Education Superhighway

APRIL 1, 2019

Digital learning is transforming education at an unprecedented pace. Looking forward, 1 Mbps per student is the minimum recommended bandwidth for digital learning to ensure your students have adequate connectivity now and into the future. What are your learning goals? Set intentional technology goals. MEDIA-RICH TECHNOLOGY USE.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

. — The floor-to-ceiling glass wall between the high-tech fabrication lab and the hallway at Monticello High School in Albemarle County, Virginia, is meant to showcase the hands-on, self-directed learning done there. “I They’re building their own countywide broadband network. This is an equity issue,” said Bredder. “If

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Oregon Trail has an extraordinary origin story , illuminating many of the crucial elements that make games engaging and powerful for learning. Given its exceptional start within a favorable early ecosystem, one might expect hundreds—even thousands—of compelling games for learning on the market today.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 22, 2014

The classes are a product of RIFLI’s plan to create a 1:1 classroom computing model that, according to RIFLI’s Director Karisa Tashjian, “blurs the lines between language/content learning and using technology.” Assessment. This is not the case when assessing its students’ digital literacy levels.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

It depends on your learning goals, according to EducationSuperHighway. Technology has become an integral part of day-to-day classroom activities, used for everything from improving personalized learning initiatives to cutting down on unwanted behavior. Video has proven to be an effective learning tool as well. by Calvin Hennick.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2021

In the months that followed, many states and school districts mobilized, using federal CARES Act funding, broadband discounts and partnerships with private companies to connect their students and enable online learning. funding support for these efforts has been insufficient to close the full distance learning digital divide.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

“We have to do something about that, especially now that so many of our students are learning remotely,” Muri said. Related: Hundreds of thousands of students still can’t access online learning. To assess the full extent of the home connectivity gap in Ector County, the school district commissioned a study. Subscribe today!

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

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. There’s a simmering sense of anticipation about how far educators have come with technology, and its potential to enhance student learning. “I

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 20, 2023

You would encounter alarming phrases: teacher shortages, pandemic learning loss and historic declines in math and reading scores. The National Assessment of Educational Progress reported steep drops in test scores , especially in mathematics. If you only read the headlines about education in the U.S., Despair is not useful.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Even before the global pandemic pushed many colleges and universities to teach students remotely, online learning had become an increasingly important part of higher education. Yet, as this spring’s pivot to online learning showed us, equity remains a significant challenge. Courses must be designed so that content is easily accessible.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2021

Even before the pandemic, broadband and mobile technology was expanding connectivity across the globe, hybrid and virtual classrooms were gaining steam in providing personalized learning to students, and project-based learning was proving to be an effective, engaging and increasingly popular pedagogy.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Though teachers, parents, students and administrators are still navigating the day-to-day logistics of how to handle the contagious Delta variant, most students are back in a school building to learn—at least for the time being. Recently, NAEP determined a new reading assessment framework aimed at making the test more equitable.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2023

82 percent of families and 80 percent of educators surveyed feel strongly that high-speed Internet at home is extremely important to fulfilling learning outcomes. Data shows multiple disconnects between what parents pointed to as actual barriers to broadband adoption versus what teachers perceived as parents’ barriers to adoption.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The assessment, NAEP, represents a clear, quantifiable window into the impact of the pandemic’s disruption on student performance, its administrators say. Meanwhile, the range of learning needs that teachers have to accommodate has grown during the pandemic. This was already well known. Nothing here is surprising.

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Hapara

MARCH 13, 2023

Listen to an audio version of this post: [link] A digital learning environment offers students all kinds of options for research, class projects, collaboration, activities and assessments. So how do you manage web filtering so that it protects students but doesn’t restrict learning? Should schools have web filters?

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

All state districts will have access to high-speed broadband connections. Counties across the state have worked to increase their broadband capacity as online assessments, video resources, and mobile devices have become more prevalent in schools.

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eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2016

Statewide ed-tech inventories are helping state leaders assess their digital learning needs. State leaders were less surprised to learn that, on average, there are only about six devices for every 10 Utah students, or that the wireless infrastructure is not adequate in many schools. New Mexico has a custom tool.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 13, 2018

Draper, the director of innovative learning at Alpine School District in Utah, offered six best practices in technology and instructional coaching Tuesday at CoSN’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C. You need to have strong professional learning communities," Draper told the packed audience. "If They need to be strategic planners.".

