article thumbnail

3 Ways to Extend the Life of Chromebooks

EdTech Magazine

As school-issued devices near the end of their lifecycles, K–12 institutions are searching for ways to sustain these technologies. In many cases, districts are trying to get the maximum return on their investments by extending the life of the laptops and tablets that students use.

article thumbnail

These K–12 Schools Are Using Asset-Tracking Technology To Save Money and Reduce Risk

EdTech Magazine

When Erin Ford joined Virginia’s Chesterfield County Public Schools as director of technology services, she became concerned about the way the district monitored its technology assets. “We We were tracking Chromebooks in a vendor-supported asset management system,” she says. “We

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Why connected laptops are a pathway to digital liberation

eSchool News

Key points: Digital classrooms–and their remote students–are here to stay School facilities face unprecedented demand for broadband across education sites The introduction of always-connected PCs and Chromebooks continues to be the catalyst for digitally liberating many students.

Laptops 92
article thumbnail

3 Keys to Transform Instruction with Chromebooks

EdTech Magazine

3 Keys to Transform Instruction with Chromebooks. While education technology is key to introducing new learning strategies, the technology itself will only be as good as the implementation plan around it. Chromebooks are tools. Chromebooks are tools. He is a contributor to the CDW family of technology magazines.

article thumbnail

Touchscreen Chromebooks: the iPad killers in schools?

Ditch That Textbook

I have worked with all sorts of digital devices in my own classroom — desktop computers, laptops, Chromebooks, iPads, student cell phones and a variety of others. Hands down, the best experience for me has been Chromebooks.

article thumbnail

New Global Survey Offers Snapshot of Technology in the Classroom in 2019

EdTech Magazine

New Global Survey Offers Snapshot of Technology in the Classroom in 2019. The survey found that use of technology in schools worldwide continues to grow, with 48 percent of students reporting they use a desktop computer in the classroom. One particular area of technology the survey highlighted as growing is smartphones.

Survey 368
article thumbnail

What Happened to the ‘$100 Laptop’?

Edsurge

Back in 2005, one of the biggest stories in tech was a project by a group of MIT professors to build a $100 laptop and give them to children in schools around the world. At the time, a typical laptop cost well over $1,000. That never quite came to fruition, but almost 3 million is still a lot of laptops out there.

Laptops 111