EdTech Magazine

JULY 24, 2018

For the past decade, bringing digital equity and broadband access to U.S. schools has been a main focus for educators and administrators. families with school-aged children — most of them low-income — lack broadband access at home, reports the Pew Research Center. Successful 1:1 Device Programs Help Students Get Online at Home.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 6, 2021

And this particular crisis has revealed what matters in education, and what doesn’t. Millions of children don’t have reliable access to the internet on a computer or tablet that can be used for schoolwork. Millions lack broadband. They liked that the standardized tests for the year had been cancelled.

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Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2020

One big barrier to sustaining education via remote instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic has been students’ unequal access to advanced technology tools. But educators who want to make sure they reach every student don’t have to resort to mailing printed worksheets. Of course, these programs may take significant time to develop.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 22, 2014

.” Unfortunately, there is a wide gap between the number of under-skilled Rhode Islanders and the number of adult education openings available through the state. Even if there were enough adult education services to help each person, some adults are unaware of which skills they need.

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

APRIL 21, 2016

It suggests that the vast majority of students have access to broadband capabilities. The goal of Obama’s ConnectED initiative is to equip every school in the country with high-speed broadband by 2018 at speeds greater than 100 Mbps. That leaves us with at least five more years of classrooms with insufficient broadband.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Although digital technologies hold great promise in the realm of education, access remains limited for many communities worldwide. One such company, Information Equity Initiative (IEI), is working to bridge the digital divide so that all students have access to educational information. households didn't have broadband access.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

BRUNSWICK, Maine—Like many school districts, Brunswick School Department in Maine suddenly has a lot more laptops and tablets to manage than it planned for. There’s a simmering sense of anticipation about how far educators have come with technology, and its potential to enhance student learning. “I 18, 2021, in Brunswick, Maine.

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2020

It’s a problem that many educators have been grappling with for years, but one that has been exacerbated—and made more public—by COVID-19: Many students lack sufficient internet connections at home to be able to complete their schoolwork. It has reverberations throughout the higher education and workforce pipelines, too.

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Tom Murray

JANUARY 12, 2016

Equity in access, from broadband to devices is a concern and something that districts need to work to meet head on. “ In America ,” former Secretary of Education Arne Duncan often says, “ your zip code or your socioeconomic status should never determine the quality of your education.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Innovating on the Fly Among the earliest challenges CTOs faced was how to get thousands of laptops and tablets for students and staff?while It has been 12-hour days or more,” said Lorrie Owens, chief technology officer for the San Mateo County Office of Education in Redwood City, Calif. I'm not sure we can or even should.”

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eSchool News

JULY 18, 2024

It will also allow the FCC to gather and analyze data on which cybersecurity services and equipment would best help K-12 schools and libraries address growing cyber threats and attacks against their broadband networks. Additionally, the U.S.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Since President Obama’s ConnectED announcement in 2013 in Mooresville, NC , there has been more than $10 billion committed as part of the five-year program to transform American education. These commitments are connecting 20 million more students to next-generation broadband and wireless. Here are just a few of their stories.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2017

kids live in a house with some form of a mobile device—and those smartphones and tablets are gobbling up a greater portion of kids' screen time than ever. But time with tablets and smartphones is triple what it was in 2013. Today, 42 percent of children have their own tablet.) A whopping 98 percent of U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Personal hotspots, which allow students to connect a laptop or tablet with a cellular data connection, have been the most popular solution because they are relatively inexpensive and easy to use. An initial report , which is still being finalized, states that “lack of broadband access in Ector County is a crisis.” Subscribe today!

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 31, 2020

This shift to technology-mediated teaching and learning puts a spotlight on the homework gap -- the divide between students who have home broadband access and those who do not. PCs for People and Human IT are programs that can link students up with free or low-cost computers, tablets, and laptops. Leverage educational TV.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 7, 2024

The study continues the research that ACT published six years ago, The Digital Divide and Educational Equity. But students from higher-income families were significantly more likely than those from lower-income families to report having home access to desktop computers, laptop computers, tablets, and smartphones.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Key points: Schools must ensure greater access to the tech tools students and teachers need The digital divide still holds students back DEI in action: eSN Innovation Roundtable For more news on classroom equity, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership hub Believing that all students have the same access to technology is a mistake.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 13, 2015

A recent order to modernize E-rate , the first update to the plan in nearly two decades, doesn’t increase the annual cap, but it does promise extra money for Wi-Fi and broadband access, two priorities of the Obama administration.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2021

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. We need to look at this like any other utility,” said Christopher Rush, the director of educational technology for the U.S.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 18, 2022

and Canada lack home broadband access, putting a staggering number of school-aged children at a serious learning disadvantage. The 2022 Homework Gap Grant Program is part of Kajeet’s mission to provide students opportunities to access online educational resources anytime, anywhere. An estimated 12 million students in the U.S.

