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Review: Microsoft Surface Laptop Go Makes Remote Learning More Reasonable

EdTech Magazine

A good laptop not only provides traditional educational benefits, such as running core educational programs and providing a platform to access the internet, but also empowers meaningful distance learning by supporting powerful remote collaboration tools.

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K–12 Schools Seek to Connect 12 Million Students Without Home Broadband Access

EdTech Magazine

As part of the shift to remote learning in 2020, many schools provided devices such as laptops and tablets to students for the purpose of attending school via the internet. Without it, these K–12 students can’t connect to remote classes…

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What is Digital Accessibility? (And Why It’s Crucial at Schools)

ViewSonic Education

What is digital accessibility – this simple question is, actually, fundamental in the technologically advanced era we’re in. Allowing everyone access to the same online content, virtual experiences, and digital devices is the only way we can move forward in this ever-connected global village. What is Digital Accessibility? .

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Old, Slow Laptops Are Sabotaging College Student Success

Edsurge

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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How Break/Fix Programs Maintain One-to-One Computing Success

EdTech Magazine

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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Equal Access to Computers Moves Entire Casa Blanca School Community

EdTech Magazine

As soon as the boxes of laptops arrived at the homes of Casa Blanca Community School students, the phone calls to school leaders began. As they removed the laptops from boxes and figured out how to turn them on, the school community took the first of many steps toward becoming a tech-endowed dynamo in distance learning.

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#EDvice: Entry Points for Change

A Principal's Reflections

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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