Edsurge

MARCH 23, 2023

In order to understand the significance of microcredentials, their ability to help meet workforce demands , and the dilemma these short-term credentials are causing to traditional higher education, we must first walk through the ways college has evolved during its nearly 400 years of history in our nation. On the institution side, Jennifer E.

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Industry Education E-rate Conference 177

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

When the unemployment rate spiked during the spring of 2020, jobs that required a college degree declined more than those that didn’t, and new college graduates were hit the hardest. Not only did postings for bachelor’s level jobs fall the most, but entry-level jobs also dropped farthest and fastest. With two-thirds of U.S.

Training 187

Training Company E-rate Software 187

Neo LMS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Naturally, technology plays a central role in scaling quality education supply to meet this demand. In the previous posts on this topic our examination found that technology can and does help when it comes to improving completion rates , reducing tuition costs and helping universities to bridge the revenue gap. Skills gap.

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Secondary LMS E-rate Dropout 300

Hapara

MAY 12, 2022

The federal Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) was enacted in 2000 and requires schools to have an internet safety policy in place to receive E-rate program discounts. It works on Chromebooks, Mac OS, Windows, tablets and mobile devices anytime students are learning. . During Google Meet or Zoom class sessions, H?para

Digital Citizenship 243

Digital Citizenship How To Internet Safety Hapara 243

Securly

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Will more schools embrace student-centric mobile devices? “There will be more momentum for mobile devices in classrooms with an eye toward affordable alternatives to traditional 1:1 rollouts.” The proposal must meet Florida Department of Education criteria. Will the cloud continue to reign? 7 YEARS LATER… 1.

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EdTech Common Core Chromebook iPad 176

Digital Promise

JANUARY 16, 2015

“If you didn’t have Internet access outside of school, you could learn in my class, but boy would it be at a different pace and rate and difficulty,” he says. The funds will go toward purchasing MiFi devices, which provide mobile broadband access, so that 15 percent can connect at home for free.

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Resources E-rate Broadband Digital Divide 120

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

school districts—6,132, to be exact, representing about one-third of public K-12 students—do indeed meet the higher 1 Mbps standard. Connected Nation bases the analysis in its “Connect K-12 2020 Executive Summary” on FCC E-Rate application data for the 2020 federal fiscal year.

Broadband 168

Broadband Report Video EdTech 168

eSchool News

MAY 31, 2017

According to the Stillmans, Jonah sees dialing into a meeting via video conferencing as no different than sitting face-to-face in a boardroom. Already, K-12 schools are beginning to leverage the E-Rate for a digital transformation [read here and also here ].

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Kaplan E-rate Smartphone Mobility 106

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

They may intend to earn two years’ worth of general education credits at more affordable rates before transferring to a four-year college or university. It helps us fulfill our mission as a public university,” University of Virginia president James E. They may want to boost their grades before applying to a more selective institution.

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Policies Course E-rate Examples 159

ViewSonic Education

JULY 30, 2023

Choosing the best presentation display for your business’s meeting spaces can be overwhelming. This is why we’ve created this comprehensive guide to all types of presentation displays commonly used for meeting spaces in business settings. The advanced touchscreen interactivity is perfect for all types of meeting spaces.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

We educators should remain committed to teaching all students with the mission of advancing our cities, states and nation by preparing citizens to meet the economic development and workforce needs of today and tomorrow. If not, college leaders MUST be willing to make the hard decisions and pivot quickly to meet those needs.

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Industry E-rate Mobility Meeting 120

edWeb.net

MAY 1, 2019

Many times, the funding is not enough, and schools supplement from outside sources, including the E-Rate program. There are no cap limits, no throttle rates, and no chastising schools when they need extra bandwidth. They collaborate to make sure the technology and services are meeting their current and future needs.

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Broadband Accessibility E-rate Mobility 41

techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

According to the most recent figures from Funds for Learning, E-Rate applicants nationwide requested almost $748 million in discounts against the purchase of just over $1 billion in Category Two products and services, which are detailed in this chart (right). (For Or are there mobile laptop/tablet stations?) ?

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Chromebook E-rate BYOD Online Assessments 40

Marketplace K-12

MARCH 30, 2016

The district is expected to sign a contract with Amazon to create an e-book marketplace for educators. That deal, worth $30 million for the first three years, creates a hub that allows schools and educators to choose content, and recommend and rate materials, similar to how Amazon consumers do.

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E-rate Education Company Resources 40

Educator Innovator

MARCH 7, 2014

Students now interview authors across the country via Skype and access books that match their interests and reading levels on e-readers. Nearly three-quarters (73%) of teachers surveyed by Pew reported using mobile phones in the classroom or to complete assignments, while almost half (45%) reported using e-readers and tablet computers.

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Broadband E-rate Digital Divide Survey 41

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2020

A self-taught programmer, he found on-and-off work building websites, managing social media and handling e-commerce for dental offices, toy shops and other clients. If students don’t get a job that meets that income threshold, the monthly payments are deferred. Still, these gigs weren’t enough to land a full-time job.

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Training Company Analysis E-rate 100

Edsurge

JULY 3, 2017

Fulé and her colleague Don Carter, the university’s director of e-learning, launched the. While students were going through the math remediation courseware, they were also meeting with their peer mentor on a weekly basis using video conferencing.”. Why the focus on low-income and first-generation students?

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Tools Outcomes Flipped Classroom E-rate 85

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

The same point can be made for the athlete who is whisked off to a game or swim meet right after school and is unable to do her homework on the bus or while sitting in the bleachers. Student athletes, musicians, and other pupils who spend a good portion of their after-school time on the road or at events will also use those mobile devices.

