The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

Ramos would connect to the library’s Wi-Fi — sometimes on her cellphone, sometimes using her family’s only laptop — to complete assignments and submit essays or tests for her classes at Skyline High School. Ramos’ parents promised to buy her a laptop eventually, but bills mounted and it wasn’t in the family’s budget.

Digital Divide 122

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 122

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

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EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

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EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

Edsurge

AUGUST 5, 2017

After three years of utilizing a BYOD (bring your own device) policy with my classes at Nassau Community College, I have seen how tools like tablets and laptops can lead to better academic engagement. It’s why mobile access has been one of the most important means of connecting students to their academic resources.

Mobility 110

Mobility OER Technology BYOD 110

eSchool News

JULY 18, 2024

The critical importance of federal collaboration with schools Establishing partnerships between federal entities, cybersecurity experts, and the education sector offers numerous benefits, including enhanced information sharing, expanded training opportunities, and access to specialized resources.

Education 122

Education Policies Libraries Broadband 122

Iterating Toward Openness

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

But courseware and related efforts have been shunned by many in the OER community because during the 2010s much of the community changed their focus from ‘improving access to educational opportunity’ to ‘ensuring that course materials are free for students.’

Strategy 133

Strategy OER Education Policies 133

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Students at Rhodes Junior High in Mesa, Arizona, spend a portion of their school day working on laptops. Schools also have access to professional development gatherings in the fall and spring, a Summit “success manager” assigned to their schools and online support, all at no cost. Credit: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report.

Learning 132

Learning Laptops Personalized Learning Data 132

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2021

For low-income kids it’s really hard for programs to run in person,” said Jodi Grant, executive director of Afterschool Alliance, a nonprofit advocacy group. “It According to a November survey by Afterschool Alliance, the number of students with access to after-school programs had been cut in half since the start of the pandemic.

Survey 142

Survey Laptops Accessibility Report 142

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

Yet, from my vantage point in the education policy arena (in leadership roles, for instance, at the National Association of State Boards of Education and the State Educational Technology Directors Association), the book and prediction drove widespread advocacy for changes in policy and practice.

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

Yet, from my vantage point in the education policy arena (in leadership roles, for instance, at the National Association of State Boards of Education and the State Educational Technology Directors Association), the book and prediction drove widespread advocacy for changes in policy and practice.

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2019

And Marwell wants all of them to experience the types of teaching and learning high-speed internet access facilitates. And he remembers battery life on those laptops lasting just an hour. EducationSuperHighway’s advocacy supported the district’s efforts perfectly. The districts serve 750,000 students, after all.

E-rate 59

E-rate Digital Divide Classroom Laptops 59

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 4, 2019

Hanging on an office door in Hawthorn Hall, for example, is a pastel-colored advertisement from Student Support Services inviting Latinx students to stop by for help with academic advising, tutoring and mentoring, book and laptop loan programs and financial literacy education. Debra Santiago, CEO, Excelencia in Education. They were sisters.

Dropout 111

Dropout Laptops Study Report 111

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

“We still have quite a few people who are out of work who are looking at opportunities to get back into the labor market,” said Karen Elzey, associate executive director of the advocacy organization Workcred, which pushes for improvements to the workforce credentialing system. Some check equations on laptops.

Kaplan 135

Kaplan Training Report Survey 135

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

We are speaking about an equal right, an equal opportunity to access education,” said Sabrina Bernadel, legal counsel at the National Women’s Law Center. In the meantime, Crawford said, the boys were provided with laptops and Google Classroom access. For the better part of the school year, they tried to learn from home.

Handbook 98

Handbook Learning Online Learning Data 98

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2021

Samantha Tran, senior managing director of education policy at Children Now, a nonpartisan research, policy and advocacy organization, noticed. “I I find the process more accessible. Here’s what teachers are doing about it. Like, I don’t have qualms about just picking up the phone and calling folks and talking stuff through.

Policies 143

Policies Education Report Advocacy 143

techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

COLLABORATE Space provides persistent space to store messages, documents, whiteboards, recordings, meeting minutes, or anything else exchanged on a specific topic or project during a call or meeting at anytime, and is accessible from any device, whether it be a mobile, desktop, or room appliance.

Tools 75

Tools Robotics Edmentum Software 75

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2016

Nancy Loome, executive director and founder of the Parents’ Campaign, a nonprofit and grassroots education advocacy organization. Access to technology is another funding-related struggle. “If When her daughter didn’t have a textbook to take home for certain classes, she could still access information online, McCoy said.

Elementary 67

Elementary Advocacy E-rate Accessibility 67

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2017

“We’re happy fewer kids are being held back, but they should track that data to see how well kids are doing [after they are held back],” said Monty Neill, executive director of the National Center for Fair & Open Testing (also known as FairTest), the advocacy group that has long fought against the widespread use of standardized tests. “In

Elementary 88

Elementary Training Advocacy Strategy 88

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Leaders need to make sure that lawmakers and board members see the tech plan as a long-term, sustainable project and not just a one-off purchase of laptops. ClassLink empowers your students and teachers with instant access to their learning resources. The program and financial management of the tech plan has a human element as well.

Technology 54

Technology BYOD Advocacy Guidelines 54

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

They stayed at the library working until closing time because they didn’t have laptops. Moises has his own laptop, bought for him by the nonprofit that helped him apply to college, but he was also at the library till they kicked him out most nights. “We They didn’t go out on the weekend. He has empathy, he has that grit.

