Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2021

Libraries Close, Internet Access Ends There have been several studies about how the lack of fast home broadband has hurt kids’ access to online learning during school closures. Runners up to VR, in descending order, were augmented reality, education features on social media, personalized chatbots, and drone delivery of course materials.

Libraries 118

Libraries Survey E-rate Report 118

Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2021

And we’ve only seen the beginning—within the next few years, the company is poised to disrupt the healthcare market, become the market leader in online advertising, establish itself as a competitor to USPS, FedX and UPS, and provide global access to broadband internet through a network of satellites orbiting the planet… to name but a few examples.

Education 218

Education Company E-rate Industry 218

Doug Levin

APRIL 9, 2017

Tagged on: April 7, 2017 Cyber Criminals Sharing Millions of Higher Education Institutions’ E-mails and Passwords on The Dark Web | Digital Citizens Alliance → Cyber criminals are aggressively sharing credentials to.edu e-mail accounts - including stolen accounts, fake e-mails, and older e-mail accounts.

EdTech 150

EdTech E-rate Data Android 150

Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

"This sort of pie-in-the-sky belief that simply getting more computers in kids' hands and more app-development elective courses in schools will make the future bright is an oversimplification of a complex issue." Tagged on: March 10, 2017 State reaches $3.5

EdTech 170

EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

Education Superhighway

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

100 kbps per student may have been sufficient bandwidth when there were only 520 students and few devices, but as the student population and technology use grew, so did the district’s need for more robust broadband. Before each student had an iPad, Merritt’s teachers used traditional worksheets, textbooks, and reading texts.

Digital Learning 92

Digital Learning Guidelines E-rate Edcamps 92

Education Superhighway

OCTOBER 15, 2015

If we intend to prepare students for the jobs of the modern economy, ensuring high-speed broadband access is a crucial first step. For lucky kids, the K-12 digital divide will soon be a memory, thanks to bold leadership from their governors to make high-speed broadband a priority and take steps to close the connectivity gap in their schools.

Broadband 40

Broadband Digital Divide E-rate Digital Learning 40

Educator Innovator

MARCH 7, 2014

Students now interview authors across the country via Skype and access books that match their interests and reading levels on e-readers. Nearly three-quarters (73%) of teachers surveyed by Pew reported using mobile phones in the classroom or to complete assignments, while almost half (45%) reported using e-readers and tablet computers.

Broadband 41

Broadband E-rate Digital Divide Survey 41

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Kajeet introduced Kajeet Private Wireless, its next-gen, cloud-based, private 5G and LTE platform delivering fast, secure, and reliable broadband connectivity for students in remote areas and communities underserved by public wireless options. provided a first look at the new Samsung Education Community Platform.

EdTech 128

EdTech Lenovo Robotics Laptops 128

Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

I dislike fraudulent courses. graduation rates — up to a record 83 percent — and whether it is real or an elaborate scam. Tagged on: July 23, 2017 ED warns schools of another widespread ransomware attack | Future of Ed Tech e-Newsletter → In light of a recent widespread ransomware attack, the U.S. I think the latter."

EdTech 150

EdTech E-rate Software Data 150

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2019

But faster, more affordable broadband could help students navigate the effects of global warming evident in their own backyards. Seniors like Abby Tozier are reaping the benefits of a better connection while taking dual-credit courses offered by the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ satellite campus in Nome.

Broadband 80

Broadband Report Accessibility Video 80

Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2016

In rural districts, children and youth face profound obstacles—geographic isolation and long bus rides to school, frustratingly slow internet connections, limited course options, and low college-going rates. Specifically, only one-third of rural students matriculate in college compared to nearly half of urban students.

Personalized Learning 60

Personalized Learning E-rate Learning Outcomes 60

Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

This broadband leader has always had a passion for policy – especially when it came to funding for technology in schools. I was teaching several social studies courses, including one called International Problems. What experiences made you passionate about educational technology?

Policies 49

Policies Technology Advocacy E-rate 49

Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

And then there were MOOCs , of course, and all those predictions and all those promises about the end of college as we know it: “MOOCs make education borderless, gender-blind, race-blind, class-blind and bank account-blind” and similar fables. .” ” So, what does count as a real class – acting class or otherwise?

MOOC 55

MOOC Coursera Education Broadband 55

IT Bill

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

This means lower costs up-front and lower costs overall when compared to the combined costs of cellular and monthly broadband Internet service to the home. This is understandable considering the fact that many online courses tend to be reading and writing intensive. Such media can be submitted to an e-portfolio or blog (e.g.

Smartphone 28

Smartphone Learning Mobility Social Media 28

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

This includes navigating the often politicized issues related to immunizations, the high student absence rate due to quarantines or parents wanting to keep their children home, and the negative impact the pandemic had on student and staff mental health. Schools had a crash course in greater instructional technology usage during the pandemic.

EdTech 108

EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 108

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

Efforts by the national nonprofit EducationSuperHighway to publicize how much districts pay for broadband have allowed many school systems to negotiate bandwidth deals to get greater capacity for a fraction of the cost. And EducationSuperHighway brought pricing transparency to school district broadband purchasing.

iPad 78

iPad Broadband Software Company 78

Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Not Net Neutrality, but another potential FCC move – ending the E-Rate program. Via Pacific Standard : “Why Is the FCC Considering Cutting Broadband Access for Students?” ” Apparently it’s all Audre Lorde ’s fault, because of course it is. ” More on the bill via Inside Higher Ed.

Kaplan 50

Kaplan Education Robotics E-rate 50

Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

” “Modern E-Rate Puts Telephones On Hold in K–12,” Education Week reports , noting that schools are struggling to pay for phone service (still totally necessary) as well as expanded broadband. ” These colleges no longer offer federal loans because of students’ high default rates.

Education 40

Education lynda.com Knewton E-rate 40

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

” The Trump Administration is calling it “ restoring Internet freedom ,” because of f **g course. “5 Reasons Why e-textbooks in Egypt Would Be Inequitable” by Maha Bali. ” Via Multichannel News : “Trayvon Martin Attorney Parks Targets AT&T Over Alleged Broadband Redlining.”

Education 47

Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Politics and Policies FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced Connect to Compete , a new non-profit initiative that brings private industry and the non-profit sector together to help expand broadband adoption and promote digital literacy. Launches Rated JPG reports that beloved toy-maker LEGO is building its own social network.

Knewton 43

Knewton Pearson E-rate Education 43

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

The reporting often isolates education technology from other developments in the computer technology sector and tends to isolate education technology from education politics and policies more broadly (unless, of course, those policies dovetail with the political interests of ed-tech and ed-reform, which they often do).

Technology 40

Technology Education Facebook Company 40

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Via NPR : “ Betsy DeVos ’ Graduation Rate Mistake.” DeVos, of course, was a stakeholder in the student loan startup SoFi. ” Via The Consumerist : “New Chairman Orders FCC To Abandon Court Defense Of Rule Limiting Prison Phone Rates.” Peter Thiel is also an investor. ” More via WaPo.

Education 40

Education MOOC E-rate Robotics 40

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

Of course, the US can’t let the UK lead for too long when it comes to terrible people and terrible ideas in education. Via Education Week : “ Trump Signs Orders on Rural Broadband Access.” ” “Special bracelets” are, of course, ed-tech. ” The school in question: University of Cincinnati.

Education 43

Education Company Blackboard Kaplan 43

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Bust or not, companies across the tech sector, particularly those with high “burn rates” , faced tough choices in 2016: “cut costs drastically to become self-sustaining, or seek additional capital on ever-more-onerous terms,” as The WSJ put it – that is, if they were able to raise additional capital at all.

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40