Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 27, 2020

When you have internet access, download work from Google Classroom to work offline. Check with your local broadband provider to see if they have free access programs. Have a frequent virtual meeting via Google Hangouts Meet, Zoom, or an option through your LMS. Online or via Google Voice. No–establish office hours.

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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. Digital whiteboards like ViewBoard check this box while also supporting the most prolific platforms in education including Microsoft, Google, and Apple operating systems and education services.

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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. Over the next three years, we worked with educators to design and integrate the system to work with learning management systems like Google Classroom, Schoolology and Canvas. Langner: Really, it was born from desperation.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 4, 2018

And government policy-makers for the most part have stayed out of the economy’s way; it was not a civic issue whether or not you had the money to buy the latest PlayStation, or could afford to advertise your business on Google Ads. Now, however, access to technology is becoming a rights issue. Income vs. Access: The Digital Divide in the US.

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ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 17, 2019

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. Digital whiteboards like myViewBoard check this box while also supporting the most prolific platforms in education including Microsoft, Google, and Apple operating systems and education services.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

voice assistants include Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa, Microsoft ’s Cortana, Samsung ’s Bixby and the Google Assistant. broadband households own smart speakers with these voice assistants. In the U.S., According to Statista, 31 percent of U.S. Today, they’re also being used for at-home learning.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

voice assistants include Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa, Microsoft ’s Cortana, Samsung ’s Bixby and the Google Assistant. broadband households own smart speakers with these voice assistants. In the U.S., According to Statista, 31 percent of U.S. Today, they’re also being used for at-home learning.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

voice assistants include Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa, Microsoft ’s Cortana, Samsung ’s Bixby and the Google Assistant. broadband households own smart speakers with these voice assistants. In the U.S., According to Statista, 31 percent of U.S. Today, they’re also being used for at-home learning.

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eSchool News

JUNE 16, 2022

–( BUSINESS WIRE )– Kajeet, a world-class provider of private wireless and managed IoT connectivity, today announced a collaboration with Google to deploy its Private 5G Platform on Google Distributed Cloud Edge. Many school districts aspire to provide adequate off-campus broadband access to their staff and students.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

As teachers develop lesson plans, they also face lingering questions, in Maine and nationally, over the possibility of a return to remote learning and concerns about ensuring all students have access to the devices and high-quality broadband they need to do classwork and homework. 18, 2021, in Brunswick, Maine.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2021

We live in a rural area, and our broadband doesn't always hold. With four kids home virtually learning, I have to plot out who can be on what meeting because, if we have more than two people online at a time, the broadband will cut out. Another challenge we deal with is internet access. The teacher has nothing to do with it.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 2, 2019

But in order to take advantage of edtech, they first need broadband access. Even when broadband is available, many students don’t have access at home. They’ve opened up their doors to their neighbors for their own broadband needs. The post The Challenges of Broadband Access in Rural Schools appeared first on edWeb.

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Neo LMS

JULY 12, 2018

A counterpoint to these figures, is also the finding that 70% of teachers assign homework requiring broadband access. Some studies have shown that enabling such households with mobile, rather than broadband, internet creates a more flexible solution, as these types of households tend to relocate more frequently.

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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.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

But computing power, device adoption, pervasive broadband and exponentially networked collaboration platforms of the past decade have already moved us to a world of information abundance. Our higher education system formed around libraries. Our primary and secondary education systems formed around teachers imparting knowledge.

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Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2021

Consumers could place classified ads for free on sites such as Craigslist and advertisers could more efficiently reach their target audiences with digital advertising through Facebook or Google. Again, digital disruption had upended an industry. Higher education, of course, is decidedly different from those consumer sectors.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

When we moved to distance learning and these students needed to connect through Google Classroom or Zoom, we found that what they had identified as internet access was totally inadequate to what these students needed to continue their learning.” Their interpretation of that answer is someone has a phone that has internet access,” she said.

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Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2020

But the term doesn’t just mean equipping students with the same devices and broadband access. Brown : If we’re creating Google Docs, we could share those out. A lot of our teachers were using Google Classroom already, so they’re just continuing to use it with their kids. All of those are ways just to connect.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2023

Tailwinds: An Enabling Ecosystem A baseline enabling condition for game-based learning is access to computers and broadband. COVID has also accelerated funding for broadband in underserved neighborhoods. Proponents of game-based learning have good reason to be optimistic—but also cautious.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2020

According to the latest survey data from the Pew Research Center, 73 percent of adults have broadband internet at home. While 92 percent of adults from households earning $75,000 or more per year say they have broadband internet at home, just 56 percent of adults from households earning below $30,000 say the same. BrainPop, Kahoot!,

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TeachThought - Learn better.

