Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Students tuned in on iPads or laptops from thousands of miles away, in China, while Henegar taught from her home in Indiana, in a basement closet she refurbished for the task. Some companies shut down abruptly. I've taught in lots of restaurants and shopping malls in China.” Others are slowly winding down.

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EdTech4Beginners

DECEMBER 25, 2018

Devices such as laptops, smartphones, tablets, etc. Data label, an online label manufacturing company, conducted a survey recently where people were asked whether they feel technology in schools has had positive effects on children. Students nowadays have access to the latest and up to date technology. are fast replacing our textbooks.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 24, 2019

Their products are wireless, Bluetooth- and/or USB-connectable, and their SPARKvue software runs on Mac and Windows platforms, Chromebooks, iPads, iPhones, and Android. can of soda, and smart enough to automatically sync with your desktop, smartphone, or iPad. It can detect movement within a range of 15 cm to 4 m.

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Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

My interest in this technology stems from the promise both companies make: This is the tablet that will replace your laptop. In my eyes, both Microsoft and Apple are not only looking to replace the laptop, but to actually merge it with a tablet to create something that is the best of both worlds. Preference: iPad Pro.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2023

In the past year, colleges have seen a rise in students skipping lectures , and some reports indicate that students are more prone to staring at TikTok or other distractions on their smartphones and laptops during lecture class. Most had the lecture slides up on their laptops or iPads, or were using paper notebooks and pens.

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Securly

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

These were the pressing questions of the time – a time 8-months after the release of the first iPad and 6-months before the release of the first Chromebook. ” The 1:1 initiative aimed for districts to issue each student a laptop for use in-school and at home. Then there was the iPad. Will the cloud continue to reign?

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Edsurge

MAY 2, 2024

EdSurge recently sat down with the developers of the tool, custom-made for the district by Boston-based AI company AllHere, for a demo, to try to find out. As at many schools these days, students spend much of their learning time on a laptop or an iPad, and they use a variety of tech tools as they move through the school day.

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2017

When Apple released its first iPad seven years ago, the company thought one area it would revolutionize was education. So when Hiram College announced last month that it would provide every student and professor an iPad starting this fall, it made us wonder what the state of Apple’s sector-creating tablet on campuses is these days.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

To help schools, parents and caregivers meet the needs of their early learners and further empower their learning journey toward school readiness, Gale, a Cengage company has made major enhancements to Miss Humblebee’s Academy , its award-winning interactive online learning solution for children ages three to six. About Cengage and Gale.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Venkat Ratnam So Ratnam left his 23-year career as a professional services leader for software companies to create a solution that would help his children and others. The iPad App Currently, WhizRead is available as a free iPad app on the Apple App Store. It contains some sample, enriched reading comprehension passages.

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Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2023

Justin Reich: When I was a high school history teacher, I was relatively early in the United States to have a classroom that was one-to-one with wireless laptops with the internet. We had this intranet server service called FirstClass that kind of did in 2003 just about everything that Google for Education does now.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

BRUNSWICK, Maine—Like many school districts, Brunswick School Department in Maine suddenly has a lot more laptops and tablets to manage than it planned for. BPS applied for help from the federal Emergency Connectivity Fund to purchase additional Chromebooks so students can keep a laptop at school and have one at home.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

AUGUST 18, 2015

30 Companies That Offer Teacher Discounts In 2016. From Apple to J.Crew, these companies offer exclusive discounts on just about everything a teacher could possibly need for the new semester! 30 Companies That Offer Teacher Discounts In 2016. Find discount laptops, tablets and desktop computers for your school!

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ViewSonic Education

MAY 7, 2019

While many technologies play a part – Chromebooks , iPads , huddle stations and more – the front-of-room interactive display remains a critical component. Excitement and interest are generated by the appeal of the huge, iPad-like device, which functions as easy as a familiar tablet. 3x bulbs additional replacement cost).

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Shauntel Garvey (General Partner, Reach Capital): The launch of the iPad and Chromebook ushered in the age of devices in the classroom. As we took notes on our $2000 laptops, those stats seemed too far off. But iPads did not live up to the hype that they would become the preferred delivery method for instructional content.

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Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2019

She tried several options before jumping on a free trial of the wireless video streaming and screen mirroring technology by Vivi, an education-focused company founded in Australia. One of the great things with Vivi is that it works with laptops, Chromebooks, iPads, Android tablets.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2019

Rolling cabinets stocked with dozens of the laptops sit in classrooms where teachers assign them to students for everything from researching hereditary DNA to writing essays. What’s unusual about James Lick’s Chromebook program isn’t the laptops themselves, but how they were paid for. Amadou Diallo for The Hechinger Report.

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 16, 2012

I''ve used many an iPhone and iPad in the past and been underwhelmed. Many people asked me if I owned an iPhone or iPad and I had not. I''ve used friends'' iPhones or iPads a lot, but didn''t own one. I used the iPad for about 2 weeks straight to test it out also and came up with some thoughts and issues I list below.

