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K–12's Digital Transformation Is Giving Libraries a Modern Makeover

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K–12's Digital Transformation Is Giving Libraries a Modern Makeover. Thu, 11/08/2018 - 12:56. Today’s school libraries are being reinvented. No longer just a haven for dusty books and stern shushes, the library is now a place for digital resources and makerspaces and flexible learning. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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CoSN 2018: How Your District Can Prepare for an E-Rate Audit

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CoSN 2018: How Your District Can Prepare for an E-Rate Audit. Thu, 03/15/2018 - 09:58. The larger the school or library system, the more likely the system will face a review, Cruzan said. Catch all of our coverage of CoSN 2018 on EdTech ’s conference landing page. phil.goldstein_6191. Content Subtype. CDW Activity ID.

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Intelligent, Connected PDUs Save Time and Money When Going 1:1

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Wed, 11/28/2018 - 12:25. The data center also needed to support a fiber ring with high-speed broadband to connect every service — telephone, data storage, applications, internet and email — among all the schools. Intelligent, Connected PDUs Save Time and Money When Going 1:1. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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Here’s What Schools Can Do For the Millions of Students Without Internet Access

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And among those who do have access, not all have a broadband connection. As recently as 2018, nearly one in five students said they had trouble completing homework because of internet access. A separate Pew Research Center survey found that 17 percent of adults access the internet exclusively through smartphones.

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Digital Equity Act Would Provide $250M Annually to Address Digital Divide

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Senate introduced a bill that would invest hundreds of millions of dollars to expand broadband access in communities that currently lack it. It’s time to close the digital divide and focus on making sure communities with broadband access have the skills and knowledge to take full advantage of the internet. House is expected to follow.

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Mission (Almost) Accomplished: Nonprofit EducationSuperHighway Prepares to Sunset

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Instead, EducationSuperHighway is sunsetting because, well, that’s what Marwell always intended it to do—once the organization reached its expressed goal of connecting 99 percent of K-12 students to high-speed broadband. In 2018, that number ticked up to 98 percent. So seven years ago, knowing little about school broadband, he dove in.

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Discovery Education Acquires Mystery Science in $140 Million Deal

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Mystery Science offers a library of 300-plus digital activities and lesson plans on subjects from astronomy to zoology, which can be used as a core curriculum aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards or as supplemental materials. These materials are used every month by roughly four million students across half of all U.S.

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