eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

It’s that time of year again–the federal E-rate program is getting underway, and with program updates and refreshes in recent years, you might need a primer on this year’s program. At the end of 2014, the Federal Communications Commission voted to increase funding to the federal E-rate program by $1.5

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

per semester for what it calls Cengage Unlimited, its full e-library, and another $50 for access to a related homework system that professors often assign with the textbook. That pricing comes in slightly lower than a similar model offered by Cengage, which charges $69.99 No student should have to pay to do their homework.”

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

So the other piece that I didn't mention, which is self differentiation, is classroom libraries. Classroom Libraries And so I like classroom libraries. A library is about 600 books. It's not my classroom library. Thank you, e Spark for sponsoring this extended episode today. Absolutely. It's our class.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 4, 2018

Dr. Laurie Korte talks about e-learning design that engages learners and common mistakes of e-learning and blended learning classrooms. She teaches online and gets all these great ratings. With a Master’s degree in Library and Information Science and a Ph.D. And you can just plug it in. Vicki: Yeah.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 31, 2017

It’s that time of year again–the federal E-rate program is getting underway, and with program updates and refreshes in recent years, you might need a primer on this year’s program. At the end of 2014, the Federal Communications Commission voted to increase funding to the federal E-rate program by $1.5

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 20, 2021

A smaller but still significant group has begun tutoring their Chinese students privately, in clandestine arrangements, setting their own schedules and pay rates, though many find this option to be too risky for the families and won’t consider it. The e-card templates VIPKid created for teachers to tell their Chinese students goodbye.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 1, 2024

In 2020, the New Hampshire State Commission on 5G released a Final Report recommending that cell towers be distanced from schools and that Wi-Fi be replaced with safer technology in schools and libraries. Teacher unions have passed resolutions and numerous resources are available to educate students on safer ways to use modern technology.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Almost all of these tools provide extra features beside online search including, for instance, the ability to create personal libraries where you can save and organize your books, automated citations generation , social networking with other researchers, collaboration, and many more. Only you can see the articles in your library.

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NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 17, 2019

Since its launch in 2001, Wikipedia’s crowd-sourced authorship–its wikiness–has provoked debate relating to authority, despite the fact that many Wikipedia authors are topic experts and that a growing number of librarians and academics contribute by adding and editing references. As an encyclopedia, it is a tertiary source.

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E-rate Wiki Elementary Study 111

MindShift

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Schools across the country are nervously watching to see if the Federal Communications Commission chooses to repeal Obama-era regulations that protect an open internet, often referred to as “net neutrality.” have access to high-speed internet and more than 118,000 school and libraries use the E-rate program.

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Hapara

AUGUST 8, 2022

Graphics like this angle reference graphic. In general, OER was rated ‘considerably better on multiple specific aspects of teaching and learning, such as extending the core knowledge to novel tasks and situations and collaborating with others.’” . It’s a public digital library dedicated solely to OER. Jupyter Notebook.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

They have a wonderful lesson library that they've created as well. So when you're looking at giving some feedback on what you're doing and asking ChatGPT or another Chatbot, you know, to look at this and how would you rate this? Curated content from the other educators have created.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 27, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. First, you can discover new tools rated for learning. How does your library manage digital collections?

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Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

MARCH 26, 2024

Even if student responses are unbiased, it's a stretch to even call these "evaluations" Typically what we mean by that term is a careful analysis of a process or program, performed by a trained evaluator and in reference to established professional standards. Whatever one might say about SETs, they do not fit this description.

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IAD Learning

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Depending on how far we want to take our data collection, we could potentially collect library records, e-book consumption patterns, social network information, etc. For all of us who have been in the e-Learning world for a while, talking about learning analytics is like calling an old friend by a new name.

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Educator Innovator

JANUARY 6, 2014

By K-Fai Steele, first posted at MakerJawn Libraries and museums across the United States are building youth maker spaces and programming in an effort to broaden free, community-embedded educational opportunities. However, the tech enthusiasts who are championing the programming comprise a small percentage of library or museum staff.

