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MAY 20, 2022

Good intentions to give all students access to the world’s knowledge were derailed by the cost of the websites and webtools that made that happen. Turns out — and not really a surprise — the cost of the digital devices was minor compared to the cost of the websites and webtools required to meet goals. Listen and Read.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

According to Common Sense Media’s study “ Zero to Eight: Children’s Media Use in America ,” the percentage of children ages eight and under who’ve used a mobile device nearly doubled from 2011 to 2013, from 38 percent to 72 percent. What’s more, about two in five children under the age of two have used a mobile device.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 14, 2021

Good intentions to give all students access to the world’s knowledge were derailed by the cost of the websites and webtools that made that happen. Turns out — and not really a surprise — the cost of the digital devices was minor compared to the cost of the websites and webtools required to meet goals. Listen and Read.

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Reading Mobile Devices Quizzes Language 183

Edsurge

MARCH 22, 2017

Stanford doctoral student Molly Zielezinski and Professor Linda Darling-Hammond summarized researched findings about practices that support positive outcomes of technology use for underserved students, such as one-to-one access to devices, high-speed Internet, and the right blend of teachers and technology.

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eSchool News

JULY 13, 2016

They’re used to charge, secure, store, and distribute tablets, laptops, and mobile devices—and in schools that aren’t using one-to-one take-home initiatives, they’ve become a mainstay. Carts, those waist-high metal cabinets on wheels, often hold dozens of devices, perfect for classrooms that need technology on the go.

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MAY 19, 2023

Books can be read online or on most mobile devices. You can read them online, on a mobile device, or download them. Once you find a book, you access a scanned version (if available, say from Project Gutenberg) or purchase it at a linked bookstore. Access this catalog via the website.

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Edsurge

MAY 31, 2023

For teachers, this means providing equal access to educational experiences and ensuring that all students have the support and resources they need to succeed academically, socially and emotionally. For Mulcahy, UDL means “making sure that all of the students have an accessible way to learn.”

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eSchool News

AUGUST 13, 2021

Upgrades include the addition of Navigator to help schools transition to Alma, the App Center to integrate third party apps, and Multilingual Parent and Student Portals which allow families to use the Spanish version of the portals to register their children and access their grades.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2021

More than 500 schools will use IXL to supplement math instruction and approximately 20,000 students can access one-on-one virtual tutoring opportunities through Wyzant , the nation’s largest tutoring network. Through IXL, Florida schools access a B.E.S.T. About IXL Learning.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

It's adding functionality to its myHostos mobile app and reaching out to students with Succeed@Hostos , an early warning system that enhances timely communication between students, professors and staff. They require remedial classes or English-language instruction. Out With Silos, in With Teamwork. A Pilot Program Takes Off.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

More than half of the student population is Latino, and many of these students come from poor households where English isn’t spoken. This gap is even wider when students grow up in non-English speaking households. The product features interactive books that can “read themselves” to children in English or Spanish, Nemko said.

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2021

We’re so focused on content and checking the boxes of ‘Did you get your math and English?’ Each program comes with lesson plans, training guides, exercises and reflection questions for students, which are available in hard copies and through an app accessible via the web and mobile devices.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 3, 2024

By investing $7 million in technology and implementing the bilingual “Footsteps to Brilliance” program, the district aims to provide equal educational opportunities for its diverse student population, including one-third English learners. Everybody has access to it. Is actually bilingual. We had a national press conference.

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Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2018

Several parents with children in low-performing schools view a child’s academic struggles as an individual responsibility — their child’s fault, or their own — but access to and understanding of school data can help them identify broader problems. For example, is only their child reading below grade-level or are a majority of the students?

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

School districts can’t just invest in laptops, mobile devices and other hardware, then call it a day. We have an 18 percent English-language learner population. Our elementary schools are almost one-to-one, with a 1-to-2 ratio of devices to students. Asking the right question about access was our first hurdle.

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JULY 14, 2017

Good intentions to give all students access to the world’s knowledge were derailed by the cost of the websites and webtools that made that happen. Turns out — and not really a surprise — the cost of the digital devices was minor compared to the cost of the websites and webtools required to meet goals. Listen and Read.

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Reading Mobile Devices Quizzes Language 73

Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Today, it offers 94 courses across 38 languages, including widely spoken languages such as Arabic, Chinese and English, and more regional-specific tongues such as Navajo, Hawaiian, Welsh and Irish Gaelic. Coursera, which also offers access to online higher-ed courses, secured $103 million in April.

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Edsurge

MAY 4, 2018

Kevin Wong, an adjunct instructor from NYU Children under eight-years-old view content on mobile devices for an average of 48 minutes per day, according to a recent survey by Common Sense Media. Yet, this language acquisition also varied depending on the child’s level of English proficiency.

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MARCH 30, 2015

In plain English, it is a laptop that only goes online so all applications need to run in the cloud. PROS: Portability: These little cuties are so light and mobile that kids carry them around in their backpacks or just in their cases (we have cases with shoulder straps). They also come with Google’s online office suite.”.

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OCTOBER 23, 2019

The delivery platform is YouTube making them available from desktops or mobile devices and embeddable into LMSs, websites, or anywhere that takes embeds. C-Span Classroom is free but requires registration to access materials. Explore.org. ” Kudos to their ability to achieve that goal. Futures Channel. Education.com Songs.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 30, 2018

We just didn’t have the room to have a really nice, neat rack where we could say, ‘Here’s the server for math, here’s the server for English,’ ” says Thad Phipps, assistant superintendent for operations. Very quickly, they saw that the district’s existing wireless network would struggle to handle the influx of devices.

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AUGUST 1, 2019

But Robo Wunderkind seems more accessible and a good way to try robotics before switching to Arduino and Raspberry Pi when your kid grows up. To get started, I needed a mobile device (like an iPhone, Android phone, or an iPad–the latter is recommended), a Bluetooth connection, and a risk-takers mentality. That’s it!

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

The 15-year-old today is more a sibling of cloud computing, of apps that are available from any screen, of mobile devices in many sizes and form factors that go beyond last century’s laptops. million more students have access to high-speed internet than did in 2013, for a total of 44.7 million more students left to connect.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 2, 2018

And with fast Wi-Fi, students can access G Suite for Education and other cloud-based educational apps on their Chromebooks. About 125 students and a faculty team that teaches core classes, such as English, math, science and social ­studies, are assigned exclusively to each neighborhood. “It

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