Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Could personalized learning and the use of technology fundamentally change rural student outcomes? For example, national data from the past 15 years shows that rural schools are more likely to have STEM teacher vacancies than urban or suburban schools. Perhaps—but there’s a problem. . Perhaps, but there’s a problem.

Personalized Learning 60

Personalized Learning E-rate Outcomes Learning 60

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

In the edWebinar “ Students Leverage Technology Tools and Makerspaces to Personalize Learning,” Grace Borst, Innovation Specialist at St. While students miss class for open lab, the teachers recognize the benefits of letting students explore technology to help them achieve both personal and educational goals. About the Host.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning OER Broadband 40

EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 23, 2018

In fact, for example, a quarter of the tools are just straight-up research resources , and operational tools are another quarter. . RECTANUS: I think it's worth noting that our mission as an organization is to expand equitable access for all students to the tools that work for them. RECTANUS: Some things have stayed the same.

EdTech 246

EdTech Tools Trends Outcomes 246

Neo LMS

JUNE 11, 2019

For example, there is no point spending thousands of dollars on new equipment if you don’t have the required WiFi connectivity, infrastructure or broadband speed for it. Read more: What every adaptive learning system should have. Read more: Don’t forget about pedagogy when chasing technology! Train the teachers.

EdTech 207

EdTech Classroom LMS Training 207

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

You don’t have a computer, you don’t have internet, you can’t even access distance learning,” Silver said. While some students remain unconnected, Oakland’s effort has emerged as an example of how to tackle a citywide digital divide. “We We need to change that.”. We can’t afford not to.”. The homework gap isn’t new.

Digital Divide 110

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 110

Edsurge

JANUARY 1, 2020

and others worked in underserved communities where many of their students would be the first in their families to go to college (for example, at Eastside College Preparatory School in East Palo Alto and Oakland Unity High School in Oakland, Calif.). Most were near our offices in Silicon Valley so that we could learn from them firsthand.

Khan Academy 155

Khan Academy Learning Differentiated Instruction Broadband 155

ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 17, 2019

For example, it’s no good investing in iPads for the school if the broadband bandwidth and Wi-Fi connectivity aren’t up to scratch. From personalized learning to student interventions, many educators have already taken steps to enhance the learning environment by integrating technology resources into the classroom.

How To 252

How To Software Education Tablets 252

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

While students ultimately may go back to in-person learning, remote learning will remain a possibility for suspended students “whenever feasible,” he says. The program also bolstered access to learning opportunities at times limited by availability and affordability. Millions of students still face access issues.

Learning 141

Learning Accessibility Personalized Learning Digital Divide 141

Edsurge

OCTOBER 14, 2018

The access to technology that students have is just as varied as the students and schools themselves. After conducting a survey in 2015, district leaders found that while a surprising number of students have access to broadband, the biggest obstacle to technological access rural students face is the lack of devices.

Technology 144

Technology Blended Learning Chromebook Education 144

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. – Scott Kinney, CEO, Discovery Education.

EdTech 136

EdTech Digital Divide Broadband PresenceLearning 136

EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2019

and only Isolated good examples? Public Schools, digital equity and access to technology at home is a very real problem. information and access for families? , limited fidelity to models, limited professional development?, inconsistent resource use? of technology in practice. Because of the poverty among families in D.C.

Future Ready 130

Future Ready Digital Divide Digital Learning Broadband 130

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Henry McMaster pushed hard to return all schools to in-person learning this fall, saying remote learning was “not as good.” Parents had to submit an application and affirm that their child had support at home and consistent internet access — which the parents have to provide themselves. The research paints a grim picture.

Survey 128

Survey Course Online Learning Accessibility 128

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

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Alongside four other school communities, we selected it because the majority of the district’s students returned to in-person learning during the 2020-2021 school year — and officials identified Covid-19 cases in under 5 percent of the student population. One class with over 20 students, for example, was moved into the library.

Libraries 105

Libraries Data Broadband Report 105

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

As the struggle continues, a few overarching lessons learned — about equity, expectations and communication — are now helping schools navigate this crisis on the fly. School buses provide Wi-Fi access for downloading homework assignments, as well as lunches, at various locations in South Carolina. on March 18, 2020. Mackey Pendergrast.

Learning 67

Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 67

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.

EdTech 104

EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 104

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2018

Several parents with children in low-performing schools view a child’s academic struggles as an individual responsibility — their child’s fault, or their own — but access to and understanding of school data can help them identify broader problems. For example, is only their child reading below grade-level or are a majority of the students?

Data 100

Data Laptops Report Accessibility 100

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Indeed, it is not hard to find examples in current events that substantiate this view (e.g., Indeed, dissent by obfuscation is against the spirit of personalized learning and ‘student success’ systems, if not also literally against their terms of service. Equifax , Facebook , facial recognition , DACA , etc.).

