EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

In our district technology plan, we included the creation of an infrastructure capable of handling all of the critical systems used to operate not only student devices, but other forms of communication and data storage. A single-vendor solution ensures that power distribution units fit and are compatible with the cabinets.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Increasing data speeds and responsiveness times by nearly 1,000 percent , a fully functioning 5G network could be a game-changer in the way universities use, manage and set up everything from IoT devices to data-heavy applications like augmented and virtual reality. Network responsiveness could be even faster than your brain.”.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Over the years, the program has been modernized to focus support on bringing high-speed broadband to and within schools and libraries. The federal E-rate program provides discounts to help schools and libraries obtain affordable telecommunications and internet access.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 9, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare the inequitable access to technology and broadband, particularly for students who have been traditionally marginalized. Always-available technology and broadband access. What learning looks like and how it is delivered has changed forever. A clear, inclusive, and easily accessible transformation plan.

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Edsurge

JULY 11, 2019

Broadband policy is dense, and many of the articles and statements on the subject are frankly hard to follow. Previously this band was only available to education institutions—known as the Educational Broadband Service, or EBS for short. radio, TV, mobile data, broadband. Wait, I said start at the beginning.

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Tom Murray

AUGUST 31, 2016

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. In the spring of 2016, the FCC voted to modernize the program to include broadband services for low income families.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 12, 2021

Many people witnessed the change in technology from dial-up modems to broadband. When using a public network, your child is vulnerable to data theft and cyber-attacks. It’s highly possible that they venture onto websites that can access their data and use it for illegal activities. Schedule Time Limits.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

.” The report, informed by federal, state, and local government leaders, researchers, nonprofit organizations, industry representatives, and K-12 students and teachers, builds upon SETDA’s previous research, including the Broadband Imperative series and recent State Edtech Trends reports.

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Education Superhighway

APRIL 18, 2018

Increasingly, users of digital platforms, tools, and networks around the world are learning how important it is that their data is collected and used transparently and ethically. Why is it that data is collected? Where exactly does the data come from? ENSURING NATIONWIDE DATA ACCURACY. Who is using it?

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 18, 2024

It allows anyone with broadband access to become a student for life, opening new education and career opportunities. But they are unavailable for millions of Americans, largely in rural areas, who have no access to robust, affordable broadband connectivity. Meanwhile, the latter option provides lower latency for real-time applications.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

The report notes, however, that inequitable access to broadband in rural communities creates challenges for digital literacy in preparation for work and life, and improvement in rural STEM education and workforce development requires reliable access to broadband.

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Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2020

According to the most recent federal data, about 14 percent of households with school-age children do not have internet access. And among those who do have access, not all have a broadband connection. Most of those are in households that make less than $50,000 a year, and many live in rural areas.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

But Bredder can’t give students the tool he considers most indispensable to 21st-century learning — broadband internet beyond school walls. They’re building their own countywide broadband network. This is an equity issue,” said Bredder. “If The hardware on the towers then blasts that connection about 10 miles into the valley below.

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techlearning

APRIL 14, 2020

The nationwide massive shift to eLearning means that broadband data is absolutely necessary for K-12 and higher-ed students.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2021

In the months that followed, many states and school districts mobilized, using federal CARES Act funding, broadband discounts and partnerships with private companies to connect their students and enable online learning. K-12 students lacked access to a working device, reliable high-speed internet or both. Ultimately.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 23, 2018

That democratization and use of that data for those insights at a district level are very powerful. . With the ease of use, broadband availability, and rapid analysis visualizations , that has allowed teachers to start to make data-driven decisions about personalizing learning for an individual student or at the classroom level. .

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Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2020

We are thankful for those who broadcast the news and the broadband providers that have opened their networks, lifted data caps and fees, and promised not to discontinue service. Broadband providers are facing unprecedented pressure to deliver reliable connectivity as more of our economy shifts online. These are positive things.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 13, 2018

After a goal is set at Alpine School District, instruction is delivered, followed by common assessments, data collection and analytics, he said. CoSN 2018: Broadband and Cybersecurity Are Top IT Concerns. It's important to define that success criteria," Draper said. Buying Cycle. Engagement. Content Length. 300-500 words. Management.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

This report synthesizes findings from the perspective of 14 teachers on their technology journey as well as from larger island-wide surveys and data. What supports do teachers still need to effectively use technology?

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 17, 2021

don’t have a broadband connection and don’t own a laptop or computer. This means some of your students may only be connecting to your lessons through smartphones and data plans. As such, to avoid undue burden on these families, you need to use platforms that aren’t data-hogging or reliant on high definition.

