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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 28 & 29 Editions)

Doug Levin

Summer and transitioning to a new day-to-day computer (Linux laptop). ” that by 2019 half of all high school classes will be taught over the internet ; Raised questions about a new study on personalized learning ; Added four new incidents to the K-12 cyber incident map ; and. Not that I’ve been twiddling my thumbs exactly.

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Bids to bring fiber internet to schools are denied funding seven times more often than other projects

The Hechinger Report

Online work has become a classroom staple for students around the country, but hundreds of thousands are still locked out because of inadequate internet connections. They can’t access online encyclopedias. They basically can’t access online anything. A typical E-rate project gets denied at a 4 percent rate,” Marwell said.

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Digital divide hits small towns hard

eSchool News

“We are very fortunate to have a school district that supports technology in the classroom and provides extended computer lab hours, one-to-one access to laptops and desktops, and online learning resources for teachers to enrich their curriculum and lesson plans.”.

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35 edtech innovations we saw at FETC 2023

eSchool News

USA, announced the launch of the A30 , the world’s first All-in-One Camera with AI Audio for the Classroom. The A30 is a multi-functional classroom tool that enhances the teaching experience by combining a document camera, web camera, microphone, and speaker.

EdTech 130
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A school district is building a DIY broadband network

The Hechinger Report

While the federal government awards billions of dollars annually to get schools and libraries online, through its E-rate program, Albemarle’s project is technically ineligible for that because it’s “off campus,” even though it will be an extension of the school network with all its security, filters and firewalls.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 11 Edition)

Doug Levin

But the iPads will be discontinued next year in favor of the Dell Latitude Education Series (3160) touchscreen laptop computer. If it’s free to play with, and easy to learn about through communities working to improve the open source code, the assumption is that more people (and younger people) will start to get interested in working with AI.

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Thousands of parents are enrolling their children in online preschool

The Hechinger Report

She leaned in toward her laptop and looked at a sentence that read, “Bake me a cake.” Advocates of online learning say programs like UPSTART, which is free for most families, may increase access to educational opportunities, which can be critical to ensuring the youngest learners don’t start behind and stay behind.

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