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3 Levels of Connectivity K–12 Schools Should Consider

EdTech Magazine

According to a ViewSonic survey , 75 percent of teachers reported that media improves student engagement, and 72 percent reported that students used video material outside of class to learn on their own. This calls for bandwidth that exceeds 1Mbps per student. Video has proven to be an effective learning tool as well.

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How Leveraging Curiosity May Keep Students Engaged From Afar

Edsurge

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. How stressful is that for a student if they are virtually learning and their internet goes out?

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How to Select a Complete Digital Education Solution Provider

ViewSonic Education

Aim to keep students engaged. 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. Aim to Keep Students Engaged. Keeping students engaged is one of the most important aspects of teaching. Encourage collaboration.

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How to Select a Complete Digital Education Solution Provider

ViewSonic Education

Keep students engaged. 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. Keep students engaged. Keeping students engaged is one of the most important aspects of teaching. Keep your software up-to-date.

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Does Ownership of Instructional Materials Matter?

Doug Levin

Nor did a district purchase the right to translate the language of the book into the language spoken by a student and/or their family. Update the examples and sample questions to improve student engagement or the quality of instruction? Correcting errors in the text? A desire to digitize some or all of the book?

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Digital divide: Gap is narrowing, but how will schools maintain progress?

The Hechinger Report

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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OPINION: Five ways to achieve equity in remote learning

The Hechinger Report

But digital delivery raises serious questions about the educational soundness of digital products as well as the protections they offer for student privacy. Without devices and broadband access, a significant percentage of our students would have missed classes and fallen behind, losing critical months of instruction.

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