EdTech Magazine

JUNE 24, 2019

E-rate , which helps schools and libraries obtain affordable high-speed internet access , last underwent big change in 2014. Everything was in place before the start of the 2016-2017 school year,” says Branton. by Melissa Delaney. Melissa Delaney is a freelance journalist who specializes in business technology.

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Tom Murray

JANUARY 12, 2016

With the new year now upon us, listed below are six edtech resolutions for 2016. Commit to Ensuring Equity in Access and Opportunity. Equity in access, from broadband to devices is a concern and something that districts need to work to meet head on. “ Commit to Long-term Sustainability.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2017

A free tool from nonprofit EducationSuperHighway is intended to help district technology leaders compare broadband and connectivity information with other districts nearby and across the nation. Next page: District success stories and highlights of the new tool).

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2021

They just weren’t ready for distance learning, and a big part of that was that too many students lacked adequate WiFi access to get to virtual class. These new amendments require the State Superintendent to survey education institutions to understand students' access to computing devices and broadband connections. Jennifer E.

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Education Superhighway

MAY 30, 2019

In 2016, EducationSuperHighway worked with the Virginia Department Of Education (VDOE) to hire an E-rate and school technology specialist. She’s a big advocate for expanding broadband access and digital equity, and she has become a key strategic planner for school Internet in Virginia. ESH was the spark that lit the flame.

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eSchool News

MARCH 12, 2018

A recent Mobile Beacon report analyzing mobile broadband usage by non-profit organizations, including schools, finds that schools utilizing Mobile Beacon’s 4G LTE internet service indicate that the ability to supplement and/or extend existing school networks is the greatest benefit of the service.

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Education Superhighway

JANUARY 31, 2018

Organized by AMERIND Critical Infrastructure Manager Kimball Sekaquaptewa, this fiber build project will ultimately help Native American students in these Pueblos access high-speed broadband and gain essential skills through the power of technology. The Vision: A high-speed broadband network for pueblo schools and libraries.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2017

The data comes from the second annual State of the States report from the nonprofit EducationSuperHighway , which analyzed 2016 FCC E-rate data representing 10,499 school districts and more than 38 million students. Next page: Better broadband affordability). Thirty-four governors across the U.S. Thirty-four governors across the U.S.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

As iPads, laptops and other learning gadgets increasingly make their way into K-12 schools, there’s one resource that more than 21 million students still lack access to in the United States: high-speed internet. “We billion Federal Communications Commission (FCC) program that helps 96 percent of schools get more affordable broadband.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 1, 2016

For instance, over the last few months, I’ve had a lot of fun discussing Don and Alex Tapscott’s new book, Blockchain Revolution , with educators associated with the ISTE Games and Simulations Network as part of their book club (and presented on blockchain technology at the 2016 ISTE conference).

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Education Superhighway

JULY 8, 2019

As the State E-rate Director, Milan Eaton has been working on the Arizona Broadband for Education Initiative since it began in 2016. What experiences led you to become passionate about expanding broadband access? I was on the vendor side for 10 to 12 years, where I sold routers, switches, and cabling.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2019

The nonprofit publisher of K-12 curriculum launched in 2016 expecting an audience for its digital offerings. For some students who lack access to broadband and digital devices, and for some schools that can’t handle the logistics of a device for every student, print remains the most accessible way to learn.

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Education Superhighway

JANUARY 12, 2017

Today marks the release of our second annual “State of the States” report on the state of broadband connectivity in the nation’s K-12 public schools. took bipartisan action to upgrade their schools in 2016 – with 5 states connecting 100 percent of their students to high-speed broadband. 35 million students. million teachers.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Her district of Garfield County has provided a computer to every student since 2016. And yet, reliable broadband is far from guaranteed in this region of towering plateaus, sagebrush valleys and steep canyons. All their work is on that computer,” said Caine, “and they need that access.”.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The CoSN Meeting the Needs of Students Without Home Internet Access webinar on September 19, 2018 reflects the growing concern and call to action for school districts, business communities and state and federal government to address what has been termed as the homework gap. 1 at the elementary level.

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eSchool News

MAY 10, 2017

In a 2016 survey conducted by the Consortium for School Networking (COSN), 90 percent of IT administrators at K-12 schools expect that curricula will be at least 50 percent digital over the next three years. billion in 2017. What does this mean for schools?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2018

It’s no great overstatement to say that the Federal Communications Commission’s recent decision to rollback net neutrality protections has shaken the education community’s faith in open and equitable internet access for all students. Since it began in the 1990s, E-Rate has helped bring high-speed internet access to 97 percent of U.S.

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Edsurge

JUNE 23, 2020

They were looking to license their tools, or acquire them, or simply see what new ideas startups were coming up with,” says Karen Billings, who ran SIIA’s education technology division from 2002 to 2016. Broadband internet access and cloud computing made it easier to distribute educational software once sold on floppy disks and CD-ROMs.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Such students have fewer informal science opportunities and limited broadband Wi-Fi access at home and attend schools in districts that receive, by one estimate, $1,200 less in funding per student. They also have fewer hours of science instruction.

