Edsurge

MAY 7, 2020

You learned how to Zoom, or Hangout, or Team up. You recorded your lectures or gathered via video call with however many students you could reach each week. Some students may encounter challenges participating in online courses, either because they don’t have technology resources or because they need special accommodations.

Course 216

Course E-rate Flipped Classroom Education 216

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

While vendors and e-learning service providers promote microlearning as an off-the-shelf solution to be used like a genie’s lamp to solve all the learning and development issues in your organization, they fail to understand that microlearning is not a technological solution—it is a learning strategy.

LMS 179

LMS E-rate Training Survey 179

Edsurge

JANUARY 14, 2022

Despite being capable of working a variety of jobs, people who are blind or visually impaired tend to have low job placement rates, low salaries and an unusually high underemployment rate. The company describes itself on its website as the first e-learning platform built for and by the blind and visually impaired.

Online Learning 163

Online Learning E-rate Training Software 163

Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

” This letter marked the launch of the implementation of the first federal program dedicated to ensuring universal access to information and communications technology for improved teaching and learning in the nation’s schools. Department of Education’s national educational technology plans.).

Policies 150

Policies Technology Program Evaluation Education 150

eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2016

Statewide ed-tech inventories are helping state leaders assess their digital learning needs. When Ray Timothy, executive director of the Utah Education and Telehealth Network , saw the results of a new statewide inventory of technology deployed across all 989 Utah public schools, one figure jumped out at him in particular.

Digital Learning 40

Digital Learning Assessment E-rate Survey 40

Learning in Hand

APRIL 5, 2017

The first session I attended this morning was What Does Good Technology Integration Look Like by Jonathan Wylie. Jonathan Wylie is a Digital Learning Consultant at Grand Wood AEA. I often tweet about what he posts on his informative instructional technology blog. Josh Allen Technology use is no longer done in isolation.

Technology 58

Technology E-rate Digital Citizenship Professional Learning 58

eSpark

APRIL 13, 2022

Integrating new technology into a classroom can be intimidating. Many teachers worry that they will need to spend hours learning how to use new edtech before being able to successfully implement it in the classroom. The benefits of technology in rural schools are endless.

EdTech 52

EdTech E-rate Education Data 52

Digital Promise

MAY 27, 2020

With digital learning likely to stretch into the fall due to COVID-19, how can we ensure every student has equitable access to powerful learning opportunities? The crisis has shone a harsh light on the digital divide in the United States, surfacing thoughtful debate and long-overdue discussion around the equity gap.

Digital Divide 268

Digital Divide Education Accessibility E-rate 268

Education Superhighway

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Maine’s students also had access to enrichment or remediation classes through a web-based distance learning program with Mesa Unified School District, an urban Arizona District outside of Phoenix, but it was difficult to stream more than a couple of videos at one time, and their Internet access during AZMerit state testing week was spotty.

E-rate 72

E-rate Broadband Comparison Laptops 72

Education Superhighway

JUNE 24, 2016

Lubbock Independent School District aims to support a thriving culture of digital learning in its schools by ensuring teachers and students have more than enough bandwidth. With 51 schools located in West Texas, Lubbock has struggled to find affordable options to serve their nearly-thirty thousand students.

E-rate 66

E-rate Broadband Comparison Blended Learning 66

Hapara

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Listen to an audio version of this post: [link] A digital learning platform is designed to make teaching easier by allowing educators to manage and individualize lessons and evaluate students. As for any tool, technology or otherwise, its usefulness pivots on the skill of whoever operates it.

Training 157

Training Digital Learning How To EdTech 157

Kitaboo on EdTech

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Are you still looking for reasons to create e-textbooks for students? Well, it’s 2019, and most of the schools and universities have already accepted digital textbooks as the future of education. Growing up amidst technology, K-12 students are now quite used to getting things done at the click of a button. Create Audiobooks.

eBook 64

eBook E-rate Libraries Software 64

Neo LMS

MARCH 7, 2019

Graham Glass, CEO of CYPHER LEARNING, participated to a live event for Digital Learning Day 2019. The event was hosted by Phill Bevan, Community Advisor at VETR , a digital learning community for the Australian vocational education and training sector. Digital learning trends that are reshaping EdTech.

