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The Charlotte Observer Credits Kajeet For Bridging the Digital Divide in Education Published May 9, 2013
Project LIFT is leading a campaign to empower students with advanced technology. The Charlotte Observer recently highlighted Kajeet's instrumental role in the digital access program.

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Kajeet® Helping to Close the Broadband Access Gap for Fairfax County Public School Students with Kajeet SmartSpot™ Published Apr 10, 2013
A new offering from the company parents and educators rely on for safe, affordable mobile connectivity. Kajeet SmartSpot™ will assist in closing the digital divide among students in the Fairfax County Public School system

Bethesda, MD (PRWEB) March 13, 2012: Kajeet®, the only wireless service provider dedicated to kids and schools, is pleased to announce that Michael Flood, Vice President of Education Markets, has been selected by the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) for this year’s Private Sector Champion Award. The Private Sector Champion Award is given to one member each year that has made significant contributions to advance education technology. Flood was presented with the award at CoSN’s Annual Conference in San Diego, CA.
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The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) recognized Kajeet for Education Vice President Michael Flood as its 2013 Private Sector Champion Published Mar 15, 2013
The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) recognized Kajeet for Education Vice President Michael Flood as its 2013 Private Sector Champion.  The Private Sector Champion award recognizes Flood for going above and beyond his job to contribute to the broader education technology community. This honor was presented at CoSN's 2013 Annual Conference in San Diego, CA.
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Michael Flood, Vice President of Education Markets at Kajeet®, is Presented with the Consortium for School Networking’s 2013 Private Sector Champion Award Published Mar 14, 2013
Flood, an education industry veteran, was selected for the substantial contributions he has made to the education technology community.

Bethesda, MD (PRWEB) March 13, 2012: Kajeet®, the only wireless service provider dedicated to kids and schools, is pleased to announce that Michael Flood, Vice President of Education Markets, has been selected by the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) for this year’s Private Sector Champion Award. The Private Sector Champion Award is given to one member each year that has made significant contributions to advance education technology. Flood was presented with the award at CoSN’s Annual Conference in San Diego, CA.
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Kajeet® Brings Its Sentinel™ Platform to the University of the District of Columbia Community College (UDC-CC) Published Mar 13, 2013
Kajeet® continues its mission of making learning mobile by bringing its wireless platform to adult learners enrolled in UDC-CC’s Workforce Development and Lifelong Learning (WDLL) program

