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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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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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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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Review: Power Up with the Acer Predator Helios 300 Gaming Laptop

EdTech Magazine

Review: Power Up with the Acer Predator Helios 300 Gaming Laptop. They all agreed the laptop has a great reputation within the gaming community. . The Helios 300 is a gaming laptop designed to be not only affordable but also powerful enough to handle the rigors of a high school esports program. . eli.zimmerman_9856.

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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 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

Edtech gives students with physical disabilities a voice. Edtech helps alleviate attendance issues. Edtech allows students to pace their work. Doing so on a laptop or tablet lets their classmates move on to other assignments. Edtech expands access to specialty services. Edtech encourages parental partnerships.

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