EdTech Magazine

MARCH 27, 2020

But when some normalcy is restored and opportunities arise again for more deliberate implementation of remote learning , what tools can help make the experience a success? The surge in e-learning for K–12 schools has also put a stronger spotlight on persistent issues of equity.

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Tools Laptops Learning Accessibility 195

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. The student can be responsible for their own learning and feel good about being responsible for their own learning,” Evans said.

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Laptops Survey Chromebook Mobility 110

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Credit: Charlotte West for The Hechinger Report. While the pandemic still took its toll, adapting to online learning was smoother in Lindsay due to its preexisting infrastructure and history of adaptation. With about a day planning, [teachers] shift right into distance learning,” Rooney said. Ushering in a new model.

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Online Learning How To Learning Competency Based Learning 139

edWeb.net

JULY 2, 2020

When Project Tomorrow surveyed students in 2015 about what they envision schools will look like in 2020, one student described school as being the place where there would be more educational videos, online class discussions, online games, and texting between teachers and students. Everyone would have their tablet or laptop.

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Online Learning Blackboard Learning Social Media 97

The Hechinger Report

JULY 6, 2020

Teachers must take care of children and elderly parents in their homes, as well as their own precarious health, and cannot be available in the same ways they are during “normal” times when they are reporting to school each day. These conditions combined are not conducive to teaching and learning.

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Online Learning Differentiated Instruction Learning Guidelines 132

Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2021

Without reliable access to the internet and devices like laptops or cell phones, college students probably aren’t going to succeed in online learning. A new survey shows that college students’ attitudes correlate with their personal experiences with online learning.

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EdTech Survey Laptops Online Learning 178

Doug Levin

AUGUST 17, 2017

I have been critical of the treatment of technology in both the 2015 and 2016 Education Next back-to-school polls for a variety of reasons, including sloppiness in reporting, bias, and lack of relevance to education policy and practice considerations.

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Digital Learning Learning Outcomes Equity of Access 186

EdTech Magazine

APRIL 7, 2020

But when some normalcy is restored and opportunities arise again for more deliberate implementation of remote learning , what tools can help make the experience a success? The surge in e-learning for K–12 schools has also put a stronger spotlight on persistent issues of equity.

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Tools Laptops Learning Accessibility 150

EdTech Magazine

APRIL 3, 2020

But when some normalcy is restored and opportunities arise again for more deliberate implementation of remote learning , what tools can help make the experience a success? The surge in e-learning for K–12 schools has also put a stronger spotlight on persistent issues of equity.

Tools 150

Tools Laptops Learning Accessibility 150

EdTech Magazine

APRIL 2, 2020

But when some normalcy is restored and opportunities arise again for more deliberate implementation of remote learning , what tools can help make the experience a success? The surge in e-learning for K–12 schools has also put a stronger spotlight on persistent issues of equity.

Tools 150

Tools Laptops Learning Accessibility 150

Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2021

In the months that followed, many states and school districts mobilized, using federal CARES Act funding, broadband discounts and partnerships with private companies to connect their students and enable online learning. This progress is “significant,” write the authors of a report that details the groups’ findings.

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Digital Divide Broadband Report Accessibility 218

Digital Promise

AUGUST 25, 2020

Witnessing how many students lacked access to the most basic components of online learning—devices and internet access—LEANLAB and their partners across the metro region took immediate action. million in funds to provide 1,528 laptops, tablets, and devices, as well as 869 hotspots for local students.

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Digital Divide Libraries Survey Meeting 296

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 21, 2020

In the fourth season of the Miseducation podcast, New York City high school students report on how kids’ lives were thrown into disarray and how the inequality already baked into the system worsened. Episode 2: “No laptop and no internet” Titilayo Aluko. By Titilayo Aluko.

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Report Laptops Online Learning System 91

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 28, 2020

Check How Your Child Adapts to Online Teaching. While many students are struggling to adapt to online learning, some seem to thrive with it. She started teaching in a conventional classroom with a whiteboard and a laptop and learned quickly the many ways today’s technology can enhance the learning experience.

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Smartphone Laptops Microsoft Exercises 278

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 23, 2020

Estrella Rodriguez, a pregnant community college student with her 5-year-old daughter, Nevaeh, is grateful for the women who bought her diapers when they saw her on line at Costco, but also anxious to get her laptop computer back from her shuttered campus. Photo by Uvaldo Rodriguez. That was just so nice.”. It’s pretty crazy right now.

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Laptops Education Online Learning Report 145

eSchool News

AUGUST 7, 2024

an ACT lead research scientist and author of the report. The new report, How High School Students Use and Perceive Technology at Home and School , examines high school students’ access to and use of technology and how access and use vary among student groups.

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Digital Divide Laptops Smartphone Tablets 123

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2018

Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Holmes County Central High School is one of eight rural schools participating in a new, blended learning AP Physics program. Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. million online courses in 2014-15. Department of Education, students took 317,000 online courses.

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Online Learning Learning Course Blended Learning 84

The Hechinger Report

MAY 27, 2024

Some parents and educators are calling for a ban on smartphones and laptops in schools. Subscribe to our free weekly newsletter to receive our comprehensive reporting directly in your inbox. In fact, they are already factoring in the potential for learning when they make decisions about technology. What are kids learning?

