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.

Digital Divide 150

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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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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2020

Their students have internet connections at home, laptops they can work from, teachers who know how to design online lessons and a strong foundation of in-school blended learning experience. According to the latest survey data from the Pew Research Center, 73 percent of adults have broadband internet at home. BrainPop, Kahoot!,

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Broadband Flipped Classroom Online Learning Smartphone 145

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. DMPS distributed nearly 21,000 laptop computers to students throughout Des Moines during two weeks in mid-April. They know I’m here!”.

Education 137

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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. VIZOR keeps track of which academies have which laptops and who is using each device, simplifying asset assignment requirements of the asset register.

Technology 52

Technology Chromebook Software Laptops 52

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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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

Ramos would connect to the library’s Wi-Fi — sometimes on her cellphone, sometimes using her family’s only laptop — to complete assignments and submit essays or tests for her classes at Skyline High School. Ramos’ parents promised to buy her a laptop eventually, but bills mounted and it wasn’t in the family’s budget.

Digital Divide 121

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 121

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Tagged on: September 21, 2017 Google search links secret, court-protected names to online coverage | Ottawa Citizen → Computer experts believe it’s an unintended, “mind-boggling” consequence of Google search algorithms. " Tagged on: September 18, 2017 Too Much Technology in AR Elementary Schools?

EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Tagged on: September 21, 2017 Google search links secret, court-protected names to online coverage | Ottawa Citizen → Computer experts believe it’s an unintended, “mind-boggling” consequence of Google search algorithms. " Tagged on: September 18, 2017 Too Much Technology in AR Elementary Schools?

EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

Edsurge

DECEMBER 16, 2020

We talk about the platforms they’re on such as TikTok, Google. And so we were able to identify those broadband issues. We were able to get girls laptops. Tanner: I would say the persona of the course is what students are used to finding online, on social media platforms. I call it “Gen Z curriculum design.”

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STEM Accessibility Broadband Report 197

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2019

About 20 students gazed at their laptops, an online poll open on each screen. But faster, more affordable broadband could help students navigate the effects of global warming evident in their own backyards. She’s been doing Google Hangouts with us online, which is super convenient,” Tozier said.

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Broadband Report Accessibility Video 100

Learning with 'e's

DECEMBER 29, 2011

He wanted to clarify a few points, including a response to the critique of the One Laptop Per Child projects. OLPC is premised on the basis of one child interacting with one free laptop, in many ways a counter to social forms of learning witnessed in communal contexts such as Mitra's Hole in the Wall project. Wayne Mackintosh.

OER 53

OER Broadband Laptops Social Media 53

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 20, 2018

When students at Woodman School, on the western edge of Montana, are working on research projects in class, they don’t have the option to start their search with Google. Since 2014, a primary goal of the E-rate program has been to ensure affordable access to high-speed broadband in the nation’s schools.

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E-rate Broadband Laptops Company 65

Graphite Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2015

"Anytime, anywhere" learning has been core to the vision of education technology leaders since the Internet, laptops, and mobile devices entered the classroom. Next Century Cities , a new effort from the Ford Foundation, focuses on getting mayors to commit their cities to lead Next Generation broadband. Think Outside the Box.

Broadband 40

Broadband E-rate Laptops Survey 40

Edsurge

OCTOBER 23, 2016

Exposure may be one factor: A Google-sponsored Gallup report ( PDF ) that found that female students are less aware of online and local opportunities to learn computer science. But many of them may go home or go to a school where there’s no broadband access. Source: Quartz ( See full image ). You don’t learn by reading a book.

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Meeting Broadband Industry Education 60

IT Bill

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

This means lower costs up-front and lower costs overall when compared to the combined costs of cellular and monthly broadband Internet service to the home. Despite near universal device ownership, students have yet to fully embrace the smartphone as a tool for learning. Smartphones are great for watching short videos or listing to music.

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Smartphone Learning Mobility Social Media 28

eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2015

The problem related to the student accounts that are auto-generated at the district level for platforms like Google apps for education. To overcome this problem, Schwab said districts need to put time and effort into training educators on how to effectively integrate the iPads, Chromebooks, or laptops into their instructional flow.

Chromebook 40

Chromebook Laptops Training System 40

MindShift

DECEMBER 5, 2020

Many districts have scrambled to distribute their classroom laptops to families, to buy portable hot spots, and call on private and corporate donations. There’s housing: Lose your home and you lose your broadband connection. That’s so even though her mother had come to school to pick up a laptop and hot spot.

Digital Divide 28

Digital Divide Learning Laptops Broadband 28

Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

A year later, in their second grade, Google launched the first Chromebooks. The 15-year-old today is more a sibling of cloud computing, of apps that are available from any screen, of mobile devices in many sizes and form factors that go beyond last century’s laptops. First is the evolving nature of education technology.

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Analysis Trends Chromebook EdTech 167

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 20, 2020

Now, during morning meetings via Google classroom, Glick is the one being peppered with questions – and often she can’t answer them. New Rochelle teacher Rose has no idea if lack of internet or laptops are the reasons some of her students haven’t gotten in touch, although she suspects that’s sometimes the case.

