Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Why lug around half a dozen heavy books in a backpack that too often is left behind on a sports field or at the library? But there’s another side to the story of print vs. digital , one that is at the core of why 2015 e-book sales dropped in the United States and the UK.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2017

E-Rate , an FCC program that provides funding to help schools and libraries build fiber infrastructure and expand their wi-fi and broadband networks. The program offers a wealth of school internet data which EducationSuperHighway used for its first State of the States report , based on 6,500 reporting districts, in 2015.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Our third Library 2.022 mini-conference: " Libraries and Privacy: Critical Issues for Information Professionals ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, October 13th, 2022, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. Please also join this Library 2.0 Everyone is invited to participate in our Library 2.0

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 21, 2021

For example, one of the things that we learned was that the majority of Hispanic school districts are twice as likely not to have school libraries as the majority non-Hispanic districts. Districts are also eliminating library clericals and paraprofessionals at alarming rates. This is a piece of hard data relating to equity.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 16, 2013

Please join us for the third annual global conversation about the future of libraries: October 18-19, 2013, [link]. join the Library 2.0 The conference is once again being held entirely online around the clock in multiple languages and time zones. We have 146 accepted conference sessions and ten keynote addresses.

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Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

graduation rates — up to a record 83 percent — and whether it is real or an elaborate scam. Tagged on: July 23, 2017 ED warns schools of another widespread ransomware attack | Future of Ed Tech e-Newsletter → In light of a recent widespread ransomware attack, the U.S. So why do I still want schools to use them? Unified gets a $3.26-million

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

“We spent a lot of time thinking about how we can improve the affordability [of broadband service for schools],” said Marwell, who was dubbed Visionary of the Year in 2015 by the San Francisco Chronicle. They turned to E-rate, the $3.9 They turned to E-rate, the $3.9 But all of that data was kept private.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 4, 2016

AT&T charged two Florida school districts some of the highest telecommunications rates in the state and will face a fine for violating federal law and the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) “lowest corresponding price” rule, the FCC said in a statement. The FCC said it plans to fine AT&T $106,425.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Are you still looking for reasons to create e-textbooks for students? If you draw a comparison between the two, i.e., traditional textbooks and interactive textbooks, you will see that e-textbooks clearly fare better than regular textbooks. Create a Digital Library. Education Technology / September 8, 2015.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 11, 2019

Cayanne Korder, 18, studies in the Red Wing High library before heading to a local hospital for an internship. That’s despite the fact that the overall rural high school graduation rate in the 2015-16 school year was 87.3 In 2015-16, the graduation rate for rural high school students was 87.3 RED WING, Minn.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 4, 2024

Before the Covid-19 pandemic, public school enrollment in the United States had been trending downward , thanks to birth-rate declines and more restrictive immigration policies, but the decreases rarely exceeded half a percentage point. Not this specific conversation, of course, but ones like it. Huh uh,” Kunz said, “none of those.”

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Education Superhighway

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

The E-rate Category 2 program has been a game changer for school districts across America looking to upgrade their internal networks. Since 2015, 83% of school districts nationwide have received federal E-rate Category 2 funding — a dramatic increase from 14% between 2011 and 2014. Current program set up.

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Bryan Alexander

APRIL 5, 2016

It’s a survey of American faculty work habits conducted in 2015, and it is very illuminating for anyone reflecting on higher ed and information, from librarians to technologists to academic deans, and, of course, for faculty members. e-books aren’t getting much traction. They seem to want the library to help.

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NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 17, 2019

The evolution of trust in Wikipedia was documented by Mothe & Sahut (2018) who noted a contrast “between a higher frequency of use of Wikipedia and a lower rate of citation.” Look for editorial ratings. 2015-2018). M., & Hood, E. Lanclos, D., & Hood, E. Look for text revisions. Cataldo, T. Faniel, I.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 5, 2023

Coaching Skills for Library Leaders: Confident Conversations for Staff Development, Improvement, and Change [2023 UPDATED VERSION] Part of the Library 2.0 If you’re reluctant to speak with your library staff about work performance or work behavior issues, now is the time to get better at these “conversations that mean something.”

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2019

We saw the first big leap of results in the 2015-16 year,” Marwell remembered. “I The organization lobbied the Federal Communications Commission to allow districts to get or improve their Wi-Fi with money from a program called E-rate. I said ‘OK, this actually could happen.’”.

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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.

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Educator Innovator

MARCH 7, 2014

Students now interview authors across the country via Skype and access books that match their interests and reading levels on e-readers. Nearly three-quarters (73%) of teachers surveyed by Pew reported using mobile phones in the classroom or to complete assignments, while almost half (45%) reported using e-readers and tablet computers.

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NeverEndingSearch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) designated the Wednesday of the American Library Association’s (ALA) Banned Books Week as Banned Websites Awareness Day (BWAD, pronounced bee-wad ). Educate students: Teach a lesson in your classroom or library about filtering. That’s where Banned Websites Awareness Day comes in.

