Marketplace K-12

MARCH 2, 2016

After years of questioning the accessibility of Amazon’s Kindle e-reader , the National Federation of the Blind today announced that it will work with the online retailer to improve reading experiences for blind, low-vision, and deaf-blind students. Students also would be able to rate content. Schools’ e-Book ‘Marketplace’.

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Education Superhighway

JULY 17, 2019

Although the E-rate program provides substantial financial support, there is sometimes still a “gap” in funding that cannot be covered using the district’s existing budget. Having reference costs from your peers and at least three different vendor RFP bids can help your team negotiate the best price.

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Hapara

AUGUST 8, 2022

Graphics like this angle reference graphic. In general, OER was rated ‘considerably better on multiple specific aspects of teaching and learning, such as extending the core knowledge to novel tasks and situations and collaborating with others.’” . Unit plans like this third grade physical science unit plan. Jupyter Notebook.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Or the company will have to start charging for the software. To Save Students Money, Colleges May Force a Switch to E-Textbooks,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reported in 2010. The End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That). And “free” doesn’t last. Without revenue the company will go away.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2019

He reads e-books and takes courses using a tablet computer. An APDS tablet, which students use to study, read e-books and watch TED Talks. / I went through and found people who already had a high school diploma or GED to fill out their FAFSAs,” Lopez says, referring to the federal forms to apply for financial aid. “I

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eSchool News

MARCH 15, 2016

The E arly adopters move with the change. Prospective staff could be “rated” on a scale of 1 to 5 for each new category, with results plotted on a radar graph. org , Khan Academy, commercial products), software, apps, etc. (The “Roger’s bell curve” originates from Everett Roger’s book “The Diffusion of Innovations”).

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

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. PBS content refers to Public Broadcasting Service educational shows such as Sesame Street. Waterford’s UPSTART is free.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

” “Modern E-Rate Puts Telephones On Hold in K–12,” Education Week reports , noting that schools are struggling to pay for phone service (still totally necessary) as well as expanded broadband. .” ” These colleges no longer offer federal loans because of students’ high default rates.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Via CNET : “ Verizon to pay $17M to resolve FCC, Justice E-Rate probes.” Anyway, looks like we’re back to referring to SoFi as a “student loan provider” and not some other new-fangled fin-tech darling. Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Launches Online School to Teach Software Development.”

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Education Coursera MOOC Report 48

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. “We The school has had large class sizes, even in the lower grades, for years because of stagnant funding, he said.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Wheeler supported e-Rate reform and “ net neutrality.” ” Via Slate : “ Wrongful Arrest by Software.” ” The Trump administration? Not so much. Via Education Week : “GOP Lawmakers Put ESSA Accountability , Teacher-Prep Regulations on Hit List.” ” “A drain on society.”

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