E-rate 40

E-rate Chromebook Accessibility Flipped Classroom 40

Educator Innovator

JANUARY 30, 2014

(With one exception: Hispanic-Latino parents were more likely to spend time engaged with their children in mobile media use than other parents.) While a majority of children have access to a tablet or e-reader, only about half of those children have read e-books. Teachers are helping to meet that need.

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E-rate Survey Education Mobility 29

Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

That is to say, the data show that in-person environments nearly always have higher rates of bullying, harassment, and abuse/predation than digital environments. They can raise money to address community concerns, start their own businesses or nonprofits, or create websites, e-books, and code that benefit others.

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Digital Learning Technology Mobility E-rate 82

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 16, 2016

The last couple years have brought a renaissance in virtual guidance counseling—both new services and existing ones upping their game with mobile, social media and data analytics. It’s e-counseling 2.0. Besides editing Abdi’s essays and helping her navigate financial aid applications, Collins was a ready source of moral support.

E-rate 40

E-rate Training Advocacy Mobility 40

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.

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Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Blackboard 88

The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

This episode is brought to you by Riffiti, a really cool new mobile app for learning anything from multiple perspectives. Th e app is in the testing phase now, and due to high early demand, will be released to early signups first. Your ratings help other teachers find the show so they can benefit from it, too. Angela?!

E-rate 40

E-rate Personal Learning Network Meeting Mobility 40

mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

JUNE 28, 2011

Wouldn''t it be great if teachers could just pull out their iPhones at a meeting and find lesson plans that they could share with everybody else at the table?" I then read an article on the death of the World Wide Web and how mobile devices would be the future of the Internet. So, with Search PlanIt I can give those lessons a rating.

E-rate 40

E-rate iPhone Study Differentiated Instruction 40

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The company has built several tools to do that, including a customizable reading challenge platform and a mobile app, reading challenge templates, and diverse book recommendations. From corporate organizations to educational institutions, the increasing number of connected mobile devices introduces security risks to users and networks.

EdTech 135

EdTech Lenovo Robotics Laptops 135

Neo LMS

JUNE 12, 2018

I won’t rehash what I have written previously — but in terms of future-proof work, I found another great resource by McKinsey , that is a well-thought through, rational analysis of the future of work, and well worth a read for anyone interested in the rapid rate of change in the labor economy.

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E-rate Robotics Comparison Industry 213

EdTechTeam

JULY 24, 2017

The question every teacher and school is responsible for answering is whether or not a mobile application is intended to be used at home. Therefore, a school should be acutely aware of the demographics they serve and either purposely choose apps that are affordable for the families, or come up with a solution to meet those family needs.

Android 59

Android E-rate Chromebook iPad 59

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Supported by the 2014 modernization of the federal government’s E-Rate program and state funding efforts, a majority of schools now meet the FCC’s short term connectivity goal of 100 Mbps/1000 students. Deploy Mobile Hotspot Programs 4. Partner with Community Organizations to Create “Homework Hotspots” 2.

How To 44

How To Broadband E-rate Digital Divide 44

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

WorldCat also features open source e-books, articles, and downloadable audiobooks and photos. In 2005, Internet Archive started a program to digitize books and since then the site scanned millions of books with a current rate of 4000 scanned books every day. All books published before 1927 are available for free download.

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Libraries Google Accessibility Elsevier 117

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Participants would receive $500 a month for two years with a few conditions: They must enroll in nine credits each semester and attend monthly meetings with other student parents. Black and Hispanic families saw the sharpest decline in their poverty rates. Buoyed by the extra income, Andrade signed up. percent to 11.9

How To 98

How To E-rate Report Policies 98

Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2020

That can make it tough to move to a digital workflow even when classes are meeting as scheduled. Before putting its emergency instruction on hold, Northshore had already distributed 4,000 devices and around 600 mobile hotspots to families.

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Accessibility Broadband E-rate Smartphone 206

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2014

Since its founding in 1967, ACTFL has become synonymous with innovation, quality, and reliability in meeting the changing needs of language educators and their students. First, learn how to discover new tools rated for learning, mapped to Common Core, and see how other teachers are using them. Is your library mobile friendly?

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Google Classroom Digital Citizenship Conference 54

Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

He anticipates needing to purchase around 2,000 to meet that goal. Tagged on: March 8, 2017 The History of the Future of E-rate | Audrey Watters → The decision by the new FCC to rescind its report on E-rate raises plenty of questions about the future of the program under President Trump.

EdTech 170

EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

Via Education Week : “ E-Rate , Other Universal-Service Funds to Be Transferred to U.S. ” Via Recode : “ Google CEO Sundar Pichai canceled an all-hands meeting about gender controversy due to employee worries of online harassment.” Post, Sources Say.” ” (State and Local) Education Politics.

Education 45

Education Coursera Khan Academy MOOC 45

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

“To Save Students Money, Colleges May Force a Switch to E-Textbooks,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reported in 2010. The story examined a proposed practice: “Colleges require students to pay a course-materials fee, which would be used to buy e-books for all of them (whatever text the professor recommends, just as in the old model).”

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Via WaPo’s Valerie Strauss : “ Trump ’s rather weird meeting with the 2017 Teachers of the Year.” “5 Reasons Why e-textbooks in Egypt Would Be Inequitable” by Maha Bali. ” Via NBC News : “How to Thrive: Arianna Huffington Launches E-Learning Series.” ” asks Jade E.

Education 47

Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

” “ Roger Ailes ’ name will be removed from a WOUB newsroom, Ohio University President Roderick McDavis announced Monday during a Faculty Senate meeting,” the Post Athens reports. Via The Houston Chronicle : “Denied: How Texas keeps tens of thousands of children out of special education.”

Education 40

Education Report MOOC E-rate 40