Bethesda, MD (PRWEB) March 13, 2012: Kajeet®, the preeminent wireless service platform for educational institutions, is pleased to announce its partnership with the University of the District of Columbia Community College (UDC-CC), and its participation in the Workforce Development and Lifelong Learning (WDLL) program, an effort crafted by District leaders to improve adult literacy and job readiness for District of Columbia residents.
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Kajeet® Technology Supports the Dropout and Truancy Prevention Network (DTPN) to Enable “Right Back on Track” Mentoring Program for Kids Published Oct 11, 2012
Kajeet®, the smart phone for kids®, provides managed cellular voice, data and text messaging services for phones used as part of DTPN’s Right Back on Track Mentoring program, an initiative to keep habitual truants in school via the help of phone-based coaching and check-ins within select New York City public schools.
Bethesda, MD (PRWEB) October 11, 2012: Kajeet®, the preeminent wireless service platform for kids and those who love them, is pleased to announce its alliance with the Dropout and Truancy Prevention Network, a social enterprise dedicated to providing services to schools and courts to help keep middle and high school students from dropping out.
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Kajeet® Brings its Sentinel™ Platform to the Scientific Educational Community Through Partnership with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Published Sep 25, 2012
The premier wireless platform for kids partners with AAAS, the world’s largest general scientific society, on its Active Explorer Smartphone Project to allow educators to create their own smart phone-powered explorations for students.
Bethesda, MD (PRWEB) September 25, 2012: Kajeet®, the preeminent wireless service platform for kids and those who love them, is pleased to announce its partnership with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and its participation in the Active Explorer Smartphone Project, a web application that integrates mobile technology into the classroom by equipping students with smartphones to increase engagement and encourage scientific exploration of their environments.
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Kajeet® Collaborates with Qualcomm, Common Sense Media, Emantras and EduTone on “Making Learning Mobile” Initiative Published Jun 26, 2012
The only wireless platform for kids, kajeet, partners with industry leaders to provide safe, secure, and affordable Android™ tablets for use by both students and teachers in Fairfax County Public Schools as part of Qualcomm’s Wireless Reach™ Initiative.
Bethesda, MD (PRWEB) June 26, 2012: Kajeet®, the preeminent wireless service platform for kids and those who love them, is pleased to announce its participation in the new Making Learning Mobile pilot program, which is sponsored by Qualcomm Incorporated’s Wireless Reach™ initiative.
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Kajeet® Launches School Guard™, the First Free Online Tool that Allows Bring-Your-Own-Device Institutions to Manage Internet Access in the Classroom on Student-Owned Smartphones, Tablets and Laptops Published Jun 14, 2012
The only wireless platform for kids is the sole provider of this patented technology, allowing schools to apply state-, district-, grade- or glassroom- specific Internet access policies to mobile devices owned by students during school hours.
Bethesda, MD (PRWEB) June 14, 2012: Kajeet®, the preeminent wireless service platform for kids and those who love them, is pleased to announce the launch of School Guard™, the newest addition to its suite of free, online tools developed to empower children both inside and outside of the classroom.
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THE Journal Describes Kajeet for Education’s role in NCTAF’s Teachers Learning in Networked Communities Program Published Jun 6, 2012
Kajeet for Education’s role in NCTAF’s Teachers Learning in Networked Communities Program was recently highlighted in an article from THE Journal: Transforming Education Through Technology. The program, which aims to nurture collaboration in teacher training, utilizes smartphones and tablets, with data plans powered by Kajeet for Education.
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NCTAF TLINC® Project Provides Support for edWeb.net Mobile App to Help Educators Be More Connected Through Online Communities Published Jun 5, 2012
Kajeet, the smart phone for kids™ joins forces with one of the largest nonprofit youth development organizations in Washington, DC to provide free soccer and arts camps for local kids.
PRINCETON, NJ — June 5, 2012: edWeb.net, a professional social and learning network for the education community, has announced the release of a mobile app that makes it easier for educators who are members of edWeb to keep up with their online community activity. The edWeb mobile app was developed with the support of the National Commission on Teaching & America's Future (NCTAF) and a grant from Qualcomm Incorporated's Wireless Reach™ initiative.
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Kajeet VP of Education Markets Michael Flood Speaks on Education Talk Radio Published Apr 24, 2012
Michael Flood, VP of Education Markets at kajeet, recently appeared on Education Talk Radio to discuss kajeet's role in the rapidly changing world of education.
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Kajeet Nominated for Prestigious 2012 Global Mobile Award Published Feb 9, 2012
Kajeet, the smart phone for kids™, in conjunction with Telcordia, is nominated for Best Mobile Innovation for Education or Learning for its Sentinel™ Platform for Smart Learning.
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Kajeet for Education Announces the Launch of Sentinel™, a Web-Based Administrative Platform for Managing Student Mobile Learning Devices on its Nationwide Broadband Wireless Service Published Oct 19, 2011
Sentinel™ is the first solution from a wireless carrier to provide cloud-based management of mobile broadband traffic to filter out inappropriate content, control costs and ensure academic use.
Bethesda, MD, October 19, 2011: Kajeet for Education (www.kajeetforeducation.com) is making learning mobile with another innovative solution for K-12 schools, school districts and education departments. As schools across the country adopt computing platforms of all shapes and sizes, including smartphones, tablets, netbooks, laptops and more, they face many very relevant concerns. Kajeet for Education's new platform, Sentinel™ addresses these concerns head-on as only a wireless carrier focused on kids and education can do:
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The National Commission on Teaching and America's Future to Collaborate With Qualcomm, Kajeet for Education, and HTC to Launch Initiative to Empower Student Teachers With Advanced Wireless Technologies Published Aug 30, 2011
NCTAF hopes to take education into the digital age with help from Kajeet for Education's high-impact mobile learning solutions.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Commission on Teaching and America's Future (NCTAF) is pleased to announce the launch of a new initiative in collaboration with Qualcomm Incorporated, through its Wireless Reach™ initiative, Kajeet for Education, and HTC designed to empower pre-service/student teachers with advanced wireless technologies. This exciting project will enable communication, collaboration, and the availability of limitless resources for teachers as they enter classrooms for the first time.
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Kajeet for Education Partners with Tutors with Computers Published Aug 16, 2011
The kajeet® mobile learning solution joins an innovative educational technology company to deliver a unique tutoring platform for low-income students.
Kajeet for Education is pleased to announce its collaboration with Tutors with Computers, a leading provider of educational technology, to support the delivery of supplemental educational services to low-income students.
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More Schools Piloting Secure Mobile Devices Published May 11, 2011
eSchool News, Technology News for Today's K-20 Educator, reports on how mobile tools are helping students hone 21st-century skills.
A company that manufacturers secure personal cell phones for children is making a move to education, where it has introduced secure, internet-enabled mobile handheld devices for classroom use. School teachers or administrators can program the devices to allow (or disallow) calling or texting during certain times of the day, making them ideal for educational use, the company says.
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Washington Post Discusses the Mobile Classroom Published May 8, 2011
The Capital Business section gives the download on kajeet's expansion into K-12 classrooms.
Can you imagine a day when every student totes an electronic tablet or smartphone to class? Bethesda-based Kajeet, a company that sells cell phones for kids, is betting on it.

