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1-to-1 Computing

Art and technology teacher Jenny O'Sullivan, right, shows students a video they made, April 15, 2024, at A.D. Henderson School in Boca Raton, Fla. While many teachers nationally complain their districts dictate textbooks and course work, the South Florida school's administrators allow their staff high levels of classroom creativity...and it works.
Art and technology teacher Jenny O'Sullivan, right, shows students a video they made on April 15, 2024, at A.D. Henderson School in Boca Raton, Fla. After districts equipped every student with a device early in the pandemic, they now face the challenge of recycling or disposing of the technology responsibly.
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IT Infrastructure & Management What Districts Can Do With All Those Old Chromebooks
The Chromebooks and tablets districts bought en masse early in the pandemic are approaching the end of their useful lives.
Caitlynn Peetz, July 16, 2024
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Brandon Hernandez works on a puzzle on a tablet before it's his turn to practice reading at an after school program at the Vardaman Family Life Center in Vardaman Miss., on March 3, 2020.
Brandon Hernandez works on a puzzle on a tablet before it's his turn to practice reading at an after-school program at the Vardaman Family Life Center in Vardaman Miss., on March 3, 2020. Districts that acquired devices for every student for the first time during the pandemic are facing decisions about what to do at the end of the devices' useful life.
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IT Infrastructure & Management Aging Chromebooks End Up in the Landfill. Is There an Alternative?
Districts loaded up on devices during the pandemic. What becomes of them as they reach the end of their useful lives?
Caitlynn Peetz, June 24, 2024
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Sawyer Wendt, a student intern for the Altoona school district’s IT department, repairs a Chromebook.
Sawyer Wendt, who's been a student intern for the Altoona district's tech department since junior year, is now studying IT software development in college.
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IT Infrastructure & Management One Solution to Maintaining 1-to-1 Devices? Pay 69´«Ă˝ to Repair Them
Hiring students to help with the repair process is one way school districts are ensuring the sustainability of their 1-to-1 programs.
Lauraine Langreo, December 19, 2023
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Classroom Technology Chromebooks’ 'Short' Lifespan Costs 69´«Ă˝ Billions of Dollars, Report Finds
Doubling the lifespan of Chromebooks would save schools $1.8 billion, a U.S. PIRG Education Fund report estimates.
Lauraine Langreo, April 26, 2023
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69´«Ă˝ attend a coding class at Mineola Middle School in Mineola, New York, March 13, 2023.
69´«Ă˝ at Mineola Middle School in Mineola, N.Y., will be required to take an introductory AP computer science course when they move on to high school.
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Classroom Technology From Our Research Center How Educators Feel About the Impact of Technology, in Charts
Most educators believe their schools' recent investments in technology are paying off in terms of student academic gains.
Arianna Prothero, March 27, 2023
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Classroom Technology From Our Research Center Misguided Use of Ed Tech Is a Big Problem. How 69´«Ă˝ Can Help Prevent It
Despite heavy investment in educational technology, educators are often not satisfied with it.
Elizabeth Heubeck, March 27, 2023
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Classroom Technology Reports Laptops and Learning: 5 Trends in 5 Charts
This report from the EdWeek Research Center highlights five key findings from a survey about 1-to-1 computing.
July 27, 2022
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Some of the ISTE sessions will explore how new technologies will affect the classroom, and others will focus on helping schools recover from pandemic-related learning disruptions.
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Classroom Technology Screen Time, SEL, Accelerated Learning, and More: 5 Stories to Read During ISTE 2022
The International Society for Technology in Education's first in-person conference in three years kicks off in New Orleans.
Lauraine Langreo, June 24, 2022
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Classroom Technology Webinar Laptops & Learning: How 69´«Ă˝ Are Making the Hard Transition to 1-to-1 Computing
Join us for a webinar that examines the massive expansion in the use of laptops and digital curricula in K-12 education.
June 23, 2022
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Special Report Laptops & Learning: How Technology Is Giving K-12 Education a New Look
Education Week examines the massive expansion in the use of laptops and digital curricula in K-12 and what it means for student learning. 
May 17, 2022
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Classroom Technology Case Study: The Hard Transition to 1-to-1 Computing Continues
Eighty-five percent of educators said their districts now have a device for each individual student at all grade levels.
Alyson Klein, May 17, 2022
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Illustration of computers and peripherals in recycle bin.
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IT Infrastructure & Management What 69´«Ă˝ Can Do Now to Ensure Their New Technology Lasts Beyond the COVID Cash Boom
Devices bought with federal emergency funds are going to be outdated in a few years, with no new money to replace them.
Alyson Klein, May 17, 2022
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IT Infrastructure & Management From Our Research Center What the Massive Shift to 1-to-1 Computing Means for 69´«Ă˝, in Charts
1-to-1 computing has expanded at a rate few could have imagined prior to the pandemic, creating opportunities and problems.
Kevin Bushweller, May 17, 2022
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