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What Happens When Low-Income College Students Borrow Free Laptops?

Edsurge

When black students at the University of Michigan took to Twitter several years ago to critique campus policies and culture , one tweet in particular caught the attention of college administrators. The post ( perhaps one like this ) described how alienating and awkward it can feel for a student to show up to class without a laptop.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 38 Edition)

Doug Levin

It’s not you, dear Twitter, it’s me. Tagged on: September 21, 2017 Hampton school making do without stolen laptops | Daily Press → After 100 laptops were stolen from George P. If you think the cops infiltrated a protest you organized and sifted through your Twitter feed, do you have a right to know about that?

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 38 Edition)

Doug Levin

It’s not you, dear Twitter, it’s me. Tagged on: September 21, 2017 Hampton school making do without stolen laptops | Daily Press → After 100 laptops were stolen from George P. If you think the cops infiltrated a protest you organized and sifted through your Twitter feed, do you have a right to know about that?

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ISTE10 Conference Reflection: Leadership and Cheese Cubes

The Daring Librarian

the one I blogged about that we helped to make in SL) I manned my Twitter & Beyond booth for 2 hours and talked with passerbys about the benefits of Twitter and did a mini Personal Learning Network Bootcamp ! right laptop scrolling thumb is numb and even feels broken! were VERY busy! Highlights: Ok.I''m

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Leading Learning in a Blended Environment

edWeb.net

In that role, Diane helped develop a statewide data warehouse consortium for school districts, worked to transform her school district with laptops for educators and 1:1 devices for students, and earned her Certified Educational Technology Leader (CETL) certification. You can follow Eileen on Twitter @EileenBelastock.

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Deciding what matters: Authentic teaching through setting boundaries

The Cornerstone for Teachers

I was introduced to Gerardo’s work through a podcast he co-hosts with Kevin Adams called “Too Dope Teachers,” and his advocacy for equity and antiracism. We’ve followed one another on Twitter (their handle is @TooDopeTeachers) for a couple of years. No matter what I was working on, close the laptop.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Ban Laptops" Op-Eds. For the past ten years, every ten months or so, someone would pen an op-ed claiming it was time to ban laptops in the classroom. For their part, critics of laptop bans claimed the studies the op-eds frequently cite were flawed, reductive, and out-of-date. WTF is Unizin ?! Collared Dove. And on and on and on.

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