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Review: Microsoft Surface Laptop Go Makes Remote Learning More Reasonable

EdTech Magazine

When students’ primary source for learning and enlightenment is a computer, having a device that is powerful, portable and flexible is essential. The ideal laptop for students is lightweight, easy to use and maintain, packed with security features, has a great camera and is able to power an entire day of learning.

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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.,

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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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Reaching edtech harmony in your classroom

eSchool News

While diverse edtech products promise innovation, they simultaneously pose challenges. Educators, learners, instructional technology coaches, and IT/edtech staff are grappling with the complexities of managing an ever-expanding arsenal of disconnected digital tools. First is the permanence of a remote and/or hybrid learning structure.

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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. This is how e-learning technology tools improve the special education sector when educators integrate them into the classroom. Edtech helps alleviate attendance issues.

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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 Schools Make Sure Dead Student Devices Don’t Tank Learning

EdTech Magazine

expect their students to come to school prepared to learn. Still, for a variety of reasons, some students arrive with their laptops low on power, which can lead to classroom interruptions and missed lessons. Like most schools, educators at Modesto City Schools in Stanislaus County, Calif.,

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