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Review: Microsoft’s Portable Surface Laptop SE is Scaled Down Yet Powerful

EdTech Magazine

As schools and parents rushed to purchase laptops during the pandemic, it’s entirely possible that some bought devices that were not designed for K–12 students. The new Microsoft Surface Laptop SE is the direct result of those efforts. The new Microsoft Surface Laptop SE is the direct result of those efforts.

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How edtech is improving special education

Neo LMS

In the realm of education, devices and e-learning technologies enable students with special needs to take greater ownership of their learning experience. Educators benefit from embracing the use of computers and tablets with all students. Educators benefit from embracing the use of computers and tablets with all students.

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Review: Microsoft Surface Laptop Go Makes Remote Learning More Reasonable

EdTech Magazine

A good laptop not only provides traditional educational benefits, such as running core educational programs and providing a platform to access the internet, but also empowers meaningful distance learning by supporting powerful remote collaboration tools.

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Reaching edtech harmony in your classroom

eSchool News

While diverse edtech products promise innovation, they simultaneously pose challenges. While diverse edtech products promise innovation, they simultaneously pose challenges. What’s more, they need to be interoperable and accessible not only on laptops and mobile devices but also on smart boards. Another challenge is security.

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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. Review of Educational Research.

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Why experts say now is the time to assess your district’s edtech use

eSchool News

Key points: Very soon, districts must closely examine the edtech they use and compare it with budget realities How to ensure edtech ROI? Whether it’s a free resource or an edtech product, there’s still some kind of criteria” that needs to be met. And Union County is far from alone. And Union County is far from alone.

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Why I Believed Edtech Could Save My School — and How It Failed Me

Edsurge

It wasn’t that I didn't value, cherish and miss the face-to-face interactions I had with my students, but because I naively assumed that my more reluctant colleagues would see the light and finally embrace edtech. Are we just educational luddites or has the edtech revolution fallen short of its promises ?

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