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Old, Slow Laptops Are Sabotaging College Student Success

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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. Christopher Brooks, director of research for EDUCAUSE.

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The Universal Laptop Program Helping One State Narrow the Digital Divide

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It is worth remembering that the digital divide is not an all or nothing phenomenon. 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. To that end, every district in the state was encouraged to refresh their laptops.

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In the News: On the Future of Maine’s Laptop Program

Doug Levin

… While some educators and digital-learning proponents bristle at the notion that technology initiatives should be expected to move the needle on standardized test results, Levin of EdTech Strategies thinks it’s a fair expectation.

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Why connected laptops are a pathway to digital liberation

eSchool News

What’s been overlooked is the substantial amount of learning time wasted just to leverage hotspots for learning. Connected laptops are a streamlined solution as the connection is built in, flexible and fitting into the ever-changing education system without the disruption of time. Deliver increased performance.

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What Happened to the ‘$100 Laptop’?

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Back in 2005, one of the biggest stories in tech was a project by a group of MIT professors to build a $100 laptop and give them to children in schools around the world. At the time, a typical laptop cost well over $1,000. That never quite came to fruition, but almost 3 million is still a lot of laptops out there.

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Speak Up 2020: A look at digital learning and transformation

eSchool News

For the last seven months of 2020, school districts have gone through extreme changes regarding how learning is happening in pandemic-induced hybrid and digital learning environments. Digital learning during the pandemic. Related content: Keeping COVID innovations even after the pandemic passes.

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Offline Activities with Mobile Devices

Teacher Reboot Camp

Even without an Internet connection students learn a lot with mobile devices, laptops, and other technologies. Students carry these powerful learning tools in their pockets and can capture the learning all around them. Discover more about this idea in my new book, Hacking Digital Learning Strategies.

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