The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

On a morning this fall at Washington Elementary, a young boy, sitting at a table with five of his peers, held a tablet while he built a digital snowman — a cool proposition given the 85-degree heat just outside his air-conditioned classroom. Credit: Charlotte West for The Hechinger Report. LINDSAY, Calif. — Ushering in a new model.

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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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Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2021

Top reported teachers’ apps have adapted to meet pandemic purposes. All in this Edtech Reports Recap. The new report did a bit of compare and contrast, asking nearly 1,000 K-12 public school teachers in October 2020 the same questions that were asked for the 2018 report while adding a few new ones. Accelerated?

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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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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 17, 2018

Children as young as two are utilizing tablets, exploring the apps on smartphones, and accessing knowledge via the internet. Or better yet, why should we integrate online learning into our classrooms ? Notice that the report articulates the need for proper training for teachers in order for students to experience success.

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Blended Learning Classroom Digital Citizenship Training 240

Waterford

MARCH 11, 2021

This can be tremendously beneficial—for instance, when scheduling online learning or virtual parent-teacher conferences when in-person learning isn’t possible. The “accent” of a digital immigrant (preferring a printed report rather than one online, for instance) strikes digital natives as odd.[4]. Venezky, R.L.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 16, 2017

E-learning is ideally situated to leverage the techniques of gamification, as the digital interface is highly adaptive and offers instant feedback. Also, most students are digital natives, so they are already primed towards game-play via tablets and computers. A digital game-based learning experience.

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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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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Entrepreneurs and investors packed Holon’s conference, eager to hear more about the global research and analytics platform’s latest survey results and reports on latest trends and ed tech for teaching and learning. Sweden is instead embracing printed textbooks, teacher expertise, handwriting practice and quiet time.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Green got a tablet to use on the side so she can chat with those students via text. The tablet is one of several screens she uses to pull off remote teaching. This story about remote teaching was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.

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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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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2021

And improving how teachers interact with students in online learning? And he uses a tablet logged into Zoom as a student so he can see what his students are seeing. Worldwide, wearing a face mask, combined with other measures such as social distancing, slows the spread of the coronavirus. Give teachers two screens.

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Laptops Tablets Survey Technology 218

ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

84% said that school tech adds value to their child’s learning. Blended learning combines traditional classroom learning with self-paced online learning. Districts using blended learning are at the forefront of using digital content. Parents echoed this view.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 10, 2020

Credit: Gail Robinson for The Hechinger Report. Are you ready to learn the basics?”. They opened their iPads and within minutes were following arrows around the grid on their tablets, producing different colors with each set of directions. The Gates Foundation is among the many supporters of The Hechinger Report.).

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

high school students have the opportunity not just to take an online class for credit but a significant proportion of their course load online. New data analyses by NCES offer an updated assessment of the adoption of online learning by high schools: More than 4 in 10 U.S. public high schools (42.5

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

high school students have the opportunity not just to take an online class for credit but a significant proportion of their course load online. New data analyses by NCES offer an updated assessment of the adoption of online learning by high schools: More than 4 in 10 U.S. public high schools (42.5

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EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

As some schools turn from tablets to Chromebooks, new research shows that worldwide shipments of tablets have fallen for the first time since that data was collected. Digital Conversion Ed-tech Online Learning'

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 18, 2020

Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. In many districts, students are following online learning programs. In other cases, students are learning from their parents who have become unofficial teachers and launched homeschool programs. If I’m going to use online resources, how do I tell if they’re good?

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Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2020

The sudden jump to online learning has upturned education disciplines around the globe. Since schools closed, MEL has seen renewed interest from parents in search of a supplement to online learning. But in the world of science education, the lack of lab access has led educators to seek alternatives.

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ViewSonic Education

MARCH 7, 2019

Since 2015, 10% or fewer school districts have reported that all of their students have internet access via non-shared devices at home. Often, commons-type spaces combine an array of technology and furnishings to facilitate several types of learning. These include remote or online learning and research.

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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

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 123

Hapara

MARCH 22, 2023

Today’s students are learning on computers, tablets and mobile-devices and using the internet for class activities, research, assessments, communication and collaboration. When learners are logged into their school Google account, Hāpara Filter works on computers, tablets and mobile devices, as well as Android, macOs and Windows.

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Assessment Google Chromebook Tablets 147

Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2020

Even when students are all in the same time zone—such as for most K-12 schools and community colleges—getting to a live online class on time can be challenging for those who live in households where there aren’t enough computers or tablets for every learner, or where the internet connection isn’t robust enough.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 1, 2018

Study.com also offers a special (fee-based) Teacher Edition where educators can set up five virtual classrooms with up to 50 students in each, share class-themed videos, assign lessons and quizzes as homework, grade student work, print out worksheets, and get detailed reports on student progress. Things to know.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Personal hotspots, which allow students to connect a laptop or tablet with a cellular data connection, have been the most popular solution because they are relatively inexpensive and easy to use. We have to do something about that, especially now that so many of our students are learning remotely,” Muri said. Subscribe today!

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 15, 2020

And when several families said they weren’t comfortable coming back to school, the center used grant money from T Mobile’s Empower ED program to launch a new online learning pilot for those families, providing mobile hotspots and tablets to the families. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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Tablets Online Learning Trends Report 118

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2020

The evidence that students learn better this way has not been strong and, instead, we’re reading reports that technology use at school sometimes hurts student achievement. Schools and teachers are pitched a “myriad of competing solutions,” some of which “promise great things but deliver little,” the report explains.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

To help schools, parents and caregivers meet the needs of their early learners and further empower their learning journey toward school readiness, Gale, a Cengage company has made major enhancements to Miss Humblebee’s Academy , its award-winning interactive online learning solution for children ages three to six.

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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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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2018

I also teach remotely and write content for an app-based English language-learning product. So, I’m an ed-tech enthusiast and a classroom teacher, enthralled by how online learning is reshaping education, but also apt to turn down a tablet when a piece of chalk will do. The K-12 Implications Since 40 U.S.

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Learning EdTech Tablets Technology 154

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. ” And, I also (unfortunately) needed to update my post on the W-2 phishing scam victimizing school districts across the country.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Mobiliya Edvelop, a digital classroom platform , is delivering remote lectures to rural schools in some corners of the world — providing tablets that help rural students tap into lessons taught in urban areas. Under this initiative, 14 classes from eight rural schools were given tablets powered with Mobiliya Edvelop.

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Tablets Future Ready LMS Blended Learning 40

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Curry said she wasn’t given any sense of when her granddaughter would be able to return to the classroom, just that the school and administrators would determine the best learning environment for her. Some school districts consider virtual learning an alternative to discipline — not a form of discipline itself.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 22, 2021

Photo: Sarah Garland/The Hechinger Report. With libraries shuttered and bookstores a nonessential trip, many parents have downloaded book after book on tablets and smartphones to keep their little ones reading. The post PROOF POINTS: Paper beats pixels on most picture books, research finds appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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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 post The learning experience is different in schools that assign laptops, a survey finds appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Laptops Survey Chromebook Mobility 111

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

The Hechinger Report is collaborating with The New York Times to produce Bulletin Board, page 2 of the Times ’ s education supplement, Learning. Both groups reported higher levels of engagement and participation after the furniture swap. Photo: Gabriela Fuentes. Biochemistry can be elementary.

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