SETDA is supportive of the major elements of FCC Chairman Wheeler’s E-rate modernization proposal as the first in a series of steps the FCC must take to modernize the program to meet the needs of students and educators in a digital age. The main reasons for our support are because the proposal: Addresses the problem […]
SETDA Says
Posts from category
-
FCC Chairman Wheeler’s E-Rate Proposal: A Pragmatic First Step Forward
July 2nd, 2014 by -
Report of the Task Force on Learning and the Internet
June 17th, 2014 byToday, the non-partisan Aspen Institute Task Force on Learning and the Internet is issuing its report, Learner at the Center of a Networked World, based on a year’s worth of deliberations, research, and outreach (a live webcast of the event can be viewed at 3:30pm ET today at: http://www.aspeninstitute.org/events/live). The 100+ page report offers a wealth […]
-
SETDA Joins Coalition of 100+ Organizations Calling on FCC to Expand High-Speed Internet Access in Schools
June 15th, 2014 byLast week, in advance of a key vote by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) set for early July, SETDA joined a coalition of more than 100 organizations – including the Alliance for Excellent Education, CCSSO, Digital Learning Now!, Digital Promise, iNACOL, the LEAD Commission, NASBE, and USDLA – to call on the FCC to expand […]
-
Indiana’s Summer of eLearning
May 21st, 2014 by guestuserFirst in an occasional series of guest posts, we are pleased to feature the work and voices of SETDA members. Today’s post comes from Candice Dodson, Director of eLearning at the Indiana Department of Education.
-
SETDA in the News: April 2014 Roundup
May 9th, 2014 byApril showers may bring May flowers – but apparently not for inBloom. Issues related to the controversy surrounding and ultimate winding down of the nonprofit were the basis for a large number of stories in April 2014 that cited SETDA research and views about K-12 educational technology policy and practice. Other big stories of the […]
-
SETDA on E-Rate Modernization
April 8th, 2014 byIt is a simple fact that in 2014 access to high-speed broadband is now as vital a component of K-12 school infrastructure as electricity, plumbing, air conditioning and heating. The same tools that have transformed and enriched our personal, civic and professional lives are dramatically improving learning experiences intended to prepare today’s students for college […]
-
Technology Infrastructure in More than 20% of U.S. Public Schools Rated Inadequate
March 8th, 2014 byA study released in March 2014 by the National Center for Education Statistics, Condition of America’s Public School Facilities: 2012-13, reveals that the technology infrastructure in more than 20 percent of U.S. public schools was rated as inadequate as of the 2012-13 school year. Technology infrastructure in the study was defined as “facility access to voice, […]