Dell is launching its first Chromebook, which will be the company's first specifically targeted at education institutions. The Chromebook was built to meet the needs of schools and districts looking to deploy affordable and comprehensive one-to-one computing initiatives.
Dell is the leading end-to-end technology provider in the U.S. education market, with presence in 60% of U.S. classrooms. The new Chromebook will wrap into Dell’s portfolio of solutions that empower personalized learning in schools and districts around the country.
According to Google, Chromebooks are currently being used in 22% of U.S. school districts. Dell and Google are working together to provide districts with powerful 1:1 computing options. The partnership will deliver an optimal combination of content, technology, efficiency and services that schools need to improve student outcomes.

"At this very moment we have a community of 350 passionate teachers across 75 countries, offering free Skype lessons.” – Koen Timmers
In the era of globalization, interactions and learning between students of different countries have become a necessity for classrooms. Koen Timmers, an award-winning...

“We dared to say out loud that our current education system was not generating the expected results, that the role of the teacher should change, that memorization is not the way to consolidate learning, that grading is not evaluating, and that there is no learning without emotion.” – Karime Pulido Ramzahuer
UNOi, based...
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“A learning tool is not a subject of learning. You shouldn’t have to spend time to master a learning tool, it should teach you itself.” – Andrey Bayadzhan
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Andrey Bayadzhan studied music theory with Roman Ruditsa, a composer and music...
You don’t have to go far to realize that we are facing a major shortage of teachers in U.S.schools. News reports show that school districts across the country are scrambling to find qualified teachers to meet fast-growing enrollment at public schools.
The National Education Association has described the situation as “worse than we thought.”
Reasons for the shortage stem from retirement of teachers and teachers leaving the profession.
However, in my opinion, the...
In my last blog, I wrote about the concept of deep learning and how k-12 teachers might work to become the type of teacher that facilitates this type of deep learning.
First, a brief recap: these ideas of deep learning come from Ken Bain, who wrote about three types of students: surface learners, strategic learners, and deep learners. Surface learners are those students just trying to survive. Strategic learners play the system, learning and scoring well enough to get the A. On the...