The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 9, 2020

Last-minute decision-making is the new normal, as schools and districts vet a multiplicity of strategies and applications to support their reliance on digital learning in a pandemic. But access alone wasn’t enough. But access and vetting were only part of the equation. Related: What if public schools never reopen?

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Broadband Learning Accessibility Outcomes 141

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

In education technology, a litany of surveys published this decade have touted the growing adoption of digital learning tools. The bird’s-eye results: 65 percent of teachers say they use digital learning tools every day; 87 percent report using them at least a few days each week. That’s arguably the case for U.S.

EdTech 144

EdTech Survey Digital Divide Classroom 144

Tom Murray

JANUARY 12, 2016

As school leaders work to implement digital learning practices, they must commit to navigating roadblocks, problem solving, and planning for sustainable, systemic transformation. Commit to Ensuring Equity in Access and Opportunity. With the new year now upon us, listed below are six edtech resolutions for 2016.

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EdTech Future Ready Social Media Broadband 189

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2019

No More Predictions One of the assumptions behind the Gates’ prediction is that the growth of instructional software will replace textbooks. When I told you about this type of software in previous letters, it was mostly speculative,” Bill Gates wrote in his annual letter this year. K-12 software will reach around $4.5

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Chegg Software Industry Pearson 158

Edsurge

JANUARY 1, 2020

Technology can be pen and paper, or adaptive software, or whatever is most helpful for the learning task at hand. Students need exposure to rigorous grade-level curriculum and they need to work at their learning edge. classrooms have high-speed internet access. Not the other way around. Today, 99% of U.S.

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Khan Academy Learning Differentiated Instruction Broadband 156

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Broadband improvements. US schools, particularly those in rural areas, have struggled to provide broadband that is fast enough to allow for the benefits of devices like Chromebooks. trillion in American Internet infrastructure have helped to improve broadband speed by 660 times since 2002. Monitoring software.

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Broadband Technology Chromebook Tools 56

techlearning

OCTOBER 10, 2018

10, 2018 – Impero Software, specialist providers of remote monitoring and management software for education, in conjunction with ENA, a provider of comprehensive technology solutions for education institutions and libraries, has been selected for a New York state contract covering classroom management, school safety and device management software.

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Software Broadband Libraries Future Ready 42

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

It will provide more support for students who are struggling in the online environment, it will take some of the burden off of the teachers, and it will help schools support educational equity by creating greater access to services that previously were only available to families that could afford it. – Justin Reilly, CEO, Impero Software.

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EdTech Digital Divide Broadband PresenceLearning 139

Kitaboo on EdTech

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Now that the pandemic has subsided, designers should consider whether their education product caters to all-digital learning or hybrid teaching by offering the best user experience. Improve Product Accessibility. External factors that affect a product’s accessibility should also be considered.

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eBook Education EdTech Broadband 59

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

These commitments are connecting 20 million more students to next-generation broadband and wireless. To support this work, Hoang secured a software donation from Adobe & ConnectED to help increase technological literacy for Burbank’s students by integrating digital media into the art curriculum. Safari Books.

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Adobe Education Tablets iPad 120

edWeb.net

JUNE 13, 2019

According to Davis, Fuller, Jackson, Pittman, and Sweet (2007) , the definition of digital equity is “equal access and opportunity to digital tools, resources, and services to support an increase in digital knowledge, awareness, and skills.” Overcoming Barriers. Innovative Approaches.

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Strategy EdTech Professional Learning Accessibility 49

eSchool News

MARCH 28, 2016

Key features and benefits: High-Performance Networking – A comprehensive portfolio of high-performance indoor and outdoor wireless access points provides speed, range and reliability in classrooms and throughout the campus to maximize the performance of mobile devices in high-density environments.

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Facebook Software Mobility Accessibility 40

eSchool News

JULY 8, 2015

In fact, more than half of schools (63 percent) don’t have enough bandwidth to meet digital learning needs, according to the nonprofit Education SuperHighway. This poses a problem when data reveals that online classes, streaming video content, and other online educational software become increasingly important in the classroom.

