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K-12 Districts Keep Students Safe with Web Filters and Monitors

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Each student receives either a Lenovo touch-screen laptop or a Microsoft Surface for use in the classroom and for homework. MORE FROM EDTECH: Find out how K-12 schools can balance privacy and security protocols. As the technology director at Harpeth Hall School , an independent all-girls school in Nashville, Tenn.,

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Companies Invest in Preparing K–12 Students as Older Sectors Become Tech Integrated

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Microsoft Invests in American Agriculture. To help prepare young rural Americans for the new demands of a tech-integrated workforce , Microsoft has partnered with the National Future Farmers of America to invest in agricultural education, EdScoop reports. Google Offers Digital Skills Workshops and Coaches.

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

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SIGN UP : Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks! The district has mobile ­computer labs in all schools and provides Samsung Chromebooks and Lenovo ThinkPads loaded with Google Apps for Education. “Start small with a robotics competition or a club,” he says.

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

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Among them is Microsoft, whose list of announcements for Bett reads almost as long as the conference agenda. (Or But there’s a method to the all new devices, features and curriculum updates, say company officials: to reinforce Microsoft’s position in the education market with tools that make learning more affordable and accessible.

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School STEM Labs Inspire Students, Power Innovation

EdTech Magazine

Even though the school equips every student with a Microsoft Surface tablet, it has built two dedicated spaces to bolster STEM education : a computer lab for robotics and coding; and a zSpace lab full of 3D virtual reality computers that allow students to study human anatomy, dive into a volcano and explore the solar system.

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To Re-Capture the Education Market, Microsoft Aims to Offer a Compelling Alternative to Google’s Chromebook

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At BETT, a major edtech expo outside of London, Microsoft is taking square aim at Google with a slew of updates to its education products. Microsoft boasts that these settings can be applied to one student or synchronized across entire districts in a matter of minutes. Emerging markets might be where Microsoft finds its stride.

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ISTE23 Redux—AR/VR Over AI?

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Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) was and is still at the forefront of edtech as evidenced by the show floor at ISTE last week. Major players like Google, Microsoft Corporation, Meta, Samsung and Lenovo continue to invest major resources into its development. billion in 2022 to $11.95 billion in 2027.

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