Kajeet ExtraCurricular

3 Considerations for Managing Remote Learning Data in Higher Education

June 12, 2020

As remote learning becomes a go-to method of instruction in colleges and institutions of higher education across the world for the foreseeable future, connectivity has become a key topic of discussion...

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How to Manage Data During Distance Learning

June 8, 2020

As distance learning becomes the de facto method of instruction in schools across the world for the next few months at least, connectivity has become a key topic of discussion. Much of the focus on co...

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The Top 6 Trends in Education for 2020

December 23, 2019

It’s the start of a new decade—that means it’s time to come up with new goals, try out new technology, and get up to speed on the latest ed tech trends. We’ve made our predictions in years past. In an...

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Do You Know Which Websites Your Students Access?

December 10, 2019

Is your school or school district budget being spent wisely? You’ve paid for students to have a 1:1 take-home device and you’ve paid for the necessary online tools your students need to learn and succ...

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National School Bus Safety Month

September 9, 2019

Did you know that September is officially designated National School Bus Safety Month from a unanimous U.S. Senate vote? School Transportation News (STN) reports, “[The bill] encourages broadcast and ...

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How Effective is Your Ed Tech Program?

May 30, 2019

You may have the most exciting ed tech program ready to go in your district. Perhaps you’ve finally gotten the green-light on incorporating a new ed tech tool into your classroom. Either way, it’s one...

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3G, 4G, 5G: What the Ever-Evolving Wireless Networks Mean for K-12 Education

April 16, 2019

Ninety-two percent of school districts currently meet the FCC’s E-Rate Modernization Order of providing 100 Mbps (megabits per second) per 1,000 students for all of their schools, according to the Con...

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It's 2019: Is the Homework Gap Gone?

February 22, 2019

The Homework Gap. The Digital Divide. Whichever term you use, they both point to the same problem: students without Internet at home face additional barriers to completing their schoolwork, have lower...

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The Top 5 Obstacles and Accelerators in Ed Tech

January 14, 2019

Out with the old and in with the new, at least that is how the saying goes. It may be a new year, but educators continue to discuss wanting to adopt more technology and the difficulties in doing so. H...

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Top Kajeet Blogs of 2018

December 26, 2018

Another year has come and gone, and what a year it has been! What were the top trends? What were educators most interested in? Here is our annual roundup of the top 10 Kajeet blogs of 2018. Let the co...

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The Internet of Things in K-12

December 21, 2018

From smart toys and clothing to smart homes and cities, the Internet of Things (IoT) is quickly becoming integrated into all aspects of our lives, and its influence and reach are only going to keep ex...

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[Infographic] Top Tech for School Buses

August 27, 2018

The school bus is changing, welcoming new technologies that bring buses into the 21st century. But which technologies are education transportation professionals focusing on first? With so much technol...

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The Changing Role of the Bus Driver

July 30, 2018

School buses transport an estimated 26 million students each day, according to the American School Bus Council. But what that statistic really means is there are thousands of bus drivers responsible f...

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With E-learning, School Doesn’t Stop for Bad Weather

March 15, 2018

Here’s how it goes: You get up in the morning and find the world outside your windows white with snow or shaking in hurricane-force winds. You turn on the television, check your phone for updates. You...

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What is 5G and its Role in Education?

February 27, 2018

Do you remember the first generation of cell phones, back on the 1G days? The big brick phones, the terrible reception, and the awful sound quality. 1G was created over 30 years ago, and here we are, ...

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[Infographic] The Current State of 1:1

October 18, 2017

In recent years, school districts across the nation have seen a proliferation of 1:1 programs. Now that educators have had time to adopt and incorporate 1:1 pedagogy into their curriculum, where do th...

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Ransomware: A Growing Threat in K-12

August 18, 2017

Education is currently the biggest target for ransomware attacks, preceding the government, healthcare, energy/utilities, retail, and finance industries, according to Dark Reading in number of ransomw...

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An Updated Look at 2017 Ed Tech Trends

July 5, 2017

It feels like the school year just ended. But in a short while, students will be returning to classrooms across the country to begin another. It’s not just summer that passes quickly, though; so do de...

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[INFOGRAPHIC] Extend the Classroom with Wi-Fi on Your Buses

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...

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How to Get the Most out of Ed Tech Data

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...

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5 Ed Tech Predictions for 2017

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...

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What is the New Role of School District CIOs?

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...

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Do Students Really Need Social Media to Learn?

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...

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Top 10 Educational Websites

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...

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How Does Access to Technology Increase Student Engagement?

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...

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Why Google's Chromebook is Winning Over the Classroom

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 ...

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Smartphones for Smart Kids

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...

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Making Learning Mobile in Chicago

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...

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Safe Mobile Broadband: A Necessary Equalizer for Low-Income Students

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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