Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

The largest federal program offering support for school districts and libraries for internet connections, the E-rate, was created nearly 30 years ago. Back then much of today’s crucial technology for living and learning had not yet been invented — including smartphones, social media and AI chatbots.

E-rate 175

E-rate Smartphone Social Media Policies 175

Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Nevertheless, as virus rates continue to surge in many parts of the US and more and more schools are choosing to keep their buildings shuttered through at least the first half of the fall semester, it looks as though distance learning may be here to stay for a while. Use social media and class message boards.

Social Media 195

Social Media Gamification Learning E-rate 195

Hapara

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Recently, Christian Ruiz of the Dallas Independent School District joined Robert Bailey of Hāpara for a frank discussion on cell phones and social media in school. We asked educators and administrators in the Hāpara community and on social media: What is the cell phone policy in your school or district?

Social Media 162

Social Media Digital Citizenship Smartphone Policies 162

Hapara

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

CIPA requires schools or libraries eligible to receive discounts through the E-rate program to adopt and implement an internet safety policy. This includes how to interact appropriately with others on social media websites, email and the like, which falls under the Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act.

Digital Citizenship 279

Digital Citizenship Guidelines E-rate Internet Safety 279

Edsurge

JULY 19, 2021

What we knew from our work since 2018 is that we've been losing school librarians at a pretty alarming rate for a decade,” says Keith Curry Lance, a library statistics and research associate with the RSL Research Group, and co-author of the study. The dropping rate of districts with librarians isn’t a recent change.

Study 218

Study E-rate Libraries Trends 218

Hapara

APRIL 21, 2023

If a school receives E-rate program discounts for Internet access, they need to follow CIPA guidelines, including implementing a web filter. For example, a school district may want to completely restrict access to social media sites during school hours.

Software 245

Software Digital Citizenship Social Media E-rate 245

Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

A successful launch means higher adoption rates and a higher level of satisfaction with the new platform. Read more: Should parents also know how to use e-learning platforms? You can also make a special announcement on the school’s website or social media pages. Make it fun! Before the launch….

LMS 304

LMS E-rate Training EdTech 304

Tech Helpful

APRIL 5, 2018

E-parenting is not an easy task. Recently I attended an e-parenting workshop at a local school here in Chattanooga and the speaker shared a great social media rating guide: This can be found at www.safesmartsocial.com. Follow your kids on social media. Look at their history. Don't be afraid to say no.

Social Media 58

Social Media E-rate Android Company 58

EdTech Magazine

MARCH 14, 2018

They also create a monthly flyer for the community and hold quarterly meetings with parents where they talk about technical issues such as social media, data privacy and innovations. Small districts also can resell equipment, take advantage of E-rate funds and evaluate systems yearly for redundancies or other unnecessary spending.

E-rate 230

E-rate EdTech Social Media System 230

Hapara

MAY 12, 2022

The federal Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) was enacted in 2000 and requires schools to have an internet safety policy in place to receive E-rate program discounts. Gaming sites, the latest social media sites and online forums can be distracting for kids. protect their personal information. That’s why H?para

Digital Citizenship 243

Digital Citizenship How To Internet Safety Hapara 243

EdTech4Beginners

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

According to one study, students want their teachers to use social media as a classroom tool. It can improve communication, facilitate interactions between classmates, promote social learning and increase collaboration. From e-books and games to virtual tutors and classrooms, there is no shortage of tools to add.

Classroom 176

Classroom Laptops E-rate Social Media 176

Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Thanks to — or because of — technology change happens at a faster rate than ever before, and education makes no exception. As the Executive Director of ICWE , Rebecca Stromeyer has been a champion of e-learning for decades, organizing some of the world’s most popular education events: OEB Global and eLearning Africa. Rebecca Stromeyer.

EdTech 150

EdTech E-rate Trends Microsoft 150

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Squared Online" bridges the gap between the classic classroom experience, where you can’t get scale, and e-learning that can sometimes be a bit dry. Tagged on: April 21, 2017 Google on disrupting the education system | Marketing Week → Google has unveiled plans to use its Squared Online course to disrupt the education system.

EdTech 170

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170

A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

The students worked with Mrs. Fleming on Google Chromebooks in the library to design their e-books. Jessica Groff and Joanna Westbrook created an ELA task that incorporated Twitter into their unit on Julius Caesar and built on content authentic to the play – i.e. social media repurposed with and for academic discourse.

Blended Learning 240

Blended Learning E-rate Social Media Outcomes 240

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 16, 2015

On the primary and high-school levels, schools that successfully integrate technology into their classrooms see increased performance, better behavior from students, and lowered drop-out rates. Increase student engagement and collaboration through social media, simulations, and games.

Technology 150

Technology Laptops Secondary Tablets 150

Digital Promise

MAY 27, 2020

It’s just been a joy to see educators across the country, on social media specifically, just celebrating the positive cultures and what they do inside their school buildings with kids, because even from a distance it’s been a pure joy.”. Prior to spring break, we had a virtual district-wide fire drill.

Digital Divide 283

Digital Divide Education Accessibility E-rate 283

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Squared Online" bridges the gap between the classic classroom experience, where you can’t get scale, and e-learning that can sometimes be a bit dry. Tagged on: April 21, 2017 Google on disrupting the education system | Marketing Week → Google has unveiled plans to use its Squared Online course to disrupt the education system.

EdTech 150

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2021

Among its recommendations, New America calls on policymakers to “expand the E-Rate Program so that libraries and schools can get discounts on the technology services that patrons and students need to get online from home.” Zoom-ing Out the Door The teacher shortage has been well documented. 37 percent) or the U.K. (33 33 percent).

