More off-campus broadband access. New ways of engaging with families. Growing concerns over digital equity and the silos that exist within school systems.
These are some of the trends that emerged in a recent survey of district technology leaders, reflecting the dramatic changes and unprecedented demand that school-based technology teams experienced during the pandemic.
The survey, which the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) has administered annually since 2014, this year included questions about video conferencing, home internet access and parent engagement, hoping to shed light on some of the ways that the pandemic has challenged school systems and their technology operations over the last year. The resulting report, released Wednesday, illuminates their realities.
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DALLAS, May 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ What s the news? As schools across the country wrap up another unusual school year, most K-12 education is still being facilitated with remote learning. However, educators are beginning to see the long-term value in a hybrid approach to teaching, according to
AT&T s 2021 Future of School Report released today.
94% of teachers are open to the idea of hybrid learning with the proper resources, curriculum and support
71% of teachers support virtual days for inclement weather
78% of teachers are in favor of virtual tutoring sessions or enrichment programs
60% of teachers are open to livestreaming their classrooms for students who are home sick
05/13/21
Students have been moving around quite a bit during remote learning
sometimes studying at friends houses, sometimes studying from
multiple states.
That’s one of the ancillary findings of a report the Consortium for
School Networking (CoSN) issued this month, the Student
Home Connectivity Study. The findings are based on data collected from 13 school districts representing some 750,000 students.
According to the report: “During the study, many students
participated in online school activities from locations outside of
the student’s home. Students accessed school learning resources
from other student homes and even other cities, states, and
countries. In the study, many students shared an IP address with
05/13/21
More than 9-in-10 students learning from home are using WiFi rather
than wired connections. But the quality of their wireless connections
varies greatly. According to a new report, there are steps schools
and districts can take to help improve their students’ home WiFi performance some at a cost, some using
IT staff expertise and legwork.
The report, the Student
Home Connectivity Study, from the Consortium for School
Networking (CoSN), studied data from 13 districts representing some
750,000 students in the United States. Among many significant
findings, the researchers discovered that 92% of students working
from home use WiFi rather than wired connections for their internet
Study: Device Quality Impacts Remote Learning
05/11/21
Broadband access and speed aren’t the only technological concerns
for students engaged in remote and hybrid learning. The quality of
the student device itself also plays a key role, according to a new
study.
According to a report
released by the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), an
association for IT leaders in K–12 education, two factors
significantly affect the experience students have with remote
learning: the age of the device and device specifications.
According to the report: “… [U]pload and download speeds during
online classes/meetings can vary significantly by the age, type, and