Posts Tagged: education technology

A New White Noise? NEBHE Partners With AIR.U to Deploy Super Wi-Fi Networks in College Communities

Posted June 26th, 2012 by Monnica Chan & filed under Economy, Financing, News, Newslink, Students, Technology, Trends.

A consortium of higher education associations, public interest groups and high-tech companies today announced a new partnership called AIR.U (Advanced Internet Regions) to deploy Super Wi-Fi networks in university communities by taking advantage of unused television channels, known as white spaces.Home to 291 two- and four-year postsecondary institutions that enrolled more than 990,000 students in...

EdNet Gets Connected

Posted September 28th, 2010 by Shoshana Akins & filed under Newslink, Newslink Topic, Newslink Type.

Education technology boosters see the classroom as a changing frontier. New gadgets. New connections all the time. But with continuing budget cuts, teachers stuck to traditional modes of instruction and little support from district administrations, new tech advances often go unused or misused, according to education leaders, technology providers and policymakers who gathered in Boston ...