We have a bit of a theme going through all three of today’s topics: Education.<\/p>\n
Topic 1: Google Classrooms – too meager?<\/strong><\/p>\n In case you haven’t seen it, here is “Google Classroom.”<\/p>\n https:\/\/edu.google.com\/products\/classroom\/?modal_active=none<\/a><\/p>\n Google Classroom is super low tech. Is it too low tech? How much tech is needed in order to serve the education market? We discuss design, technology, and intended purposes.<\/p>\n Of course this discussion touches on the topic of access to high speed Internet. More and more, true Internet access is becoming a requirement for education.<\/p>\n Old link, but we all downloaded it before it became hard to find: Our saved version: https:\/\/killingit.smallbizthoughts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Google-Classroom-and-How-Spaces-Value-People-Subtraction.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Topic 2: HP Refresh \/ HP LIFE \/ Google Chrome books \/ the growing Digital divide<\/strong><\/p>\n HP has a great program to help get laptops (or desktop computers) into the hands of 1.5 billion students without computers. The HP Refresh software does a military wipe of the hard drive and then installs a Chrome operating system with a Zoom agent.<\/p>\n We discuss the opportunities and challenges associated with bringing this basic technology to all the folks across the U.S. and the world.<\/p>\n HP Refresh = https:\/\/www8.hp.com\/us\/en\/solutions\/education\/refresh.html<\/a> <\/p>\n Topic 3: Life after Pandemic – Classrooms and Connectivity<\/strong><\/p>\n We agree that the digital divide is real. And we think it might be getting wider.<\/p>\n Again, we examine opportunities in the emerging environment.<\/p>\n \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
\n https:\/\/www.subtraction.com\/2020\/05\/19\/google-classroom-and-how-spaces-value-people\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\n HP Life Global = https:\/\/www.life-global.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n