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Three Laptop Charging Cart Challenges and How to Solve Them

EdTech Magazine

Devices could be brought to classrooms when tech-savvy teachers had online lessons for students. Schools might have had enough laptops for one class. To support these programs, tablet, Chromebook and computer carts have evolved to serve the needs of today’s K–12 districts. As many students return to…

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What to Know About Student Privacy on School-Issued Devices

EdTech Magazine

After having devices in their possession for a year, students returning to classrooms are, in many cases, handing over their school-issued tech for the first time. Because districts went into emergency mode when the pandemic began, many IT leaders have not seen these laptops or tablets.

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A New Device Could Help Students with Disabilities Navigate Technology

EdTech Magazine

A new tongue-operated device could mean K–12 students with disabilities who can’t use other types of assistive technology can still work with laptops, tablets and other classroom tools. MouthPad, a custom-fitted interface that attaches to users’ upper teeth like a retainer, functions somewhat like a trackpad.

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Classroom tech: The new and the tried-and-true of 2024

eSchool News

Over the last few decades, applied technology in the classroom has grown by leaps and bounds. Of course, there’s more to education technology than allowing computers in the classroom. What new technology is out there and being tested in the classroom?

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How Wi-Fi 6 Can Help K-12 Schools Outmaneuver Bad Actors

EdTech Magazine

Teachers and students in today’s classrooms expect reliable internet connections, wide coverage and speedy access. I say potential because this depends on the devices you buy, how you deploy them, how dense your network is and whether end users have upgraded their laptops, tablets and smartphones to…

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Study: One-to-One Laptop Programs Improve Student Learning

Doug Levin

Newly published, peer-reviewed research out of Michigan State University and the University of California, Irvine suggests that one-to-one laptop programs improve student academic achievement in K-12 classrooms. Learning in one-to-one laptop environments: A meta-analysis and research synthesis. Warschauer, M.,

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What Is an Asset Tag, and How Can It Help Districts Reconnect with Lost Devices?

EdTech Magazine

To support this digital shift, IT teams supplied laptops, tablets and other peripherals to make learning anywhere a possibility. Beyond personal devices, classrooms are seeing upgrades in educational technology. Now, all of those devices will come back to school buildings.

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