AUGUST 3, 2024

Broadband access, CPU speed, graphics processing, multi-media production in terms of sound, image, film, and other innovations have placed significant demands on the technology industry. by TeachThought Staff As learning becomes increasingly digital, access becomes increasingly important.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2019

As technology companies from Google to Salesforce plant roots in Australia, government and business leaders down under are trying to figure out ways to train students and workers to keep up with a changing workforce. company thinks it can help prepare the country’s future programmers. Trilogy’s worldly ambitious extend beyond Australia.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2021

Even before the pandemic, broadband and mobile technology was expanding connectivity across the globe, hybrid and virtual classrooms were gaining steam in providing personalized learning to students, and project-based learning was proving to be an effective, engaging and increasingly popular pedagogy.

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Edthena

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Earlier this month, the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) released their report, The Broadband Imperative II: Equitable Access for Learning. In it, education leaders advocate strongly for policymakers to increase broadband internet access in support of student learning.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Google is a familiar platform for most students, so it comes as no surprise that the Chromebook, which uses the Google Chrome browser, is the number one device of choice for more than 58 percent of U.S. These devices and the included applications like Google Docs support collaborative learning. Broadband improvements.

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 11, 2016

Digital Equity Action Toolkit Students without home access to high quality broadband connectivity are at a disadvantage, unable to realize the full power of digital learning. Follow me on Twitter and Google+. This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy.

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MIND Research Institute

MAY 15, 2020

Adams told MIND that Des Moines Public Schools (DMPS) began with a district-wide survey to determine each family’s need for computers or a wired home broadband connection. Being a co-teacher in Google Classroom has allowed me to keep that connection with students, as their math specialist. They know I’m here!”.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 25, 2017

By Phil Goldstein Increasingly, tech companies, including Google and Microsoft, see improving internet access for the underserved as part of their corporate social responsibility.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 14, 2018

After conducting a survey in 2015, district leaders found that while a surprising number of students have access to broadband, the biggest obstacle to technological access rural students face is the lack of devices. Some students live off the grid, in homes only reachable by four-wheel drive vehicles. Others live in familiar American suburbs.

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eSchool News

MAY 11, 2016

Google’s affordable broadband service is already impacting some communities and schools. percent of American households with school-age children currently have broadband access at home. Google Fiber offers a wonderful data package to its home subscribers. Google’s strategy. In some U.S.

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Vizor

MARCH 13, 2025

Contracts Register: This register should include details of purchases and contracts related to software licences, subscriptions, broadband, and technology service providers. Google Admin Console and MIS Integration : VIZOR’s bi-directional integration with the Google Admin Console ensures your Chromebook inventory is always accurate.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Wakamiya: I am part of a nonprofit organization [called the Broadband School Association] that helps older people with learning how to use digital devices and computers, search using Google, this kind of stuff. EdSurge: When did you decide you wanted to learn how to code?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Most classrooms have access to at least one computer or mobile device, and 77% of school districts have high speed broadband. And I’ve noticed that technology usage usually fits into one of two categories: independent practice or procedural support—such as writing an essay in Google Docs.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

According to a 2021 report from the think tank New America, 1 in 8 children from low-income families don’t have a computer at home, while 1 in 7 lack access to broadband internet. Every school had their individual Google spreadsheet, and there wasn’t a unifying place where any of us could look.”. The homework gap isn’t new.

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Edthena

JANUARY 23, 2018

We’ve developed a one-click video record and upload solution for Google Chrome to support professional development for teachers. Edthena users will have immediate access to the video tool inside Edthena when using Google Chrome. The upload technology was built with the variability of school broadband networks in mind.

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edWeb.net

MAY 9, 2023

These tools include artificial intelligence (AI), untethered broadband and connectivity, and a rich digital ecosystem. Ubiquitous broadband internet and the underlying technologies enable robust connected learning without requiring devices to be physically connected. It is not a one-size-fits-all situation.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2019

Take the perennially-popular “50 Best Apps” or “How to Make a Google Form” sessions that crop up every year. Does the session require broadband access that is not likely to exist in the homes of many students? On the surface, this seems like a strong approach. If a session focuses on software, is it adaptable to all skill levels?

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