WiFi for Students

Digital Learning

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Fall Semester is Here. Now What?

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Digital Learning

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IT Challenges Schools Face

IT will continue to play an increasingly important role in how teachers teach and how students learn. However, many schools and districts still struggle when it comes to... Read More

Digital Learning

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Building Social Connections Through Virtual Learning

Developing strong student-teacher relationships is an important part of effective teaching and learning and has been shown to lead to better student outcomes. Unfortunately,... Read More

Digital Equity

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How Public Libraries Can Support Students Amid Distance Learning

The recent, large-scale shift from in-class to distance learning models – and other transformations in the way schools operate and in how students access information – are... Read More

1 to 1

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Why Summer Learning is More Important Than Ever

In the immediate aftermath of the COVID-19 outbreak, schools struggled to cope with swift transition to distance learning, and students felt the brunt of it. Read More

funding

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Using the GEER Fund to Support Remote Learning

As of June 8, 2020, the last day of the extended deadline, all 50 states as well as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia had applied for and received... Read More

WiFi for Students

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6 Challenges to Distance Learning During the COVID-19 Outbreak and Tips to Overcome Them

As schools across the country roll out their distance learning plans, many questions remain about how to execute them. Here are six of the most common experiences people have... Read More

Digital Learning

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How COVID-19 Has Temporarily Transformed the Education Landscape

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly disrupted K-12 education in the United States, forcing schools across the country to close as district leaders prioritize the health... Read More

Digital Learning

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How to Make the Most of a Digital Curriculum

The American classroom isn’t what it used to be. In just a matter of years, digital learning and access to digital tools have revolutionized how students learn about the... Read More

Homework Gap

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It's 2019: Is the Homework Gap Gone?

The Homework Gap.The Digital Divide.Whichever term you use, they both point to the same problem: students without Internet at home face additional barriers to completing... Read More

Digital Learning

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Why Chromebooks Have Expanded in K-12 Classrooms

Did you know Chromebooks made up 60 percent of all U.S. education shipments in 2017? To put that number in perspective, in 2012, Chromebooks made up less than a single... Read More

Homework Gap

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Canada’s Digital Divide: How Wide is it and Can it be Solved?

Educational technology—how we use it now, how we’ll use it in the future—is of paramount importance to any discussion of education. Teachers, students, administrators, and... Read More

Homework Gap

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Announcing the 2018 Kajeet Homework Gap Grant!

Kajeet has officially opened our 2018 Homework Gap Grant! In 2018, Kajeet will be awarding 15 Homework Gap Grants to school districts in need of providing safe, filtered... Read More

Homework Gap

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How to Close the Homework Gap. Together.

In recent years, there have been amazing strides to close the Homework Gap that exists between school-age students who have broadband Internet access and those who do not.... Read More

Digital Learning

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6 Key Steps to Successfully Deploying Devices in the Classroom

Deploying hundreds of devices can be overwhelming, and even more so if you don’t have a plan before the devices arrive on school grounds. Read More

Digital Learning

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Why Acceptable Use Policies are Critical for Education

Each year, school districts roll out more tech to their students. With the additional online tools, comes new opportunities for learning and for risks. Risks that could be... Read More

Mobile Broadband

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With E-learning, School Doesn’t Stop for Bad Weather

Here’s how it goes: You get up in the morning and find the world outside your windows white with snow or shaking in hurricane-force winds. You turn on the television, check... Read More

Homework Gap

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California: Closing the Homework Gap with LCFF

Student success and academic achievement are the goals for any state public education system. As California districts prepare and update their Local Control and... Read More

Homework Gap

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Closing the Homework Gap Shouldn’t be Scary

While 98 percent of U.S. kids live in a household that has some form of a mobile device, the Homework Gap is still scarily present in schools across the nation. Read More

Homework Gap

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Wisconsin Information Technology Infrastructure Grants

The State of Wisconsin approved funds to expand broadband Internet for students outside the classroom through the Information Technology Infrastructure Grant. The funding... Read More

Mobile Broadband

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School Bus Wi-Fi, a Home Run for Student Athletes

Eight million (or 7.9 million to be more exact). That is the number of U.S. high school students who participate in sports at their school, a number that has increased in... Read More

Mobile Broadband

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How Much Data Does a Student Need?

