EdTech Magazine

JULY 25, 2022

Overly long refresh cycles and standard-issue laptops no longer cut it. The company has been designing a portfolio of products to meet the needs of K–12 educators for many years. One positive effect has been the broad recognition that teachers need up-to-date, effective technology in the classroom to meet students’ learning needs.

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ViewSonic Education

MARCH 24, 2022

Whether your employees are working from home or the coffee shop, certain measures must be taken to minimize security risks and data breaches that could hurt the rest of your company. It’s always better for employees to use their company-provided laptops and mobile devices for work, rather than their personal devices.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Some online tutoring companies have recently made changes to their platforms to better protect and promote students’ safety, especially as it pertains to online privacy, behavioral issues and parental discipline. Dozens of companies have since formed to offer a similar arrangement, fueled by well over a billion dollars in investment.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 19, 2022

A study from the company found that half of 18-24-year olds have limited access to a laptop, tablet or PC. IT Pro has an interesting article discussing the importance of digital literacy: Digital literacy is as important as reading and writing, Vodafone claims.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2019

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. Other companies that use the blockchain have also made the case that their services would prevent future Varsity Blues.

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techlearning

JUNE 25, 2018

CHICAGO – June 25, 2018 – According to a national study by , schools with one-to-one laptop environments show higher levels of academic achievement. Now with today’s launch of the world’s first augmented reality (AR)/virtual reality (VR) laptop from Silicon Valley company, zSpace Inc.,

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2018

Google’s first Chrome-powered tablet will create new competition for Apple, just as the company announced a new iPad , complete with augmented reality capability, the Apple pencil and a 10-hour battery. When school districts buy laptops for students to use in the classroom, the cost doesn’t stop at the price per device.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

The space was outfitted with modern furniture, laptops and audiovisual equipment. . Besides expanding internet use, districts can outfit makerspaces with the proper tools and technology — laptops, 3D printing, coding kits — for students to get started. Computer Labs Make Way for 1:1 Device Programs.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Versions of that sales pitch echoed through the cavernous exhibit hall this week at one of the largest trade shows for tech companies selling to colleges. We walked the exhibit hall here looking for new ways that companies are offering this Big-Data-driven transformation. CHICAGO—Big Data will save you. Among them.

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ViewSonic Education

JULY 19, 2023

You can politely remind all meeting attendees to keep their mobile phones or laptops away so that they can pay attention to the messages conveyed during the meeting. If attendees do not require laptops to contribute to the meeting, avoid having them on desks. However, about 50% still use them anyway.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 8, 2019

There are not many grant opportunities for K–12 esports programs , but some companies, such as eTeamSponsor , offer crowdfunding tools to create campaigns to fund the technology schools need for a proper competitive space. . MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out how PlayVS Vice President Laz Alberto expects esports to enter the K–12 space.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

McKinsey & Company notes that Gen Z is composed of digital natives who prioritize unique identity and are rooted in the “search for the truth.” . MORE FROM EDTECH: See how education robotics companies are invigorating K–12 learning. New Learning Styles Offer Different Types of Learning.

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2023

My Windows on Snapdragon laptop gets up to 28 hours of battery life, which helps me as I’m constantly on the go. But what this means is that students can check out a laptop from school to complete homework without the worry of lugging around or losing the charger. One of those features is the built-in noise cancellation. No prototype.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Google classrooms were rarely used, and laptops, while ubiquitous, were primarily used during standardized testing season. Working from home on a subpar laptop, most of my time was spent waiting for things to load. The Hype Has Left the Building The tech landscape at my school was far from unique before the pandemic.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2016

At the CES show in Las Vegas this week, Lenovo has introduced new upgrades to its laptop and tablet lines, adding faster speeds, new accessories, and lighter weights for a number of its product lines, such as ThinkPad tablets, its YOGA laptop-tablet hybrid, and ideapad laptops. The Windows 10 laptop features up to 10.5

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

But at this point, with the continuation of online and hybrid instruction, teachers need to up their game, says Bob Knauf, senior product marketing manager at Poly , a global communications company. “If If you’re just using the built-in camera and built-in microphones from your laptop, you’re doing everyone a disservice,” he says.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 30, 2020

Many have teamed up with service providers, technology companies and nonprofit organizations to find cost-effective solutions to deliver laptops, mobile devices and broadband internet to those who need them.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 19, 2020

Many have teamed up with service providers, technology companies and nonprofit organizations to find cost-effective solutions to deliver laptops, mobile devices and broadband internet to those who need them.