EdTech 150

EdTech Software Facebook Data 150

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Indeed, it is not hard to find examples in current events that substantiate this view (e.g., Indeed, dissent by obfuscation is against the spirit of personalized learning and ‘student success’ systems, if not also literally against their terms of service. Equifax , Facebook , facial recognition , DACA , etc.).

EdTech 150

EdTech Software Facebook Data 150

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 15, 2017

A critical difference between the two types of choice is the vastly greater number of options associated with course-based choice, of which so-called personalized learning and blended learning are subsets. Similarly, President Trump has promised $20 billion for school-based choice but nothing for course-based choice.

Course 77

Course Policies Education Broadband 77

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

“We spent a lot of time planning,” recalls Verna Lalbeharie, director of digital teaching and learning in North Carolina’s Department of Public Instruction. I think all teachers recognize there’s inherent value in digital learning. They’ve seen enough examples of students surprising them.”. Now, “I don’t have that many.

Digital Learning 85

Digital Learning Learning Broadband STEM 85

Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Clayton Christensen and Michael Horn, for example, predicted in their 2008 book Disrupting Class that by 2019 half of all high school classes would be taught via the Internet. One survey conducted this year (by Learning House) did give a boost to the argument online education is becoming more competitive.

MOOC 55

MOOC Coursera Education Broadband 55

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Students use it to create an online, multimedia portfolio of schoolwork that they can share with parents, classmates and others in the network, who can respond with “likes” and other feedback, based on access controlled by teachers. “We For example, she recently noticed that he was good with math but had trouble with word problems.

Social Media 40

Social Media Broadband Twitter Facebook 40

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.

EdTech 67

EdTech Learning Industry Data 67

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 25, 2018

This can cause several issues from inequity in how students are taught to network issues as teachers access their personal playlists. In addition, PD leaders can’t possibly provide appropriate professional learning on using tools in the classroom when no two teachers have the same ones.

EdTech 41

EdTech Data Student Data Privacy Libraries 41

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2021

The coronavirus pandemic has disproportionately affected immigrant students and, more generally, English learners, who have struggled with hurdles such as language barriers, subpar broadband and limited at-home learning support, according to the Migration Policy Institute.

Policies 94

Policies Elementary Report System 94

Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

” Via Edsurge : “From Neutrality to Inequality: Why the FCC Is Dismantling Equal Access and What It Could Mean for Education.” ” The city uses algorithms, for example, to place students in public schools. Via Wired : “ Koch Brothers Are Cities’ New Obstacle to Building Broadband.”

Education 46

Education Robotics MOOC Facebook 46

Learning with 'e's

MARCH 5, 2012

Never before has gaining access to information been so easy. The imminent arrival of widespread 4G broadband and LTE ( Long Term Evolution ) will usher in wider availability to information and push even more data to our mobile devices over the same amount of radio spectrum. Access to information is one thing.

Microsoft 64

Microsoft Broadband Mobility Tools 64

Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “A graduation rate requirement for access to special funds for minority-serving institutions in a proposed House Republican rewrite of the Higher Education Act would exempt historically black colleges and universities.” ” That bill: the move to re-authorize the Higher Education Act.

Education 48

Education Robotics Company Report 48

MindShift

DECEMBER 5, 2020

For example, Richard Carranza, chancellor of New York City public schools, said last month that 60,000 of the district’s 1.1 For example, Richard Carranza, chancellor of New York City public schools, said last month that 60,000 of the district’s 1.1 “You can’t livestream and teach in person at the same time.”

Digital Divide 28

Digital Divide Learning Laptops Broadband 28

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

Via Education Week : “ Trump Signs Orders on Rural Broadband Access.” It’s another great example of why people who call for “ Uber for Education ” are probably pretty shady. Subscription boxes for teachers are somehow “ personalized learning.” ” Oh look.

Education 43

Education Company Blackboard Kaplan 43

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

On video games , for example – yes, that old canard. Via Wired : “ Ajit Pai ’s Plan Will Take Broadband Away From Poor People.” Supreme Court, arguing that he should not be required to allow public access to Martins Beach in San Mateo County.” ” (State and Local) Education Politics.

Education 46

Education Company Data Elsevier 46

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

From the FCC : “Fact Sheet on Broadband Consumer Privacy Proposal.” That led to him announcing a $10 million fund specifically for learning applications. “Education is going to be a powerful example of the potential of VR,” he said. ” Spoiler alert: not enough access to data.

Education 63

Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2014

Second, learn how to evaluate and review the learning potential of digital tools through the lens of three important dimensions. Third, learn how you can curate by organizing content into useful, easy-to-access collections. Highlighted Recordings Yong Zhao from the Learning 2.0 Conversations Classroom 2.0

Google 54

Google Classroom Digital Citizenship Conference 54