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K–12 Districts Prepare Students for Careers in the Tech-Dominated Economy

EdTech Magazine

The district is also starting a program that will distribute tablets to students for e-learning at home. The district’s Career Readiness program, part of the formal ­curriculum, offers 130 courses, many of which prepare students for high-tech jobs or for working with modern office technology. Fresno Seeks to Make Coding Inclusive.

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School STEM Labs Inspire Students, Power Innovation

EdTech Magazine

Even though the school equips every student with a Microsoft Surface tablet, it has built two dedicated spaces to bolster STEM education : a computer lab for robotics and coding; and a zSpace lab full of 3D virtual reality computers that allow students to study human anatomy, dive into a volcano and explore the solar system. “We

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Open Thread Wednesday: Revisiting Travel Computing

ProfHacker

It’s also worth factoring in the software and web platform favored by your institution: while more learning management systems are supporting tablets and mobile devices, updating course material and grading on the go is a lot easier on a laptop. Hardware lenovo microsoft open thread travel Windows'

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Apple iPad vs.the Lenovo U1 Hybrid

The Daring Librarian

so when apple announced a new tablet i was so freakin STOKED! i want a tablet that i can take to ISTE10 Denver ! One is a multitouch tablet that runs Linux and has a speedily efficient Qualcomm ARM 1Ghz Snapdragon processor running the show. to my beloved MacBook.heck, i''m head over heels in geek love with Jonathan Ive !

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LAUSD to get $6.4M in software settlement from Pearson

eSchool News

Another computer company, Lenovo, also had charged the district for Pearson curriculum. The deal with Apple, reached in June 2013, was part of a bold initiative — and an exclusive deal with the company — to use school bonds to pay for industry-leading tablets. Under the agreement, Apple will pay the district $4.2

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35 edtech innovations we saw at FETC 2023

eSchool News

Lenovo announced new hardware, software and services solutions designed to inspire and enable learning anywhere. The latest Lenovo Education portfolio includes new laptops, running Windows 11 or ChromeOS, built to help students and teachers embrace next-level hybrid learning.

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Add a Dash of Professional Development to Your Blended-Learning Program

EdTech Magazine

That technology includes HP and Lenovo laptops, tablets, G Suite for Education, NEC projectors , eBeam , Schoology learning management system, LanSchool classroom management software and Kajeet hotspots (for students to use at home). Cincinnati Public Schools’ Tech Truck takes professional development to go.