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Essential Guide to Digital Citizenship for CIPA and E-Rate

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E-rate is complicated. But complying with the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) -- a requirement of E-rate -- doesn't have to be. It also provides an overview of E-rate, with answers to commonly asked questions about eligibility, services supported, and audits. What is E-rate?

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Q&A: How the Virginia DOE and Orange County Leveraged E-rate

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The Virginia Department of Education’s Learning Infrastructure Coordinator, Susan Clair, spearheads the effort to ensure school leaders are aware of the E-rate program, funding, tools and resources needed for a successful broadband upgrade. We recently went Google two years ago and see a big increase in bandwidth from that.

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Next-Gen Voice and Presence Technology Keep K–12 Districts Safer

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The advantages they provide — ease of mass notifications, the ability to deliver video as well as voice, greater redundancy and reliability — are simply too compelling to ignore. The company offered discounted rates on low-use lines, like those found inside classrooms, and provided more than 1,000 new handsets at no charge, Zamudio says.

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Using the Learner Variability Navigator for Professional Learning

Digital Promise

What do you think could be the reason they rate it lower than peers and instinct? Yet, for most teachers, research is not very accessible and they don’t have time to comb through Google Scholar when they have a stack of papers waiting to be graded. Jessica : It really comes down to context and accessibility.

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Understanding the legal implications of using web filters in K-12 schools

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CIPA requires schools or libraries eligible to receive discounts through the E-rate program to adopt and implement an internet safety policy. It blocks ads and tracking and also anonymizes learners’ Google searches. This cloud-based AI browser filter analyzes images, videos and text.

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Exploring different types of web filters for K-12 schools

Hapara

If a school receives E-rate program discounts for Internet access, they need to follow CIPA guidelines, including implementing a web filter. Watch the short video What are examples of web filtering software and features? Google SafeSearch is an example of a search engine filter. How does Hāpara Filter do this?

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Groundbreaking Educational Video Conferencing Platform InSpace Raises $6M in Seed Funding

eSchool News

Burlington, VT (June 8, 2021) – InSpace , a collaborative video conferencing platform that replicates personal interaction between students and teachers in virtual classrooms, today announcedthat the company has closed on $6 million in two rounds of seed funding. The funding is led by a $2.6 About InSpace.

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