[ad_1] The politicians gave Comcast until May 22nd to answer questions, including the number of people with enabled public hotspots, how those wireless access points are managed and the kind of performance problems customers might experience if residential spots were free to use. In a response to Engadget, a Comcast spokesperson reiterated the company’s existing […]
Category: students
Netflix puts free documentaries on YouTube for students and teachers
[ad_1] To help teachers and students learning from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, Netflix is making a handful of documentaries available for free on its Netflix US YouTube channel. At the moment, there are 10 documentary films and series available, including 13th, Babies, Chasing Coral, Knock Down the House and Our Planet. Each comes with […]
School districts ban Zoom over security concerns
[ad_1] The exact worries vary, although they tend to be a mix of tangible security and privacy problems with teachers and staff who may not be familiar with how Zoom works. There’s no end-to-end encryption for Zoom meetings, making it possible to intercept videoconferences. Teachers have also had to grapple with “Zoombombing” incidents where bad […]
Verizon will provide free internet to students in Los Angeles
[ad_1] Reliable internet access is critical during this pandemic, but Verizon (Engadget’s parent company) is a little late to step up. Spectrum is offering free internet installation and service to students and their families. Comcast is making its Internet Essentials program free for new, qualifying customers for 60 days, and it is boosting broadband speeds […]
‘Overwatch’ college esports series will award $40,000 in scholarships
[ad_1] The first Collegiate Clash is due to start in late March and will broadcast live on UMG’s Twitch channel. The notion of elevating college players isn’t completely novel. Epic is starting official Fortnite college circuits, for instance. However, this could be helpful for any student who’s hoping to compete in the Overwatch League or […]
Google’s ‘Assignments’ tool flags plagiarism and missing sources
[ad_1] The company says its originality reports will scan student work for matching text against web pages as well as “tens of millions” of books. “We’ve heard from instructors that they copy and paste passages into Google Search to check if student work is authentic, which can be repetitive, inefficient and biased. They also often […]
Apple’s contactless student IDs come to 12 more schools
[ad_1] The expansion comes alongside support for school credential formats from Allegion, CBORD and HID. You can expect more colleges and universities to add support going forward. It could be a long while before you can simply leave your conventional ID back at the dorm when many schools don’t even support NFC-based IDs, let alone […]
Amazon offers students Music Unlimited for 99 cents per month
[ad_1] Music Unlimited typically costs $7.99/month for Prime subscribers and $9.99/month for those without Prime. A Prime Student membership is half the price of a regular Prime subscription at $6.49/month, so adding the Music Unlimited plan on top would run you $7.48/month. You can stream the service’s 50 million tunes, stations and playlists through Alexa […]
The best (and mostly free) apps to help you keep up in class
[ad_1] Photomath Some people have keen, mathematical minds and can intuitively grasp complex relationships between numbers. Others, uh, aren’t so great at it. If you fall into that latter camp, you’re in good company, and Photomath might be able to help. Once you’ve installed it, all you have to do is snap a photo of […]
Microsoft wants to make ‘Minecraft’ easier for kids to read
[ad_1] The tool is meant to support students learning to read and/or translate, as well as students with reading challenges. Microsoft has previously put it to use in other platforms, like Office. The tool should be ready for Minecraft: Education Edition by the start of the school year this fall. Microsoft has a few other […]