Sentences with phrase «years access to technology»

However, over the last ten years access to technology has become more and more ubiquitous.

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UCLA's Anderson School of Management offered a video option last year, but scrapped it when some students didn't have access to the necessary technology.

Part of the boom is attributable to today's technology: The ubiquity of personal computers and the Internet gives company builders market - access and information - processing capabilities they couldn't have had 25 years ago.

The roles of technology and access to information has greatly changed our lives in the past few years, but we can't afford to maintain the status quo into the future.

Over the past year, the FCC has approved requests by OneWeb, Space Norway, and Telesat to access the U.S. market to provide broadband services using satellite technology.

Late last year, a research firm called Defense Group Inc. argued in a report prepared for Congress that the Neurala investment could give China access to the company's underlying technologies.

We are committing $ 500 million over the next two years to offer joint sales engagements with startups, along with access to our technology, and new community spaces that promote collaboration across local and global ecosystems.

While the Canadian government has yet to respond publicly to the recommendations, my weekly technology law column (Toronto Star version, homepage version) reports that according to documents recently obtained under the Access to Information Act, earlier this year Industry Minister James Moore launched a series of private consultations with Canadian business on intellectual property issues.

Technology, transportation, and modern agricultural methods have given consumers year - round access to food, even when it doesn't make sense geographically and climatically.

This innovative way to use mobile technology provides access to knowledge, including for those with low literacy levels, about common childhood diseases, pregnancy, nutrition, childbirth, the first year of life, child survival, growth, learning, development and protection, and empower women to make healthy decisions for themselves and their families.

However, one policy debate that I have been very close to over the last few years, and one that illustrates how digital technology has changed our society and also how it creates new social contexts related to rights based issues, is that of access to pornography and sexual content online.

The Beekmantown Central School District in Clinton County partnered with the mobile technology firm Kajeet last year to improve connectivity and students» access to internet.

At 1 p.m. the Committee on Technology will meet to discuss a five - year plan to expand wi - fi access in city parks.

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These projects last three years; when they wrap up in 2014, A123 may have first access to technologies vastly superior to what's in the market.

Last year the MRC tried to negotiate access to the database, but the conditions laid down by HGS would have «prevented researchers talking to each other», says David Owen, the MRC's director for technology transfer.

A smarter type of memory A recently announced alliance between HP and Hynix Semiconductor aims to fill the imminent gap with a denser and more energy - efficient technology called resistive random access memory (RRAM) that could roll off the assembly line in the next few years.

Over the past three years, Ramot has provided more than $ 40M to translational research through value enhancement programs, helping Tel Aviv University researchers advance their research through the best possible routes, and providing companies and investors with access to cutting - edge technologies and research.

This past year — 2016 — we took steps in a number of crucial areas to increase access to care through the expansion of our physical plant in Belmont, Massachusetts, as well as to focus efforts on emerging uses of technology to improve delivery of care.

With access to UK nuclear operational technology and know - how that spans 60 years we can help you address your challenge, whatever the scale or complexity.

Abstract: Using the first nationally representative survey to focus on internet dating, we identify those «at risk» of using internet dating, i.e., one must have internet access and have been single in the past five years during the technology's growth.

In addition to the annual Academy Awards — in which the members vote to select the nominees and winners — the Academy presents a diverse year - round slate of public programs, exhibitions and events; acts as a neutral advocate in the advancement of motion picture technology; and, through its Margaret Herrick Library and Academy Film Archive, collects, preserves, restores and provides access to movies and items related to their history.

About SXSW Film Festival Now in its 25th year, SXSW Film Festival brings together creatives of all stripes over nine days to experience a diverse lineup and access to thousands of SXSW Conference sessions with visionaries from all corners of the entertainment, media, and technology industries.

After seven years of leading an innovative high school near Oslo, Norway, Ann Michaelsen had acquired some keen insights about what it means to be a global learner with ready access to technology.

Today, the conversation has shifted to this question: How do we define access when the price of personal computers and related technologies has dropped dramatically over the years and, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project, 95 percent of Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 use the Internet?

And while overall access to information and communications technology (ICT) has grown significantly in recent years, a digital divide (often linked to socioeconomic background) still exists between and within countries.

With or without access to technology, final portfolios are opportunities for students be creative as they reflect on, describe, analyze, and interpret their own work and learning from the year.

The Declaration outlines how technology can be used to achieve education targets for equity, access, quality and lifelong learning in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that will be used to coordinate international development for the next 15 years.

The digital divide also grew this year, largely due to higher income learners having greater access to technology, when compared to lower income learners.

