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Looking Back on Three Years of the ConnectED Initiative: Did It Deliver?

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Back in late 2013, Barack Obama and the White House launched the ConnectED Initiative , an effort to bring almost $2 billion worth of high-quality broadband, technology and professional development to schools and districts across the U.S. In February of 2014, Obama rounded up technology donations worth more than a $1 billion from U.S.

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State and District Leadership Discuss Digital Learning Opportunities

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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. Pennsylvania on the other hand does not have a review process, but Elizabeth Forward School District in Elizabeth, Pennsylvania has transformed into a digital learning environment.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Edsurge runs with Trump’s promise to boost rural broadband like it’s a truth anyone can count on. ” Via IHE blogger Joshua Kim : “The Institutional Impact of Maryville’s 1:1 iPad Program.” million project to use open educational resources (OER) to create degree programs at 38 community colleges.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” 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.” “Does Open Pedagogy require OER ?” ” LOL.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via Apple Insider : “Jamf’s ‘innovation pod’ aims to offer iPad-based education to students in Haiti.” Edsurge on the business of OER. ” Via CItyLab : “The Problem With America’s New National Broadband Map.” Excellent re-branding. State and Local) Education Politics.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via eCampus News : “ Barnes & Noble Education announces advanced OER courseware.” ” IBM released a Watson-powered education app for iPad. Via The New York Times : “ Broadband Providers Will Need Permission to Collect Private Data.” And Google is getting into the whiteboard business.