Marketplace K-12

AUGUST 30, 2016

Future revenue in the $33 billion e-learning market is expected to fall precipitously in the United States and internationally, but sales of other types of digital learning products are predicted to rise, according to a market research report released recently. Unstable Economies Impact E-Learning Market.

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Report E-rate OER LMS 70

Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

Summer and transitioning to a new day-to-day computer (Linux laptop). graduation rates — up to a record 83 percent — and whether it is real or an elaborate scam. Tagged on: July 20, 2017 Are iPads and laptops improving students’ test scores? Not that I’ve been twiddling my thumbs exactly. I think the latter."

EdTech 150

EdTech E-rate Software Data 150

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

to outlay an estimated $8 billion annually on software and digital resources, not including hardware. One recent study of school spending estimated that up to two-thirds of software licenses are never activated. Moreover, make sure the outcome—test scores, absence rates, etc.—is is something you care about.

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EdTech Comparison Study Groups 204

Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2017

In many cases, the use of digital tools, platforms, and applications has helped to boost student engagement, grow pass rates, and increase retention. RCCC’s e-Text initiative has saved students up to 50 percent on the cost of their course materials, and has increased classroom engagement and retention. And it’s a good thing she did.

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Data E-rate Course Tablets 60

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Although more than 20,000 Mississippi children age 5 and under are enrolled in Head Start, and Mississippi legislators have slowly added seats to the state’s highly-rated public preschool program, nearly half of the state’s 4-year-olds do not attend preschool at all, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Kids Count Data Center.

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E-rate Report Laptops Assessment 96

Kitaboo on EdTech

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Are you still looking for reasons to create e-textbooks for students? If you draw a comparison between the two, i.e., traditional textbooks and interactive textbooks, you will see that e-textbooks clearly fare better than regular textbooks. Here’s our list of the 8 best eBook creation software. Easy to Create.

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eBook E-rate Libraries Software 64

ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

That’s enough to power laptops and larger peripherals like monitors, which previously required standalone power supplies. M any modern laptops now feature only USB-C ports, even for their AC adapters. . Having one cable for your smartphone, tablet or a portable speakers is big relief that will also hugely reduce e-waste.

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Technology E-rate Laptops Data 321

ViewSonic Education

JULY 30, 2023

They are like wireless presentation displays but offer built-in software for high levels of collaboration and brainstorming. Not to mention that some boards do not come with installed software, causing incompatibility issues later. Incompatible software can be a huge issue if you’ve already made your purchase.

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Meeting How To Software Conference 345

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Lenovo announced new hardware, software and services solutions designed to inspire and enable learning anywhere. The latest Lenovo Education portfolio includes new laptops, running Windows 11 or ChromeOS, built to help students and teachers embrace next-level hybrid learning.

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EdTech Lenovo Robotics Laptops 131

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

So what will schools do when their now-new laptops wear out in a few years? Funds are available through the Every Students Succeeds Act (ESSA), Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), E-rate program, and federal COVID relief funds like the CARES Act. Or their networks need an upgrade?

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Technology E-rate Laptops Digital Divide 169

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

While the federal government awards billions of dollars annually to get schools and libraries online, through its E-rate program, Albemarle’s project is technically ineligible for that because it’s “off campus,” even though it will be an extension of the school network with all its security, filters and firewalls. Photo: Andrew Franco.

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Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Blackboard 92

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2016

If E-rate didn’t fund our technology, we didn’t get it,” he said, referring to a federal program that makes telecommunications and Internet access more affordable for schools and libraries. The school has had large class sizes, even in the lower grades, for years because of stagnant funding, he said.

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Elementary Advocacy E-rate Accessibility 56

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. 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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EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

Educator Innovator

MARCH 30, 2016

An initiative to fill community spaces with programs using innovative equipment, software, and professionals is teaching youth how to learn by immersing them in digital arts. 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.

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Libraries Laptops E-rate Software 38

There is no box

OCTOBER 3, 2015

How do we get reliable bandwidth at a decent rate? We are now working on an e-rate application to double it again. The high school district was fortunate enough to recognize that to make forward progress with technology, they had to make a change. Google Apps for Education. Teacher Devices. Student Devices. Tech Support.

EdTech 40

EdTech E-rate Google Company 40

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.

EdTech 150

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.

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

She leaned in toward her laptop and looked at a sentence that read, “Bake me a cake.” But most kindergarten-readiness and online preschool software is offered by for-profit companies. a month for the first student in the family who enrolls, with a discounted rate for additional students. The word “bake” was in red.

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Laptops Accessibility Online Learning Company 156

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

EdTech 170

EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

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.

EdTech 115

EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 115

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Or the company will have to start charging for the software. 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. A “ban laptops” op-ed may be the greatest piece of ed-tech clickbait ever devised. And “free” doesn’t last.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MARCH 8, 2017

Wheeler had been a “champion” of net neutrality and E-rate reform, according to Education Week at least, but his replacement, Trump appointee Ajit Pai, seems poised to lead the agency with a very different set of priorities – and those priorities will likely shape in turn what happens to ed-tech under Trump. .”

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E-rate Digital Divide Broadband Libraries 49

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.

Education 43

Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2018

“New report calls out NCAA for saying that black athletes graduate at higher rates than other black students, when that’s not true at the top conferences,” says Inside Higher Ed. ” The Wall Street Journal weighs in on laptop bans. 17zuoye has raised $200 million in Series E funding from Toutiao. Memos from HR.

Education 46

Education MOOC Company Report 46

Hack Education

JUNE 2, 2017

The e-book subscription service has raised $21.45 Via the AP : “The Rhode Island chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union has released a study showing more than a dozen school districts can monitor how students use borrowed laptops and other electronic devices.” million total. advertising!

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Education MOOC Report Company 48