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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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...
Read More →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...
Read More →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...
Read More →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 ...
Read More →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...
Read More →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...
Read More →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...
Read More →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...
Read More →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...
Read More →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...
Read More →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...
Read More →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...
Read More →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...
Read More →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, ...
Read More →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...
Read More →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...
Read More →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...
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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →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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