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These 8 schools have A+ mobile device programs—here’s why

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Technology continues to raise the bar of what is possible in education. As more schools discover the power and benefits of education technology, mobile devices such as Chromebooks, Macs and iPads in the classroom are becoming commonplace. Next page: 4 more schools with A+ mobile devices and programs).

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5 key network steps for supporting educational technology in 2019

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Today’s K-12 students are coming to the classrooms toting three or more mobile devices, from smartphones and laptops to tablets and smart watches. Picture a school district with 160,000 students who each have three mobile devices; that’s almost a half-million devices that need to be supported, regardless of the platform they run on.

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Trox Launches New SHIELD Protection Program for Chromebooks and Other Mobile Devices

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Trox , a leading North American provider of education technology and collaboration solutions, today announced the launch of its new proprietary Trox SHIELD SM Protection Program for Chromebooks and other mobile devices.

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New Survey Reveals How Much Time Kids Really Spend on Mobile Devices

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kids live in a house with some form of a mobile device—and those smartphones and tablets are gobbling up a greater portion of kids' screen time than ever. In addition to that hour of TV, kids are spending about 48 minutes on a mobile device. A whopping 98 percent of U.S. YouTube could be anything. It’s user generated.”

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Education needs to go back to school for cybersecurity

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The year before the pandemic saw sky-high growth and adoption in education technology, with global edtech investments reaching €15.87 Many education institutions have their own bring your own device (BYOD) policies, while downloads of educational apps have risen by 130 percent over the past year. billion in 2019.

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Implementing Mobile Device Management: What Matters Most [Download]

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Whether you're managing one BYOD classroom or a district-wide implementation of tablets, mobile device management was created to make administrators' lives easier. Download Implementing Mobile Device Management: What Matters Most.

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Building Education Technology for the Developing World

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At Khan Academy, employees have been focusing their efforts on mobile devices in order to achieve one-to-one for students. Earlier this year, the nonprofit partnered with the Carlos Slim Foundation to make the content free of data charges for mobile users in Mexico. In India, the rate is 40 percent.