The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

So far, the pandemic has revealed the challenges of conducting education remotely as well as uneven access to Wi-Fi and devices such as laptops. million kids statewide lacked access to Wi-Fi and computers. When schools closed for the coronavirus, an estimated 1.2

Digital Divide 131

Digital Divide Laptops Accessibility Online Learning 131

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access.

Libraries 50

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 50

Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Since 2015, 83% of school districts nationwide have received federal E-rate Category 2 funding — a dramatic increase from 14% between 2011 and 2014. Applicants will at minimum, have access to new funding in FY 2020 if: . Based on the NPRM it is likely that: . They have not used any Category 2 funding. FY 2016 – FY 2019).

E-rate 58

E-rate Broadband Accessibility Resources 58

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access.

Libraries 48

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access.

Libraries 48

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 29, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access.

Libraries 48

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access. in Communication from University of California, San Diego.

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Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 45

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 23, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access.

Libraries 48

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 6, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access.

Libraries 48

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Here is the conference overview: Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access.

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Libraries Conference Digital Divide Broadband 41

Edsurge

OCTOBER 23, 2016

One such effort is Black Girls Code , started in 2011 by Kimberly Bryant, an electrical engineer by training who has worked in biotech and pharmaceutical companies. But many of them may go home or go to a school where there’s no broadband access. This gap in technology access still frustrates me.

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Meeting Broadband Industry Education 60

Education Superhighway

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Since 2015, 83% of school districts nationwide have received federal E-rate Category 2 funding — a dramatic increase from 14% between 2011 and 2014. For example, the Broadband for Montana Schools program contracted with several E-rate consultants and provides grants to help Montana schools successfully apply for the E-rate Program.

E-rate 40

E-rate Broadband Report Libraries 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

This work has focused on policy and innovations to foster universal broadband access and adoption, digital and media literacy, local journalism and information hubs, public service media, civic engagement, and government transparency. She was a member of the Freedom to Read Foundation Board from 2009-2011.

Libraries 28

Libraries Conference OER Trends 28

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

This work has focused on policy and innovations to foster universal broadband access and adoption, digital and media literacy, local journalism and information hubs, public service media, civic engagement, and government transparency. She was a member of the Freedom to Read Foundation Board from 2009-2011.

Libraries 28

Libraries Conference OER Trends 28

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2019

He offered online live and video classes through broadband and satellite to teach students beyond the centers’ walls. By the time Raveendran formally incorporated Byju’s parent company, Think & Learn, in 2011, 110 million Indians used the internet, only about 9 percent of the country, according to a study from Google and KPMG.

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Company Video Broadband Report 106

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The 2011 Global Education Conference is also fast approaching: November 14 - 18. Politics and Policies FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced Connect to Compete , a new non-profit initiative that brings private industry and the non-profit sector together to help expand broadband adoption and promote digital literacy.

Knewton 43

Knewton Pearson Education E-rate 43

Learning with 'e's

DECEMBER 29, 2011

It was great to meet and talk with some very creative and inspirational people during my travels in 2011. Brechner is not ignorant of the fact that broadband provision is a necessity for such projects to succeed, indeed he even declared that 'broadband is a human right'.

OER 53

OER Broadband Laptops Social Media 53

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

Like many students in the district, she has no access to the internet at home. The district has already spent more than $3 million since 2011 on tablets, laptops, software programs, fiber optic wiring, and engineers to oversee all the instructional technology. District teachers such as Mallory Mattivi agree.

Laptops 40

Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Via The New York Times : “ Broadband Law Could Force Rural Residents Off Information Superhighway.” The lawsuit contends that the publisher is “ predatory ” because it charges scholars to have their work published in open-access journals. Meanwhile on Campus. ” Go, School Sports Team!

Education 53

Education Coursera Elsevier MOOC 53

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

And, those most likely to be able to avail themselves of this technique (because of access to expertise, resources, and privilege) are least likely to need the protection it provides. To quote Shakespeare’s Hamlet (Act I, Scene 4), “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.”

EdTech 150

EdTech Software Facebook Data 150

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

And, those most likely to be able to avail themselves of this technique (because of access to expertise, resources, and privilege) are least likely to need the protection it provides. To quote Shakespeare’s Hamlet (Act I, Scene 4), “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.”

EdTech 150

EdTech Software Facebook Data 150