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Students anxiously await summer break. It’s a time to sleep in, hang out with friends and spend lazy days on the beach.
But, unfortunately, it also can undo some of the learning from the recent school year. In fact, many students will lose between one and three months of learning during the summer, according to the National Summer Learning Association.
The phenomenon is often called “brain drain.” But technology is one tool that can help fight it.
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It’s important that we bring the potential of technology to our young people for their (and our) future.
As Best Buy and Geek Squad bring more teen tech centers online, here is what they’ve learned: The Gift Of Insight: Five Lessons In Preparing Youth For A Tech-Reliant Future.
It’s time for college students to be gearing up for another school year.
Bill Wills of WTAM 1100 Newsradio and I discussed Back to School tech, including the recent trend of sub-$200 laptops.
College students can find a number of great deals by visiting the Best Buy Back to School site.
A video how-to on setting up the Netgear Nighthawk DST router that I helped with. I am the Online Support Agent connecting via remote chat shown in the video.
The interesting bit is that I was literally remote in this case. The video was filmed in a studio in Minnesota, I was connecting in via Ohio.
