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.
For many years there have been debates in K-12 education in the US concerning incentives or rewarding students for grades, attendance, behavior, test scores, etc. I remember at one time that educators frowned on the idea of rewarding students, especially older pupils for showing improvement. The belief was that students should want to improve their grades, attendance etc. for its own self reward. That students would be more interested in the "prizes" than the actual improvement that they...
As all school administrators must know, there is a very real teacher shortage currently in American schools and the projections are that it will only be getting worse. What is causing this shortage? It is estimated that 50% of new teachers will leave the profession in their first five years of teaching. Some of the reasons for this high turnovers are: lack of district and state funding for positions, student enrollment is climbing, the pandemic has caused many teachers to leave their jobs,...
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