eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Key points: Without continued funding, schools and libraries may struggle to maintain or upgrade technological infrastructure See article: 3 ways the E-rate program helps level up learning See article: Will cybersecurity receive E-rate funding?

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Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Go easy on the inspirational, aspirational statements; go deep on data to support the needs assessments and recommendations. Be explicit with districts about expectations for access to technology in schools and classrooms.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

While the emergency switch to remote instruction caused students to fall behind in learning — with regular assessments showing declining test scores, especially in math — it also significantly sped up the adoption of digital devices and impressed upon districts the importance of technology, according to advocates.

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Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2020

E-commerce purchases of all types have surged. This is already evident in the latest national job-market data, which shows a 15 percent unemployment rate for high school graduates with no college and 13 percent for those with some college or an associate degree—compared to 7 percent for individuals with a bachelor’s or higher.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

And with online assessments now being required in many states, reliable broadband access is also essential so that students’ knowledge and skills are accurately represented, and technology is not a barrier to achievement and its documentation. Accessing the E-Rate and Matching State Funds. Sheryl Abshire, Ph.D.,

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2024

federal government’s E-Rate program, which provides “universal service” funding to schools and libraries for telecommunications and internet, also said it wouldn’t pay for another project. With students out of school, assessment scores declined, Mills says. Early on, the U.S. That wasn’t always obvious, she says.

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Securly

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

. “More tech-based monitoring and assessment tools will be incorporated into to the instructional mix.” CIPA requires schools and libraries to install measures to protect children from obscene or harmful content in exchange for discounts offered by the E-rate program.

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Brainscape

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Brainscape's digital flashcards, which are delivered via a spaced repetition algorithm, require you to rate how well you knew the answer on a scale of 1 to 5 with 1 being "not at all" and 5 being "very well" If you rate a concept a 1, the algorithm will show you that flashcard again within minutes.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

The purposeful use of technology can innovate assessment, transform time frames around learning, increase collaboration, enable learning about information and research thanks to unprecedented access, and provide a level of student ownership like never before.

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Blended Learning E-rate Social Media Outcomes 240

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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EdTech E-rate Software Data 150

Education Superhighway

APRIL 3, 2018

With that in mind, here’s a guide to assess school district network needs and implement affordable broadband upgrades. While there are other factors that may affect the amount of bandwidth your district needs—cloud-based applications, storage, online assessments, etc.—having School Network Structure.

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Hapara

AUGUST 8, 2022

Formative assessments like this NGSS-aligned weather formative assessment. Pre-assessments like this clouds pre-assessment. In addition, you can add media such as video and images if you’re building a lesson plan, unit or assessment. It’s a public digital library dedicated solely to OER.

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Brainscape

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Because it helps you break down your subject into its atomic concepts —whether by making your own flashcards or searching our library for flashcards made by other educators, experts, and top students. Sadler, P., & Good, E. Educational Assessment , 11 (1), 1–31. Health Psychology , 29(4), 374. link] Son, L.

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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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SpeechTechie

OCTOBER 30, 2012

In addition, I have been attending a workshop focusing on fluency assessment and therapy in which the application was recommended as one way to visually/auditorily practice fluency techniques. The four different menus that one can access on the full version of the application include SpeechCenter, Library, Sharing, and Account.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 21, 2022

McKerley sees the current ESSER and E-Rate funding as “once-in-a-generation” opportunities to address these goals. We work with our customers to engineer high-capacity and future-ready connectivity, communication, cloud, security, and data analytics solutions to education institutions and libraries across the nation.

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Broadband E-rate Education Future Ready 94

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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E-rate Elementary Education Report 136

Graphite Blog

AUGUST 24, 2021

Keep in mind that these recommendations are aimed at parents and families -- not teachers -- but the age rating and content grid in each review can serve as a useful guide. Library Streaming and Video Services. Simply use your library card to stream content from any location. Streaming and Video Services for Classrooms.

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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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Libraries E-rate Training Accessibility 36

eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2016

Curriculet is an easy-to-navigate e-reading platform that lets teachers assign a variety of fiction, nonfiction, and news texts to their students. What’s more, teachers can embed a variety of “checkpoints,” or assessment items for students, within texts. Graphite rating : 4/5. What’s It Like?

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Education Superhighway

MAY 13, 2016

Educators know that with springtime comes state assessments and testing—something that more and more states are mandating to be completed online. Check out our Fiber Toolkit for free tools and resources including the “Build Vs. Buy” comparison tool and RFP templates aligned with the new E-rate modernization rules.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The importance of enhanced cybersecurity for schools as the FCC considers modifications to the E-rate program also emerged as a must-know. SchoolStatus demonstrated how its solution integrates all student data into a digital student card so teachers can learn about historical assessments, benchmark data, disciplinary issues.

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Kathy Schrock

JANUARY 7, 2025

well-done handout with questions for students to consider IMSE Science Web Site Evaluation.questions for the specialized evaluation of science sites Information Skills Rating Scale.a fictional biographies of explorers But I found it on the Internet! seminal article by Alan November Ten C's for Evaluating Internet Resources.a

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E-rate Analysis Libraries Google 40

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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E-rate Report Accessibility Secondary 111

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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Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Blackboard 103

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2018

Middle school: h-a-t-e-d it. We’re preparing kids for these jobs of tomorrow, but we really don’t even know what they are,” said Amy McLeod, the school’s director of curriculum, instruction and assessment. Twenty-one percent of Lowell residents live in poverty; the average rate in small metro areas nationwide is 17 percent.

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E-rate Industry Report Survey 103

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 ). Conduct research to explore the educational uses of social media platforms and assess the impact of filtering in schools.

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E-rate Digital Citizenship Libraries Social Media 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 27, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. First, you can discover new tools rated for learning. How does your library manage digital collections?

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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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Libraries E-rate Exercises Accessibility 41

Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Give Assessment: Follow up with the interactive unit-level assessment. 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.

Digital Citizenship 40

Digital Citizenship E-rate Common Core Assessment 40

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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Libraries E-rate Exercises Accessibility 36

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). In making its transition to online assessment, Delaware used this strategy.

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Chromebook E-rate BYOD Online Assessments 41

The Innovative Educator

JANUARY 8, 2017

2) The filtering divide Schools that service children living in poverty receive e-rate funding which requires schools to filter the internet. The negative effects of content filters on Internet access in public libraries and schools are demonstrable and documented. Hertz is not alone in her thinking.

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Chromebook Internet Safety E-rate Learning 40

Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

MARCH 26, 2024

Those questions ask students simply to rate their level of agreement (1 = Strongly disagree to 5 = Strongly agree) on the following statements: So far in this course, I've been challenged intellectually by the content and activities in the course.

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Data Course Analysis Libraries 73

IAD Learning

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Depending on how far we want to take our data collection, we could potentially collect library records, e-book consumption patterns, social network information, etc. If you want to follow a more formal approach towards analytics implementation, there are a number of learning analytics readiness assessment tools.

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Learning Analytics LMS Analysis Learning 62

Brainscape

JUNE 9, 2022

For example: online courses and e-textbook providers that are more of an instructional curriculum, but that have built spaced repetition into things like multiple-choice quizzes at the end of chapters, where incorrect answers are more likely to come up frequently until the user answers correctly.

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E-rate Study Chegg Software 52

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed. Policymakers will be looking to leverage their existing data sources to better understand those trends and the remaining gaps, and they will continue to look for innovative approaches to learning and ways to assess the needs of students.

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