June 29, 2017
It’s summertime. A time when most people think of basking in the sun, beach trips, and buses. Wait, what? If you’re in the transportation department of school districts across the nation, then you kno...
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The average K-12 student spends 40 minutes per day riding the school bus. With 180 school days in an academic year, that means on average a student spends 120 hours per year on the bus. To put that in...
Read More →June 12, 2017
In just two weeks over 15,000 excited educators will head to San Antonio for the ISTE 2017 conference. Are you ready to immerse yourself in everything ed tech? Expand your knowledge with sessions, lec...
Read More →June 8, 2017
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 college course credit. Accordin...
Read More →May 23, 2017
With 26,000,000 student bus riders across the nation, how can we extend the classroom to help them succeed? Kajeet, in conjunction with School Transportation News, conducted an online survey of over 3...
Read More →May 22, 2017
Children, as they say, are the future. Which is why for more than half a century, the United States has been committed to the education of children in all communities. But in an increasingly interconn...
Read More →May 8, 2017
School buses have always had issues with misbehaving students. Picture it. You have 50 or 60 students from various grade levels in a confined area, before or after school, with little adult supervisio...
Read More →May 1, 2017
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 “some kind” of connection act...
Read More →April 20, 2017
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. Behind the scenes school staff members are str...
Read More →April 18, 2017
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 something that impacts every sta...
Read More →April 18, 2017
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) has been talked about in the education world for years, and even recently it has changed to STEAM to add in the arts. But how can this trend pick up steam...
Read More →April 10, 2017
TED Talks have spread ideas since 1984 and continue to spark passion for a variety of topics, from business to education, or anything in between. TED has created a playlist of education talks, but the...
Read More →April 3, 2017
Today’s students come to the classroom with more than just fascinating personal histories and interesting outlooks on the world. They come with data. Lots of it. Ed tech tools designed to assess stude...
Read More →March 27, 2017
For decades, coding was seen as a rare, complicated skill that only few people understood and practiced. For many of us, it seemed impossible to organize all those endless strings of numbers and chara...
Read More →March 16, 2017
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. This year’s theme is “Invent the Future;” someth...
Read More →March 13, 2017
Hello, Wisconsin! The Wisconsin Educational Media & Technology Association (WEMTA) is hosting their annual conference March 19th - 21st at the Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells. Over 1,000 educat...
Read More →March 10, 2017
Chromebooks have taken the U.S. classroom by storm. According to market research firm, FutureSource Consulting, the Google Chrome operating system is now 58 percent of school-purchased mobile devices ...
Read More →February 27, 2017
The National Conference on Education (NCE), presented by AASA (The School Superintendents Association), commences on March 2 in New Orleans for school superintendents. Of the major conference themes, ...
Read More →February 21, 2017
With ed tech programs, devices and technologies proliferating around the country, school administrators and teachers are faced with a somewhat difficult decision. Which program, device or technology w...
Read More →February 15, 2017
With today’s ongoing digital learning revolution, it’s easy to think that school librarians, and the libraries they’re in charge of, are outdated. Why should a student consult a book when he or she ca...
Read More →February 9, 2017
During the 2014-2015 school year, approximately $14.4 billion was appropriated for Title I funds throughout the country. The National Title I Association hosts an annual conference to provide a forum ...
Read More →February 1, 2017
Our Homework Gap Heroes have hit the road. Our next stop? Austin, Texas. We will be attending the 37th TCEA annual convention and would love to see you at booth 623. TCEA features hundreds of sessions...
Read More →January 23, 2017
Fake news—who writes it, how it spreads—is on everyone’s mind lately. But it’s not just news readers should be concerned about which stories are true and which are false. As more students use the Inte...
Read More →January 17, 2017
The 37th Future of Education Technology Conference (FETC) is just one week away and the Kajeet team–including our beloved Homework Gap Heroes–can’t wait to attend to start another tradeshow season wit...
Read More →January 9, 2017
It’s hard to believe that, not long ago, cell phones were a rare sight. Now, they’re everywhere—including in our elementary schools. And their appearance in the small hands of the nation’s youngest st...
Read More →January 3, 2017
It’s a new year, and with that comes new predictions. So what are educators saying? In a 2016 survey District Administration asked of 277 K-12 leaders which instructional practice will receive the mos...
Read More →December 27, 2016
As technology continues to permeate every aspect of education, school district chief information officers (CIOs) can no longer operate in silos. Technology is now a key player in both information tech...
Read More →December 19, 2016
With all the options available for bringing educational technology into the 21st-century classroom, deciding which program is the right fit for your school district can often seem like an overwhelming...
Read More →December 12, 2016
Expanding digital access to all children at all ages benefits both educators and students alike. At the same time, though, it opens the door to some new challenges, from cyberbullying and online safet...
