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Edtech Reports Recap: Video Is Eating the World, Broadband Fails to Keep Up

Edsurge

The broadband gap isn’t only a problem for remote learning. That Broadband Gap Bar? schools had high-speed broadband connections. Well, that was at the Federal Communications Commission’s 2014-15 short-term target of 100 Kbps per student for using tech in the classroom. All in this Edtech Reports Recap.

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Creating Conditions for Powerful Technology Use

Digital Promise

To support current implementation and to provide insights to shape future implementation, Digital Promise examined teachers’ experiences with technology and professional learning through a series of case studies. To learn more about the case study in Puerto Rico, download the full report.

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Ensuring Access and Opportunity; Supporting At Home Connectivity

Tom Murray

According to a report released by the Pew Research Center, approximately 5 of the 29 million households with school-aged children lack access to high quality broadband internet while at home. Coined “The Homework Gap,” this means that many of the children sitting in our classrooms lose connectivity the moment they step of of our campus.

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Does Ownership of Instructional Materials Matter?

Doug Levin

We have market research that suggests K-12 teachers are already using more digital instructional materials than print materials in the classroom. I grant there is something to these arguments (though often much less than it seems from the press releases and sponsored case studies). Image credits. Fast forward to 2015.

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Not Just Classroom Supplies: Teachers Also Buy Edtech With Their Own Money

Edsurge

Those numbers suggest edtech is steadily marching into schools and classrooms. It is also not too surprising, given that for much of this decade businesses and governments have laid the infrastructure needed to support online learning, through enabling better broadband internet access and providing cheap computing devices to schools.

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State Leadership Working Towards Broadband Access for All

edWeb.net

If the workday of an adult typically requires seamless broadband access, then it’s reasonable that today’s students need the same access during their school day. The key is the state leadership to make broadband accessible to all. Included in the new report and accompanying website are case studies of success stories.

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16 Great NonProfits Working to Support EdTech in Schools

Tom Murray

Many of the organizations listed have free tools, research, case studies, and resources that can seamlessly be utilized and implemented at the district and school levels. Free resources include ratings and reviews of apps, games, and websites, designed to help teachers find and use the best digital tools for their classrooms.