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Asset Management Tools Help Time-Strapped K–12 IT Teams

EdTech Magazine

But the convertible tablets — Lenovo 300e devices featuring touch screens mounted on 360-degree hinges — also offer significant new capabilities that benefit IT management. . As part of the process, it’s focused on procuring Chromebooks , mostly because they meet the needs of students across Acero’s K–12 landscape. .

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Lenovo, Google launch Project Tango device

eSchool News

Project Tango technology gives a mobile device the ability to navigate the physical world similar to how we do as humans. At the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Lenovo announced the development of the first consumer mobile device with Project Tango in collaboration with Google.

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Charting New Territories in PD: The Whitsby Story with ASCD

The CoolCatTeacher

As educators, there are many new options opening up to us that will help improve our classrooms and make our professional development more accessible and available via our mobile devices. Introducing Whitsby and Penny Reinart 00:00:31:38 – 00:01:01:45 Vicki Davis: Whitsby is a mobile-based PD platform.

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Microsoft’s Big Bett Updates: Free VR Curriculum and Using a Pencil as a Stylus

Edsurge

On this note Microsoft didn’t disappoint: seven new Windows 10 devices from Acer, Dell and Lenovo that range from $189 to $300. But one of them is particularly noteworthy: the Lenovo 300e, a 2-in-1 device with a screen that students can write on with any No. 2 pencil, instead of a stylus.

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K–12 Districts Prepare Students for Careers in the Tech-Dominated Economy

EdTech Magazine

The district has mobile ­computer labs in all schools and provides Samsung Chromebooks and Lenovo ThinkPads loaded with Google Apps for Education. As part of a state mandate, all BPS students can earn certification in essential digital skills and tools, such as word processing, coding, spreadsheets and databases.

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Open Thread Wednesday: Revisiting Travel Computing

ProfHacker

It’s also worth factoring in the software and web platform favored by your institution: while more learning management systems are supporting tablets and mobile devices, updating course material and grading on the go is a lot easier on a laptop. Hardware lenovo microsoft open thread travel Windows'

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Chrome Can: Linux

Dr. Shannon Doak

Head to the Google Play store, search and install the app just like you would on any other Android mobile device. Lenovo Chromebook 500e. Follow the steps below to get your Chromebook setup with a Linux app software center. Second, type in sudo apt-get install gnome-software gnome-packagekit and hit enter.