Libraries 180

Libraries Survey E-rate Report 180

Securly

JANUARY 12, 2017

Web filtering is required by law, as long as schools wish to receive e-rate funding to supply their digital classrooms. Most students find web filtering to be unnecessarily inhibitive, citing that it blocks perfectly acceptable web pages due to one keyword or denies access to social media pages.

Social Media 100

Social Media E-rate Facebook Elementary 100

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

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? And I think we've got a lot of lessons to learn from how we've kind of dealt with social media over the last ten years.

Classroom 491

Classroom Tools Data Twitter 491

EdTech4Beginners

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Consumers’ expectations have shifted substantially due to the widespread adoption of on-demand delivery services in urban settings and the significant increase in worldwide e-commerce. If your company uses software to help it find and categorize its social media followers, you must go deeper into your customers’ profiles.

Tools 26

Tools Social Media Data Industry 26

Education Superhighway

MAY 30, 2019

In 2016, EducationSuperHighway worked with the Virginia Department Of Education (VDOE) to hire an E-rate and school technology specialist. One of the first things I did for KLIP was establish goals: get fiber to schools that need it, ensure all schools have reliable Wi-Fi, and rebuild the state E-rate program.

Accessibility 75

Accessibility E-rate Broadband Meeting 75

Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2023

Now, I know from reading comments on social media about the first episode we did in this series that some people argue that students have always done this. “A lot of people don't come to class because the notes are online, you can just do it online,” she said. “I I have been tired one day and just was like, ‘OK, the notes are online.

Laptops 211

Laptops Smartphone Course E-rate 211

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2017

As one writing instructor posted to an e-mail list in 2005: “Am I being a stick-in-the-mud for for being horrified by students’ use of this source?”. At any rate, those folks on Wikipedia, they're volunteers. In so many social-media camps, people just go to find a reaffirmation of what they believed before they logged on.

OER 138

OER Education E-rate Social Media 138

EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 8, 2019

It showed how using a high-tech artificial intelligence system precisely predicts the genuineness of a player’s win, by analyzing factors like – surprise, shock, hysteria, reaction, and change in the heart rate. help the management solidify its decision making.

Data 100

Data E-rate Dropout Adaptive Learning 100

eSchool News

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Life Schools Charter School’s digital citizenship initiative began when they started to notice that many students were posting on social media about their location and other personal details. Then, they figured out what they needed to satisfy for required federal E-rate guidelines. Step 1: Identify Goals and Requirements.

Digital Citizenship 88

Digital Citizenship Symantec E-rate Guidelines 88

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. We can expect to see exponential rises in all of these and the emergence of new and more dynamic social media and communication systems. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

E-rate 66

E-rate Mobility Social Media Laptops 66

Shake Up Learning

JULY 18, 2017

Common Sense Media Rating and Reviews. I have the e-course you have been waiting for! This is the e-course you have been waiting for: the course to help you on your journey to becoming a Google for Education Certified Trainer ! .” – Felix Jacomino. General Websites, Lists, and Databases. Teachers with Apps.

How To 78

How To E-rate Classroom iPad 78

Hapara

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Download the free e-book Strategies and activities to promote social and emotional skills So how can you promote social and emotional development in your classroom? They can do this with a rubric or a rating scale. Social awareness activities 7. The following strategies and activities span grade levels.

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Strategy Hapara E-rate Differentiated Instruction 147

Education Superhighway

JUNE 24, 2019

What led you to become passionate about expanding broadband access, and what motivates you most about your role as Director of Instructional Policy and State E-rate Coordinator at DESE? They provided free technical assistance to education administrators in navigating the E-rate program.

Technology 74

Technology E-rate Broadband Outcomes 74

eSchool News

JUNE 24, 2016

billion increase in E-rate funding over the last 18 months. are stepping up digital citizenship and vigilance to combat social media bullying. The growing ubiquity of internet access and pervasive use of online information has changed the learning landscape forever. By and large, it’s working. Schools in N.D.

E-rate 60

E-rate OER Digital Citizenship Social Media 60

Learning with 'e's

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

They will probably publish their work in a highly rated peer reviewed journal which very few will read, because only a very few will be able to penetrate the pay wall the publisher has erected to ''protect'' the research (which has usually been funded through public taxation). Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s.

E-rate 66

E-rate Social Media Assessment Study 66

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.”

E-rate 137

E-rate Elementary Education Report 137

Learning with 'e's

AUGUST 21, 2019

This blog comes in at number 4 for 2019, so I'm delighted that the metrics (visitor traffic, design, social media shares, post frequency, interactions, etc) support the many hours of effort I make each month to contribute to the knowledge of my learning community. Learning with 'e's - Steve Wheeler 5. 2019 Top Ten 1.

E-rate 52

E-rate Education Social Media Company 52

The Hechinger Report

JULY 15, 2018

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. A monitor she is wearing as part of a PE project is going off, informing her she has reached her resting heart rate, and cueing her to make a note of her current activity.

E-rate 108

E-rate Microsoft Industry STEM 108

Learning with 'e's

JULY 6, 2011

It is turning out to be one of my most successful posts of the year, and not just because of the hit rate. The advent of social media such as Twitter and Facebook is ensuring that teachers can quickly build contact lists and engage in conversation with their counterparts all over the world. Unported License.

E-rate 69

E-rate Personal Learning Network Social Media Facebook 69

EdNews Daily

JULY 8, 2019

This is similar to the comments anyone can see on Amazon or other major e-commerce hubs about any product. In the education social media platform Knowstory, little light bulbs are used as the ratings symbol. Where favorable, that product rises in purchase and use.

Learning 100

Learning Software E-rate Industry 100