Edsurge

DECEMBER 29, 2021

trillion infrastructure bill into law, our nation is poised to make historic investments in its highways, public transit, railways, airports, ports, water systems, broadband networks and electric grid. When school districts spend months implementing a new edtech tool, they often learn a great deal—and they learn it the hard way.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Teachers and students are well on their way to fulfilling the mission of seeing 99 percent of all schools connected to next-generation broadband, according to the “2018 State of States Report” from EducationSuperHighway. million students and 1,356 schools lack basic infrastructure needed for digital learning, according to the report.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Here are three different areas of connectivity K–12 IT teams may want to consider when deciding how to configure their schools’ networks: MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out how K–12 schools are preparing their infrastructures for IoT integration! It depends on your learning goals, according to EducationSuperHighway. Everyday 1:1 Technology Use.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2019

Kajeet ’s ConnectEdNow campaign , announced in June, aims to make broadband access more affordable by providing students with portable Wi-Fi hotspot devices, a $200 mobile device subsidy and discounted data plans from Verizon , T-Mobile and other LTE providers. Broadband access still is limited in some rural areas.

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2021

More off-campus broadband access. The resulting report , released Wednesday, illuminates their realities. Before the outbreak of COVID-19, about half of districts provided some off-campus broadband services to their students, helping connect them to the internet from their homes—most often through the use of mobile hotspots.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

By David Hutchins CoSN report highlights the challenges preventing districts from ensuring digital equity.

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Edsurge

JUNE 23, 2020

It was early in offering programs that highlighted edtech,” says Frank Catalano, an independent industry strategist who previously served on SIIA’s education board. “It It was essentially the go-to association for the edtech industry.” edtech companies, marking the highest tally of the decade. billion in U.S.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

When new trends become the norm, report findings sometimes elicit more shrugs than surprise. Recent studies by Deloitte and the Gates Foundation have shed light into how educators engage with edtech. And about 70 percent of students say that they use edtech tools outside of schools on a weekly basis.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 7, 2018

With 81 percent of superintendents reporting that improving the academic performance of underprepared students is their biggest challenge , finding ways to bring in more qualified teachers is a priority. SIGN UP : Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks! Meghan is an associate editor with EdTech.

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Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Now, Title IV is a complex, layered program and marks a significant departure in structure and operation from past federal edtech investments. Be sure to consider the alignment of your strategy and expectations to the broadband internet infrastructure needed to support it.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

We asked edtech executives, stakeholders, and experts to share some of their thoughts and predictions about where they think edtech is headed in 2021. The edtech community stepped up to accommodate students and teachers during remote and hybrid learning with an emphasis on core subject areas. temperature, lighting).

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EdTech4Beginners

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

There’s no doubt that education technology or ‘EdTech’ is an important and fast-evolving entity in the digital age, and one that is having a dramatic impact on the quality of students’ learning. The Rise of Hybrid Environments. Embracing Artificial Intelligence (AI) Personalisation. Introducing Asynchronous Learning.

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Edthena

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Earlier this month, the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) released their report, The Broadband Imperative II: Equitable Access for Learning. In it, education leaders advocate strongly for policymakers to increase broadband internet access in support of student learning. Vrain Valley Schools.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH : Learn how project-based learning fosters skill building and real-world relevance for students. I contributed to the upcoming 2020 report. . As Karen Cator told EdTech earlier this year, the No. In its report, CoSN notes a “new sense of urgency” around this issue. Scaling and Sustaining Innovation.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Here’s where we started: Last January, we embarked a project that aimed to look at edtech’s role in the changing picture of K-12 education through three different lenses: through the perspective of investors, entrepreneurs and teachers. We called it “The State of EdTech: Forces and Trends Shaping K12 Edtech” report.

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Tom Murray

JANUARY 12, 2016

With the new year now upon us, listed below are six edtech resolutions for 2016. Equity in access, from broadband to devices is a concern and something that districts need to work to meet head on. “ Commit to Ensuring Equity in Access and Opportunity.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 24, 2018

For the past decade, bringing digital equity and broadband access to U.S. In fact, 94 percent of school districts have acceptable high-speed internet, according to a report by EducationSuperHighway. families with school-aged children — most of them low-income — lack broadband access at home, reports the Pew Research Center.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 20, 2020

3, the Federal Communications Commission released its Report and Order, which includes important changes. MORE FROM EDTECH: Learn best practices for developing an E-Rate strategy. Incentivizing state support for “last-mile” broadband connections. E-Rate Wins and Unfulfilled Wishes.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2020

