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"The arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic pushed school districts across the world
into a massive, uncontrolled experiment in distance learning. With in-person
gathering discouraged, school districts rushed to purchase computers for their
students—hundreds or thousands at a time, depending on the size of the
district.
Chromebooks, stacked vertically
By and large, Chromebooks were the platform of choice. The inexpensive,
lightweight devices offered districts much of what they needed: a common
software platform, and access to Internet-based applications for viewing
lessons, email, and chat, and so on. Shipments of Chromebooks set records in
2020, reaching 11.2 million units in Q4 2020, a 287% increase over Q4 2019. In
all, more than 30.6 million units were sold that year.
Three years later, however, many of those devices are nearing the end of their
support. That may, in short order, force districts to discard perfectly
functioning hardware and replace it for no other reason than that the
manufacturer has made a business decision not to support it beyond a certain
date."
Via Rixty Dixet.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
