Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

These commitments are connecting 20 million more students to next-generation broadband and wireless. Every student and teacher in the school receives a tablet device equipped with a 4G data plan regardless of whether or not they have access to data plans at home. This includes more than $2 billion in private-sector commitments.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Representative Stephen Meeks (R-Greenbrier) proposed a study to see when elementary schools should introduce computers, tablets and other technology to their students. " Tagged on: September 18, 2017 Too Much Technology in AR Elementary Schools?

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EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Representative Stephen Meeks (R-Greenbrier) proposed a study to see when elementary schools should introduce computers, tablets and other technology to their students. " Tagged on: September 18, 2017 Too Much Technology in AR Elementary Schools?

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EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Today, 68 percent of districts say they meet that benchmark – a major increase that reveals just how many schools now see the value in improved internet connections. Here’s why it matters: A technology snafu creates a situation where precious class time can be lost. “The Read more about Blended Learning.

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Blended Learning Broadband Report Tablets 87

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. Accessible from any computer, tablet or smartphone, ClassLink is ideal for 1to1 and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiatives.

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Broadband E-rate BYOD Accessibility 98

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Nearly one in four school districts still does not have sufficient bandwidth to meet the digital learning needs of students. And even before bandwidth, plenty of schools don’t have the laptops or tablets that students need to get online. But that won’t close what has come to be known as “the digital divide.”.

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Digital Divide Broadband Accessibility Laptops 92

Shake Up Learning

MARCH 2, 2021

We have updates to Google Classroom, Google Meet, Chromebooks, and even Google Forms! Quick Tip (Mute ALL in Google Meet). Did you know you can mute ALL the participants in your Google Meet? Google Meet Updates. When meetings are generated from Classroom, students won’t be able to join before the teacher. .

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Google Chromebook Android Education 101

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. The district lacked a system for tracking how many students weren’t logging on to classes for lack of a working computer, tablet or internet connection at home. “We

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Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 126

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

In Utah, the Murray City School District had been slowly developing a broadband network for students for two years when funding from the CARES Act helped the district speed up the rollout. New York City’s Success Academy, a public charter of 20,000 students studying virtually, has turned to Zoom for all parent meetings. “We

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Learning Accessibility Personalized Learning Digital Divide 145

Educator Innovator

MARCH 7, 2014

Nearly three-quarters (73%) of teachers surveyed by Pew reported using mobile phones in the classroom or to complete assignments, while almost half (45%) reported using e-readers and tablet computers. While broadband wasn’t a specific focus of the survey, Purcell said that the issue did arise frequently in focus groups.

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Broadband E-rate Digital Divide Survey 46

edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

When asked about the hurdles that happened due to schools closing on March 13th, 2020, all four presenters agreed that broadband, not devices, challenged their districts to provide equitable access to learning no matter their districts’ geographic location or demographics. Dr. Wright serves on the CoSN Superintendent Advisory Panel.

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Learning Broadband Elementary Professional Learning 93

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Kajeet introduced Kajeet Private Wireless, its next-gen, cloud-based, private 5G and LTE platform delivering fast, secure, and reliable broadband connectivity for students in remote areas and communities underserved by public wireless options.

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EdTech Lenovo Robotics Laptops 138

Marketplace K-12

MAY 12, 2016

Among the technology that will be purchased: computer servers, interactive whiteboards, tablets, desktop and laptop computers, and high-speed broadband and wireless connectivity. The five districts securing the largest infusions for classroom technology are: Lakeland ($3.65 Gates-Chili ($2.98 million). “As

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Technology Classroom Broadband Tablets 40

Educator Innovator

MARCH 7, 2014

Nearly three-quarters (73%) of teachers surveyed by Pew reported using mobile phones in the classroom or to complete assignments, while almost half (45%) reported using e-readers and tablet computers. While broadband wasn’t a specific focus of the survey, Purcell said that the issue did arise frequently in focus groups.

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Broadband E-rate Digital Divide Survey 36

edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2020

One of the first challenges rural districts face is broadband access. Now, they are employing creative methods, such as expanding the reach of the school’s broadband so students can do work from the parking lot or in the surrounding area, having off-duty patrol cars become hotspots across the district.

