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USB-C, USB-B, and USB-A: What’s the Difference?

ViewSonic Education

On the other hand, USB-C simplifies things considerably, with fully reversible, bi-directional power capabilities and better data rates. However, mobile phones and tablets are among the most commonly connected devices using USB and flash drives since their earliest iterations. had a data rate of 1.5 had a data rate of 1.5

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4 Tips for using accessibility features to promote inclusion

Neo LMS

Instead of singling out specific students to use some of the accessibility features built into their laptop, tablet, or mobile device, offer as an option for every student. Read more: How to create accessible e-learning design. Teachers could introduce the tool to the class, explain how to use it, and have everyone practice.

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Is a Backpack the Key to Closing the Homework Gap?

EdTech Magazine

Kajeet ’s ConnectEdNow campaign , announced in June, aims to make broadband access more affordable by providing students with portable Wi-Fi hotspot devices, a $200 mobile device subsidy and discounted data plans from Verizon , T-Mobile and other LTE providers. In March, a bipartisan group of U.S. by Erin Brereton.

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What You Need to Know About E-rate

Digital Promise

One of those programs is the Universal Service Program for Schools and Libraries, better known as E-rate. E-rate helps schools and libraries get affordable Internet access by discounting the cost of service based on the school’s location – urban or rural – and the percentage of low-income students served.

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Closing the Digital Learning Gap

Digital Promise

Still, huge gaps exist in educational outcomes, high school graduation rates, college readiness and workforce advancements based on race, class, and geography. Technology, and especially the internet and mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones, has become ubiquitous in our daily lives and affordable even to our public schools.

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Communicating and Connecting With Social Media (An Excerpt)

A Principal's Reflections

Social media services paired with high rates of Internet connectivity allow multiple forms of information—web links, videos, audio files, images, text messages, and documents—to be delivered and consumed in multiple ways. Ferriter, W, Ramsden, J, & Sheninger, E. See figure 1.1 for a visual.) Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree.

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6 Easy ways to make e-learning fun

Neo LMS

E-learning, for some, can be boring if they just stick to the “rules”. You know like, not expanding the already-existing e-learning concepts and techniques instructors and educators already know. Smartphones and tablets in classrooms can be used to enhance collaboration between students. They’re virtually ubiquitous.

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