edWeb.net

MAY 1, 2019

If the workday of an adult typically requires seamless broadband access, then it’s reasonable that today’s students need the same access during their school day. The key is the state leadership to make broadband accessible to all. More important, states are starting to recognize the need for equitable access off site.

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

However, this lag began to erode when the rise of cloud computing made it possible for edtech startups to flood the market with educational applications, the expansion of broadband internet gave those apps an easy distribution channel into campuses, and an increasing number and variety of mobile devices provided them an in-school abode.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Roden worked as an elementary school teacher and in sales for Pearson before founding ReadyRosie in 2012. Pew Research Center found that the share of lower-income Americans who rely on smartphones to go online instead of a broadband connection has nearly doubled from 2013 to 2019. But our data gets people to continue to use it.”

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 29, 2012

Date : Tuesday, May 29th, 2012 Time : 5pm Pacific / 8 pm Eastern ( interna tional times here ) Duration : 1 hour Location : In Blackboard Collaborate (formerly Elluminate). psid=2012-05-29.1709.M.9E9FE58134BE68C3B413F24B3586CF.vcr&sid=2008350 Log in at [link]. He was a 2004 fellow of the Frye Leadership Institute.

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Education Elements

JUNE 8, 2016

Our investments were small but in the 2011–2012 school year, the Gates Foundation, the Broad Foundation and the Charter School Growth Fund made combined grants in this space of some $40 million. At that time, the only schools we could find that were innovating as whole school models were charters. So we were off and running.

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eSchool News

MAY 5, 2021

That broadband disparity increases to 23% and 25% for Black and Hispanic households respectively, and it’s even more pronounced in lower-income households. Savvas is also asking its followers to help raise awareness of the need to remove Internet inequalities that perpetuate opportunity and achievement gaps.

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Company Digital Divide Digital Learning Learning 81

The Principal of Change

JANUARY 5, 2017

I was interested by this: The president took that chance to tout some of his education initiatives such as investing in preschool education and a push to connect classrooms to broadband internet. October 18, 2012 Let’s Figure This Out July 6, 2016 “…many kids are learning how to be good at going to school.”

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Broadband Groups Classroom Technology 67

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

In 2012, the district was one of 16 U.S. About 30 percent of households don’t have high-speed broadband, with a higher concentration of those households in minority and low-income communities, according to a brief by the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education. The rest of the country is starting to pay attention as well.

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Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 172

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 29, 2021

With a focus on under-resourced, tribal, and rural communities in critical need, her current projects involve propagating broadband connections to new community spaces via emerging wireless networking technologies for everyday usage and crisis recovery. She provides continuing education for practitioners at national and regional conferences.

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Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 23, 2021

With a focus on under-resourced, tribal, and rural communities in critical need, her current projects involve propagating broadband connections to new community spaces via emerging wireless networking technologies for everyday usage and crisis recovery. She provides continuing education for practitioners at national and regional conferences.

Libraries 48

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 6, 2021

With a focus on under-resourced, tribal, and rural communities in critical need, her current projects involve propagating broadband connections to new community spaces via emerging wireless networking technologies for everyday usage and crisis recovery. She provides continuing education for practitioners at national and regional conferences.

Libraries 48

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 18, 2021

MLIS; Community Engagement & Economic Development Manager, King County Library System | Sabrina Roach, National Digital Inclusion Alliance (full description) “LEO: Low Earth Orbit (Satellite) Broadband for Libraries.” - Don Means, Director.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

With a focus on under-resourced, tribal, and rural communities in critical need, her current projects involve propagating broadband connections to new community spaces via emerging wireless networking technologies for everyday usage and crisis recovery. She provides continuing education for practitioners at national and regional conferences.

Libraries 48

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2021

MLIS; Community Engagement & Economic Development Manager, King County Library System | Sabrina Roach, National Digital Inclusion Alliance (full description) “LEO: Low Earth Orbit (Satellite) Broadband for Libraries.” - Don Means, Director.

Libraries 48

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

eSchool News

MAY 11, 2016

Google’s affordable broadband service is already impacting some communities and schools. percent of American households with school-age children currently have broadband access at home. According to The Pew Research Center, 82.5 I am also pleased to see that Google is offering data drops to homes in the urban core.

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Digital Divide Broadband Google Chromebook 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 8, 2021

MLIS; Community Engagement & Economic Development Manager, King County Library System | Sabrina Roach, National Digital Inclusion Alliance (full description) “LEO: Low Earth Orbit (Satellite) Broadband for Libraries.” - Don Means, Director. in Communication from University of California, San Diego.

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Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 45

Education Superhighway

APRIL 7, 2015

” Evan was selected from a pool of 13 distinguished candidates for identifying the national problem of school broadband access and pursuing a solution with unwavering dedication. billion per year for school broadband and $5 billion to upgrade school Wi-Fi. Congratulations, Evan!

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Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

In partnership with national non-profit EducationSuperHighway, NCTA, USTelecom, NTCA and their member companies will launch programs that enable school districts to identify and connect students without broadband. Since the pivot to remote learning began, many school districts have struggled to determine which families lack access at home.

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edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2020

One of the first challenges rural districts face is broadband access. Now, they are employing creative methods, such as expanding the reach of the school’s broadband so students can do work from the parking lot or in the surrounding area, having off-duty patrol cars become hotspots across the district.

