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Whatever it takes: How this district pivoted with the pandemic

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AW : We’ve been doing 1-to-1 in Maine since 2003 at a couple of grade levels. And then a lot of them are now slowly creeping down through the elementary schools. And then we have been backfilling with Chromebooks that stay in the classroom. Related content: How this district became closer by being apart.

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Apple and Microsoft Now Offer $100 Styluses. But Do Schools Need—or Want—Them?

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Microsoft does, too, and various pens from third-party manufacturers are beginning to dot the touchscreen Chromebook market. Already the company offers a touchscreen Chromebook, the Spin 11, with a stylus, which retail together for about $350. Samsung offers its own $30 pen for its Chromebook Plus and Pro lines. What’s in a Pen?

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The Progression of our Lower School Technology Integration

Tech Helpful

In the last few days of the first semester of the 2003-2004 school year I was given the opportunity to speak with the teacher that was leaving the school briefly before he left for Christmas break to understand what the curriculum expectations were for the stand alone computer classes in the elementary school.

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3 Key Actions for 2021-22 You Can Take Now

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COVID’s impact on schools was so substantial that Congress established the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER). The panelists put stopgaps in place to ensure students were learning and engaged: providing devices such as Chromebooks to all students and setting up WiFi hotspots. Anna Logan.