of 100 kbps per student. E-Rate , an FCC program that provides funding to help schools and libraries build fiber infrastructure and expand their wi-fi and broadband networks. million more compared to 2013.

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Education Superhighway

JANUARY 22, 2019

New Jersey school districts have made tremendous progress in closing the connectivity gap over the past four years, but over 10,000 students still need more bandwidth for digital learning. Read on to learn more. . This post was originally published on NJSBA’s School Board Notes.

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Education Superhighway

OCTOBER 23, 2017

We look forward to working with Indiana’s leaders to ensure that all of the state’s public school students have equal access to digital learning opportunity through high-speed broadband.

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Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Today, we released our fourth annual State of the States report: Expanding Digital Learning to Every Classroom, Every Day and we are proud to announce that 40.7 million students still don’t have access to the minimum connectivity required for digital learning, down from 6.5 billion in E-rate funds set to expire in 2019.

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Education Superhighway

JUNE 14, 2019

With technology playing a pivotal role in creating incredible learning opportunities for America’s students, it’s vital that every classroom has the bandwidth needed to access media-rich educational tools and implement digital learning. What are the FCC’s Bandwidth Goals? How fast will my Bandwidth Needs Grow?

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Hapara

AUGUST 8, 2022

When you build your own, you can differentiate instruction and support every student with the specific learning content they need. Any type of resource you can create for instruction or to help students learn a skill can be turned into an OER. . Project outlines like this school wide project-based learning outline.

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