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How Wi-Fi-Enabled School Buses Connect Students and Drivers to Learning

EdTech Magazine

A growing number of school districts have begun investing in school bus technology to improve education or to enhance school safety and operate more efficiently, which can result in cost savings. Today’s school buses are doing much more than just taking students to and from school.

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Transitioning K–12 Teachers to Chromebooks

EdTech Magazine

When Google released its “Future of Education” report in late 2022, it noted the need to “elevate the role of the teacher” through the use of technology; that is, to give them the time they need to invest in themselves and in their students, and to support their roles as “choreographers” of student learning.

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3 Ways to Extend the Life of Chromebooks

EdTech Magazine

As school-issued devices near the end of their lifecycles, K–12 institutions are searching for ways to sustain these technologies. Google announced in September that it would extend automatic updates for Chromebooks. All Chromebook platforms will get regular automatic updates for 10 years,” notes a company blog post.

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Chromebooks Offer a Fresh Approach to Teaching

EdTech Magazine

decided to outfit its staff and students with Chromebooks. Beginning under the leadership of former Director of Technology Chris Lewis, the Department of Technology’s outsized initiative pushed the limits of this motto. This maxim was put to the test when the 48-school, 25,000-student district, located in Paterson, N.J.,

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Maximize the Power of Multiple Technology Ecosystems

In education specifically, schools invested in Google education tools or considering these services may believe Chromebook is the only viable hardware to take advantage of Google. Google services power collaboration and productivity for education and business organizations across the world.

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17 Video Creation Online Tools

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Click for Updated List Adobe Spark suite of free tools for creating images, videos, and simple web pages; quick; great for Chromebooks Animoto Canva video creator How-to video by Richard Byrne Chromebook use Chromebooks native video creation tool; watch this video on how; no add-ons or apps.

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Tech Tip #64 Google Street View

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Google Earth works with PCs, Macs, iPads, and Chromebooks (with the app). Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

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