NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Top 100 Tools for Workplace Learning (for training, e-learning, performance support and social collaboration). Ratings and reviews a based on standards-aligned, multifaceted rubric used by a team of expert reviewers and a select group of educators who field-test products for their value with learners.

iPad 40

iPad Android E-rate Facebook 40

Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Schools often purchase software, computer devices, and technology-based learning systems because they are effective marketing tools for recruitment, or because they want to keep pace with the digital investments of rival institutions, or simply because they fear appearing outdated.

Digital Learning 80

Digital Learning Technology Mobility E-rate 80

EdTech Magazine

APRIL 8, 2019

Congress passed the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) in 2000, tying E-rate program discounts to a school’s internet safety policy. The internet of today bears l ittle resemblance to the internet of 20 years ago , and website blocking software likely needs to change, too. eli.zimmerman_9856. Mon, 04/08/2019 - 10:41.

Internet Safety 297

Internet Safety E-rate Social Media Policies 297

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.

Broadband 93

Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Blackboard 93

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter, gave $10 million to a single school district in California, aimed at closing digital disparities. 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.

Technology 166

Technology E-rate Laptops Digital Divide 166

EdTech Magazine

JULY 2, 2018

Two schools also ­feature interactive touch LED panels running SMART Notebook software. That money, combined with federal E-rate funds , enabled St. Each classroom in the district is also equipped with either SMART or Promethean interactive whiteboards, says CIO Bobby Blount. by Dan Tynan.

Technology 235

Technology E-rate Learning Blackboard 235

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Launches Rated JPG reports that beloved toy-maker LEGO is building its own social network. iOS 5 contains a number of new features, including better notifications, wireless syncing, and Twitter integration. While Kno has fixed its issues, it appears as though Stanza, a popular e-reader app, will remain in the app graveyard.

Knewton 43

Knewton Pearson E-rate Education 43

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Tagged on: March 18, 2017 FBI arrests Twitter user who sent seizure-inducing GIF | CNET → This is terrifying: Kurt Eichenwald, a journalist who writes for Vanity Fair and Newsweek, tweeted Friday that the FBI had arrested a man suspected of purposefully sending him a GIF that triggered an epileptic seizure.

EdTech 170

EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

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. Connect, make new friends, continue the learning through twitter, Google Hangouts and the Internet. Well, I’ve talked about this many times before, but here it goes again: Bandwidth. Teacher Devices.

EdTech 40

EdTech E-rate Google Company 40

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.

Education 40

Education lynda.com Knewton E-rate 40

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

” That’d be Glenn Reynolds , @instapundit , who also briefly had his Twitter account suspended. Via Buzzfeed : “After Reporting Abuse , Many Twitter Users Hear Silence Or Worse.” The social-collaboration-software-for-schools startup has previously raised $1 million. ” “ 2016 E-Rate Trends.”

Education 40

Education Coursera Facebook Social Media 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Or the company will have to start charging for the software. It is the instructional designer and tenured professor’s signal — “to the barricades!” — and everyone snipes at the other side from the Twitter trenches for a week, until there’s an unspoken truce that lasts until the next “ban laptops” op-ed gets published.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Via The Verge : “ Juul has 60 days to prove it can keep its e-cigs away from kids, FDA warns.” ” (Also from Hill : “Timeline of e-Literate Coverage of Blackboard Learn Ultra.”). ” More on this from Education Week’s Ben Herold. ” She’s 9. They’re a s. .”

Education 54

Education MOOC Blackboard E-rate 54

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. This is so important to consider, as Tufekci noted on Twitter, in light of Google’s domination of the K–12 computing market.).

Education 46

Education MOOC Company Report 46

Hack Education

JUNE 2, 2017

Incidentally, I saw lots of harassment online this week from these predatory journal folks , but as Bill Fitzgerald notes, Twitter still does little to address abuse on its platform.). The e-book subscription service has raised $21.45 .” The librarian in question is Jeffrey Beall. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. million total.

Education 48

Education MOOC Report Company 48

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

” Via The New York Times : “ Kremlin Cash Behind Billionaire’s Twitter and Facebook Investments.” ” Via The Guardian : “ Russia funded Facebook and Twitter investments through Kushner associate.” ” Via the AP : “ Iowa City schools to stop using padded seclusion rooms.”

Education 45

Education Facebook Company Report 45

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

” “Schools, Libraries Miss Out on Millions in E-Rate Funds,” according to EdTech Magazine – some $245 million for the 2014 fiscal year. “ Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : ”Why Twitter Is Calling Abigail Fisher ’ Becky With the Bad Grades ’: A Brief Explainer.”

Coursera 60

Coursera Education E-rate Company 60

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Marc Andreessen famously said that “software is eating the world,” but it’s far more accurate to say that the neoliberal values of software tycoons are eating the world. Every industry uses computers, software, and internet services. million in E-Rate rebates.).

Technology 40

Technology Education Facebook Company 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2016

million in charges from a Minnesota company over a software system that repeatedly failed during mandatory statewide elementary school testing.” IOT e-toy maker Osmo has raised $24 million from Mattel, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Collab+Sesame, Accel Partners, Upfront Ventures, and K9 Ventures. ” Inside Higher Ed reports.

Education 40

Education Report E-rate Company 40