SETDA in the News: June 2014 Roundup

Written by on July 1, 2014. Posted in ConnectED, Digital Content, E-Rate, FCC, In the News, OER

The headline stories of the month of June 2014 center around President Obama’s ConnectED initiative, which is appropriate as the initiative is marking its one year anniversary. Forward momentum continues for E-rate modernization with our encouragement –  and SETDA stepped forward to highlight the first-ever showcase of the $2 billion in donated school technology products and services targeted to benefit students and teachers (including those in the Virgin Islands and Guam!). Other big stories of the month highlighted two new issue briefs we released on digital content and OER.

Here’s the June 2014 roundup:

• EdSurge: ConnectED Program Offers Schools Almost $2B in Products, Services
• EdTech Magazine: Common Core: Easing the Transition to Electronic Assessments
• Multichannel News: FCC’S E-Rate Proposal Gets Some Supports
• THE Journal: SETDA Releases Brief on Accessible Resources
• Education Week: E-Rate Plan for Wi-Fi Expansion Draws Praise, and Calls for Greater Action
• Education Week: Ark. Governor Pushes to Add K-12 Schools to State Broadband Network
• Education Week: Schools’ Deadline to Access ConnectED Corporate Donations Fast Approaching
• edSurge: Educators Flock to Hot-lanta: The EdSurge Guide to ISTE 2014
• statescoop: SETDA, 100+ Organizations, Call For More High-Speed Internet in Schools 
• Education Week: Schools Must Act Fast to Apply for ConnectED Donated Goods, Services
• eSchool News: 6 Ways to Make Digital Content Universally Accessible
• Arkansas Money & Politics: The Broadband Battle
• Education Week: Report Calls For Clarity on Ownership of Teachers’ Digital Content
• T.H.E. Journal: SETDA, Creative Commons Partner on Digital Resource Policy Brief
• Education Week: Digital Content Providers Ride Wave of Rising Revenues

In addition, be sure to check out a sampling of SETDA Says blog posts from the month of June:

• What Educators Need to Know About ConnectED School Technology Donations
• SETDA Joins Coalition of 100+ Organizations Calling on FCC to Expand High-Speed Internet Access in Schools
• Report of the Task Force on Learning and the Internet
• SETDA Applauds Momentum at FCC in Advancing E-Rate Modernization

For an up-to-date archive and chronicle of notable SETDA mentions online and in the press, be sure to visit the In the News section of our website.