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Laptops Smartphone Learning Data 131

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2022

Credit: Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report. Some school leaders have been turning to an innovative solution: allowing children at home to learn remotely along with their in-person classmates. “I Then I have my [school] laptop to monitor anything if students email me during class that they’re having technical difficulties.

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Personalized Learning Study Laptops Learning 141

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2020

State and federal agencies have advised schools to create online learning plans to minimize the disruption to student learning. Their students have internet connections at home, laptops they can work from, teachers who know how to design online lessons and a strong foundation of in-school blended learning experience.

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Broadband Flipped Classroom Online Learning Smartphone 145

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Students at Rhodes Junior High in Mesa, Arizona, spend a portion of their school day working on laptops. Summit Learning’s personalized learning program is a key part of the school’s improvement efforts. Credit: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. But Logan’s feelings about online learning are common.

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Learning Laptops Personalized Learning Data 134

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

When the Covid-19 pandemic forced schools to pivot to remote learning, Nawar Almadani and her family weren’t sure what they’d do. They didn’t own a laptop, and even when they got two from school — one from the city for the kids, the other from Almadani’s program — they had to share.

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Laptops Study Accessibility Elementary 122

The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2020

More than 99 percent of schools nationwide have access to speedy and reliable internet, making online learning an option for their students. School buildings are closed because of coronavirus, and the bandwidth that powered digital learning for kids is going unused. schools is effectively closed. Only, now it doesn’t matter.

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Advocacy Accessibility Policies Laptops 142

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Most cell phones these days don’t come with headphone jacks, so many students only had wireless ear buds at their disposal, but needed plug-in headphones for their laptop school computers. She has a work-issued laptop and a large monitor she uses to see and acknowledge raised hands among a sea of three dozen faces.

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Tablets Laptops Analysis Trends 145

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Rather than our traditional conception of “training” as a time-out from everyday work to visit to a classroom, on-the-job learning is increasingly about access to just-in-time, job-relevant content—often via a laptop or a smartphone, whether at a desk or on a manufacturing shop floor.

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Learning Training Digital Badges Coursera 181

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye the week of March 13, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. But the iPads will be discontinued next year in favor of the Dell Latitude Education Series (3160) touchscreen laptop computer.

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EdTech Chromebook iPad Laptops 170

Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2022

Early stage edtechs are also participating in the AWS EdStart program, the AWS edtech virtual startup accelerator, designed to help entrepreneurs build the next generation of online learning, analytics and campus management solutions on the AWS Cloud.

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EdTech Trends Data Outcomes 218

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. School officials in the seaside town scrambled to purchase enough devices for all their students to learn online last year after the pandemic hurtled kids out of buildings.

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Digital Divide Broadband Laptops Chromebook 145

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 26, 2020

According to a preliminary October 2020 report from National Student Clearinghouse Research Center that tallied fall enrollment figures from just over half of the nation’s colleges and universities, the number of undergraduate students has fallen 4 percent since the fall of 2019. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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Report Survey Dropout Comparison 137

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2021

Despite various efforts by states and school districts to close the gap during the past year, 15 percent of children from families with incomes below the national median of $75,000 a year are still without fast and reliable home internet access, according to a new report from New America and Rutgers University. An additional $7.17

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Broadband Survey Digital Divide Accessibility 128

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Instead of huddling with my students, smiling and giving fist bumps, I sat in my corner of the room, providing feedback on their Google Docs from behind my laptop. Online learning platforms varied by teacher and class. During one social studies class, I was off in my corner with my laptop when a student approached me.

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Classroom Laptops Google iPad 141

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 12, 2020

have announced transitions to online learning, they can’t definitively answer many of these questions, nor can they say when and if students will return to campus. Sign up for The Hechinger Report newsletter. . What about lost wages from jobs many use to help families back home? As colleges across the U.S.

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Guidelines Report Laptops Online Learning 144

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 30, 2020

Historically disadvantaged students will face greater academic risks in emergency online environments. Colleges and school systems are hustling under stressful conditions to develop appropriate policies for emergency online learning. Access to content. Unequal risks.

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Accessibility Policies Laptops Libraries 113

Edsurge

APRIL 19, 2023

Invest in technology: Schools can use funds to purchase laptops, tablets and other technology devices to support blended and online learning. Address learning loss: The pandemic has led to significant disruptions in learning, leaving many students lagging behind.

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Learning Tablets Laptops Assessment 148

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 31, 2020

Not only does she need more specialized support than many students, but her vision challenges and other impairments can make online learning difficult. Advocates, educators and parents say that kids with disabilities are particularly vulnerable as schools shut down to slow the spread of the coronavirus and turn to remote learning.

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Online Learning Report Chromebook Laptops 144

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Nearly half of colleges are holding classes online or using a hybrid model this semester. Online learning is both a blessing and a curse for student parents. For some, increased access to online learning and student support options helps as they struggle to balance multiple roles. But obstacles must be navigated.

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Accessibility Online Learning Laptops Resources 135

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

Ramos would connect to the library’s Wi-Fi — sometimes on her cellphone, sometimes using her family’s only laptop — to complete assignments and submit essays or tests for her classes at Skyline High School. Ramos, used to texting quickly, was able to do simple assignments online, so at first her schoolwork was very easy.

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Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 125