This past year, eight students focused on the Robotics Alliance Project, which engages students in math, science, engineering, and technology by providing online courses, Webcasts, access to competitions, and a Web - based clearinghouse of robotics - related educational material and activities.

This is unsurprising given the enormous uptick in online courses and technology tools in K — 12 schools nationwide, not to mention the promise that technology holds to dismantle barriers to access and experience that have plagued the education system for years.

EW: How much progress have you seen in seven years in the nation's efforts to «leave no child behind» — to bridge the digital divide — when it comes to providing access to technology?

This year, for the first time, Technology Counts assigns letter grades to the states on leadership in three core areas of technology policy and practice: access, use, andTechnology Counts assigns letter grades to the states on leadership in three core areas of technology policy and practice: access, use, andtechnology policy and practice: access, use, and capacity.

Despite fiscal belt - tightening and the recent decline in the technology sector of the U.S. economy, states still made great strides over the past year in helping students get access to computers in schools.

The following statement can be attributed to State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) executive director Douglas Levin on today's vote by the FCC on E-rate modernization: «With today's vote, the FCC has taken a critical step to guaranteeing the 18 year - old E-rate program can continue to fulfill its critical role of ensuring equity of access -LSB-...]

Hassel and Dean believe that one of the areas where technology holds the greatest potential to transform rural education is also one of the most important: ensuring that every child has access to great instruction, year after year.

Just a few years ago such just in time access to information was not possible, mobile technology fits the niche for such learning situations perfectly.

The report recommended that: policy makers ensure curriculum and assessments are aligned at state, district and local levels; districts survey teachers on test prep activities and keep those that are highly rated, while dropping those that aren't; districts expand access to technology so students can develop skills before taking tests and teachers can support them; and districts only use interim tests aimed at predicting performance on end - of - the - year tests, if teachers believe they are high - quality.

Over the years greater access to computer technologies in the home and school has encouraged teachers to develop their abilities to utilize these tools.

Under the renewed alliance, the educational technology company will continue to provide Teach For America corps members and their classrooms with free access to its patented, research - based literacy solutions during their two - year teaching commitment.

The bill delayed the unfunded class - size requirements by one year, preserving elementary school students» access to «enhancement courses» such as art, music, technology, and physical education for the 2017 - 18 school year.

But even with access to technology and Internet connectivity, many schools still use an antiquated classroom model designed when factory work was the norm for most Americans — dozens of students in a room together, seated in rows facing the teacher, learning the same concept at the same time from a textbook that may be years out of date.

The design of our learning environment in the second year leveraged the ubiquitous access to technology in the seminar space (i.e., 16 networked workstations) and also the larger public learning spaces (i.e., 30 + additional workstations, multimedia development suites, scanners, digital and video cameras, LCD projectors, SmartBoards, CD burners, and so on).

Launched in 2011, Project Leadership and Investment for Transformation, or L.I.F.T., is a five - year initiative in nine low - performing schools in Charlotte, North Carolina.35 The project focuses on innovative strategies to provide students with extended learning time and increased access to technology while supporting community engagement and excellent teaching.36 Project L.I.F.T. worked with Public Impact — a nonprofit organization that works with school districts to create innovative school models — to design hybrid teacher - leader roles that «extend the reach» of high - performing teachers to more students.37 These «multi-classroom leaders» continue to teach while leading teams of teachers and assuming responsibility for the learning of all students taught by their team.38 For this advanced role, teachers earn supplements of up to $ 23,000 annually, funded sustainably by reallocating funds within current budgets.39

The number of children with access to such devices will no doubt increase, with three out of five teachers surveyed reporting that they will increase their use of classroom technology during the 2016 - 17 school year.

The goal of the first year was to establish a structural foundation that included a bank of projects, access to resources and technology, emotional support, and release days for PBL planning time so that teachers who wanted to create a project would have the needed tools.

The first year of a successful tech rollout should include demonstration classrooms that allow other teachers, parents, and community members to see the change expected, while teachers have access to the anticipated technology.

The technology is accessible and easy to utilize and provides me access to all walkthrough data throughout the year.

Maryland: Dr. S. Dallas Dance, Superintendent, Baltimore County Public Schools, MD Dr. Dallas Dance has made meaningful use of technology a priority in his 110,000 district by engaging the community in the creation of a five - year, Blueprint 2.0 strategic plan; leading the Students and Teachers Accessing Tomorrow (S.T.A.T.) initiative to ensure every school has an equitable, effective digital learning environment; and being an avid personal user of social media to connect with the public.

Over the years, our Technology Committee has also forged many Public / Private Partnerships with Technology based companies and through these collaborations, have provided access to the latest in educational tools at a reduced or no cost to educators.