eSchool News

JULY 3, 2020

Before COVID-19, home internet access for all students was a goal—one that some districts even thought they had achieved. First, the pandemic exposed what Dr. David Miyashiro, superintendent of the Cajon Valley School District (CA), called the false positives of 100 percent home internet access.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Proposed legislation would ensure students have access to digital learning resources, internet outside of school. Today, too many students are unable to complete their school assignments because they do not have internet access at home. households with school-age children do not have high-speed internet. ” .”

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eSchool News

JUNE 8, 2020

With the global spread of COVID-19, educators and students abruptly shifted to online and at-home learning, scrambling to ensure devices and internet connections were in place. Student mental health and educator burn-out received more attention, too, as students struggled to balance anxiety and worry with school assignments.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

auditory processing, attention deficit, lack of background knowledge or vocabulary, absences), teachers record video instruction and assign those videos for homework. The benefit of assigning video instruction for homework is that students can control the time, place, and pace of the learning experience when they watch the video at home.

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Edsurge

JULY 27, 2023

That has sparked a burst of activity by teachers at schools and colleges to change their assignments to make them harder to game with this new tech — and hopefully more human in the process. For instance, on a recent assignment, some of the homework that came in didn’t sound like typical student work he was used to.

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2019

On the production side, other pedagogies cropped up, as teachers can now assign video assignments that turn students into the creators, letting them find their voices and learn technical skills that could apply to jobs. Video also has greater “bandwidth” for communication, than text discussion forums, adding images to audio.

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eSchool News

JUNE 28, 2024

It takes only seconds to plug a writing prompt into a generative AI tool and receive a completed assignment. The bottom line: When students are confident in their writing skills, they will be less tempted to run directly to AI to generate a writing assignment.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 12, 2016

1) High-speed internet access at home as well as school. At school, students have access to high-speed internet service. As a growing number of assignments require internet access, this phenomenon has become known as the “homework gap.”

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Efforts to bring high-speed internet to all classrooms in the country have been bolstered by advocacy groups and by President Obama’s ConnectEd initiative , but one critical area lags behind: the so-called “homework gap” caused by students’ lack of home internet access.

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eSchool News

MAY 24, 2022

It shouldn’t rely on home internet access, a community hotspot or a ride to the library. Districts that had yet to assign devices to each student rushed to make that happen when remote learning began. In some districts, that might mean building internet service contracts into every device. Rather, U.S.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 7, 2024

Although some gains in high school students’ technological device and internet access have occurred since ACT first investigated the digital divide in 2018, device and internet access of students with lower family incomes is lagging that of students with higher family incomes,” said Jeff Schiel, Ph.D,

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Internet Students Accessibility Study 305

eSchool News

MAY 27, 2019

Because the majority of my students lacked internet access at home, I never assigned homework that required technology. For me, students’ access to tech at school wasn’t the issue. However, I knew that things were a lot different once students left my classroom.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Generation Z, commonly defined as people born between 1996 and 2010, are known as digital natives because they have grown up using the Internet and other technologies (“What is Gen Z”, 2024). This assignment has four parts: Part I : An overview of the five leadership styles, where students understand, define, and analyze key characteristics.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 16, 2020

If the Ancient Mariner were sailing on the internet’s open seas, he might conclude there’s information everywhere, but nary a drop to drink. That’s how many college students feel, anyway.

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eSchool News

JUNE 29, 2020

struggled to find existing or reliable internet connections, many didn’t have access to appropriate devices to complete online assignments, others waited for weeks until schools managed to organize device-lending programs, while still others had to share devices with siblings and, sometimes, parents who also had to work from home.

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Internet Assignments Study Accessibility 276

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

As internet connectivity becomes a necessity for schools and students, there is a new call for the government to make school bus wi-fi eligible for federal E-rate funding. School bus wi-fi also is viewed as a way to close the persistent homework gap that occurs when students have internet access during school, but lack it at home.

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Internet Schools Assignments Communication 279

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 30, 2020

It also requires that they “use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others.”. #2 Teachers using StudySync can take the Building Background activities in the First Read lessons and create collaborative research assignments for students learning remotely.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Just as the internet revolutionized learning, AI will be the next game-changer. Just like the internet, AI isn’t going anywhere–so let’s teach our kids to work with AI, not against it. AI is here to stay, and will be an important workforce skill–and many educators want to teach students to work with it, not against it.

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Ethics Education Internet Essay 304

eSchool News

OCTOBER 11, 2024

billion Project 10Million (P10M) initiative has delivered reliable and affordable internet service to more than 6 million young learners across the U.S., School-related tasks from digital assignments to research, video streaming, video lessons, and web calls require more data. . — Since 2020, T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS)’s $10.7

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Thanks to E-rate, as well as other state and local policy efforts, the education community has largely achieved the original 1997 goal of connecting every classroom to the internet. Only a handful of school systems offer off-campus internet connectivity programs such as free or subsidized home access for low-income students.