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eSchool News

APRIL 7, 2016

A 2015 SETDA report revealed that many state policies have made dramatic shifts to support digital learning opportunities, and many states implemented policies requiring the use of digital instructional materials over the next five years. State leadership for infrastructure. State Broadband Implementation Highlights.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

"Becoming a Resilient Librarian: Taking the Path Away From Stress and Burnout" Part of a special Library 2.0 series with Dr. Steve Albrecht OVERVIEW : A 60-minute training webinar presented by Library 2.0 and hosted by ALA author and library service, safety, and security expert, Dr. Steve Albrecht. TO REGISTER: Click HERE.

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Educator Innovator

MARCH 30, 2016

Libraries have changed since my childhood in the 1980s. Yet there’s something to be said for the convenience inherent in e-readers. Online library resources now feature downloadable electronic editions and audiobooks; their collections are indexed and available for instant search from anywhere. this is a library?

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2018

Middle school: h-a-t-e-d it. But a national survey indicates this optimism may be misplaced: Just 16 percent of college instructors rated incoming students as “well” or “very well” prepared for college-level work, according to the 2015 study by ACT, the creators of the standardized college entrance exam. I hate waking up early.

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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Students can take the assessment and then share their table of results with you -- an easy way to document your efforts in regards to E-rate funding. The "Library" lessons are no longer part of our Scope & Sequence. We all hope you have a great beginning to the 2015-2016 school year. Please let us know how it goes!

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

"Becoming a Resilient Librarian: Taking the Path Away From Stress and Burnout" Part of a special Library 2.0 series with Dr. Steve Albrecht OVERVIEW : A 60-minute training webinar presented by Library 2.0 and hosted by ALA author and library service, safety, and security expert, Dr. Steve Albrecht. TO REGISTER: Click HERE.

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Educator Innovator

MARCH 7, 2014

Students now interview authors across the country via Skype and access books that match their interests and reading levels on e-readers. Nearly three-quarters (73%) of teachers surveyed by Pew reported using mobile phones in the classroom or to complete assignments, while almost half (45%) reported using e-readers and tablet computers.

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techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

According to the most recent figures from Funds for Learning, E-Rate applicants nationwide requested almost $748 million in discounts against the purchase of just over $1 billion in Category Two products and services, which are detailed in this chart (right). Strategic decommissioning: What activities or resources are no longer needed?

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Educator Innovator

MARCH 30, 2016

Libraries have changed since my childhood in the 1980s. Yet there’s something to be said for the convenience inherent in e-readers. Online library resources now feature downloadable electronic editions and audiobooks; their collections are indexed and available for instant search from anywhere. this is a library?

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Graphite Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2015

However, most of our time, focus, and resources are concentrated on at-school connections -- a sensible strategy when the state of technology at school has been severely lacking (see CoSN's 2014 E-Rate and Infrastructure Survey ). This piece was originally published on the CoSN blog on September 16, 2015.

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Graphite Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2015

In a sneak peek of the results from the forthcoming CoSN third annual E-Rate & Broadband Survey, which will be available by mid-October, the vast majority of U.S. This piece was originally published on the CoSN blog on September 23, 2015.

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Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 13, 2017

As anyone who has tried to check out a popular book at the library knows, sharing books with others can be a frustrating experience. According to a report written with support of major search engines like Google, Creative Commons estimates that the number of CC-licensed works available online is over 1 billion (Creative Commons, 2015).

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 22, 2020

NEW ORLEANS — School absences were rare for Lorenzo Elliott, the drum major of the George Washington Carver High School band and an honor roll student with a 96 percent attendance rate. So a social worker called his home on a December morning in 2015 when he didn’t come to school. His family said that police had picked him up.

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MindShift

DECEMBER 13, 2017

” The 2015 rules are meant to prevent internet providers, such as Comcast, AT&T and Verizon, from controlling what people can watch and see on the internet. have access to high-speed internet and more than 118,000 school and libraries use the E-rate program. Now 94 percent of school districts in the U.S.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

Via Education Week : “ E-Rate , Other Universal-Service Funds to Be Transferred to U.S. Jen Howard on “What Happened to Google’s Effort to Scan Millions of University Library Books ?” Wired argues that “ Jeff Bezos Should Put His Billions Into Libraries.” Post, Sources Say.”

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NeverEndingSearch

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

6) (Note: Most of these tasks could authentically be taught in our libraries during the natural course of any inquiry project.). Triangulate: Try to verify the information in multiple sources, including traditional media and library databases. Check out the post That Chain E-Mail Your Friend Sent to You is (Likely) Bogus.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The startup was later sold to Valore Education in 2015 , which was in turn acquired by Follett in 2016 , which in turn shut down the Boundless site in 2017. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

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Hack Education

MARCH 8, 2017

Wheeler had been a “champion” of net neutrality and E-rate reform, according to Education Week at least, but his replacement, Trump appointee Ajit Pai, seems poised to lead the agency with a very different set of priorities – and those priorities will likely shape in turn what happens to ed-tech under Trump. .”

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