Libraries 94

Libraries Laptops Training Report 94

edWeb.net

APRIL 19, 2021

Educational content needs to be available outside of the classroom and easy to access. CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation. ClassLink empowers your students and teachers with instant access to their learning resources.

Learning 56

Learning Blended Learning BYOD Professional Learning 56

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

BLACKBOARD AND READSPEAKER ( www.blackboard.com ) & ( www.readspeaker.com ) Blackboard and ReadSpeaker are furthering their partnership to help instructors worldwide improve course content accessibility. This allows students to automatically access an MP3 version of content added by the instructor into the LMS.

Blackboard 73

Blackboard Epson Pearson STEM 73

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 25, 2019

While early adopters absolutely get excited about OER because open is awesome, “normal” faculty and students are more likely to get excited about the things OER let them do – improve student success, decrease costs, expand access, etc. But most people want a laptop or a phone with an operating system that “just works.”.

OER 84

OER Course Company Smartphone 84

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Lilly explained that his schools, for instance, have frequent administrative access audits to ensure they can’t see information, like social security numbers, they shouldn’t. With few on-site licenses, educators and students will have no access to their materials. These records need similar levels of protection.

PowerMyLearning 40

PowerMyLearning Data BYOD Training 40

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2017

Related: Why one Mississippi district ditched textbooks for laptops. A more nuanced view of how blended learning is working in India can be seen in a 2015 report done by the membership and advocacy group CoSN. It’s a question worth following, and reading more about in the report.

Blended Learning 40

Blended Learning Learning Tablets Training 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Patrick Farenga is a leading and unique authority on homeschooling, bringing more than 30 years of fieldwork, advocacy, and personal experience (he and his wife homeschooled their three daughters) to help parents and children learn in their own ways. Receive a special 15% discount at the end just by attending!

Chromebook 28

Chromebook Blendspace Libraries Conference 28

The Daring Librarian

JULY 3, 2010

right laptop scrolling thumb is numb and even feels broken! Too many scheduling conflicts.Breakfasts, Advocacy, & committee meetings during the same time as presentations and sessions. Wireless Internet access was AWEsome at the CCC! Highlights: Ok.I''m m tired of doing a day to day hour by hour report.my

Conference 31

Conference Wiki Personal Learning Network Advocacy 31

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 8, 2016

Join Neverware and The Learning Revolution to learn how CloudReady does exactly that on up to 8 year old laptops or desktops, extending their life along with making them run faster to help preserve budget. Receive a special 15% discount at the end just by attending!

Chromebook 28

Chromebook Blendspace Libraries Conference 28

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

Basecamp schools then receive mentoring from and troubleshooting by Summit staff, as well as PLP access throughout the academic year. Other than a few murmured conversations and the clicking of keyboards, the only sound was mellow acoustic guitar music played on their teacher’s laptop.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

School buses provide Wi-Fi access for downloading homework assignments, as well as lunches, at various locations in South Carolina. With everything shut down, the chronic issue of home internet access became an immense and acute challenge. Blaney Elementary School in Elgin, S.C., on March 18, 2020. Mackey Pendergrast. School District.

Learning 86

Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 86

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2020

Department of Education, for reasons including cost and access. said Steve Yadzinski, who works on innovations in workforce technology for Jobs for the Future — an advocacy group that makes its own job finalists take on work-related projects as a part of the decision process. “It

Company 145

Company Assessment Report Gamification 145

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Teachers project lesson plans onto interactive screens, and little hands reach for black Chromebook laptops, which are stacked like cafeteria trays in a large box called a Chromecart. For decades, nonprofit advocacy groups and corporate donors have targeted K-12 education for intervention. Yet, inside Isaac Paine, tech abounds.

Personalized Learning 108

Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 108

The Daring Librarian

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Langston Hughes Academy Charter in New Orleans, Lousiana is using the grant to hire a full-time librarian and build a centralized computer lab area for students Copenhagen School District in Copenhagen, New York is using the grant to provide internet access for a rural community with limited internet resources and create a "Library without Limits."

Advocacy 28

Advocacy Libraries Wiki Outcomes 28

The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2020

Just before this crisis began, Arizona was poised to spend millions more on boosting its thin roster of counselors, thanks in part to the advocacy of students like Kumar. Especially in states like Arizona, where families have little access to mental health care, students often turn to school counseling to triage their personal crises.

Survey 145

Survey Report Elementary Exercises 145

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 21, 2020

The predicament is particularly pernicious for students who received the least in normal times, in a state where access to even the basics largely falls along the lines of race. This past spring, she followed with interest when the district outfitted several homes with laptops and tablets to complete school work. Democratic Rep.

Advocacy 103

Advocacy Report Accessibility Tablets 103

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2017

SAN DIEGO — In the main room of a onetime fraternity house at the edge of San Diego State University, a small group of students labors quietly, laser-focused, over textbooks and laptops. This is the Veterans House, its door propped open by a spent artillery shell. Things do not appear to be improving.

Report 80

Report Data Study Comparison 80

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

million laptops to all public primary schools. ” Spoiler alert: not enough access to data. iNACOL has released a report on advocacy for competency-based education. Now it’s giving away flash drives for positive online reviews. The Pacific Standard also has a story on HESAA and efforts to reform it.

Education 66

Education MOOC Report Facebook 66