Education Superhighway

MARCH 28, 2019

Rappahannock implemented a 1:1 device initiative across all grade levels and they’ve been keeping their school library open after-hours for students who don’t have broadband connectivity at home. Robin is thrilled to see how technology has enhanced instruction and improved access to the Internet for her greater community.

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E-rate Broadband iPad STEM 65

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2019

When we started all of this, it wasn’t because we wanted to get broadband in every classroom,” Marwell said. “We So Elliott petitioned the school board to give each high schooler an iPad and improve the school’s infrastructure to support increased internet use. And he remembers battery life on those laptops lasting just an hour.

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E-rate Digital Divide Classroom Laptops 65

Educator Innovator

MARCH 7, 2014

And fourth graders collaborate on an annual ecosystem project using iPads, taking pictures and annotating their work as they go. While broadband wasn’t a specific focus of the survey, Purcell said that the issue did arise frequently in focus groups. In rural areas where there is no broadband access, that isn’t the case.”

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Broadband E-rate Digital Divide Survey 36

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. This virtual conference will be hosted in Adobe Connect and registration is free for librarians and leaders of libraries.

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Conference Digital Citizenship Libraries Common Core 50

Fractus Learning

APRIL 18, 2016

Technology for me in the 1980s was a dodgy microfiche in the university library and then my trusty and often dusty overhead projector in my classroom. Although they love their smartphones and devices, they were of the belief that we should “just write stuff” and that the students using iPads “would just play games.” I’m a Gen X baby.

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Social Media Learning Broadband Smartphone 40

edWeb.net

JULY 15, 2018

They are now in their fifth year of 1:1 with iPads for grades K-12, and have designed learning environments to create student engagement. Students can now have an entire library in their backpack, and this changes the dynamic for schools and students. Christine’s background includes experience in education and consulting.

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Digital Learning Instructional Materials Learning Policies 40

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

But there is one essential that has always been scarce in this part of the country and that she couldn’t stock up on: Broadband access. Perry’s home isn’t wired for broadband access. Only 13 percent of New Mexico’s population has access to a low-price internet service plan, according to Broadband Now, a research group.

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Broadband Accessibility Report Company 142

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2020

A lot of our kids don’t have internet access,” said Coe, who knows students who routinely head to the library or the town’s McDonald’s to get online. The Federal Communications Commission estimates that about 21 million Americans lack broadband access, with an independent research group indicating the actual number is twice as high.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

ANNOUNCEMENTS The Library 2.011 worldwide virtual conference is almost here! Huge thanks to the San Jose State University School of Library and Information Science , the founding sponsor of the conference. and aims to address some of the obstacles to broadband adoption -- in terms of cost, access, relevance, and digital literacy.

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Knewton Pearson Education E-rate 43

MindShift

MARCH 26, 2020

She turned on an iPad and started talking to her first grade teacher, Robin Nelson. Just over half of the nation’s public school children are from families considered low-income, and an estimated 12 million lack broadband Internet access at home. “Are you ready to do this online stuff?”

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

— Inside a high-ceilinged library at Northridge High School here, seniors are typing on 16-year-old laptops donated by a local Rotary Club. Norton, as the seniors in the library close their balky laptops and head to class. The students live in homes with multiple laptops, iPads, tablets, iPhones – iEverything. “I

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Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

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. Advertising companies, tech giants, data collectors, and the federal government, it turns out.

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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. Advertising companies, tech giants, data collectors, and the federal government, it turns out.

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EdTech Data Company Broadband 150

Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

Edsurge runs with Trump’s promise to boost rural broadband like it’s a truth anyone can count on. A New York district court awarded Elsevier US$15 million in damages for copyright infringement by Sci-Hub , the Library of Genesis (LibGen) project and related sites.” “technologizing” the government.

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Education Kaplan Pearson Elsevier 54

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

” Via Education Week : “ FCC Revokes Decision Allowing Companies to Provide Low-Income Families With Subsidized Broadband.” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “One Campus’s iPad Revolution Results in Education Evolution.” ” More via WaPo. ” LOL. Accreditation and Certification.

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Education MOOC E-rate Robotics 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

” In other MIT news : “MIT task force releases preliminary ‘Future of Libraries ’ report.” ” IBM released a Watson-powered education app for iPad. Via The New York Times : “ Broadband Providers Will Need Permission to Collect Private Data.” IBM partners with Pearson.

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Education Pearson Blackboard Survey 40

Hack Education

MARCH 31, 2017

“Higher education and library associations called on the Federal Communications Commission Thursday to uphold Obama-era rules requiring broadband providers to treat all traffic on the internet equally,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Sadly, I think “ net neutrality ” under Trump is toast.).

Education 40

Education Coursera Pearson Report 40