Edsurge

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Recall that the first iPhones weren’t released until 2007. For the first time, many students are learning in classrooms equipped with access to broadband internet and mobile computing devices. It’s a challenge that is complicated as the touchscreen generation enters middle school.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

Via Education Week : “ Trump Signs Orders on Rural Broadband Access.” Via The New York Times : “ Apple Investors Warn iPhones and Other Technology May Be Hurting Children.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Via Techcrunch : “ The Root robot teaches kids to code through Spirograph-style drawings.”

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

The students live in homes with multiple laptops, iPads, tablets, iPhones – iEverything. Like many students in the district, she has no access to the internet at home. In wealthy school districts around the country, parents and teachers talk often about keeping computer use to a minimum. District teachers such as Mallory Mattivi agree.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Department of Veterans Affairs this week backed Ashford University ‘s attempt to shift its state-based eligibility for veterans’ benefits from Iowa to Arizona , likely preserving the for-profit university’s access to Post–9/11 GI Bill and active-duty military tuition benefits.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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