3, the Federal Communications Commission released its Report and Order, which includes important changes. MORE FROM EDTECH: Learn best practices for developing an E-Rate strategy. Incentivizing state support for “last-mile” broadband connections. E-Rate Wins and Unfulfilled Wishes.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

3, the Federal Communications Commission released its Report and Order, which includes important changes. MORE FROM EDTECH: Learn best practices for developing an E-Rate strategy. Incentivizing state support for “last-mile” broadband connections. E-Rate Wins and Unfulfilled Wishes.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 31, 2019

3, the Federal Communications Commission released its Report and Order, which includes important changes. MORE FROM EDTECH: Learn best practices for developing an E-Rate strategy. Incentivizing state support for “last-mile” broadband connections. E-Rate Wins and Unfulfilled Wishes.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH : Learn how project-based learning fosters skill building and real-world relevance for students. I contributed to the upcoming 2020 report. . As Karen Cator told EdTech earlier this year, the No. In its report, CoSN notes a “new sense of urgency” around this issue. Scaling and Sustaining Innovation.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH : Learn how project-based learning fosters skill building and real-world relevance for students. I contributed to the upcoming 2020 report. . As Karen Cator told EdTech earlier this year, the No. In its report, CoSN notes a “new sense of urgency” around this issue. Scaling and Sustaining Innovation.

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Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

Since the last edition of a ‘Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News”: I’ve joined efforts to support Net Neutrality protections ; Written further about the prediction made in the book, “Disrupting Class.” A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 28 and 29 Combined Edition).

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 7, 2020

Congress Joint Economic Committee reported that nearly 12 million children lived in homes without a broadband connection, but the problem made few headlines. Back in 2017, the U.S.

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2022

As a district in a small, rural community, they suffered from the kind of broadband access issues that were spotlighted by the pandemic. For example, embracing edtech over the past two-and-a-half years has made interactions with parents more flexible, said Alena Zachery-Ross, superintendent of Ypsilanti Community Schools in Michigan.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

And today, the organization that helped Hering’s district reach its bandwidth goals released Compare & Connect K-12 , a new free tool that CEO Evan Marwell says will help provide high-speed broadband at lower costs for school leaders looking to amp up students’ digital access. “We They turned to E-rate, the $3.9

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techlearning

MARCH 12, 2018

CoSN (the Consortium for School Networking) today released the findings from its 2018 K-12 IT Leadership Survey Report. The results show that school leaders place a high priority on cyber security and broadband / network capacity.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 29, 2023

The latest reports show that only 35 percent of state prisons provide college-level courses. Prisoners also often lack access to the technology and internet connections needed to take advantage of online learning — as do the 21 million Americans outside the system who lack broadband access. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 19, 2020

Congress Joint Economic Committee reported that nearly 12 million children lived in homes without a broadband connection, but the problem made few headlines. Back in 2017, the U.S.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 19, 2020

Congress Joint Economic Committee reported that nearly 12 million children lived in homes without a broadband connection, but the problem made few headlines. Back in 2017, the U.S.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2023

Tailwinds: An Enabling Ecosystem A baseline enabling condition for game-based learning is access to computers and broadband. COVID has also accelerated funding for broadband in underserved neighborhoods. Over the past few decades, there have been great strides in this area.

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eSchool News

MAY 27, 2019

A number of key findings in Common Sense’s recently released research report, The Common Sense Census: Inside the 21st-Century Classroom , speak to this disconnect. I wanted to know more about what students, educators, and community leaders think about leveling the playing field when it comes to edtech.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

To help prepare young rural Americans for the new demands of a tech-integrated workforce , Microsoft has partnered with the National Future Farmers of America to invest in agricultural education, EdScoop reports. But we know that technology will be an engine of America’s growth for years to come.”. by Eli Zimmerman.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 9, 2020

One of the largest concerns, though, is equity — not just how we must fund solutions to address disparities in student access to digital devices and broadband Internet, but how students safely engage to drive learning. The post OPINION: Five ways to achieve equity in remote learning appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The EdTech industry rose to the occasion and introduced education products to supplement in-person learning. Furthermore, the adoption of EdTech has presented an opportunity for companies to build products that cater to evolving needs of users. Most EdTech products are designed to help students learn and make remote teaching easier.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Common Sense is weighing in on kids’ use of media in a detailed new report this week. But the takeaways for educators and the edtech industry are most obvious in the sections on homework. The report, “ The Common Sense Census: Media Use by Tweens and Teens ,” updates a 2015 study by the same name from the nonprofit organization.

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