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Education Superhighway

DECEMBER 27, 2017

In the effort to ensure that all students have equal access to the broadband they need for digital learning, there are challenges and triumphs every year. The FCC Announced Rural Broadband Month. For the first time, the FCC designated August as Rural Broadband Month. In 2013, Internet access cost a whopping $22 per Mbps.

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Broadband E-rate Digital Learning Accessibility 63

Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2018

Several parents with children in low-performing schools view a child’s academic struggles as an individual responsibility — their child’s fault, or their own — but access to and understanding of school data can help them identify broader problems. For example, is only their child reading below grade-level or are a majority of the students?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2021

And we’ve only seen the beginning—within the next few years, the company is poised to disrupt the healthcare market, become the market leader in online advertising, establish itself as a competitor to USPS, FedX and UPS, and provide global access to broadband internet through a network of satellites orbiting the planet… to name but a few examples.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

should be asked by all CIO’s, teachers, administrators and policymakers in this changing landscape of data access, student privacy and interoperability. Fruth describes this new data access landscape as a teeter-totter effect. The challenge, as highlighted by Fruth, is how much data should be accessible to the stakeholders.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Here are five key trends that CTOs will be watching and reacting to in 2016: The modernized E-rate program. Krueger, CEO at CoSN – the Consortium for School Networking , said the fact that the modernized E-rate hones in on broadband and more robust networks is a net positive for K-12 IT departments and their CTOs. Broadband equity.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2018

In 2017, the same survey reported 44 percent of respondents found the EPC portal “difficult to use,” compared with 50 percent in 2015 and 2016. In fact, some applicants are still waiting on funding they applied for back in 2016. It’s a lack of understanding of broadband systems that’s creating these problems.” 1 target date.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2018

Several parents with children in low-performing schools view a child’s academic struggles as an individual responsibility — their child’s fault, or their own — but access to and understanding of school data can help them identify broader problems. For example, is only their child reading below grade-level or are a majority of the students?

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Data Laptops Report Accessibility 108

Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Fueled by an explosion of broadband access, education software and, of course, the irresistible allure of financial returns, investors across the world want a slice of the U.S. That sum equals the total raised during all of 2016.) edtech industry. Through the first three quarters of 2017, U.S.-based

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Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2017

The mantra makes sense for someone like Marwell, whose nonprofit organization has an audacious mission: to make high-speed internet access available for every student in the US. But in order to do that, EducationSuperHighway must first determine the state of internet access—and track its progress—for schools across the country.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2022

For example, members from our own communities who relied on school computers to access the internet were suddenly without this critical resource. Related: OPINION: How targeted federal action could finally chip away at the broadband racism faced by Black students.

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edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

When asked about the hurdles that happened due to schools closing on March 13th, 2020, all four presenters agreed that broadband, not devices, challenged their districts to provide equitable access to learning no matter their districts’ geographic location or demographics.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Back in late 2013, Barack Obama and the White House launched the ConnectED Initiative , an effort to bring almost $2 billion worth of high-quality broadband, technology and professional development to schools and districts across the U.S. In February of 2014, Obama rounded up technology donations worth more than a $1 billion from U.S.

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Education Superhighway

JULY 20, 2017

The Northeast Board of Cooperative Educational Services (NE BOCES) provides technology support for 12 Colorado school districts that all needed faster, more reliable Internet access to keep up with growing demands for digital learning. The consortium’s path to better digital access took a positive turn in August 2016.

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eSchool News

APRIL 7, 2016

A new report details the importance of state advocacy in connecting schools, students to broadband internet. A new report from SETDA and Common Sense Kids Action focuses on K-12 broadband and wi-fi connectivity, state leadership for infrastructure, state broadband implementation highlights, and state advocacy for federal broadband support.

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Tom Murray

JUNE 8, 2016

Assess and understand current infrastructure and broadband capabilities. At a minimum, school district leaders should consider productivity, assessment, accessibility, ubiquitous connectivity, security, needed peripherals, and storage. Estimate total cost of ownership, predict refresh cycles, and determine what will be sustainable.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

— Digital Promise (@DigitalPromise) February 9, 2016. Compared to white and affluent students, low-income and minority students have less access to nearly every type of educational benefit. That’s why Middletown is investing as much in professional learning for teachers as it is in devices and broadband.

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edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2020

The current crisis has highlighted the disparity between students with and without equitable access to technology, especially in rural schools. One of the first challenges rural districts face is broadband access. Department of Education Secretary in October 2016. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Kajeet, a provider of safe mobile student internet connectivity, has launched its 2016 campaign to highlight the “real action heroes” in school districts working to close the Homework Gap for their students. 1 million Homework Gap hours ‘rescued’ by Kajeet Customers.

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