Trends 317

Trends Digital Learning EdTech Gamification 317

eSchool News

MAY 31, 2017

Since education has been focusing more on adapting itself to its students, rather than students learning to adapt to its educators, there’s never been a better time to re-examine strategies ranging from classroom pedagogy to campus-wide technology initiatives. Digital is King.

Kaplan 106

Kaplan E-rate Smartphone Mobility 106

Education Superhighway

MARCH 28, 2019

In honor of Women’s History Month, we’re celebrating one persistent technology leader, Robin Bolt, who has made history at Rappahannock County Public Schools by bringing fiber connections to her rural school division in Washington, Virginia. “In 2018, we were using 1980s technology and [the Internet] was in and out.

E-rate 65

E-rate Broadband iPad STEM 65

Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

At the same time, the report cites the urgent need to close the digital divide for 2.3 million students across the nation who lack access to the minimum connectivity required for digital learning. million teachers in more than 81,000 schools have the Internet access they need for digital learning.

Broadband 40

Broadband E-rate Digital Divide Report 40

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

In recent years, Simon’s ideas have found new traction, thanks to new computing technologies that would have seemed alien in the ’60s. Today, students frequently work in digital environments to read course materials, take tests and complete assignments. Mathematics lecture at the Helsinki University of Technology.

Education 216

Education Learning Software Knewton 216

Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

As founding director of CASTLE (the Center for the Advanced Study of Tech­nology Leadership in Education), the nation’s only university center dedicated to the technology needs of school leaders, I have had the good fortune to work with administrators all over the world on digital leadership issues.

Digital Learning 88

Digital Learning Technology Mobility E-rate 88

Edsurge

JULY 3, 2017

Digital Learning Innovation Awards (DLIAwards) from the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) last November. The awards recognize educators’ and institutions’ innovative use of digital courseware to improve outcomes for students, especially underrepresented ones.

Tools 88

Tools Outcomes Flipped Classroom E-rate 88

Education Superhighway

JANUARY 12, 2017

million students now have at least the minimum connectivity they need to take advantage of technology in the classroom, representing 88 percent of school districts nationally. million students and 20,000 schools are still being left behind without the connectivity they need to take advantage of technology in the classroom.

Broadband 40

Broadband Report E-rate Digital Learning 40

eSpark

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Integrating new technology into a classroom can be intimidating. Many teachers worry that they will need to spend hours learning how to use new technology before being able to successfully implement it in the classroom. The benefits of technology in rural schools are endless.

EdTech 40

EdTech Education E-rate iPad 40

Lightspeed Systems

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

For districts like San Marcos USD in California, technology is providing the opportunity to augment staff resources and allow teams to develop collaborative solutions to better identify and support students. My name is June Kim, I’m the Director of Technology for more public schools in Moore, Oklahoma. 2:09 Well and June.

Survey 52

Survey Data Report E-rate 52

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Add concepts like blended and flipped learning to the equation and you come up with yet another to-do list item: Make sure students can actually use their devices when they aren’t physically on campus and within wi-fi range. We brought them in to look at our technology and to make sure we were headed in the right direction,” said Dooley.

E-rate 40

E-rate Chromebook Accessibility Flipped Classroom 40

Lightspeed Systems

AUGUST 7, 2023

IT Leaders & Decision Makers, Digital Learning and Instructional Technologists, IT Admins, Network Admins, IT Security, IT Infrastructure roles, School Counselors, Safety leaders, and SROs. My name is June Kim, I’m the Director of Technology for more public schools in Moore, Oklahoma. 2:09 Well and June. 3:48 Great.

EdTech 52

EdTech Survey Learning Data 52

Lightspeed Systems

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

For districts like San Marcos USD in California, technology is providing the opportunity to augment staff resources and allow teams to develop collaborative solutions to better identify and support students. My name is June Kim, I’m the Director of Technology for more public schools in Moore, Oklahoma. 2:09 Well and June.

