Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Another in Oregon launched an Amazon-style locker system for students to exchange broken devices. “It Innovating on the Fly Among the earliest challenges CTOs faced was how to get thousands of laptops and tablets for students and staff?while IT staffers scrambled to purchase thousands of new devices and provide Wi-Fi for students.

Chromebook 215

Chromebook Laptops Broadband Accessibility 215

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

BRUNSWICK, Maine—Like many school districts, Brunswick School Department in Maine suddenly has a lot more laptops and tablets to manage than it planned for. billion Emergency Connectivity Fund, which allows schools to apply for funds to pay for home broadband and devices for their students. 18, 2021, in Brunswick, Maine.

Digital Divide 145

Digital Divide Broadband Laptops Chromebook 145

Education Superhighway

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The ACP is a new long-term benefit that provides qualifying low-income households with a monthly discount of up to $30 per month (and up to $75 per month for households on qualifying Tribal lands), as well as a one-time $100 discount toward a laptop, desktop computer, or tablet.

Libraries 98

Libraries Broadband Chromebook Mobility 98

Tom Murray

JUNE 8, 2016

Districts that are working to purchase devices must not do so simply because the district across the highway just implemented a particular type of device within its system. Quite often, very few, if any, school leaders have a comprehensive understanding of what resources are in place system-wide.

Chromebook 100

Chromebook Tablets Broadband Assessment 100

eSchool News

JULY 18, 2024

It will also allow the FCC to gather and analyze data on which cybersecurity services and equipment would best help K-12 schools and libraries address growing cyber threats and attacks against their broadband networks.

Education 122

Education Policies Libraries Broadband 122

eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2024

This fund addressed the digital divide by providing financial support for broadband connectivity, Wi-Fi hotspots, and connected devices such as laptops and tablets. This could result in a regression to outdated systems, hindering the ability of students and community members to engage in new and evolving educational needs.

Digital Divide 118

Digital Divide E-rate Libraries Advocacy 118

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.

Adobe 120

Adobe Education Tablets iPad 120

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. CoSN (the Consortium for School Networking) is the premier professional association for school system technology leaders.

Broadband 98

Broadband E-rate BYOD Accessibility 98

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

And even before bandwidth, plenty of schools don’t have the laptops or tablets that students need to get online. Her story is indicative of so many kids, some of whom are able to educate themselves, but it’s so often despite the system and not because of it. In the last couple years, I’ve become increasingly aware of it.

Digital Divide 88

Digital Divide Broadband Accessibility Tablets 88

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In 2020, after the onset of the pandemic, the program was created to provide funding to schools and libraries to purchase eligible equipment and services for students and teachers who lack connected devices, including laptops, tablets, or even broadband access.

Technology 114

Technology Software Training Broadband 114

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? Tagged on: September 18, 2017.

EdTech 150

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? Tagged on: September 18, 2017.

EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

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.

Digital Divide 126

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. The researchers found that most of these solutions are short term, however, and will require more funding.

Learning 145

Learning Accessibility Personalized Learning Digital Divide 145

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. ClassLink Analytics gives decision makers the usage data they need.

Learning 93

Learning Broadband Elementary Professional Learning 93

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

BenQ also highlighted its family of BlueCore laser education projectors and InstaShow WDC20E education wireless presentation system (WPS). ParentSquare , developer of a unified school-home engagement platform for K-12, has acquired Gabbart Communications, a website and content management system (CMS) business.

EdTech 138

EdTech Lenovo Robotics Laptops 138

Shake Up Learning

MARCH 2, 2021

Google Classroom was originally built to simplify blended learning, but it has now become a more robust learning management system. Set up classes in advance with SIS roster syncing (coming later this year) : Provisioning classes for an entire school system can be time-consuming. Related: 13 Tips to Organize Your Google Drive.

Google 101

Google Chromebook Android Education 101

eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2016

Her daughters, ages 8 and 4, don’t yet have school-issued laptops or tablets, but they will be able to bring them home in a few years. Bobbie Smith, another Capehart resident, has a sixth- and seventh-grader in the Bangor school system. Not having internet at home would put her girls at a disadvantage, Bushwood said.

Laptops 65

Laptops Chromebook Tablets Accessibility 65

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.

BYOD 57

BYOD Broadband EdTech Elementary 57

Marketplace K-12

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Students participating in the program will receive either a free smartphone, tablet, laptop, or “hotspot” device that offers them access to the web. families with children in school do not have home broadband access. The Pew Research Center has estimated that 5 million U.S.