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E-rate Classroom Survey Data 40

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Ensuring wi-fi access at home or on the school bus is a top priority for a district still planning its one-to-one. Put simply, asking a fifth-grade student to watch an instructional video before the next day’s flipped classroom science lesson will fall on deaf ears if the child doesn’t have access to the internet at home.

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E-rate Chromebook Accessibility Flipped Classroom 40

Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2019

After seven years of coordinated efforts to improve internet access in schools, thereby laying the foundation for digital learning to take root and expand in U.S. schools had gained high-speed internet access, per the Federal Communications Commission’s minimum connectivity standard of 100 kilobits per second (kbps) per student.

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Broadband E-rate Advocacy Industry 113

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

This year’s Future of Education Technology Conference landed in New Orleans, and the conference was abuzz with post-pandemic learning recovery tools, solutions to promote equity among students and parents, strategies for digital access, student mental health, social and emotional learning tools, and more.

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Lightspeed Systems

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

“We are extraordinarily proud of the Digital Equity module, as it unlocks visibility into students’ internet access and device health outside of school with real-time data districts can’t find elsewhere. Most importantly, they empower all students to excel!”

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Digital Divide Broadband EdTech Guidelines 52

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Increasing students’ access to technology tools in the classroom is key to reversing these trends. Opportunities for technology-enabled learning extend beyond AI. In recent years, we’ve seen huge growth in edtech as companies partner with educators to develop software and hardware that can support teaching and learning.

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Technology Education Broadband EdTech 126

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Compared to white and affluent students, low-income and minority students have less access to nearly every type of educational benefit. Instead, teachers, aided by learning software, determine students’ strengths and weaknesses and tailor activities toward them.

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Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 137

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Compared to white and affluent students, low-income and minority students have less access to nearly every type of educational benefit. Instead, teachers, aided by learning software, determine students’ strengths and weaknesses and tailor activities toward them.

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Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 120

Edsurge

JANUARY 29, 2020

schools accessing high-speed broadband, and devices all but ubiquitous in the classroom, the question is no longer whether teachers and students are using technology, but how. Participants are currently learning how to evaluate software privacy policies and make an informed decision about whether it’s right for their school.

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Technology Chromebook Broadband EdTech 105

MindShift

DECEMBER 5, 2020

Lee at Brookings is working on a book about the digital divide, and she says it’s multidimensional. There’s housing: Lose your home and you lose your broadband connection. Digital teaching can be good, even great with the right support for teachers. million students are still missing devices — about 5.5%.

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Digital Divide Learning Laptops Broadband 28

eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Education and student well-being are stretched thin, and lingering learning gaps, exacerbated by the pandemic, present hurdles for all students–especially underrepresented students groups who were already at a disadvantage. We headed into a fourth year of learning in the pandemic’s shadow. It is all about the balance.

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EdTech Learning Industry Data 68

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Via The New York Times : “ Broadband Law Could Force Rural Residents Off Information Superhighway.” The lawsuit contends that the publisher is “ predatory ” because it charges scholars to have their work published in open-access journals. Meanwhile on Campus. million, $6 million goes to San Francisco and $2.5

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Education Coursera Elsevier MOOC 52

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Virtual and hybrid learning continued into the spring, but then classrooms welcomed back students for full-time in-person learning in the fall. Many silver linings emerged and digital learning cemented itself as a “must have” in schools. Access to interactive experiences, 3D drawings, site visits, etc.

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EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 109

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

And, there seems little political will within the education system for a balanced consideration of potential cons to data collection in the event that modern digital learning innovations might be ‘good for [some] kids’ or surveillance might prevent ‘something bad from happening.’

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EdTech Software Facebook Data 150

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

And, there seems little political will within the education system for a balanced consideration of potential cons to data collection in the event that modern digital learning innovations might be ‘good for [some] kids’ or surveillance might prevent ‘something bad from happening.’

EdTech 150

EdTech Software Facebook Data 150

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Marc Andreessen famously said that “software is eating the world,” but it’s far more accurate to say that the neoliberal values of software tycoons are eating the world. Every industry uses computers, software, and internet services. …There are companies that are firmly planted in the computing sector.

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Technology Education Facebook Company 40