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Education Superhighway

DECEMBER 11, 2014

EducationSuperHighway applauds the Chairman and the Commissioners for ensuring that every school can connect to high-speed broadband, every classroom to Wi-Fi, and every student to a brighter, more connected future. billion per year to account for growing bandwidth demand. billion per year to account for growing bandwidth demand.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2021

In the following weeks Wright and her team at the MDE developed a comprehensive state-wide digital learning plan and cost model to close the digital divide based on data from the district survey. Data will be collected through fall 2021 with another data collection planned for spring 2022.

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2021

More off-campus broadband access. Before the outbreak of COVID-19, about half of districts provided some off-campus broadband services to their students, helping connect them to the internet from their homes—most often through the use of mobile hotspots. New ways of engaging with families.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 6, 2018

Districts integrating cloud computing are able to tackle broadband and network capacity issues — one of the top three focus points for K–12 IT professionals — as well as enable educational benefits, including expanding and reinvigorating STEM learning programs. . Prepare Staff for the Cultural Shifts of Cloud Computing.

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eSchool News

JUNE 10, 2021

Broadband access and the ever-growing equity gap are among K-12 IT leaders’ top concerns, according to CoSN’s annual IT Leadership Survey. Efforts to expand broadband access outside of school have increased dramatically.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Since before the pandemic, Benjamin Skinner has been researching broadband access and how lack of home internet impacts students’ ability to do online work. Last summer, Skinner and his colleagues at University of Florida, professor Hazel Levy and doctoral candidate Taylor Burtch, began researching broadband history and differences in access.

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Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2019

Senate introduced a bill that would invest hundreds of millions of dollars to expand broadband access in communities that currently lack it. It’s time to close the digital divide and focus on making sure communities with broadband access have the skills and knowledge to take full advantage of the internet.

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ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

For example, it’s no good investing in iPads for the school if the broadband bandwidth and Wi-Fi connectivity aren’t up to scratch. However, as with any technology resources, stringent data protection and security measures should be a key consideration. Confirm That Internet Connectivity is Ensured.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2023

We asked where it fits in the journey toward universal broadband. households didn't have broadband access. Now, we're ready to help teachers seamlessly create lesson plans and send them out to all students — even those who don't have broadband. We use these digital television signals, which have always been able to carry data.

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Education Superhighway

APRIL 1, 2019

For our purposes here, we can think of bandwidth as the amount of data that can be delivered to each student. Our research has shown that school districts across the country pay vastly different prices for similar broadband services. “We were able to really keep our budget flat—or in the past three years actually reduced it.

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Doug Levin

JUNE 17, 2015

Perhaps more importantly, in this scenario, schools remain in charge of decisions about student data privacy, about technology formats and platforms, and about how easily they can share, modify, combine, and enhance their content – with no inherent need to password protect it.

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Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2018

Yet, after seeing data from the California School Dashboard and learning that close to one-fifth of McClymonds’ students were not graduating, he mentally shifted some accountability to the school, seeing a systemic failure to meet the needs of all students. Then they don’t want us to leave, because they wonder, ‘What can I do now?'

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Edsurge

JULY 23, 2021

Among the findings , which were recently released: Rates of home internet access and computer ownership have increased significantly since the survey conducted in 2015, from 64 percent then to 84 percent today, though one in seven children whose families earn less than $75,000 per year still lack any broadband access.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

But just off campus in the surrounding neighborhoods, high-speed internet is hard to come by, and it tends to be expensive for folks in a county where Census data show the median household income is $36,802, and the poverty rate is 19 percent, according to Jochai Ben-Avie, chief executive of the nonprofit Connect Humanity.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

And, that makes access to adequate and reliable broadband even more important as the development of new technologies continues. Marc Johnson, Executive Director of East Central Minnesota Educational Cable Cooperative (ECMECC), then provided perspective from a regional and local level on the expanding use of broadband.

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The Web20Classroom

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Now, “the biggest challenge is the at-home piece,” says Brent Legg, vice president for education programs at Connected Nation, a nonprofit committed to bringing high-speed Internet and broadband-enabled resources to all Americans.” I was able to secure a grant to buy hundreds of devices and to pay for the data plans for a year.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Broadband access and the ever-growing equity gap are among K-12 IT leaders’ top concerns, according to CoSN’s annual IT Leadership Survey. Efforts to expand broadband access outside of school have increased dramatically.

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