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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.

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9 of the Best Laptop Backpacks for Students

Fractus Learning

With school comes school supplies, and maybe a new book bag. Students are transporting a variety of tech with them each day, and this can include laptops. Rather than just shoving a laptop into an ordinary book bag, laptop backpacks can help to make carrying a laptop more convenient, and hopefully a little safer.

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K–12's Digital Transformation Is Giving Libraries a Modern Makeover

EdTech Magazine

No longer just a haven for dusty books and stern shushes, the library is now a place for digital resources and makerspaces and flexible learning. The space was outfitted with modern furniture, laptops and audiovisual equipment. . There will always be books. eli.zimmerman_9856. Thu, 11/08/2018 - 12:56.

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What is Mastery Learning and How Do You Implement It Effectively?

The CoolCatTeacher

Limited quantities on desktops, gaming laptops, high quality monitors, thunderbolt docks, wireless mice and more. Jon has written and co-authored ten books that have been translated into thirteen languages. Find out more about Jon at JonBergmann.com and find book resources at TheMasteryLearningHandbook.com. It's amazing.

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Companies Say Blockchain Could Have Prevented College Admissions Scandal

Edsurge

Now, several companies that sell student-record systems based on blockchain—the technology behind Bitcoin—are pitching their products as a way to prevent that kind of fraudulent record tampering in the future. million in seed funding from Blue Book Ventures and other investors.

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Google’s Soli Uses Gesture Technology to Immerse K–12 Students

EdTech Magazine

Tambo International Airport, for example, a coffee company installed a machine that analyzes travelers’ facial gestures and dispenses a cup of coffee if it detects someone yawning. . An input device from Leap Motion, which develops hand-tracking software, lets a user control a computer or laptop with hand movements. .

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5 Reasons the iPad is Still Relevant to SLPs

SpeechTechie

Raised screens laptop-style promotes faces-in-screens. This is supremely easy to do with an iPad (and hand sanitizer) and not so much with a laptop. The integration of camera/photos and drawing/text tools in apps like Book Creator , among other easier-to-use creation tools, is also less seamless on a laptop.

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