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Internet Accessibility Assignments Achievement 279

eSchool News

MARCH 30, 2020

These changes are even more profound when you work in an under-resourced community where many students rely on school lunches for their meals, and where many families do not have reliable internet access at home. We’ve gathered resources and developed assignments that will be available both online and in hard copy.

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eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2024

In 2023, the internet is likely near the top of those concerns. However, they may still need to remotely access school websites or learning modules for homework, group assignments, or to check their grades. Speaking of isolation, security features such as remote browser isolation airgaps user devices from the internet.

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Internet Schools Accessibility Assignments 295

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Generation Z, commonly defined as people born between 1996 and 2010, are known as digital natives because they have grown up using the Internet and other technologies (“What is Gen Z”, 2024). This assignment has four parts: Part I : An overview of the five leadership styles, where students understand, define, and analyze key characteristics.

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Assignments Teaching Ethics Fairness 102

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

I knew if I combined the fragmented collection of videos, slides, documents, and assignments I’ve collected and prepared over the years, I’d be able to create more authentic and engaging lessons for my students. I searched the internet and found a few online tools that fit my challenge.

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Assignments Internet Grades Curriculum 279

eSchool News

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Passive learning, on the other hand, means students passively receive information–for example, students might use a Chromebook to take a test or submit assignments in a learning management system. Active learning with technology involves the use of edtech tools and digital resources to discover, analyze, and apply learning.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 8, 2019

Most teachers assign homework that requires the internet, but many students don’t necessarily have access to a device, or the right device, with a large enough screen or enough data to complete homework. Focus on closing the Homework Gap.

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Internet Assignments Accessibility Achievement 276

eSchool News

OCTOBER 17, 2018

The data is pulled from principals who implemented at 1:1 program where students are assigned a device, and principals with those programs are more likely than other principals to report that technology use is effective in core academic subjects.

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Textbooks Internet Assignments Accessibility 278

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Students can study, learn, communicate with teachers and collaborate on class assignments to and from school and extra-curricular excursions. Advanced technology has made internet connectivity in the classroom fundamental to teaching and learning,” said Miami Dade County Superintendent of Schools Alberto M.

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Schools Internet Assignments Communication 268

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

How to know if a student uses AI to cheat on written assignments? Brainstorm and generate essay topics While teachers often assign particular essay topics to students, sometimes a prompt says they are free to write on anything they want. How to craft the title so it fits the format of an assigned paper type?

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Essay Writing Plagiarism Academic Integrity 300

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 11, 2019

Classically, the transfer of information has occurred in class via lecture and practice has been assigned for homework. Teachers are concerned about: Sending video content home with students who may not have access to the internet or a device. Over the last ten years, I’ve seen excitement about this model turn to skepticism.

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eSchool News

MAY 1, 2024

Learning management systems (LMS) that facilitate online content delivery, assignments, and grading. Closing the digital divide Despite the tremendous potential of technology to enhance learning, millions of students still lack access to reliable internet connectivity and digital devices, underscoring existing inequities in education.

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Internet Critical Thinking Quizzes Teaching Methods 310

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Educators can assign projects where students must present different viewpoints on a controversial topic, prompting them to research thoroughly and distinguish credible sources from misleading ones. Fact-checking tools Fact-checking tools are more critical than ever.

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eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2024

These AI tools help students fine-tune their essays before they connect with a live tutor or before they submit their assignments to teachers. Clicking on the Brisk extension lets teachers see the reading level of any text on the internet. This includes on-demand tutoring along with AI tools that offer feedback on written work.

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Feedback Essay Writing Learning Styles 334

eSchool News

JULY 22, 2024

The platform’s customization options enable me to design assignments that cater to each student’s unique learning needs, promoting a more inclusive and effective educational experience. To support them, I used Classkick’s built-in audio tools to record and embed verbal instructions and questions into assignments.

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Special Education Skills Education Feedback 286

eSchool News

JULY 31, 2024

Online learning, for example, requires constant connectivity–should the network go down, students will have no way of accessing learning materials or turning in assignments. Network infrastructure is at the heart of these modern technologies, enabling the resources and devices teachers and their students use daily.

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Technology Schools Failure Internet 286

eSchool News

JUNE 13, 2016

As the internet drives down the value of a teacher’s knowledge, their ability to personalize learning with resources from around the world will increase. But now that the internet is replacing paper as the go-to media we need to balance our students skill set from finding answers to asking the most interesting questions.

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Questions Teachers Internet Knowledge 279

eSchool News

MAY 14, 2020

Assign lessons or view data using an Internet-connected tablet or computer. It includes: Thousands of lessons Vizzle has a growing library of 15,000 interactive lessons, games and activities aligned and searchable by state learning standards. All lessons can be customized to your students’ unique needs and skill level.

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Special Education Online Learning Education Learning 225