Read More →December 5, 2016
School districts face many challenges associated with identifying external funding sources for educational programs and creating successful grant applications to foundations, state and federal organiz...
Read More →November 21, 2016
More than likely, when you went to school — whether it was 10 years ago or 50—the educational model was probably the same (and one we took for granted). Everyone sat in ordered rows. Lesson plans were...
Read More →October 25, 2016
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, objectives, action items, timelin...
Read More →October 19, 2016
Reprinted from eschoolnews. Twenty-odd years ago, the extent of an elementary schooler’s digital skills was making it through the Oregon Trail on their classroom computer without dying of dysentery. T...
Read More →October 11, 2016
Facebook. Twitter. Instagram. Pinterest. Tumblr. YouTube. Snapchat. Reddit. Go back to the year 2000, and these words would have sounded like pure gibberish. Today, they’re the names of some of the wo...
Read More →October 4, 2016
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. There’s even a couple of kids w...
Read More →September 28, 2016
Securing parental approval and support for the technology in the home is crucial, and districts are finding a few key steps, such as strong communication and asking for input, can help their tech init...
Read More →September 26, 2016
More than just Internet. Four simple words that, for us here at Kajeet, sum up our mission and our goals. These words are also a brand promise from us to you: that with our safe, mobile broadband acce...
Read More →September 23, 2016
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 accepted at a university, rece...
Read More →September 19, 2016
Since the days of the ancient Greeks, written texts have played a crucial role in education. Who doesn’t remember their school textbooks—carrying them home, reading them, and using them to study? But ...
Read More →September 14, 2016
You can have the most exciting tech initiative out there. But if no one knows about it, then it may as well not even exist. The truth is: If you want parents, teachers, and decision makers to get behi...
Read More →September 9, 2016
Relationships and communication with cross-functional teams in your school district are critical to the success of any off-campus learning program. Establishing an interdisciplinary team to plan and m...
Read More →August 29, 2016
“The most dangerous phrase in the language is: We’ve always done it this way.” — Grace Hopper Face it: No one has the time anymore to write weekly newsletters, much less hold lengthy after-school meet...
Read More →August 19, 2016
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 announced a grant intended...
Read More →August 16, 2016
3D printers. Virtual reality. Tele-teaching. If it sounds like a vision of the future, it’s not. This technology is already here. Across the country, more and more school districts are employing groun...
Read More →August 9, 2016
Your kids may be good students. But are they good digital citizens? Sure, they can recite the preamble to the U.S. Constitution, describe the symbolism of Harper Lee’s mockingbird, and explain the dif...
Read More →July 29, 2016
KIDSAVE STORY Kidsave's vision is a world where every child is nurtured from birth, where the loss of human potential due to neglect is absent, and where people everywhere care enough that all childre...
Read More →June 30, 2016
At #ISTE16 this year, with over 16,000 EdTech gurus convened in Denver with many more #NotAtISTE2016 following along, it was tough to keep up with the Twitter stream. Lucky for you, we've put together...
Read More →June 21, 2016
We are less than a week away before the ed-tech community converges at the biggest show of the year — ISTE 2016. While ISTE is the perfect time for us to meet with customers, prospects and hear storie...
Read More →June 15, 2016
We all know that students have the ability to learn more when given the opportunity to plan, design and create with their hands. From drafting rough sketches to building prototypes. Yet, in today’s “2...
Read More →June 6, 2016
The First Push In October, I transferred to my current school. Within my first two weeks, I observed my students’ learning behaviors and styles and reviewed their data from the Beginning of Year asses...
Read More →May 31, 2016
Are you looking for a way to stop the summer slide in reading? Do you want a fun way to connect with parents and students? Are you interested in providing your students with books and activities durin...
Read More →May 23, 2016
Technology can work wonders for students who struggle in school. Being a technology integration specialist in a middle school, I have personally seen this in many classrooms. Prior to my technology po...
Read More →May 16, 2016
Although it is ultimately the parent’s choice on whether or not to bring technology home, districts are finding that a few key steps, such as strong communication and asking for input, can help their ...
Read More →May 2, 2016
Students practice student-led conferences in the classroom in South Caronlina's Richland School District Two. The First Push “Ms. Williams, my mom said she is coming tonight to meet with you. Am I in ...
Read More →April 19, 2016
Reprinted with permission from You & Two. By the middle of the first week of October, student interpreter Denis has given several tours to new students in Spanish, translated a parent letter and i...
Read More →April 11, 2016
As districts work to close the Homework Gap, each district has its own strategy based on free-and-reduced-cost lunch numbers, geographic size and culture. For districts that are providing Wi-Fi on sch...
Read More →April 4, 2016
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 the Lifeline program to in...
