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Characteristics of The 21st Century Classroom

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

When I embarked on my teaching journey back in 2003, the landscape of the classroom was quite different from what we see today. Tablets, laptops, and Chromebooks have become as commonplace as notebooks, enabling students to access a vast reservoir of information and educational resources at their fingertips. link] Martell, C.

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

Edsurge

Microsoft does, too, and various pens from third-party manufacturers are beginning to dot the touchscreen Chromebook market. Their battery-powered pens for the Surface tablet cost up to $100 each and claim to have 4,096 different pressure points for precision. Samsung offers its own $30 pen for its Chromebook Plus and Pro lines.

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Humanizing technology

Learning With Lucie

Remember that this was in 2003, several years before iPads and other tablet computing had been invented). For example, our schools have invested in thousands of dollars of computer stations (iPads, Chromebooks, laptops) so they could fulfill the requirements of administering computerized high stakes testing.

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ProfHacker 2015 Holiday Gift Guide

ProfHacker

I already have a Chromecast installed on my television to stream shows, but I don’t like that it doesn’t work without a phone/tablet/computer. I’ve cut ties with it about a year ago, but still use streaming services like Netflix. And if they don’t subscribe to Howler , remedying that is the best gift of all.).