Survey 52

Survey Data Report E-rate 52

Education Superhighway

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Tom Fitzgerald, respectively the CIO and IT Director of Brevard County Public Schools, have both seen first-hand how dramatically classroom technology needs have evolved over the years. Both have had long careers at Brevard and have worked closely to implement technology into the schools’ digital learning programs.

Digital Learning 74

Digital Learning E-rate Broadband Learning 74

Education Superhighway

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

As school districts increasingly take advantage of digital learning in the classroom, they need high-speed connectivity that supports their expanded technology use. How Much Bandwidth Is Needed To Support Today’s Classroom Technology? Video collaboration. Video streaming. Online educational gaming.

E-rate 58

E-rate Broadband Digital Learning Video 58

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

During the “ National Coalition for Technology in Education and Training (NCTET) Virtual Post-Inauguration Awards and Policy Panel ,” the presenters discussed the intersection of technology and education and what’s needed to create sustainable, equitable access to a 21st century education.

System 54

System Digital Divide E-rate Education 54

Lightspeed Systems

JUNE 15, 2023

Learn how this approach improved staff efficiency, freeing up time so they can focus on what matters most—student wellbeing and engagement during digital learning. My name is June Kim, I’m the Director of Technology for more public schools in Moore, Oklahoma. 2:03 Hi, I’m Mark McClellan. 2:09 Well and June.

Survey 52

Survey Data Report E-rate 52

EdNews Daily

JULY 8, 2019

Cleon Franklin, a great innovator and former Director of Virtual Schools and Online Learning at Shelby County Schools, said a very interesting thing about what happens when you ungate students. It will be more like travel planning for the learning journey and less like teaching in the traditional sense.

Learning 100

Learning Software E-rate Industry 100

EdNews Daily

JULY 10, 2019

Technology dominates the education landscape discussion. It can bridge language-learning gaps and increase access with automation so fine that it can literally speak to a student and correct pronunciation and context, while removing any sense of embarrassment because it can be done privately anywhere. By LeiLani Cauthen.

EdTech 203

EdTech E-rate Trends Equity of Access 203

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In recent years, K-12 tech innovation news has made it clear that educational technology has become an integral part of classrooms, influencing teaching methodologies, student interactions, and the overall educational landscape. What is one positive effect technology has had on education?

Technology 70

Technology Education Adaptive Learning Accessibility 70

Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2020

Although the federal government makes funding available to schools and libraries in the form of E-Rate, that money can’t be used to pay for students’ home access or even solutions like Wi-Fi-equipped school busses parked in neighborhoods. Department of Education’s Office of Education Technology. “We

Accessibility 212

Accessibility Broadband E-rate Smartphone 212

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2014

Learn about free, research-based curriculum and resources to help teach students safe, responsible, and respectful participants in a digital world, while fostering 21st-century skills and Common Core Standards. Curriculum is available online and for iBooks, with interactive activities, videos, and assessments.

Google 54

Google Classroom Digital Citizenship Conference 54

Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2019

He reads e-books and takes courses using a tablet computer. Central Detention Facility, slipping past security checkpoints and into cells where incarcerated residents watch Khan Academy videos and craft their resumes. An APDS tablet, which students use to study, read e-books and watch TED Talks. / WASHINGTON, D.C.

Tablets 162

Tablets E-rate Khan Academy Study 162

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

Virtual and hybrid learning continued into the spring, but then classrooms welcomed back students for full-time in-person learning in the fall. Many silver linings emerged and digital learning cemented itself as a “must have” in schools. Currently, the esports ecosystem is projected to surpass $1.8

EdTech 145

EdTech Learning Data Classroom 145

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Virtual and hybrid learning continued into the spring, but then classrooms welcomed back students for full-time in-person learning in the fall. Many silver linings emerged and digital learning cemented itself as a “must have” in schools. Currently, the esports ecosystem is projected to surpass $1.8

EdTech 108

EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 108