Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Research databases, including Google Scholar, ResearchGate and JSTOR can serve as resources for peer-reviewed studies. For example, a quasi-experimental study might test out a one-to-one laptop program with School A that is excited about new technology and then compare gains in state assessments before and after the program with School B.

EdTech 216

EdTech Comparison Study Groups 216

Hapara

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

It either has to increase the rate of how I can accomplish something, or it has to be something that is benefiting the student in how they’re gaining knowledge and skills. They use Chromebooks for webquests, district assessments, Google Slides presentations or Canva projects. Is it the best tool for the job right now?

Classroom 130

Classroom Chromebook Digital Citizenship E-rate 130

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 20, 2018

When students at Woodman School, on the western edge of Montana, are working on research projects in class, they don’t have the option to start their search with Google. Since 2014, a primary goal of the E-rate program has been to ensure affordable access to high-speed broadband in the nation’s schools. Weekly Update.

E-rate 68

E-rate Broadband Laptops Company 68

Learning with 'e's

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

In one minute there are over 2 million search queries on Google, 6 million Facebook views, over 200 million e-mails sent and 100,000 tweets. Mobile phones, tablets and laptops are portable gateways into the Internet, and it is predicted by 2015 that there will be twice as many mobile devices on the planet as there are humans.

E-rate 66

E-rate Mobility Social Media Tablets 66

The Hechinger Report

JULY 15, 2018

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — CAST Tech, San Antonio’s newest public high school, looks like an outpost of Google. The schools are the brainchild of Charles Butt, a big donor to local education causes and chairman of H-E-B, the region’s largest grocery store chain. million donation from H-E-B in 2016. What’s cool about CAST Tech?”

E-rate 109

E-rate Microsoft Industry STEM 109

EdTechTeam

JULY 24, 2017

Cloud-based- Maybe you don’t have mobile devices, but you have laptops. Gold apps are free or extremely inexpensive, accessible on the web, on any browser, dual platform, but also collaborative, and this is where Google Apps really stands out. Be sure to check out my e list of recommended creative apps at edutechserve.com/thinkopen.

Android 59

Android E-rate iPad Chromebook 59

Marketplace K-12

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

(Similar forces are said to contribute to a tightening in the global, self-paced e-learning market.). The prognosticators at Futuresource, meanwhile, are bullish on 2-in-1 devices, or devices with detachable or convertible keyboards that can be used either as a traditional laptop, or as a tablet. million shipments from 5.7

E-rate 40

E-rate Chromebook Microsoft Tablets 40

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

While the federal government awards billions of dollars annually to get schools and libraries online, through its E-rate program, Albemarle’s project is technically ineligible for that because it’s “off campus,” even though it will be an extension of the school network with all its security, filters and firewalls. Photo: Andrew Franco.

Broadband 105

Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Blackboard 105

Graphite Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2015

"Anytime, anywhere" learning has been core to the vision of education technology leaders since the Internet, laptops, and mobile devices entered the classroom. A Disconnect Between Vision and Action Part of the reluctance of school administrators to focus on digital equity is clearly about money.

Broadband 40

Broadband E-rate Laptops Survey 40

There is no box

OCTOBER 3, 2015

Google Apps for Education. How do we get reliable bandwidth at a decent rate? We are now working on an e-rate application to double it again. Google Apps for Education. For our small school, we moved all users off of AD and into Google Apps for Education. Going Google is a no-brainer for a small district.

EdTech 40

EdTech E-rate Google Company 40

IT Bill

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

The ECAR study indicates that most students (appx 80%) do use their smartphones for one or more classes while only 46% consider them “essential for coursework” compared to their laptops at 93%. Such media can be submitted to an e-portfolio or blog (e.g. Smartphones are great for watching short videos or listing to music.

Smartphone 28

Smartphone Learning Mobility Social Media 28

Brainscape

DECEMBER 11, 2023

By rating how well you know the answer to the question on a scale of 1 to 5, you tell Brainscape’s spaced repetition algorithm how often to repeat that flashcard. You rate yourself on a scale of 1 to 5 on how well you knew that particular piece of information, and this determines how frequently you’ll see that card again.