Broadband 40

Broadband Smartphone Digital Divide Company 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.

EdTech 117

EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 117

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

For long term change to occur, the technology behind the scenes must be like the electricity system in a modern country – it must “just work” – all the time and every time. The network (servers, switches, operating systems) must be fast and reliable. Accessing systems (network drives, online resources, etc.)

LMS 40

LMS Laptops Tablets System 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. We sum this up in four key steps: Invest in a new system of early learning from birth through primary school.

Broadband 40

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. We sum this up in four key steps: Invest in a new system of early learning from birth through primary school.

Broadband 40

Broadband Digital Citizenship Industry Libraries 40

techlearning

AUGUST 30, 2018

COMCAST INTERNET ESSENTIALS PROGRAM ( www.internetessentials.com/apply ) Comcast announced it has now connected over six million Americans to the Internet through its Internet Essentials program, a comprehensive broadband adoption program for low-income families in the U.S. was launched earlier this year, QT 2.0 QwertyTown 2.0

Tools 56

Tools Chromebook Software Mobility 56

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 19, 2014

Curating the Best Content for Learning , Spending on education technology is now in the tens of billions dollars as schools push for broadband, computer labs, and 1-to-1 tablets. There’s a lot of great games, apps, websites, and digital curricula to go along with tablets and computers. But what about content? Learn more here.

Conference 49

Conference Education Learning Common Core 49

eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Helping students understand that they can get a well-paid and engaging job through CTE can play an important role in the modernized school system and create great business opportunities and positive impact on society. In 2023, educators should anticipate deeper support from corporations looking to impact teaching and learning.

EdTech 70

EdTech Learning Industry Data 70

eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2015

With its filtering system in place, Tustin USD monitors the filters at both the grade and classroom level, particularly for high school. its learning management system). Students are always trying to set up proxy servers to find a way around the filters,” said Craven.

Chromebook 40

Chromebook Laptops Training System 40

Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2023

For a number of years, she’s relied on discount options for broadband so that her own family can connect to the internet. The broadband speed is supposed to be up to 300 gigabytes — considered moderate usage for an American household — but it can run slow because everyone is using it, Tang says.

Broadband 139

Broadband Chromebook Accessibility Digital Divide 139

Doug Levin

AUGUST 1, 2016

For every advantage it may offer over traditional approaches to ‘big iron’ centralized, proprietary IT systems, it imposes new requirements on its users. Blockchain technology may seem magical, but it is not magic. Also disadvantaged will be those with strict data caps on their internet usage.

Education 186

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.

Broadband 100

Broadband Mobility Digital Divide Learning 100

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. more than just relying on student mobile phones and data plans) as well as procedures to protect student privacy and security. Take action.

Accessibility 185

Accessibility Digital Divide Broadband Tablets 185

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

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. Miami-Dade County Public Schools, for instance, sent home about 80,000 tablets and other mobile devices, and more than 11,000 smartphones that double as Wi-Fi hot spots.

Learning 91

Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 91

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The Rise of the Low-Cost Tablet & the Promise It May Hold for Learning BYOD: Does It Solve or Does It Worsen K-12 Tech Woes? and aims to address some of the obstacles to broadband adoption -- in terms of cost, access, relevance, and digital literacy. Can Google Challenge Over-Zealous Web Filtering at Schools? Not a reader.

Knewton 43

Knewton Pearson Education E-rate 43

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

The topic names have been modified “for consistency,” the report’s authors say (although I’m a little unclear about some of these choices – how are “mobile learning,” “tablet computing,” and “bring your own device” separate technological developments?

Learning Analytics 69

Learning Analytics LMS Robotics Trends 69

Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

Tagged on: April 1, 2017 A (Electronic) Textbook Case of Disruption | The American Interest → Schools are starting to take advantage of cheap tablets and open-sourced learning materials to give their students touchscreen, on-demand textbooks that—and here’s the kicker—can save school districts millions of dollars every year.

EdTech 150

EdTech Data Company Broadband 150

Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

Tagged on: April 1, 2017 A (Electronic) Textbook Case of Disruption | The American Interest → Schools are starting to take advantage of cheap tablets and open-sourced learning materials to give their students touchscreen, on-demand textbooks that—and here’s the kicker—can save school districts millions of dollars every year.

EdTech 150

EdTech Data Company Broadband 150