The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Students at Revere High School in Revere, Massachusetts, worked in groups in the school library in 2015. The district made sure each child had a laptop to use in class almost a decade ago, according to the current director of digital learning, Grace Magley. Photo: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report.

Personalized Learning 72

Personalized Learning Learning Blended Learning Secondary 72

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Texas got rootEd’s attention, she said, because a new education finance law , HB3, includes funding to encourage post-secondary enrollment that could help support their efforts there. Hope Perry, college access counselor for The Ayers Foundation Scholars Program, in the library of Summertown High School in Lawrence County, Tennessee.

How To 142

How To Education Report Accessibility 142

Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 2, 2020

AHS students each have their own laptop and routinely engage in tele-learning with 10 sister schools all around the world. Google makes the first quantum laptops available for an inexpensive subscription to ‘Google Premium,’ which allows free learning (and shopping) for every laptop owner. .

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Bryan Alexander

DECEMBER 29, 2015

Primary and secondary schools are a battleground between iPads and Chromebooks, it seems. Another aspect is the gradual disintegration of computing , as we move from desktops to laptops to tablets, phones, cameras, trackers, and gewgaws attached to various locations in our spaces and on our bodies.

Trends 40

Trends Technology MOOC Education 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Computing platforms have different abstraction levels, including a computer architecture, an OS, or runtime libraries. “As LinkedIn’s Video Library Grows, Company Says It Has No Plans to Compete With Colleges,” Edsurge reported in June. The Chromebooks are not fully-functioning laptops.

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2016

billion on elementary and secondary education. 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 As in most states, school funding in Mississippi has not yet returned to pre-recession levels.

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Elementary Advocacy E-rate Accessibility 54

eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2024

Roundtable participants included: Julie Mavrogeorge , Coordinator II – CTE (Esports, Drones, AME and Ag) with Fresno Unified School District Allison Reid , Senior Director of Digital Learning and Libraries in the Wake Forest County Public School System Dr. Cynthia Wise , Principal of J.H.

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Chromebook Robotics Elementary Training 121

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 25, 2019

I made what was probably the clearest statement of my vision for the future of learning materials in my Shuttleworth Fellowship application several years ago: My long-term goal is to create a world where OER are used pervasively throughout primary, secondary, and post-secondary schools. Sounding familiar yet?). Point 1 + Point 2 = ?

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

They stayed at the library working until closing time because they didn’t have laptops. Moises has his own laptop, bought for him by the nonprofit that helped him apply to college, but he was also at the library till they kicked him out most nights. I never thought I’d be in a library for two hours every day.”.

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Libraries Laptops Training Report 88

The Cornerstone for Teachers

JANUARY 31, 2021

Circumstances are really kind of secondary. I remember as a teacher checking out stacks of professional development books from the library and reading them poolside in the summer over my break and creating new activities to do with my kids. . And now that I am back to work, I continue to prioritize those things.

Training 52

Training Social Media Classroom System 52

MindShift

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

” Khan Academy is a giant online library, viewed by tens of millions of people worldwide, of multiple-choice practice exercises and short instructional videos, with the strongest offerings in STEM disciplines. Some say students are getting distracted by working on the laptop or merely Googling for answers to quizzes.

Personalized Learning 34

Personalized Learning Khan Academy Learning Software 34

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Elijah Corbin Irving, a senior at Snowden International School in Boston, uses the American Student Assistance’s Boston Public Library College Planning Center as a resource. Murshea Tuor works on a project in science class at New York City’s Columbia Secondary School for Math, Science, and Engineering. Photo: Jackie Mader.

Secondary 40

Secondary Accessibility Libraries Report 40

Bryan Alexander

MARCH 28, 2016

The contest invited teams of secondary school students to research historical architecture, then reproduce key buildings by printing them. Bridges, churches, libraries, banks, colleges, and stores all appeared in 3d printing form in that gym, flanked by historical letters, old magazines, books, iPads, laptops, and busily working printers.

Technology 40

Technology Moodle Secondary Blackboard 40

Bryan Alexander

APRIL 3, 2018

Buildings included libraries, post offices, hotels, prisons, churches, schools, and homes. Some teams created substantial digital content, including PowerPoint presentations and videos, shown on laptops or iPads. Identify a local building of historical interest, then model it. VR headsets are on the table, just below the two monitors.

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LMS Libraries Secondary Laptops 44

Graphite Blog

JANUARY 10, 2020

The Ontario Curriculum (by the Ontario Ministry of Education): Maybe the best example of how to weave media literacy fundamentally into primary and secondary school curricula. You'll need to pay for each course, but once you do it'll be in your library forever. (Note: The template is linked near the bottom of the article.)

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Resources Classroom Social Media Video 80

Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

Tagged on: March 25, 2017 Puzzling out TSA's laptop travel ban | CNN → Says Bruce Schneier: "In the end, national security measures based on secret information require us to trust the government. The new laptop ban highlights this mistrust."

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Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

Tagged on: March 25, 2017 Puzzling out TSA's laptop travel ban | CNN → Says Bruce Schneier: "In the end, national security measures based on secret information require us to trust the government. The new laptop ban highlights this mistrust."

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EdTech Symantec Facebook Data 150

eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

In much the same way that libraries have historically provided people with equal access to information, it will be up to schools to provide students with equal access and opportunities to education and emerging technologies. Those without access, unfortunately, fell behind and educators are now working to help them catch up to their peers.

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EdTech Learning Industry Data 70

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

But you can own access to the full library by buying the Summit all-access pass, which is $99, a $50 savings from the price after the 25th. David Homa Teacher, Los Gatos High School David Homa has been a teacher for 24 years both at the University and Secondary level. I hope that gives you some incentive to consider the purchase!

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Learning Conference Social Media Secondary 48

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

The ubiquitous presence of digital devices and technology tools in education, including laptops, tablets, and smartphones, allows students to access a wealth of educational resources and multimedia content. E-books and online libraries provide instant access to an extensive range of reading materials, fostering literacy in digital formats.

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Khan Academy Technology Tools LMS 56

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

And like so many products on this list, 3D printing was hailed as a revolution in education, and schools were encouraged to reorient libraries and shop classes towards “maker spaces” which would give students opportunities to print their plastic designs. Ban Laptops" Op-Eds. Siegler: “ The End of the Library.” WTF is Unizin ?!

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MARCH 8, 2017

E-rate is the name commonly used to describe the Schools and Libraries Program of the Universal Service Fund, established as part of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. The burden of proof that schools and libraries are being offered a competitive price falls on the applicants themselves. Who has benefited?

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