To close the Homework Gap, just how much data does a student need? This is not a simple question, but it is an important one that is addressed in the CoSN Digital Equity... Read More

Mobile Broadband

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An Updated Look at 2017 Ed Tech Trends

It feels like the school year just ended. But in a short while, students will be returning to classrooms across the country to begin another. Read More

Homework Gap

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Addressing the Advanced Placement Equity Gap

Advanced Placement (AP) courses provide high school students a more challenging environment and an opportunity to take on college-level work, with the potential to earn... Read More

Mobile Broadband

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Why Smartphone Access Isn’t Enough for Students

Ninety-four percent of families report having some kind of Internet connection, according to a survey by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop. But what does the... Read More

Mobile Broadband

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Save Money: Suspend Your School-Loaned WiFi Hotspots During Summer

In the sprint to the end of the school year, educators and students are pushing to finish strong—final tests, final grades, and a final push for success. Read More

Homework Gap

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Closing the Homework Gap in North Carolina

Five million households with school-age children do not have broadband access. This Pew Research Center statistic is frequently discussed in the education world and is... Read More

Digital Learning

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CoSN Conference – Data and Digital Learning

The CoSN 2017 Annual Conference heads to the Windy City this year from April 3 to 6. While in Chicago, CoSN will be celebrating their 25th anniversary. Read More

Mobile Broadband

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Off-Campus Learning Best Practices: Develop a Connectivity Plan

Now that you have your team in place, it’s time to start planning. Creating a plan shouldn’t seem like a daunting process. In fact, having a plan in place with goals,... Read More

Mobile Broadband

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How Smart Buses Help Make Smart Students

Imagine, it’s late afternoon. You’re a school bus driver trying to navigate your vehicle along rural roads in a downpour. Behind you, students are yelling and climbing.... Read More

Homework Gap

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What Makes Kajeet “More than Just Internet”

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Homework Gap

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[INFOGRAPHIC] How to Improve Student Performance

When a student succeeds in school, success for one student may look differently than success for another. Making an ‘A’ on a history test, passing Chemistry class, being... Read More

funding

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Internet Broadband Expansion for Minnesota Students

The state of Minnesota is taking a big leap forward to help close the Homework Gap in their state. Paving the way for other states to follow their lead, the North Star State... Read More

Homework Gap

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Modernizing Lifeline: Validating the Homework Gap

As more districts adopt 1:1 programs and digital policies, many students will be left without Internet access at home. (Photo: Colorstock) Last week, the FCC voted to update... Read More

Homework Gap

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Digital Equity: Assessing the Need in Your School

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Mobile Broadband

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Checking Out Wi-Fi for Students is Easy

As more school districts launch 1:1 initiatives and invest in digital curricula, the issue of Internet access at home for students becomes more important than ever. Whether... Read More

Mobile Broadband

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School Bus Ride-Along with Miami-Dade Superintendent

By Charles Askew, Kajeet Senior Director, Eastern Region As a former district and school administrator, I recognize the beginning of school as always being stressful--from... Read More

Homework Gap

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Help Your Students Avoid the "Summer Slide"

Evidence shows that students can lose up to two months of math and reading progress during the “Summer Slide” and if the student is from a low-income household, the potential... Read More

Homework Gap

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Use It - Don't Lose It!

Year-End Funds Can Be Used to Pilot Kajeet SmartSpot® Program With most school district’s fiscal year-end coming up on June 30th, there is still a window of opportunity left... Read More

Mobile Broadband

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YouTube for You and Your Students

Frustrated by the double-edged sword that is YouTube? As an educator, it can be a great resource for your students, filled with educational videos, how-to demonstrations and... Read More

Digital Learning

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Why Google's Chromebook is Winning Over the Classroom

Google's $199 Chromebook laptop has beat Apple's iPad as the leading supplier of educational devices to schools. According to a recent article in the Financial Times, 715,000... Read More

Federal Guidance on Digital Equity

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The Battle Cry for Educational Equity

Earlier this month, the U.S. Secretary of Education put the full weight of Washington on the trail of states, schools, and districts that are not providing adequate... Read More