Broadband 143

Broadband Chromebook Laptops Meeting 143

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

This means help with the nontuition costs of college: books, laptops, housing, childcare, transportation, broadband and more. Major employers — from Google and Amazon to Salesforce and beyond — are ditching their degree requirements in order to broaden their talent pools and address labor shortages.

Broadband 106

Broadband Training Laptops Report 106

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

At Miami Northwestern Senior High School, Julian Negron, left, and Jerrell Boykin, right, load laptops for distribution to students, on March 30, 2020. Many broadband providers are also adding capacity, lifting caps on data and offering extended free trial periods. Related: Teachers need lots of training to do online learning well.

Learning 86

Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 86

MindShift

JULY 31, 2020

The librarians at Leander Independent School District in suburban Austin, Texas, say their “front line” relationships helping teachers connect to printers and setting up laptops in classrooms just shifted when learning moved online. Let our legacy be justice,” Hall told librarians on the conference’s Zoom call.

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Libraries Social Media Digital Badges Accessibility 68

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

From the FCC : “Fact Sheet on Broadband Consumer Privacy Proposal.” million laptops to all public primary schools. Google had a big press event this week too, unveiling shiny stuff to a cheering crowd of stenographers. VR headsets (well, it’s really just a mask that holds your Google phone up to your face).

Education 66

Education MOOC Report Facebook 66

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

His schools have been scrambling to set up online learning, connect students with virtual counseling and get laptops into the hands of families — steps McKneely says will be invaluable if another hurricane disrupts education. “We We are building all of that now to make sure we’re better prepared,” he said.

Digital Divide 127

Digital Divide Laptops Accessibility Online Learning 127

Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Eric Holcomb says Indiana ’s low-rated online charter schools need ‘immediate attention and action’ ” Via Motherboard : “Half of West Virginia has Applied for Broadband Assistance.” ” Curious if students are allowed to use any tech products made by Oracle’s arch-nemesis, Google.

Education 48

Education Robotics Company Report 48

Hack Education

APRIL 7, 2017

Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “New Law Nixing Broadband Privacy Protections Stirs K–12 Fears.” ” Via Ars Technica : “ Libraries have become a broadband lifeline to the cloud for students.” Ad-based sites like Google screw up information and knowledge online. Congrats, FLOTUS.).

Education 48

Education Coursera Robotics MOOC 48

Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

Tagged on: April 1, 2017 Libraries have become a broadband lifeline to the cloud for students | Ars Technica → The role of the library in the digital age has grown thanks to cloud tools. " But, wait, there's more.

EdTech 150

EdTech Data Company Broadband 150

Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

Tagged on: April 1, 2017 Libraries have become a broadband lifeline to the cloud for students | Ars Technica → The role of the library in the digital age has grown thanks to cloud tools. " But, wait, there's more.

EdTech 150

EdTech Data Company Broadband 150

Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

“ FCC Delays Are Keeping Broadband From Rural School Kids,” says Wired. Via Techcrunch : “ Grasshopper , a learn-to-code app from Google ’s Area 120 incubator, goes live.” ” Via Edsurge : “ Google and Udacity Offering 5,000 Scholarships for Nanodegree Programs.”

Education 43

Education Pearson Edmentum lynda.com 43

Hack Education

MARCH 2, 2018

Via Motherboard : “The FCC ’s New Broadband Map Paints an Irresponsibly Inaccurate Picture of American Broadband.” ” Via Gizmodo : “‘Bro Culture’ Led to Repeated Sexual Harassment , Former Google Engineer’s Lawsuit Says.” ” (State and Local) Education Politics.

Education 48

Education Chegg MOOC Broadband 48

Hack Education

MARCH 3, 2017

Via Techcrunch : “ FCC votes to negate broadband privacy rules.” School district boasts it’s giving laptops to migrant students. ” (Did you know he recorded his first mixtape at the Chicago Public Library’s YOUmedia studio ?). ” More via The New York Times. Luster lost to Chromebooks, apparently.

Education 40

Education MOOC Company Pearson 40

Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

But.truth is, the US government isn't the early adopter here; Amazon, Google and Facebook are really the front-line developers of the surveillance state." Tagged on: March 10, 2017 State reaches $3.5 Tagged on: March 10, 2017 State reaches $3.5

EdTech 170

EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

challenged her 8th- and 9th-grade students to put down their phones, laptops, tablets and video game consoles for the 11 Tuesdays of summer. Whoever gave ‘em up successfully, confirmed in writing by two adult testimonies, would get $100.

EdTech 150

EdTech Software Facebook Data 150

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

challenged her 8th- and 9th-grade students to put down their phones, laptops, tablets and video game consoles for the 11 Tuesdays of summer. Whoever gave ‘em up successfully, confirmed in writing by two adult testimonies, would get $100.

EdTech 150

EdTech Software Facebook Data 150