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Three Laptop Charging Cart Challenges and How to Solve Them

EdTech Magazine

Schools might have had enough laptops for one class. Frequently, they are used as charging stations for laptops and tablets. Now, many schools operate under a one-to-one model, with a device for every student and, likely, a number of backup machines.

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How to Use Edtech to Engage Introverted Learners

Edsurge

That's why she uses edtech tools in the classroom to provide a safe space where she can encourage all types of learners to contribute. Roshan recently shared her ideas about how to use edtech to engage introverted learners in a TED-Ed Educator Talk. This gives me great insight into how students are going about problems.

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Need edtech funding? Here’s how to get it

eSchool News

School district leaders across the country are cautiously looking forward to post-pandemic teaching and learning–but they are also eyeing what may be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to upgrade their technology infrastructure and classrooms with interactive displays, laptops, and more. Billions more are slated to arrive shortly.

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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., H., & Chang, C. (in

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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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How edtech is improving special education

Neo LMS

This is how e-learning technology tools improve the special education sector when educators integrate them into the classroom. Edtech gives students with physical disabilities a voice. How can they demonstrate mastery of concepts like composing a complete sentence if their tiny hands can’t grasp a pencil to write?

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