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What the Edtech Industry Should Know About the Worst Parts of Remote Learning

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The first time my mom interacted with an iPad was this August, when her 5-year-old grandson—my nephew—brought it home from school. Gus is a kindergartener, and his parents don’t have the luxury of being able to work from home, so my recently retired mother has become his education supervisor.

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Why This HBCU Surprised Every Freshman With The Latest Apple Tech

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The private liberal arts college in Richmond, Virginia, is working with Apple to outfit about 400 freshmen with an iPad Air, Apple Watch, smart keyboard and assortment of supporting devices as part of the program dubbed Mobile Learning, Mobile Life. Virginia Union University hopes the answer is yes.

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EdTech Success in LAUSD

eSchool News

Billion iPad Fiasco in 2015 ? It was even greater to hear it from industry veteran, Elliott Levine, Qualcomm’s Director of Worldwide Education, the company that commissioned the research from Project Tomorrow , and who always provides a great interview. There was a ransomware attack at the beginning of school in 2022.

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Kensington launches new cases for Chromebooks, iPads

eSchool News

Kensington , a worldwide provider of desktop productivity and mobility solutions for IT, business and home office professionals, has released three new products for the education industry: Kensington LS510 Portfolio for 11.6” Chromebook, Tablet Projection Stand, and BlackBelt 2nd Degree Rugged Case with Screen Protector for iPad Air 2.

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K–12 Schools Find Educational Benefits in Cloud-Based Gaming

EdTech Magazine

On the cusp of this burgeoning industry is cloud-based gaming, which TechCrunch calls the “new frontier.” If a school adopts iPads, teachers can only use games that work with the Apple operating system. Today, according to gaming analytics firm Newzoo , the number of gamers has increased to 2 billion worldwide.

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What Problems Has Edtech Solved, and What New Ones Did It Create?

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As we bid farewell to the teenage years of the 21st century, we posed these questions and others to longtime industry entrepreneurs, analysts and stakeholders about the highs and lows, wins and woes of the past decade. But iPads did not live up to the hype that they would become the preferred delivery method for instructional content.

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To improve cybersecurity, start at the endpoints

eSchool News

Schools need to prioritize thwarting industrious hackers who are intent on getting to the treasure trove of information and personally identifiable information (PII) schools manage. A 2018 SecurityScorecard report found that, out of 17 major industries, the education sector ranked last in terms of cybersecurity performance.

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