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Marketplace K-12

OCTOBER 13, 2016

That term refers to students lacking internet connectivity away from school, which leaves them unable to complete assignments online that their peers from more privileged backgrounds routinely complete without a hitch. Sprint is billing the efforts as the “largest corporate initiative in U.S. history to bridge the digital divide.”.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2016

If E-rate didn’t fund our technology, we didn’t get it,” he said, referring to a federal program that makes telecommunications and Internet access more affordable for schools and libraries. “We The school has had large class sizes, even in the lower grades, for years because of stagnant funding, he said.

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Educator Innovator

JANUARY 6, 2014

Libraries and museums across the United States are building youth maker spaces and programming in an effort to broaden free, community-embedded educational opportunities. However, the tech enthusiasts who are championing the programming comprise a small percentage of library or museum staff. By K-Fai Steele, first posted at MakerJawn.

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ViewSonic Education

JUNE 30, 2022

IPS monitor variations include S-IPS, H-IPS, e-IPS and P-IPS, and PLS (Plane-to-Line Switching), the latter being the latest iteration. Since these variations are all quite similar, they are all collectively referred to as “IPS-type” panels. Monitor Panel Types Explained appeared first on ViewSonic Library.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2021

COVID-19 shed light on the huge gap in policy relating to tech and infrastructure provisioning—what many are now referring to as a civil rights issue. The FCC’s E-Rate program , a K-12 broadband subsidy, provides methods for districts and libraries to acquire discounts on WiFi connectivity. Jennifer E.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 16, 2013

Please join us for the third annual global conversation about the future of libraries: October 18-19, 2013, [link]. join the Library 2.0 The conference is once again being held entirely online around the clock in multiple languages and time zones. We have 146 accepted conference sessions and ten keynote addresses.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 4, 2024

Before the Covid-19 pandemic, public school enrollment in the United States had been trending downward , thanks to birth-rate declines and more restrictive immigration policies, but the decreases rarely exceeded half a percentage point. Not this specific conversation, of course, but ones like it. Huh uh,” Kunz said, “none of those.”

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E-rate Elementary Education Report 133

The Cornerstone for Teachers

MAY 17, 2023

While I would personally say the task of curating a classroom library has been easier as a 2nd-grade teacher, I still have students spanning kindergarten-4th grade reading levels. I love my classroom library. The levels here refer to guided reading levels. It is my pride and joy.

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Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 13, 2017

As anyone who has tried to check out a popular book at the library knows, sharing books with others can be a frustrating experience. This is because books are what economists refer to as private goods, meaning they have two specific characteristics: they are rivalrous and excludable. References. Creative Commons (2015).

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2019

He reads e-books and takes courses using a tablet computer. An APDS tablet, which students use to study, read e-books and watch TED Talks. / I went through and found people who already had a high school diploma or GED to fill out their FAFSAs,” Lopez says, referring to the federal forms to apply for financial aid. “I

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NeverEndingSearch

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

6) (Note: Most of these tasks could authentically be taught in our libraries during the natural course of any inquiry project.). Triangulate: Try to verify the information in multiple sources, including traditional media and library databases. Check out the post That Chain E-Mail Your Friend Sent to You is (Likely) Bogus.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Wheeler supported e-Rate reform and “ net neutrality.” ” Meanwhile, “ Germany -wide consortium of research libraries announce boycott of Elsevier journals over open access,” according to BoingBoing. ” The Trump administration? Not so much. Both/and, I guess. ” (By tweets.).

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2017

“ New York City libraries have announced they plan to forgive the late fees of all children aged 17 and under in a one-time amnesty event,” The AP reports. Via CNET : “ Verizon to pay $17M to resolve FCC, Justice E-Rate probes.” Via CBS Minnesota : “Philando Fundraising Campaign Clears All St.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

And like so many products on this list, 3D printing was hailed as a revolution in education, and schools were encouraged to reorient libraries and shop classes towards “maker spaces” which would give students opportunities to print their plastic designs. The End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That).

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2024

Earlier this year, he signed a law barring libraries from banning books based on ideology; book bans nationwide have largely targeted LGTBQ+-themed books. But the Biden administration has sought to require accreditors to create minimum standards on student outcomes such as graduation rates and licensure-exam pass rates.

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