Read More →February 23, 2016
ENGLISH 106 VIA FLICKR CC 2.0 LICENSE An excerpt from the CoSN Digital Equity Toolkit. A digital equity solution that provides a student with precisely what he or she needs in order to complete homewo...
Read More →November 9, 2015
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 your teachers are assigning...
Read More →October 12, 2015
Do a Google search on “cash-strapped school districts,” and hundreds of thousands of stories appear. For instance, in June Chicago Public Schools was looking to borrow $200 million dollars and open a ...
Read More →September 29, 2015
Originally posted in eschoolnews. By Robert Dillon, Affton School District The achievement gap. The literacy gap. The nutrition gap. The preschool gap. It seems like our education system talks and tal...
Read More →September 15, 2015
Although we at Kajeet are sad to see the summer end, we’re happy to have teachers and students returning to the classroom for another fantastic year of learning. As we dive into the 2015-2016 school y...
Read More →August 24, 2015
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 getting the building(s) read...
Read More →July 15, 2015
It is no longer a question of whether we need access to technology in schools. It’s a question of how we can best integrate technology into the school curriculum so we can help prepare students for a ...
Read More →July 8, 2015
The enthusiasm and excitement from the ISTE conference was contagious, and our team came back from Philadelphia super charged! We met more than 300 of our customers and biggest fans. Bus to ISTE The f...
Read More →June 11, 2015
On average, 30 percent of students nationwide lack home Internet access, and in some districts, that number is as high as 80 percent. Do you know what your numbers are? Survey your students to find ou...
Read More →June 8, 2015
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 for more learning loss is...
Read More →June 3, 2015
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 to make purchases for your...
Read More →April 10, 2015
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 learning tutorials. But it...
Read More →January 27, 2015
Which Educational Websites Are Your Students Visiting the Most? With more and more websites promoting educational content and helping teachers augment lesson plans and encourage online learning, which...
Read More →January 21, 2015
Results of a Two-Year Study with Chicago Public Schools The results from a two-year study assessing the impact of mobile devices on teaching and learning are here! The Making Learning Mobile 2.0 study...
Read More →January 5, 2015
It's an exciting time to be an educator! The use of technology in the classroom is expanding curriculum development opportunities and fueling a passion for learning in students - and teachers. Here's ...
Read More →December 11, 2014
Students and their teacher from Dranesville Elementary in Herndon, VA posing with their 5 new Samsung 7 tablets Our recent assignment to you: show us how your class is using technology for learning. T...
Read More →December 8, 2014
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 Chromebooks were shipped ...
Read More →November 21, 2014
With standardized testing moving away from the fill-in-the-bubble tests of old to new, computerized testing for students, what impact will this have on technology-disadvantaged kids? Both the new SBAC...
Read More →November 12, 2014
Today's teachers know that integrating technology into the classroom helps to engage and motivate students to learn. But what about after school? An average of 30% of U.S. students do not have adequat...
Read More →October 22, 2014
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 educational resources to every stud...
Read More →October 1, 2014
We are now connecting students to the Internet at home in 37 school district in 20 states! More than anything, we love to hear about the children being helped with our solution. South Carolina’s Richl...
Read More →September 18, 2014
THIS SURVEY IS NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU TO ALL WHO SUBMITTED RESPONSES. The Kajeet SmartSpot -- a portable MiFi device by Novatel Wireless -- enables off-campus connectivity by providing managed broadban...
Read More →September 15, 2014
Getting parent support on any innovation in the school is important before officially rolling it out. Schools use technology is so many different ways that as parents we know it’s sometimes difficult ...
Read More →September 8, 2014
With most kids back to school already this month, we’re certainly enjoying all the news about technology in the classroom. This particular Wall Street Journal article caught our eye since it discussed...
Read More →July 23, 2014
As more schools implement digital and web-based learning and assessment programs, requiring students to work on assignments outside of the classroom, the poorest students are struggling to keep up wit...
Read More →July 1, 2014
We are are pleased to announce Grandview C-4 Schools in Grandeview, Missouri. Ms. Norwood's district will receive a $5,000 check to fund their technology programs. We are very much looking forward to ...
Read More →June 9, 2014
CoSN (Consortium for School Networking) and the National Title I Association (NASTID) released a new toolkit to strengthen the critical relationship between District Title I and education technology l...
Read More →June 2, 2014
As administrators, teachers and leaders in your community, we know your job is to inspire and prepare students for a successful future. Technology is critical in today's world by giving students acces...
Read More →May 13, 2014
Together with Project Tomorrow®, a national education nonprofit, Kajeet conducted a year-long study on the impact of mobile devices on teaching and learning. The Making Learning Mobile study took an i...
Read More →May 13, 2014
In the wake of technology’s ever-expanding potential, the safe mobile broadband of Kajeet SmartSpot™ is reconciling a digital schism in education and bridging the gap between privileged and low-income...
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