A Principal's Reflections

MAY 22, 2023

Recently I asked the following question, "What peer-reviewed research studies support 1:1 laptops in schools?". There are a number of peer-reviewed research studies that support the use of 1:1 laptops in schools. These studies have found that laptops can improve student achievement, engagement, and motivation. & Kay, A.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 29, 2019

Students can access learning materials outside of school. One of the most straightforward ways that technology contributes to equity in schools is ensuring that every student has access to learning materials, even outside of the classroom. Ensuring internet access outside of school. Here are some examples.

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Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2021

So does lacking reliable access to a computer. But pandemic-era facilities shutdowns foreclosed that option, leaving students to make do as best they could with old desktop computers, affordable-but-low-powered laptops or even cellphones. But for some students, a new or even newish laptop is a luxury they can’t afford.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

That preparation starts early in their 21st-century classrooms, where students and teachers get access to standardized technologies. The district recently modernized its ed tech with updated Chromebooks, teacher laptops and Promethean ActivPanel displays.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

In the past, one measure of success for one-to-one computing programs in K–12 schools was simply getting devices into students’ hands so they could access the internet and other digital resources. Today, one-to-one programs are common, and success now encompasses getting devices into students’ hands and keeping them operational.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Programs that provide students with an assigned laptop, tablet or Chromebook level the playing field for students’ technology access at school. With equitable access in place, principals also report mobile devices are used more effectively in core subjects. They also enhance the learning experience for those students.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 16, 2024

For instance, a student in the field of data science might initially need a laptop capable of running statistical software for class projects. Investing in a Reliable Laptop A laptop is undeniably one of the most crucial tech investments for anyone in today’s learning and working environments.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The Persistence of the Digital Divide The pandemic exacerbated inequities in access and opportunity across the country, but this is particularly true of rural areas in the south. Experiences of digital access exist along a continuum. A student who owns a laptop is device deficient if she has to share it with one or more siblings.

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ViewSonic Education

MARCH 24, 2022

It’s always better for employees to use their company-provided laptops and mobile devices for work, rather than their personal devices. Unsecured home networks make it easier for cybercriminals to access emails and passwords. Make sure employees only use the VPN when working remotely and when accessing company information remotely.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 20, 2021

we have a access to our income streams on our digital devices. Any moderately-talented hacker can access your computer’s webcam and microphone remotely. And, if your digital device of choice is a laptop, when you finish, close it. VPNs can be used on phones, desktops, laptops, iPads, and more.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 29, 2021

What resources do I have access to if I need support? They can use their phones, Chromebooks, tablets, or laptops. It’s helpful if they can save their media to the cloud where they can easily store, organize, and access it. access their work from anywhere with a device and wifi. What am I learning?

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

The space was outfitted with modern furniture, laptops and audiovisual equipment. . Besides expanding internet use, districts can outfit makerspaces with the proper tools and technology — laptops, 3D printing, coding kits — for students to get started. Computer Labs Make Way for 1:1 Device Programs.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 25, 2023

Teachers and students in today’s classrooms expect reliable internet connections, wide coverage and speedy access. I say potential because this depends on the devices you buy, how you deploy them, how dense your network is and whether end users have upgraded their laptops, tablets and smartphones to…

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 5, 2022

School-issued laptops became a valuable bridge to learning and community when schools switched to remote learning during the pandemic lockdown. Now the access is just…

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ViewSonic Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

USB interfaces also typically require no additional configuration of data speed, input/output addresses, and memory access channels. Thus, USB-A ports may be found on laptops, desktops, media players, or games consoles. Of course, laptop and desktop ports can also be simplified. While USB-A could only support up to 2.5

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ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

1990 – The Internet brings about unprecedented access to information. Both desktops and laptops continue to have places in modern classrooms. At many schools, laptops are issued to students to use throughout the school year. In general lessons, laptops are used primarily for note-taking, writing, and independent research.

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Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2020

With no guaranteed end in sight, we need Congress to take swift and decisive action to empower the federal E-rate funding program to support off-campus learning devices and connectivity, delivered via secure internet access. Along with the rest of society, K-12 students are facing a new challenge. We estimate that $5.25

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 16, 2019

K–12 schools now have much more flexibility to fund projects, thanks to the Federal Communications Commission ’s recent announcement to make internet access a priority, combined with an increase to the annual E-rate cap from $2.4 It even provides hotspots to roughly 1,000 students who don’t have internet access at home. billion to $3.9

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Edsurge

JULY 11, 2024

This practice has enabled the growth of a digital subscription business model for textbooks, where publishers sign deals with colleges and bookstores to charge students fees in exchange for access to mostly online versions of the course materials assigned for their classes.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Since we have students from all over the county, our population of students ranges greatly in terms of socioeconomic backgrounds and, at that time, access to technology and connectivity. Before the 2015-16 school year, our school had just two laptop carts with 20 laptops each that were shared among all of our classes.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 21, 2021

