Hapara

APRIL 21, 2023

If a school receives E-rate program discounts for Internet access, they need to follow CIPA guidelines, including implementing a web filter. In this case, IT staff set up the filter as a program directly onto each school computer or tablet. Schools must filter or block online access to obscene or harmful images and pornography.

Software 245

Software Social Media Digital Citizenship E-rate 245

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

New data analyses by NCES offer an updated assessment of the adoption of online learning by high schools: More than 4 in 10 U.S. Tagged on: August 22, 2017 Children’s Learning With Tablet Technology is Often Too Passive | UT News → Joan Hughes writes: "Can tablets teach children basic math and reading skills?

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

New data analyses by NCES offer an updated assessment of the adoption of online learning by high schools: More than 4 in 10 U.S. Tagged on: August 22, 2017 Children’s Learning With Tablet Technology is Often Too Passive | UT News → Joan Hughes writes: "Can tablets teach children basic math and reading skills?

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 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. The number of devices like tablets, laptops, and smartphones your network is supporting. School Network Structure. In a school environment, the two main drivers of how much network bandwidth you need are: 1.

E-rate 70

E-rate Broadband BYOD Smartphone 70

Linways Technologies

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

Using ICTs for assessment of learning. Assessment in a classic educational institution is usually limited to several examinations at the end of completing the syllabus. The assessments are usually done using grades/marks and its primary goal is to compare students’ achievements with a set of predefined standards.

Education 81

Education E-rate Mobility Assessment 81

Brainscape

OCTOBER 28, 2024

via GIPHY With everything you need right on your phone, tablet, or laptop, you can put all those snatches of downtime you have in any day to excellent use: 10 minutes between classes, 20 minutes on the train, 30 minutes waiting for your significant other to get ready. Sadler, P., & Good, E. Health Psychology , 29(4), 374.

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Study Learning E-rate Libraries 52

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Partnering with school districts across the country, the program offers free high-speed data and free mobile hotspots–and access to at-cost laptops and tablets. The importance of enhanced cybersecurity for schools as the FCC considers modifications to the E-rate program also emerged as a must-know.

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EdTech Lenovo Robotics Laptops 136

Marketplace K-12

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

(Similar forces are said to contribute to a tightening in the global, self-paced e-learning market.). The prognosticators at Futuresource, meanwhile, are bullish on 2-in-1 devices, or devices with detachable or convertible keyboards that can be used either as a traditional laptop, or as a tablet. million shipments from 5.7

E-rate 40

E-rate Chromebook Microsoft Tablets 40

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Traditional textbooks are being replaced by interactive e-books and online resources, giving students dynamic and multimedia-rich content that can be updated as the world changes. Adaptive learning platforms and educational apps cater to individual learning styles and paces, enabling students to progress at their own rate.

Technology 94

Technology Education Adaptive Learning Accessibility 94

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

This includes navigating the often politicized issues related to immunizations, the high student absence rate due to quarantines or parents wanting to keep their children home, and the negative impact the pandemic had on student and staff mental health. Currently, the esports ecosystem is projected to surpass $1.8 billion by 2022.

EdTech 145

EdTech Learning Data Classroom 145

Kitaboo on EdTech

MAY 13, 2024

As e-readers, tablets, and smartphones become more popular, so does the need for digital books, which opens up a world of possibilities for ambitious writers to succeed in the digital world. Use interactive assessments, infographics, and multimedia components to increase reader engagement and accommodate different styles of learning.

eBook 52

eBook Social Media Adaptive Learning E-rate 52

Vizor

JANUARY 29, 2024

Leverage E-rate, Title I, and other federal & state funds Make sure you take advantage of various funding sources available for technology in education. E-rate is a federal program that provides discounts on internet access and telecommunications services for schools.

BYOD 52

BYOD How To E-rate Chromebook 52

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). Or are there mobile laptop/tablet stations?) ?

Chromebook 41

Chromebook E-rate BYOD Online Assessments 41

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

This includes navigating the often politicized issues related to immunizations, the high student absence rate due to quarantines or parents wanting to keep their children home, and the negative impact the pandemic had on student and staff mental health. Currently, the esports ecosystem is projected to surpass $1.8 billion by 2022.

