Digital Promise

JANUARY 13, 2015

The funding requested by schools reached nearly $5 billion in 2012 and 2013, according to District Administration magazine. West Ada School District in Idaho, for example, set aside federal E-rate funds to award grants to individual educators, supporting technology that teachers discovered and wanted to use.

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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

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The platform’s videos are in English and Spanish and includes tools for educators to measure engagement from children’s parents. Educators see how much of a video parents watched and how that video connects back to lessons from the day. While most of the educators and families served are in the U.S.,

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Education Elements

JUNE 8, 2016

I was working in the trenches of the most confrontational aspect of education reform, trying to get laws passed to authorize vouchers, charter schools, tax-credits scholarships and education savings accounts. Professor Christensen was planning to apply the disruptive lens to social issues and education was his first priority.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 29, 2012

Join me Tuesday, May 29th, for live and interactive Future of Education conversation with Dr. Bryan Alexander, senior fellow at the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education ( NITLE ). psid=2012-05-29.1709.M.9E9FE58134BE68C3B413F24B3586CF.vcr&sid=2008350 He also tweets steadily at @BryanAlexander.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

now live in poverty, a mark hit in 2013 for the first time in 50 years, according to the Southern Education Foundation. For these students, poverty brings a host of other disadvantages, most beyond the school district’s control: broken homes, transient living situations, and a lack of educational support at home.

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eSchool News

MAY 5, 2021

This year, more than ever, teachers deserve to be recognized for the impactful role they serve in the lives of students, not only in educating our nation’s children and inspiring them to learn, but also supporting their social and emotional well-being. According to the Pew Research Center, 15% of U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2019

But the future of educational technology here is starting to emerge from a pixelated past. Starting in 2012, an idea floated around Alaska that seemed sort of preposterous. But faster, more affordable broadband could help students navigate the effects of global warming evident in their own backyards.

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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. While these initiatives may have helped, education experts are still pondering why the graduation rate has increased.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

How to get to the ultimate goal of connected education: collaboration to move the field forward. What are the latest innovations in these two education pillars, what are their overlaps and reinforcements, and what do these fields have to offer each other? From Connection To Collaboration , October 1, 5:00-6:30 PM ET.

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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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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.

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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.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

Foundation grant will fund educational computer tablets for 1,500 low-income families. The grant will fund a pilot program providing 1,500 tablet computers, preloaded with educational content, to families in Georgia who are enrolling in Cox Communications’ Connect2Compete discounted internet service program. .”

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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.

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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.

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eSchool News

MAY 11, 2016

Google’s affordable broadband service is already impacting some communities and schools. The latest Digital Equity report from the Consortium of School Networking paints a rosy picture of an educational environment where students have generally good access to high-speed wi-fi while in school.

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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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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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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. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

now live in poverty, a mark hit in 2013 for the first time in 50 years, according to the Southern Education Foundation. For these students, poverty brings a host of other disadvantages, most beyond the school district’s control: broken homes, transient living situations, and a lack of educational support at home.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Higher Education. Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter. Choose as many newsletters as you like. Weekly Update.

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Learning with 'e's

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Here are four people I spent some time with and whose powerful ideas are changing education: Miguel Brechner. 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'. Wayne Mackintosh.

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Educator Innovator

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

As educators know, integrating meaningful digital learning into the classroom is a 365-day effort. Spearheaded by The Alliance for Excellent Education , the event provided teachers with resources like lesson plans and toolkits. It also brought influential education leaders together at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.,

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Marketplace K-12

MAY 18, 2016

Cross-posted from the Digital Education blog. This year’s report draws from an online questionnaire of more than 500,000 students, teachers, educators and parents. Speak Up found that 50 percent of teachers were looking for such resources, up from 27 percent in 2012. Technology in Education: An Overview.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 19, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update March 18th All of life is a constant education. We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. Register here. But what about content?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 5, 2016

At the invitation of Adobe Education , I attended the Educause Annual Conference this year and did a quick series of interviews about the education work that Adobe is doing. Higher education institutions must prepare students for a future where learning new digital tools is an intuitive process. 10:50 The "dangerous" Web.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 24, 2019

We invite all library professionals, employers, LIS students, and educators to participate in this event. Previously, she directed the State Broadband Initiative at the National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA) at the US Department of Commerce. Please also join this Library 2.0

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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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Educator Innovator

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

As educators know, integrating meaningful digital learning into the classroom is a 365-day effort. Spearheaded by The Alliance for Excellent Education , the event provided teachers with resources like lesson plans and toolkits. It also brought influential education leaders together at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.,

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edWeb.net

MARCH 19, 2019

In addition, while they educators are still responsible for helping students reach state standards and community growth expectations, one-third of lesson time is spent on items not on the state standards. Christine’s background includes experience in education and consulting. Join the Community.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 13, 2019

Now education decision makers across America can see detailed reviews compiled in multiple states, to facilitate the evaluation and purchase of print and digital materials for students and teachers. Dashboard Views and Options.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 22, 2019

We invite all library professionals, employers, LIS students, and educators to participate in this event. Previously, she directed the State Broadband Initiative at the National Telecommunications + Information Administration (NTIA) at the US Department of Commerce. Please also join the Library 2.0

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Starting from the early days of online education tools, teachers have been downloading their favorites and sharing them with students. More important, when educators can download and add digital resources on their own, they may be giving companies unintended access to private student information. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

School leaders should monitor data access in their district by communicating with teachers about the list of district-approved apps and educating them on the district, state or region privacy policies and regulation. This edWeb broadcast was sponsored by Education Networks of America (ENA ) and CatchOn. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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