IT Bill

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

The ECAR study indicates that most students (appx 80%) do use their smartphones for one or more classes while only 46% consider them “essential for coursework” compared to their laptops at 93%. Such media can be submitted to an e-portfolio or blog (e.g. Tumblr ) for peer review or assessment of learning.

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ViewSonic Education

JULY 30, 2023

For example, maybe some only connect with laptops while others allow for mobile devices. It is easy to connect single content to all displays for effective multi-group environments. With options for remote and group sharing, you don’t have to worry about making sure everyone gets the correct information on time.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

On an unremarkable November morning, Jimmie Conner is hunched over his laptop at a dining table in an open-concept kitchen flooded with light. Ultimately, less than 4 percent of them graduate from college, compared with the nation’s overall rate of 29 percent, according to a 2018 report. FULLERTON, Calif. —

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E-rate Study Report Accessibility 119

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 19, 2024

Audible occasionally rolls out special offers where members can purchase additional credits at a discounted rate. This means whether you have an iPhone, a Samsung Galaxy, or a Windows laptop, you’re covered. This is great for those who prefer e-readers or tablets for their digital reading experiences.

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E-rate Tablets iPhone Accessibility 59

Brainscape

DECEMBER 11, 2023

By rating how well you know the answer to the question on a scale of 1 to 5, you tell Brainscape’s spaced repetition algorithm how often to repeat that flashcard. You rate yourself on a scale of 1 to 5 on how well you knew that particular piece of information, and this determines how frequently you’ll see that card again.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

But the iPads will be discontinued next year in favor of the Dell Latitude Education Series (3160) touchscreen laptop computer. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and arts education is developing rapidly," said Shenzhen Capital Group in a statement. It isn’t even good direct instruction."

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Educator Innovator

MARCH 30, 2016

Yet there’s something to be said for the convenience inherent in e-readers. We walk past a row of laptops, perhaps half of which are occupied by teen users. Nashville is sort of notorious for having a very low [rate of] Internet access at home compared to other cities,” Niq explains, “which I found really fascinating.

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Libraries Laptops E-rate Software 38

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

Showing the Algorithms Behind New York City Services | New York Times → Algorithms can decide where kids go to school, how often garbage is picked up, which police precincts get the most officers, where building code inspections should be targeted, and even what metrics are used to rate a teacher. " Maybe, maybe not.

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EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

Showing the Algorithms Behind New York City Services | New York Times → Algorithms can decide where kids go to school, how often garbage is picked up, which police precincts get the most officers, where building code inspections should be targeted, and even what metrics are used to rate a teacher. " Maybe, maybe not.

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EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2020

“There's a big giant access issue, both in terms of what happens when there’s no internet and then also what happens when you don’t have a device that can go on the internet,” says Beth Holland, the digital equity and rural project director at the Consortium for School Networking, an industry group for school tech directors.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

Tagged on: March 10, 2017 As new technology is paramount, Robertson County gives students laptops | WKRN News 2 → "As new technology is paramount," Robertson County gives students laptops - funded through a special resolution (and not the regular budget). Tagged on: March 10, 2017 State reaches $3.5

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EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 12, 2018

One of the two students sharing a laptop in the echoing brick atrium of the chemistry building at the University of Michigan is white, a freshman from a rice-growing parish in Louisiana; the other, black, a senior and a native of Detroit. Photo: Diane Weiss for The Hechinger Report. ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Department of Education reports.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

This includes navigating the often politicized issues related to immunizations, the high student absence rate due to quarantines or parents wanting to keep their children home, and the negative impact the pandemic had on student and staff mental health. Across the board, we saw more laptops in the hands of young people than ever before.

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EdTech Learning Data Classroom 145

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

This includes navigating the often politicized issues related to immunizations, the high student absence rate due to quarantines or parents wanting to keep their children home, and the negative impact the pandemic had on student and staff mental health. Across the board, we saw more laptops in the hands of young people than ever before.

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EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 113

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Ban Laptops" Op-Eds. For the past ten years, every ten months or so, someone would pen an op-ed claiming it was time to ban laptops in the classroom. For their part, critics of laptop bans claimed the studies the op-eds frequently cite were flawed, reductive, and out-of-date. WTF is Unizin ?! Collared Dove. And on and on and on.

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Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145

Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

“ Apollo Education Group , the parent company of the University of Phoenix and Western International University , announced Thursday that it would eliminate the use of mandatory arbitration clauses in students’ enrollment agreements,” Inside Higher Ed reports. .” The Indian gaming company has raised $1.2

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Education Pearson Report Company 46

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

” The story contains some machinations at the Department of Education in which the White Hous e tried to fire a Jeb Bush-supporting staffer. “ Are iPads and laptops improving students’ test scores? ” asks Chester E. Duolingo has raised $25 million in Series E funding from Drive Capital.

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Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2018

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “A bipartisan group of 30 attorneys general signed on to a letter Thursday opposing House legislation to reauthorize the Higher Education Act over a provision that would bar states from regulating student loan servicers.” ” The Wall Street Journal weighs in on laptop bans. Memos from HR.

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Education MOOC Company Report 46

Hack Education

JUNE 2, 2017

” Via Chalkbeat : “For Betsy DeVos and her former advocacy group, the future of education means ‘ personalization ,’ including virtual schools.” Via The Next Web : “ Facebook is letting Groups create online learning courses – what could possibly go wrong?” million total.

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