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“Tired of fighting that fight”: School districts’ uphill battle to get good deals on ed tech

The Hechinger Report

To buy Chromebooks, the most-purchased device on the ed tech market , school districts can check prices from Google, Acer, Samsung, HP and others. The Chromebook market is considered a buyer’s market; if school district purchasers don’t like a price from one vendor, they can try another.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 11 Edition)

Doug Levin

." Tagged on: March 19, 2017 Technology switch leaves some upset | Columbia Daily Tribune → Battle High School students and teachers have had iPads since the school opened in 2013. But the iPads will be discontinued next year in favor of the Dell Latitude Education Series (3160) touchscreen laptop computer.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. In 2013, 3D printer manufacturer MakerBot launched its MakerBot Academy with a goal “to put a MakerBot Desktop 3D Printer in every school in America.” The key word in that headline isn’t “digital”; it’s “force.” Interactive Whiteboards.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Randall filed the suit in 2013, eight months after the university fired basketball coach Mike Rice’s for mistreating his players.” Here’s Edsurge’s “exclusive” on the news that Android apps will soon be able on Chromebooks. ” From Mindwires Consulting: “ e-Literate Big Picture: LMS.”