Kajeet has hired Michael Flood, a telecom industry veteran, as vice president for education markets.
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Kajeet Welcomes Michael Flood as VP of Education Markets Published Apr 27, 2011
Kajeet introduces "the safest mobile classroom for kids" to provide schools, students, teachers, and parents with safe, affordable, and scalable mobile learning solutions.
Bethesda, MD (PRWEB) April 27, 2011: Kajeet,(www.kajeet.com) the safest cell phone for kids ™, today announced the launch of Kajeet for Education, the safest mobile classroom for kids. This new division of Kajeet will provide affordable, safe, scalable solutions to bring Internet-capable mobile devices to students everywhere. Education industry veteran Michael Flood has been named Kajeet's Vice President of Education Markets and will lead the company's mobile learning initiatives.
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She Snoops for Scoops: The Personal Side of the EdNET Community Published Apr 22, 2011
EdNET Insights, the trusted source of market intelligence, highlights Kajeet for Education.
I connected this week with Michael Flood, who is now Vice President, Education Markets, for Kajeet for Education. I first learned of this interesting company at the CoSN conference and consider them fortunate to add Michael to their team. In 2006, Kajeet's founders began working on a platform approach to address safe communications with an eye toward mobile computing, voice, text and other services
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Making Cell Phones Useful for School Published Feb 24, 2011
Ben Weintraub, COO and Founder of kajeet, discusses Internet filtering in school systems.
While students are increasingly using laptops in their classrooms, the smaller handheld computing devices that students already own (cell phones) are banned from campus. What's the difference?

Fundamentally, the use of Internet-enabled technology in classrooms has two challenges. The first is student safety and privacy - preventing information that is obscene or harmful to children from being accessed by the devices. The second is classroom management - focusing student attention on the task at hand rather than the myriad distractions of the web.
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Kajeet Publishes Free Guidelines for Teen and Tween Cell Phone Use Published Feb 24, 2010
Kajeet advocates the use of cell phone contracts to set limits before giving kids mobile devices.
Bethesda, MD (PRWEB) February 24, 2010 -- Kajeet™ (www.kajeet.com), the safest cell phone service for kids, has published guidelines to help parents manage child cell phone use, along with a sample cell phone contract for parents and their children. The kajeet guidelines recommend establishing limits regarding the amount of use, time of use, and breadth of services that may be used. The guidelines also recommend establishing a firm budget before giving a cell phone to a child.
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