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BYOD Broadband EdTech Elementary 57

eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Educators will seek out content that better supports them to successfully bring clean energy content to their students in meaningful ways and, as the job market in clean energy continues to grow, it is important for schools to help meet this demand for an educated workforce by helping students see themselves in clean energy careers.

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EdTech Learning Industry Data 72

Graphite Blog

MARCH 25, 2016

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will soon consider adopting a new version of its Lifeline program to increase broadband access for the millions of low-income Americans who do not have consistent service. Address the lack of broadband Internet access in many lower-income homes.

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Broadband Digital Citizenship Industry Libraries 40

Graphite Blog

MARCH 25, 2016

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will soon consider adopting a new version of its Lifeline program to increase broadband access for the millions of low-income Americans who do not have consistent service. Address the lack of broadband Internet access in many lower-income homes.

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Broadband Digital Citizenship Industry Libraries 40

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

FWA allows extremely high-speed broadband where fiber connections can be too cost-prohibitive to install. Think of broadband speeds where large amounts of data can allow students to collaborate digitally from their schools or homes. Access to interactive experiences, 3D drawings, site visits, etc.

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EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 119

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 19, 2014

To meet these challenges, educators must teach digital citizenship, an essential digital age skill that students need to become safe, responsible and respectful participants in a digital world. There’s a lot of great games, apps, websites, and digital curricula to go along with tablets and computers. But what about content?

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Conference Education Learning Common Core 49

Doug Levin

AUGUST 1, 2016

While the technical know-how to develop a blockchain application is significant, the success of a blockchain is at least as dependent on the continuous social negotiations required to meet the needs of its user base. And, there is little self-executing about that… Two, blockchain infrastructure is free.

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Education Broadband Data System 186

The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2017

The message, from Zach Leverenz, founder of the nonprofit EveryoneOn, attacked the Educational Broadband Service (EBS), which long ago granted school districts and education nonprofits thousands of free licenses to use a slice of spectrum — the range of frequencies that carry everything from radio to GPS navigation to mobile internet.

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Broadband Mobility Digital Divide Learning 105

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

With the ambitious goal of closing the digital divide, Congress approved and President Biden recently signed into law $65 billion for broadband infrastructure—the largest federal investment in history. Real digital equity requires more than just boxes and wires; it requires tailor-made planning best fit to meet school and district needs.

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Accessibility Digital Divide Broadband Laptops 187

Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

However, this lag began to erode when the rise of cloud computing made it possible for edtech startups to flood the market with educational applications, the expansion of broadband internet gave those apps an easy distribution channel into campuses, and an increasing number and variety of mobile devices provided them an in-school abode.

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Analysis Trends Chromebook EdTech 167

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

Elsewhere, teachers hold daily virtual office hours to check on the academic and emotional well-being of students they can no longer meet face to face. Miami-Dade County Public Schools has distributed some 100,000 tablets and other mobile devices, and more than 11,000 smartphones that double as Wi-Fi hot spots. The Richmond (Va.)

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Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 98

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

The students live in homes with multiple laptops, iPads, tablets, iPhones – iEverything. The district has already spent more than $3 million since 2011 on tablets, laptops, software programs, fiber optic wiring, and engineers to oversee all the instructional technology. But computers are expensive. Greeley, Colo.,

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Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

Hack Education

MARCH 8, 2017

The agency issued an order to support affordable access to high-speed broadband in particular (not merely “access to the Internet”) and to boost access and bandwidth of schools’ WiFi networks. As part of these modernization efforts , in 2015 the funding cap for E-rate was increased to $3.9

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E-rate Digital Divide Broadband Libraries 50

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

Via Education Week : “ Trump Signs Orders on Rural Broadband Access.” ” Via NPR : “Outcry After Louisiana Teacher Arrested During School Board Meeting.” ” Also via Techcrunch : “ Facebook brings Messenger Kids to Fire tablets.” This is how well your district does.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Moreover, per this ideology, without the aid of algorithms and “personalization” technology, human educators and traditional institutions have historically failed to meet the needs of individuals as individuals. ” So congrats, ed-tech vendors.) Surprise, surprise.

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Technology Education Common Core Company 40