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 24, 2021

And educators, already stretched thin, have been challenged to not only meet all students where they are in their learning, but also support their emotional needs as they cope during a crisis. Holding learning technologies accountable. Holding learning technologies accountable.

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ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Keep reading to make sure you have the know-how on how to maximum your provider and don’t forget to check out ViewSonic’s education solution page to learn even more. . 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.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Comprehensive planning Planning is essential to the success of any technology upgrade, and planning well ahead gives school districts time to assess current technology needs and goals for the future. The right partner can also assess the residual value of retired devices and offer schools a return on their investments.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

New research from the nonprofit NWEA highlights a challenging year in education and notes that most students made lower-than-typical learning gains in math and reading. The research examined MAP Growth assessment scores from 5.5 million U.S. 2020-21 outcomes were lower relative to historic trends.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Key points: Without continued funding, schools and libraries may struggle to maintain or upgrade technological infrastructure See article: 3 ways the E-rate program helps level up learning See article: Will cybersecurity receive E-rate funding?

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Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

As such, states can expect to support a great variety of approaches to educational technology in their districts under the program, from those that spend some smaller portion of funds on activities to fill in the gaps in local efforts to those that devote the maximum allowable funds to ambitious personalized learning implementations.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 11, 2019

Schools need to understand the importance of investing in the right edtech resources and platforms, not just to elevate teaching and learning, but to ensure that these address schools’ overall aims and support staff when it comes to reducing workloads and streamlining processes. Read more: What every adaptive learning system should have.

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eSchool News

MARCH 17, 2020

No Disconnects or Late Fees: We will not disconnect a customer’s internet service or assess late fees if they contact us and let us know that they can’t pay their bills during this period. Learn more at Comcast Covid-19. Our care teams will be available to offer flexible payment options and can help find other solutions.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Terms of the deal were not publicly disclosed, but EdSurge has learned that the transaction was around $140 million. Schacht credits the growing availability of broadband internet in schools for helping “get his product into the hands of teachers directly.” This past July, it purchased Spiral, a formative assessment platform.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2024

The four Hs in 4-H — Head, Heart, Hands and Health — embody values cultivated through experiential learning initiatives. As the administrator for 4-H, she focuses on providing non-formal, hands-on learning experiences tailored for youth ages nine through 19, emphasizing age-appropriate activities primarily in the out-of-school space.

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Education Superhighway

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

As digital learning transforms education across the country, how can board members ensure that their policies and budget decisions support digital learning opportunities and the robust infrastructure needed to support it? Digital learning opportunities now extend far beyond online testing and digitized versions of textbooks.

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Education Superhighway

APRIL 3, 2018

School board members play an important role in school districts’ ability to improve the level and quality of digital learning opportunities in the classroom. With that in mind, here’s a guide to assess school district network needs and implement affordable broadband upgrades. School Network Structure.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

That’s according to the sixth annual broadband and infrastructure report released by the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), a nonprofit made up of K-12 school technology leaders. These security funds are often spent on services such as breach detection and security vulnerability assessments. Based on responses from 386 U.S.

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2022

Many districts are dusting off COVID-19 safety and cleaning protocols and shoring up remote learning options. Meanwhile, school and district leaders continue to try to regain ground against so-called “learning loss” that occurred during the pandemic, investing in tutoring programs and summer school options. But that would be a mistake.

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Education Superhighway

DECEMBER 13, 2018

As digital learning transforms education across the country, how can board members ensure that their policies and budget decisions support digital learning opportunities and the robust infrastructure needed to support it? Digital learning opportunities now extend far beyond online testing and digitized versions of textbooks.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 4, 2021

She came on board to help us assess our attendance goals and strategies several months into a global pandemic. In households with incomes under $30,000 a year, 44 percent lack home broadband and 46 percent lack a computer. Mini arrived at the Office of School Culture in Michigan’s Lansing School District in December 2020.

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Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2019

With her blessing, I did a monthlong, schoolwide technology assessment and consulted the city councilman for our district on funding. Because many students at P.S. 41 come from low-income households, our next challenge was to find a way to expand internet access so kids could continue their learning at home.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Capturing a picture of education is a bit like looking through a kaleidoscope, with each group that comes to education bringing its own point of view on how teaching and learning has and should evolve. Check out what your local school pays for broadband here. And yet one obvious conclusions shines through it all. billion. (In

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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. Not just so students could keep learning during the shutdown, but so that the whole family had access to information and resources.”. “We RELATED: Hot spots no silver bullet for rural remote learning.

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