Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

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EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2021

They didn’t have a high-tech classroom with fancy equipment — in fact most students didn’t even have laptops or access to the internet. For example, the focus of last summer’s global virtual camp was leadership and advocacy through the power of storytelling. They had something more important: basic digital literacy.

Learning 145

Learning Advocacy Report Google 145

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. Many of my students find themselves composing essays across a variety of devices, phones, personal laptops or campus desktops.

Mobility 119

Mobility OER Technology BYOD 119

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2020

When the school finance reform advocacy group published its first edition of “Fault Lines: America’s Most Segregating School District Borders” in 2016, Mississippi didn’t land in the top 50. Overall, EdBuild found nearly 172,000 Mississippi students attend school on either side of a highly segregating school district border.

Advocacy 112

Advocacy Report Laptops Analysis 112

eSchool News

JULY 18, 2024

It is crucial to secure endpoints, including laptops, tablets, and mobile devices, with comprehensive protection solutions that provide real-time monitoring and threat detection. This shift to digital learning environments has expanded the attack surface, making every connected device a potential entry point for cyber threats.

Education 122

Education Policies Libraries Broadband 122

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2021

Lillian Pace, vice president of policy and advocacy, KnowledgeWorks. With her laptop open to the literacy dashboard for her class, she quizzed one student on letter sounds, then another on letter recognition. “Pre-pandemic, we saw a lot more interest in one-off pilot programs.

Competency Based Learning 143

Competency Based Learning Personalized Learning Report Advocacy 143

eSchool News

JULY 1, 2024

Giving students responsibility for their space in your classroom and items they use collectively, whether it is a class library, a science equipment stock room, or a cart of laptops, distributes responsibilities and also instills a sense of community and accountability as part of it.

Trends 120

Trends Advocacy Outcomes Report 120

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Students at Rhodes Junior High in Mesa, Arizona, spend a portion of their school day working on laptops. In math class, students at Rhodes Junior High in Mesa, Arizona, work on laptops but also solve word problems in groups using a white board. Credit: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. MESA, Ariz.

Learning 131

Learning Laptops Personalized Learning Data 131

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 121

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 121

Iterating Toward Openness

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

If a meaningful portion of the OER community continues its insistence that educational materials be zero-cost, and continues advocating for institution-wide, system-wide, or state-wide zero-cost policies, that zero-cost advocacy will exclude students from having access to the most powerful educational technology since the creation of the internet.

Strategy 133

Strategy OER Education Policies 133

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2023

(AP) – One Thursday morning in May, instead of sitting at a desk in her sixth-grade classroom in the Oregon mountains, Khloe Warne sat at a table in her mother’s bakery, doing her schoolwork on a laptop and watching her favorite clips of anime.

Advocacy 113

Advocacy Elementary Report Training 113

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 She had to provide laptops, tablets and even mobile hotspots to a number of her kids just so they could participate. Jodi Grant, Afterschool Alliance.

Survey 142

Survey Laptops Accessibility Report 142

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 3, 2024

In fact, Pennsylvania has quietly become the “cyber charter capital of the nation” according to a report from the education advocacy group Children First PA. Asiyah Jones, 6, works on her laptop at her home in Philadelphia. I don’t want to be in middle school and have my whole life be on a laptop. …

Advocacy 94

Advocacy Laptops Online Learning Report 94

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

When EducationSuperHighway launched, the Perry-Lecompton school district, in a rural area outside of Topeka, Kansas, still had laptop carts that teachers had to reserve if they wanted students to use computers in their classrooms. And he remembers battery life on those laptops lasting just an hour. It was a well-timed initiative.

E-rate 60

E-rate Digital Divide Classroom Laptops 60

Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2019

In late October, education policy and advocacy group iNACOL opened its annual conference with a bang. Attendees were routinely stuffed with free food and plenty of flashy swag, including iPad and laptop giveaways.

Education 92

Education Advocacy Conference Laptops 92

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.