EdTech 113

EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 113

Educator Innovator

JANUARY 30, 2014

While a majority of children have access to a tablet or e-reader, only about half of those children have read e-books. She is currently working with colleagues to develop a rubric to help teachers assess the value of apps and other digital media. The print book is still alive and kicking.

E-rate 36

E-rate Education Survey Mobility 36

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 27, 2014

You can keep up with ALA and other library-related news and information by subscribing to the free award-winning weekly e-newsletter AL Direct at [link]. First, you can discover new tools rated for learning. Second, you can rate and review tools, sharing views and tips on how you’ve used them with students. Thanks, again, Karen!

Libraries 50

Libraries Conference Game-Based Learning Education 50

IT Bill

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Mobile technologies have changed over the years: from the early PDAs, Blackberrys and feature phones with texting capability and cameras, to tablets and eReaders to the ubiquitous smartphones of today. Such media can be submitted to an e-portfolio or blog (e.g. Tumblr ) for peer review or assessment of learning.

Smartphone 28

Smartphone Learning Mobility Social Media 28

Educator Innovator

JANUARY 30, 2014

While a majority of children have access to a tablet or e-reader, only about half of those children have read e-books. She is currently working with colleagues to develop a rubric to help teachers assess the value of apps and other digital media. The print book is still alive and kicking.

E-rate 31

E-rate Education Survey Mobility 31

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

a month for the first student in the family who enrolls, with a discounted rate for additional students. The program covers reading, math, science, art and colors and can be accessed on a computer, tablet or smartphone. for one year. UPSTART officials say a key part of their program is the support they give to families.

Laptops 175

Laptops Accessibility Online Learning Company 175

Brainscape

MARCH 20, 2025

Similarly, the benefits of breaking concepts into more digestible "cues & explanations" could be leveraged by a flashcard-like Q&A software that engages users' active recall and  metacognitive self-assessment faculties , thereby  deepening the cognitive processing  involved with each exposure.

E-rate 52

E-rate Study Software Assessment 52

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 16, 2013

There are eight conference strands covering a wide variety of timely topics, such as MOOCs, e-books, maker spaces, mobile services, embedded librarians, green libraries, doctoral student research, library and information center "tours," and more! We have 146 accepted conference sessions and ten keynote addresses.

Libraries 46

Libraries Conference MOOC E-rate 46

Brainscape

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Personalize the training : Importantly, the sales training should provide frequent formative assessments, constantly adjusting to the learner’s needs so that their limited training time is spent targeting their highest areas of learning opportunity (and difficulty). You totally can! The key is Brainscape.

Training 52

Training Study Company E-rate 52

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The Rise of the Low-Cost Tablet & the Promise It May Hold for Learning BYOD: Does It Solve or Does It Worsen K-12 Tech Woes? Launches Rated JPG reports that beloved toy-maker LEGO is building its own social network. E-book provider Overdrive reports that e-book checkouts from libraries are up over 200% from last year.

Knewton 43

Knewton Pearson Education E-rate 43

Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2019

He reads e-books and takes courses using a tablet computer. She purchased tablets to offer short-term learning opportunities to transient inmates. A pilot program would test the use of tablets in combining online education with classroom teaching in a prison setting. jail, she got support to bring in the tablets.

Tablets 166

Tablets E-rate Khan Academy Study 166

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Bust or not, companies across the tech sector, particularly those with high “burn rates” , faced tough choices in 2016: “cut costs drastically to become self-sustaining, or seek additional capital on ever-more-onerous terms,” as The WSJ put it – that is, if they were able to raise additional capital at all.

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

“To Save Students Money, Colleges May Force a Switch to E-Textbooks,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reported in 2010. The story examined a proposed practice: “Colleges require students to pay a course-materials fee, which would be used to buy e-books for all of them (whatever text the professor recommends, just as in the old model).”

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Testing, Testing… Via Education Week : “The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium , a major designer of common-core tests for states, is looking for a new fiscal agent after the University of California, Los Angeles, said it will no longer do that work.” ” Via NPR : “ Educators Went To Jail For Cheating.

Education 40

Education Company Pearson E-rate 40