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Edtech Reports Recap: Video Is Eating the World, Broadband Fails to Keep Up

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The broadband gap isn’t only a problem for remote learning. That Broadband Gap Bar? schools had high-speed broadband connections. A different nonprofit, Connected Nation, has picked up EducationSuperHighway’s broadband baton. Early childhood” videos on YouTube nearly all have advertising. All in this Edtech Reports Recap.

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Is a Backpack the Key to Closing the Homework Gap?

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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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New Survey Reveals How Much Time Kids Really Spend on Mobile Devices

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kids live in a house with some form of a mobile device—and those smartphones and tablets are gobbling up a greater portion of kids' screen time than ever. But time with tablets and smartphones is triple what it was in 2013. In addition to that hour of TV, kids are spending about 48 minutes on a mobile device.

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Five action steps to shrink the digital divide

eSchool News

For many households that do not subscribe to home internet service, the top reasons are the ability to go online someplace else or that a smartphone provides all the internet access they need. The benefits of home internet access need to be highlighted.

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Low Tech? No Problem. Here are 3 Alternative Ways to Help Distance Learning Happen.

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According to a 2019 Pew Research Center report, 96 percent of adults own a cell phone and 81 percent own a smartphone. The tests will be device-agnostic, meaning students will be able to complete them at home using computers, tablets or mobile phones , or even write their responses by hand and take a photo of them to submit.

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Smartphone Learning

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For the past several years the Horizon Report has listed mobile learning, in one form or another, as an emerging educational technology (e.g. mobile computing, mobile apps, social media, BYOD, mobile learning). Undergraduate Smartphone Ownership. What would we then need to do differently?

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Prioritizing student safety with enhanced first responder and cellular communication coverage

eSchool News

In an emergency, when timely and effective communications are vital, first responders may have trouble connecting via their smartphones, hand-held radios, or other devices. Many school leaders will therefore be shocked to learn that 52 percent of U.S. The implications are clear.