How To 52

How To Study E-rate Resources 52

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

“I’m slightly wary of building a Google data profile of a young child,” says @ashleyrcarman @verge [link]. But the iPads will be discontinued next year in favor of the Dell Latitude Education Series (3160) touchscreen laptop computer. " says Google Family Link manager Saurabh Sharma.

EdTech 170

EdTech Chromebook iPad Laptops 170

Kitaboo on EdTech

MARCH 5, 2020

Being virtual in nature, extent and origin, eBooks are primarily designed to be read on a variety of electronic devices like desktops, laptops, iPads and even mobile phones. Kindle Paperwhite by Amazon is currently the most popular e-book reader available in the market. IP-67 rating, allowing water immersion up to 3.28

eBook 75

eBook Sony Android E-rate 75

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

Showing the Algorithms Behind New York City Services | New York Times → Algorithms can decide where kids go to school, how often garbage is picked up, which police precincts get the most officers, where building code inspections should be targeted, and even what metrics are used to rate a teacher. " Maybe, maybe not.

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

Showing the Algorithms Behind New York City Services | New York Times → Algorithms can decide where kids go to school, how often garbage is picked up, which police precincts get the most officers, where building code inspections should be targeted, and even what metrics are used to rate a teacher. " Maybe, maybe not.

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

She leaned in toward her laptop and looked at a sentence that read, “Bake me a cake.” a month for the first student in the family who enrolls, with a discounted rate for additional students. Ohio Parent Jessica Aragon found UPSTART after searching Google for “online preschool.” The word “bake” was in red. for one year.

Laptops 169

Laptops Accessibility Online Learning Company 169

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2019

About 20 students gazed at their laptops, an online poll open on each screen. Eighth-graders Avril Seppilu, 13, right, and Tia Prentice, 13, left, listen during a Google Hangouts Meet video call to students in Hawaii. She’s been doing Google Hangouts with us online, which is super convenient,” Tozier said.

Broadband 101

Broadband Report Accessibility Video 101

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Ban Laptops" Op-Eds. For the past ten years, every ten months or so, someone would pen an op-ed claiming it was time to ban laptops in the classroom. For their part, critics of laptop bans claimed the studies the op-eds frequently cite were flawed, reductive, and out-of-date. WTF is Unizin ?! Collared Dove. And on and on and on.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

But.truth is, the US government isn't the early adopter here; Amazon, Google and Facebook are really the front-line developers of the surveillance state." We also have monitors that project on the wall and show each student their heart rate and the phys-ed teacher can determine if each one is working hard enough."

EdTech 170

EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

And The Next Web headline makes for… something: “ Facebook and Google could be allowed to award university degrees.” accuse Google of failing to gain their consent before scanning their emails via its Apps For Education suite for advertising purposes,” says Education Dive. ” Presidential Campaign Politics.

Education 46

Education Pearson Report Company 46

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

” The story contains some machinations at the Department of Education in which the White Hous e tried to fire a Jeb Bush-supporting staffer. “ Are iPads and laptops improving students’ test scores? ” asks Chester E. Duolingo has raised $25 million in Series E funding from Drive Capital.

Education 43

Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

” (Juul is an e-cigarette that markets its product to teens and peddles social emotional learning content.). ” Via Cleveland.com : “National e-school figure to test new approach to online learning here in Ohio.” ” Via Bloomberg : “Inside Google ’s Shadow Workforce.”

Education 43

Education MOOC Coursera E-rate 43

Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2018

“New report calls out NCAA for saying that black athletes graduate at higher rates than other black students, when that’s not true at the top conferences,” says Inside Higher Ed. This is so important to consider, as Tufekci noted on Twitter, in light of Google’s domination of the K–12 computing market.).

Education 47

Education MOOC Company Report 47