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Adam Welcome

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

Yes - I really love enhancing the curriculum in classes with laptops, tablets, coding and robots. Very recently I was around some teachers and I could hear their chatter about technology, iPads, their iPhones etc. Like I invented laptops, iPads and the app store. Spoiler alert - it's not just me.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 21, 2021

First, a very cool stylus called the Logitech Crayon doesn’t require pairing and can be used on any iPad. Second, the Logitech Rugged Combo 3 Touch is made for iPads with a place to store a stylus and features a trackpad and keyboard allowing touch screen devices to turn into a laptop-like experience. The Logitech Crayon.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

When I was a middle school teacher in Los Angeles Unified School District, I looked longingly at the work of sales reps and trainers at edtech companies. It’s about the numbers, but not only the ones you think In the company boardroom, numbers matter: How many daily users? How naive I was! How much is in the sales pipeline?

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Kathy Schrock

MARCH 30, 2016

It was called "The Lapdog", and it held my laptop, computer cables, chargers, and PalmPilot. They were one of the first companies that understood how important it was to offer cases that would protect student laptops as one-to-one programs were rolled out in schools. The re was all kind of trading going on!

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 8, 2020

And instead of using a school bus, students use technologies like laptops, iPads, and digital platforms like Zoom and Schoology to come to their teachers. The Journal continually updates their list of eLearning tools that companies are providing free of charge while schools are closed which you can find here.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

In its 48-year history, Curriculum Associates has acquired only one company. His company’s flagship digital product, i-Ready , is a K-8 math and literacy tool used by nearly 15 percent of K-8 students across the country. “I The two companies have had on-and-off conversations about partnership opportunities since 2012.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Using wireless presentation tools by Vivi , an education-focused company founded in Australia, Gunn was able to mirror her tablet screen on the classroom screen and play YouTube clips directly through a hardwired receiver without slowing down the school’s wifi—or her students’ work. “I really needed a quick process.” Natalie Harris at St.

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Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2018

But how does a philosophy that has been taught for centuries stay relevant in an education age immersed with iPads and apps, and careers driven by the digital economy, automation and personalization? The need for thoughtfulness in our technocentric world extends beyond the creation and use of new tools.

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Kathy Schrock

APRIL 3, 2019

If you follow this blog, you know I regularly review items from Brenthaven , a great company with an awesome focus on the educational market! Sometimes, as I did in my previous reviews of the Tred Zip Folio and the Edge Carry Case for the iPad , I am considering ways the student devices can be kept safe when in and out of the backpack.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 15, 2019

And to avoid any surprises down the road, Rugg also wanted to understand how the company handled training, support and upgrades. The technology is used daily to support the high school’s 1:1 laptop program. On the heels of his earlier unsuccessful implementation, he had two crucial questions in mind: Was the new system cost-effective?

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Educational Technology Guy

AUGUST 16, 2013

Now that roughly two in three teachers have a personal smart device, more teachers can access ClassDojo’s full set of experiences without using a laptop or desktop computer. Accordingly, the company has built out its mobile capabilities to allow its mobile development to parallel its web efforts.

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Educational Technology Guy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

The free app allows teachers to register for an account on an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, set up and view all of their classes, and assign personalized avatars to each of their students. The free service also operates on the Web, allowing teachers to alternatively use a laptop, desktop computer, or any smartphone or tablet via Web browser.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 16, 2015

For example, I keep my laptop, iPad and iPhone with me all the time. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to edit and post it. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I believe will be good for my readers and are from companies I can recommend.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 19, 2016

GradeCam also works with laptops, desktops, tablets and any device that has a camera connected to wifi. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to edit and post it. GradeCam can also quickly transfer all of the scores into a grade book.

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Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

Summer and transitioning to a new day-to-day computer (Linux laptop). Tagged on: July 21, 2017 A complex web of factors influence children’s commercial media literacy | LSE Business Review → If they don’t know an ad from information, how can they grasp how companies use their personal data?

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eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2015

The company is known for innovative Carts that efficiently store and simultaneously charge mobile devices in schools. The universal Cart works with iPad®, iPad Air™ or iPad Mini™ devices and most other tablets, laptops and Chromebooks.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2019

When EducationSuperHighway launched, the Perry-Lecompton school district, in a rural area outside of Topeka, Kansas, still had laptop carts that teachers had to reserve if they wanted students to use computers in their classrooms. And he remembers battery life on those laptops lasting just an hour. It was a well-timed initiative.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 12, 2020

He has the personal wealth to afford this pedagogical extravagance, thanks to having founded a software company earlier in his career. And without buying a new camera, but using an iPad that you already have, you can even get away with a budget of $800, he wrote. It’s totally insane,” Willems said.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Does it make sense for you to purchase robots and drones for your school when you already have interactive displays in your classrooms and laptops for each student? It could be argued that both ridesharing app companies are popular not only because of the technology that drives them, but because they were launched at the right time.

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