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Education Superhighway

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The ACP is a new long-term benefit that provides qualifying low-income households with a monthly discount of up to $30 per month (and up to $75 per month for households on qualifying Tribal lands), as well as a one-time $100 discount toward a laptop, desktop computer, or tablet.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2024

For more news on E-rate, visit eSN’s IT Leadership page In an era where technology plays a pivotal role in education, the expiration of the E-rate program’s Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF) funding poses a significant threat to underserved schools and libraries. Advocacy for the extension or renewal of ECF funding is a critical step.

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Tom Murray

JUNE 8, 2016

Assess and understand current infrastructure and broadband capabilities. Higher Ed: Samsung Galaxy TabPro S : The award winning TabPro S provides ultra mobility and the freedom of a Galaxy tablet with the productivity of a full windows device.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 3, 2021

These rural districts face the four significant challenges: broadband access, funding, people, and understanding the “why.” Broadband access has become more critical in the last year and a half than ever before. Wherever the location, funding is always a challenge for educational leaders. Challenges. Opportunities.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 2, 2021

The post Google Workspace for Education (and other updates you need to know!) – SULS099 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Google just made some HUGE announcements about your favorite Google products, including Google Classroom and officially renaming G Suite as Google Workspace for Education. Click To Tweet. Thanks so much!

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. We argue that this progress is achievable only if we make room for new approaches in education—that is, if we innovate." Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. We argue that this progress is achievable only if we make room for new approaches in education—that is, if we innovate." Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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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.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

“However, it remains clear that more work and investment are needed over the long run to address the digital equity challenge of today and provide robust broadband connectivity for all students in and outside of school.”. Read more about Blended Learning.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

And even before bandwidth, plenty of schools don’t have the laptops or tablets that students need to get online. We’re making it actually physically painful to be educated. Her story is indicative of so many kids, some of whom are able to educate themselves, but it’s so often despite the system and not because of it.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In 2020, after the onset of the pandemic, the program was created to provide funding to schools and libraries to purchase eligible equipment and services for students and teachers who lack connected devices, including laptops, tablets, or even broadband access.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

“We have this huge digital divide that’s making it hard for [students] to get their education,” she said. David Silver, the director of education for the mayor’s office, said people talked about the digital divide, but there had never been enough energy to tackle it. The homework gap isn’t new.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

Foundation grant will fund educational computer tablets for 1,500 low-income families. The grant will fund a pilot program providing 1,500 tablet computers, preloaded with educational content, to families in Georgia who are enrolling in Cox Communications’ Connect2Compete discounted internet service program. .”

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Education Superhighway

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

The students at Maine Consolidated had tablets and laptops to access digital literacy programs like Study Island and Kahn Academy but–because of an unreliable Internet connection and extremely low bandwidth–couldn’t use them. Mark Williams.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

Sifting out solutions from the struggle may help solve chronic problems of quality and equity, say education experts. After a moment of disruption – of major disruption – the conditions are ripe for accelerating innovation,” says Richard Culatta, CEO of the International Society for Technology in Education. “We Learning from Lockdown.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2020

According to the Alliance for Excellent Education, nearly 17 million public K-12 students have fallen into the “homework gap” due to COVID-19 school closures. In addition, Bellwether Education Partners estimates that approximately 3 million at-risk students may not have experienced any formal education—virtual or in-person—since March 2020.

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edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

In a recent edWebinar , sponsored by ClassLink and co-hosted by CoSN and AASA , education leaders reflected on the challenges of the past year and the possibilities of the upcoming school year. Kelley is an exemplary superintendent who received her bachelor’s degree and a doctorate in education from the University of Pennsylvania.

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