Second, the Logitech Rugged Combo 3 Touch is made for iPads with a place to store a stylus and features a trackpad and keyboard allowing touch screen devices to turn into a laptop-like experience. The Logitech Rugged Combo 3 Touch has a sealed pry-resistant keyboard, but also a trackpad that operates just like a trackpad on a laptop.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 30, 2020

As schools across the country have rapidly shifted to distance learning due to school closures brought about by the coronavirus (COVID-19), students have been sent home with school-issued devices like laptops or tablets so they can continue their learning from home. Put up “Wifi Here” signs so families can easily identify where to go.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

When schools went remote in 2020, the demand for laptops and tablets skyrocketed. Click the banner to access exclusive educational tech content when you register as an Insider. This depleted inventories, accelerated the need for computer chips and created sustained shortages. Read on to learn five reasons this situation persists.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 8, 2019

HUSD is working toward what Keeling calls a ­one-to-one access program : The district’s 5,800 K–12 students don’t carry devices with them all the time, but they can grab one off a charging cart and use it whenever they need to. . Last spring, the district began transitioning its older laptops to Dell 3180 and 3189 Chromebooks.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

A recent National Science Board report indicates 78 percent of educators say they have on-demand access to digital cameras; 5 1 percent use interactive whiteboards ; and 68 percent report that their school meets or exceeds the Federal Communications Commission’s minimum internet bandwidth recommendations for K–12 institutions.

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Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2020

It has disabled our education system, creating challenges to educational access, barriers to student academic progress and strains on teachers’ and students’ physical and emotional well-being. Simultaneously, educators needed to identify what content students needed, how to organize it and how to help students access it.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 23, 2024

These days, you might be asked to scan a QR code and visit a website, access meeting documents online, interact digitally, or use a backchannel device to share your real-time thoughts with the presenter. iPad, Chromebook, Laptop, Netbook, or Smartphone Don’t attend a conference with a paper and pencil–really. Make new friends.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2022

What held me back was a lack of access to technology and a lack of being forced to be innovative with edtech. What held me back was a lack of access to technology and a lack of being forced to be innovative with edtech. John no longer had access to a laptop. I taught in a brick and mortar school. I used paper and pencil.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 26, 2018

With Carvalho at the helm, the Florida district went fully one-to-one with laptops, a bold move that Carvalho says is already paying dividends. So many students in our ­community and across the country come from homes without adequate technology and internet access. In fact, M-DCPS is now an A-rated district.

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Ditch That Textbook

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Set up Chromebooks and laptops with offline access to G Suite. No internet at home? No problem. Your elearning day activities just got a lot more interesting!Having Having Chromebooks and G Suite can supercharge learning in class. Information is at students' fingertips. They can create digitally with what they learn.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 1, 2021

The in-class and online students should have the same access to you in the lesson. If students are using a learning managements system (LMS), like Canvas or Schoology, to access resources and assignments, teachers may want to use the messaging system inside of their learning management system to streamline questions and requests.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 4, 2024

A School License is a multi-user PDF of most books (or videos where available) we offer–textbooks, curricula, lesson plans, student workbooks, and more–that can be used on every digital device in your school–iPads, Macs, PCs, Chromebooks, laptops, netbooks, smartphones, iPods whether they’re in a classroom, the library, one of the tech labs.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 20, 2022

Usually, that meant desktop computers, iPads, and laptops, either in small groups or 1:1. Good intentions to give all students access to the world’s knowledge were derailed by the cost of the websites and webtools that made that happen. Access this catalog via the website. Access this collection via the website.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Most school buildings predate the tablets and laptops that students are using by several decades, and although school leaders have done their best to incorporate technology into instruction, they have been aiming at a moving target.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Educators consider laptops, like the ever-popular Chromebook , to be the most effective technology in the classroom. The report, which surveyed 1,200 teachers in 16 countries, found that laptops still aid teaching better than any other form of technology. Google Supports Ed Tech Research into Modern Classrooms. meghan.bogardu….

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Neo LMS

JULY 20, 2021

What if you installed a bookmarking extension on your laptop, but there isn’t an app for your phone? Thinking about our audience also means we need to consider the learning curve it might take for others to access the tool, as well as if it is something available to everyone for free. What devices will you be using?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 15, 2024

Behavior Management: set expectations, monitor conduct, and implement positive reinforcement strategies Data Analysis: provide analytics, track student performance, identify areas that need additional attention Remote Learning Support: coordinate virtual classrooms Parental Involvement: allow parents to monitor child’s progress, access grades, (..)

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