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A school district is building a DIY broadband network

The Hechinger Report

On one of these towers, the Albemarle County schools have hung base stations that link to broadband internet beamed up from the roof of a nearby elementary school. We can extend the learning day. Seven years ago, Walton was the first school in Albemarle County to give every student a laptop. We can flip the classroom.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 11 Edition)

Doug Levin

But the iPads will be discontinued next year in favor of the Dell Latitude Education Series (3160) touchscreen laptop computer. If it’s free to play with, and easy to learn about through communities working to improve the open source code, the assumption is that more people (and younger people) will start to get interested in working with AI.

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61 predictions about edtech, equity, and learning in 2022

eSchool News

Here’s what they had to say: The demand for online learning will continue to grow in 2022 and possibly lead to the creation of virtual schools, which would introduce new AR and VR learning processes. This will encourage ongoing communication and collaboration as students participate in meaningful, real-world STEM learning.

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65 ways equity, edtech, and innovation shone in 2022

eSchool News

Here’s what they had to say: The demand for online learning will continue to grow in 2022 and possibly lead to the creation of virtual schools, which would introduce new AR and VR learning processes. This will encourage ongoing communication and collaboration as students participate in meaningful, real-world STEM learning.

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