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ViewSonic Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

If your company aims to minimize its environmental impact, perhaps as part of an ESG policy (Environment, Social, and Governance), LED and laser business projectors are an excellent choice. If you intend to use your office projector beyond the meeting room, LAN control might be worth considering.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Institutions did what they could to help in the moment, trying “band-aid remedies” such as loaning out laptops or expanding Wi-Fi service into parking lots, says Mike Uhlenkamp, senior director of public affairs for the system. Loaning the occasional laptop is not a new practice in higher education, but providing them en masse may be.

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MindShift

JANUARY 25, 2018

In an open letter, along with another activist shareholder, they called on the company to study digital distraction among youth and to make it easier to limit young people’s use. What you’re really talking about when you talk about laptop bans, says Jesse Stommel, is student freedom. ” Distraction has an upside.

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Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2020

Laptops and internet connections are not available in every household , and even students who usually have such resources available may now find themselves competing for them with siblings or parents studying or working from home. About half own a tablet computer, while three-quarters own desktop or laptop computers.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 26, 2019

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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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

That left us at EdSurge to ponder, how are edtech companies making sure their products are working best for teachers, the people responsible for weaving them into lessons each day? And what—if anything—can we glean from the number of former educators in the leadership ranks of edtech companies? The short answer is—it depends.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 31, 2018

Sponsor: Read my review of the Acer Windows Mixed Reality Headset at www.coolcatteacher.com/vr and learn how to enter to win a STEAM Lab Makeover from Acer and Microsoft, who are giving away 10 Acer Windows Mixed Reality Headsets and 10 Acer Aspire 7 laptops. Listen to the Show. Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Using device-agnostic software called Neverware, districts are breathing new life into old laptops. When Waller Independent School District of Waller, Texas, decided to start upgrading its laptops and desktops to Windows 7 in 2014, the district had one big concern: time. We wound up with 14-second boot-up times.”. Fountain of youth.

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ViewSonic Education

MARCH 9, 2022

Hot desking is becoming a hot topic among companies. Given the mobile and versatile nature of this work style, USB-C monitors (either stationary or portable) will allow anyone to directly connect and charge their laptops. People sit together and work alongside each other, regardless of where they are in the company hierarchy.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2022

Additionally, stories about companies and nonprofits trying to innovate within higher ed attracted a lot of attention, as did several articles about learning science and new teaching practices. Coursera Is Now a Public Company. A Popular Study Found That Taking Notes By Hand Is Better Than By Laptop. By Robert Talbert.

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SpeechTechie

JULY 20, 2022

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. Pass-and-play.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2018

As companies and market experts forecast computer science and engineering skills as crucial to the future workforce , K–12 schools have been rapidly developing STEM programs in order to prepare their students to be the employees of tomorrow. . Top K–12 Tech Tools for Teaching STEM. eli.zimmerman_9856. Wed, 10/24/2018 - 13:49.

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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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eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2024

Given that schools were forced into online learning, many districts used those funds to invest in edtech—in hardware like laptops and Wi-Fi hotspots but also in edtech software.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Kuato is an edtech gaming company that surveyed 1,000 parents and 600 teachers in the U.K. parents felt they did not have the critical tools in place ( like laptops, internet connections, and tables ) before the pandemic. about how they had adapted to learning, teaching, and technology in general since the pandemic started.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 29, 2018

Sponsor: Read my review of the Acer Windows Mixed Reality Headset at www.coolcatteacher.com/vr and learn how to enter to win a STEAM Lab Makeover from Acer and Microsoft, who are giving away 10 Acer Windows Mixed Reality Headsets and 10 Acer Aspire 7 laptops. Listen to the Show. Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher.

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ViewSonic Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

If your company aims to minimize its environmental impact, perhaps as part of an ESG policy (Environment, Social, and Governance), LED and laser business projectors are an excellent choice. Additionally, they provide efficient usage with instant power on/off capability, eliminating waiting times before and after use.

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Education Elements

MAY 28, 2019

The past few months leading up to my big day & honeymoon have been spent on wedding planning (no wedding planner) and moving into a new place as a couple (consolidating two people’s life belongings into a 600-sq ft apartment is not an overnight task), while working at a hyper-growth company called Anaplan (which I am not yet a full year into).

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MARCH 4, 2020

Traditional coding activities dictate that students sit in front of laptops or tablets, working to develop a program or a game. Unplugged activities allow educators to teach coding away from laptops and tablets. She also held leadership positions at McKinsey & Company and DuPont and is a member of Women in High Tech.

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