{"id":21102,"date":"2018-03-19T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lightspeedsystems.com\/blog\/evaluating-education-device-wars\/"},"modified":"2024-12-05T22:56:02","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T22:56:02","slug":"evaluating-education-device-wars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lightspeedsystems.com\/en_au\/blog\/evaluating-education-device-wars\/","title":{"rendered":"Who\u2019s Winning the Device Wars?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nEvaluating Education Devices
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Here\u2019s our take<\/strong><\/p>\n

The device wars are heating up in education. On Tuesday, Apple announced its new iPad<\/a>, complete with Apple Pencil support and a special discount for schools. Almost simultaneously, Acer announced its first Chrome OS tablet<\/a>. Recent reports show that Microsoft devices are on the rise in education<\/a>, too.<\/p>\n

There are many ed-tech solution providers evaluating education devices. They are making bets on who will win, developing software exclusive to specific operating systems, like Chrome OS and iOS.<\/p>\n

With that said, schools have different needs and different budgets. But it\u2019s not about what device or operating system is best; it\u2019s about what schools do with them. Any devices can be powerful learning tools.<\/p>\n

Most schools and districts don\u2019t put all their eggs in one basket when buying devices; they evaluate education devices and then invest in several types to fulfill a variety of purposes and meet the needs of all grade levels.
\nThat\u2019s why Lightspeed develops solutions for every device and operating system. If your district has a 1:1 or BYOD, we can help. If your devices run on Chrome, Windows, iOS, Mac OS or all of the above, we have products to filter, manage and monitor them.<\/p>\n

Devices and operating systems wax and wane in popularity, but no matter what your district\u2019s device strategy, you can count on Lightspeed to support you.<\/p>\n

Are you a customer? Is your district buying new devices or device types? Contact your sales rep<\/a> to ensure all new devices are protected and easily managed from day one.<\/p>\n

Not a customer? Get a demo of our multi-OS filtering, management and monitoring solution: our award-winning web filter, Lightspeed Filter<\/a>; our simple MDM: Lightspeed Mobile Device Manager<\/a>; or our new classroom management solution: Lightspeed Classroom Management<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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