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 134

Kaplan Training Report Survey 134

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 Related: Just 3% of scientists and engineers are Black or Latina women. Here’s what teachers are doing about it. I find the process more accessible. Credit: Seth Bramble.

Policies 143

Policies Education Report Advocacy 143

The Daring Librarian

AUGUST 6, 2017

The Verge I say that it's a whole lot of fun, and I can see using it for program advocacy, as well as book and library promotion. And if you're not there, there.you can use your phone to have your Gabsee animated on top of a photo on your laptop, or a book! Which is what I did in the examples below. Now my girl is doing the Carlton!

Laptops 34

Laptops Libraries Advocacy Examples 34

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

In the meantime, Crawford said, the boys were provided with laptops and Google Classroom access. She denies making this request and says she sought legal help to get them back into school. 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

JULY 30, 2018

One recent spring afternoon, about a dozen Northern Cass students working on laptops made themselves comfortable in a large classroom with mobile furniture, beanbag pillows and a plush blue couch. “We can’t keep structures that would allow us to fall back into a more traditional system,” said Steiner. “If

Report 111

Report Personalized Learning Assessment System 111

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 87

Elementary Training Advocacy Strategy 87

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 93

Libraries Laptops Training Report 93

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

They’re experiencing trauma, and trauma has a pretty significant impact,” said Darla Bardine, executive director of the National Network for Youth, a policy and advocacy group focused on youth homelessness. Advocacy groups and researchers , too, have surfaced examples. He stooped beside her and angled his laptop for a selfie.

Analysis 87

Analysis Policies Report Advocacy 87

techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

The Collectiv8’s new optional feature is a security door that was created to help protect tablets, notebooks, laptops, Chromebooks and more. ClassPad.net helps kids brush up on their math skills all year-round by offering digital scratch paper students can use to help them solve problems. Spectrum Industries Inc.

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. At different schools he attended over the years, some classes had equipment such as interactive whiteboards and laptop computers, but lacked adequate software and electronic or hard copies of textbooks.

Elementary 67

Elementary Advocacy E-rate Accessibility 67

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. CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation.

Technology 54

Technology BYOD Advocacy Guidelines 54

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 25, 2019

The things you actually care about in smartphones or search engines or laptops happen far above the level of the kernel. But most people want a laptop or a phone with an operating system that “just works.”. You make your choices based on the amazing products and services people build on top of the kernel. Sounding familiar yet?).

OER 84

OER Course Company Smartphone 84

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

In most cases, schools are turning to third parties for help building out their core and non-core content right now, said Allison Powell, VP for new learning models at iNACOL , the nonprofit blended learning advocacy group.

LMS 40

LMS Blended Learning Advocacy Company 40

edWeb.net

APRIL 19, 2021

In that role, Diane helped develop a statewide data warehouse consortium for school districts, worked to transform her school district with laptops for educators and 1:1 devices for students, and earned her Certified Educational Technology Leader (CETL) certification.

Learning 56

Learning Blended Learning BYOD Professional Learning 56

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. Keep in mind this comes from the company itself, so we couldn’t independently verify the results.).

Blended Learning 40

Blended Learning Learning Tablets Training 40

ExcelinEd

AUGUST 3, 2020

Last week , Excel in Ed hosted Commissioner Morat h and Jennifer Esterline , founder and director of Educate Texas’ Texas Education Grantmakers Advocacy Consortium , for a deep dive into about the state’s COVID-19 strategy and approach.? ? . Texas schools are facing two challenges that Commissioner Morath focused on: .

Digital Divide 28

Digital Divide E-rate Laptops Assessment 28

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Under his leadership, Bristol Tennessee City Schools has embraced personalized learning through an effort that includes providing laptops for students to use at school and at home. CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation.

PowerMyLearning 40

PowerMyLearning Data BYOD Training 40

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Upon completion of the course, students receive an “Advocacy Plan,” which outlines their strengths and challenges and makes recommendations to consider and is shared with their educators. The course takes students up to four hours and can be completed over several weeks.

Blackboard 71

Blackboard Epson Pearson STEM 71

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