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BYOD Broadband EdTech Elementary 56

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2019

The nonprofit launched in 2012, and when it explored school connectivity data the following year, it found that just 30 percent of school districts had sufficient bandwidth to support digital learning, or 100 kbps per student. When we started all of this, it wasn’t because we wanted to get broadband in every classroom,” Marwell said. “We

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E-rate Digital Divide Classroom Laptops 62

eSchool News

AUGUST 4, 2016

In a Notice of Apparent Liability , the FCC alleged that AT&T violated the lowest corresponding price rule from at least mid-2012 to mid-2015, when it charged the school districts in Orange County and Dixie County, Fla., prices well above what other customers in the state paid.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

“There are three key barriers to broadband adoption: affordability, access to hardware and understanding the relevancy to one’s education and economic prospects,” said Zach Leverenz, founder and CEO of EveryoneOn. For more information about the devices, please visit www.everyoneon.org.

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Digital Divide Broadband Tablets Education 40

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

In 2012, the district was one of 16 U.S. About 30 percent of households don’t have high-speed broadband, with a higher concentration of those households in minority and low-income communities, according to a brief by the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education. "I’m not there like I feel like I should be.”

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Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 120

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

The Miami-Dade school district, for example, adopted a plan back in 2012 to close the digital divide. One big step forward would be universal broadband access, said Lillian Pace, vice president of policy and advocacy with the nonprofit KnowledgeWorks.

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Digital Divide Laptops Accessibility Online Learning 127

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Connected Leadership , October 1, 3:00-4:30 PM ET. CEM Opening Celebration/Gala , October 1, 7:00-8:30 PM ET. An opportunity for CEM participants to meet, greet, and reunite.

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Education BYOD Broadband Flipped Classroom 51

Educator Innovator

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

By 2012, it had risen to 88 percent. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler announced on DLD that the FCC will double its spending to $2 billion to connect schools and libraries to broadband over the next two years. Six years ago, the district transitioned to a project-based learning curriculum and over time added a 1:1 device program.

Digital Learning 36

Digital Learning E-rate Broadband Learning 36

Marketplace K-12

MAY 18, 2016

Speak Up found that 50 percent of teachers were looking for such resources, up from 27 percent in 2012. CoSN Calls Broadband Access Outside School a ‘Civil Right’ for Students. A growing number of teachers, meanwhile, are hungry for PD on how to integrate games in their classrooms. Technology in Education: An Overview.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Ed note: This post has been updated and republished from a 2012 post. Technology like tablets PCs, apps, and access to broadband internet are lubricating the shift to mobile learning, but a truly immersive mobile learning environment goes beyond the tools for learning to the lives and communities valued by each individual learner.

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Mobile Learning Mobility Learning Edmodo 40

Educator Innovator

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

By 2012, it had risen to 88 percent. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler announced on DLD that the FCC will double its spending to $2 billion to connect schools and libraries to broadband over the next two years. Six years ago, the district transitioned to a project-based learning curriculum and over time added a 1:1 device program.

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Digital Learning E-rate Broadband Learning 28

edWeb.net

MARCH 19, 2019

Recent publications and projects include Navigating the Digital Shift, Digital Instructional Materials Acquisition Policies for States, OER Case Studies: Implementation in Action, The Broadband Imperative and From Data to Information. Christine’s background includes experience in education and consulting.

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OER Instructional Materials Policies Broadband 41

edWeb.net

AUGUST 13, 2019

Recent publications and projects include Navigating the Digital Shift, Digital Instructional Materials Acquisition Policies for States, OER Case Studies: Implementation in Action, The Broadband Imperative and From Data to Information. Christine’s background includes experience in education and consulting.

Instructional Materials 42

Instructional Materials Accessibility Policies OER 42

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Monica Cougan joined ENA in 2012, where she currently serves as the product marketing manager. ENA delivers robust and reliable broadband, Wi-Fi/LAN, communication, and cloud services to K–12 schools, higher education institutions, and libraries across the nation. Jena is passionate about improving how students learn with technology.

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Data Accessibility Student Data Privacy Libraries 42

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Monica Cougan joined ENA in 2012 and oversees ENA’s partner program and product marketing initiatives in her role as product marketing manager. ENA delivers robust and reliable broadband, Wi-Fi/LAN, communication, and cloud services to K–12 schools, higher education institutions, and libraries across the nation. About the Host.

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EdTech Data Student Data Privacy Libraries 41

edWeb.net

AUGUST 7, 2018

Recent publications and projects include Navigating the Digital Shift, Digital Instructional Materials Acquisition Policies for States, OER Case Studies: Implementation in Action, The Broadband Imperative and From Data to Information. Christine’s background includes experience in education and consulting.

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Instructional Materials Resources OER Policies 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 5, 2016

A huge highlight for me was reconnecting with futurist Bryan Alexander , whom I'd interviewed in 2012 as a part of my Future of Education series, and whose work and voice I've continued to really appreciate.

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edWeb.net

JULY 15, 2018

Recent publications and projects include Navigating the Digital Shift, Digital Instructional Materials Acquisition Policies for States, OER Case Studies: Implementation in Action, The Broadband Imperative and From Data to Information. Christine’s background includes experience in education and consulting.

Digital Learning 40

Digital Learning Instructional Materials Learning Policies 40

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 17, 2018

Recent publications and projects include Navigating the Digital Shift, Digital Instructional Materials Acquisition Policies for States, OER Case Studies: Implementation in Action, The Broadband Imperative and From Data to Information. Christine’s background includes experience in education and consulting.

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Instructional Materials Case Study Policies OER 40