It’s that time of the year again: The days are getting shorter, the lawn is dying, the kids are starting to complain. Yes, it’s back to school time and you need to make sure your kid has all of the latest gear so he or she doesn’t look like a noob. Gone are the days of worrying about buying the right lunch box or making sure you have the right pencils and glue sticks. Kids these days need to accessorize with gadgets that not only look cool, but are functional in their academic lives. We’ve compiled a list of some of the tech we feel are absolutely essential for your son or daughter as they head back to school this year. of course, most of this stuff won’t be allowed in schools, but we’ll let you make that decision.
Tech Gear For School
Flip Camera
The first item on our list is the popular Flip camera. While cell phones are great, Flip camera have special software that allows for seamless uploads to YouTub and other social networking sites. You never know when the head cheerleader is going to fall down the stairs or when someone we be on the receiving end of an Atomic Wedgie.
Flip UltraHD Camcorder, 120 Minutes (White)
Logitech IO digital pen
The Logitech IO digital pen remembers everything you write when you are away from your PC. In addition to a regular ink cartridge, it includes an optical sensor that captures your words and drawings. A built-in processor digitizes your handwriting, storing up to 40 pages in memory between downloads. Based on functionality from Anoto, the Logitech IO digital pen encodes on the basis of microscopic dots printed on the paper. How cool is that?
Logitech io Personal Digital Pen
Flash Drives
The next essential item we chose is not very special, yet it is one of the most critical. All students need to be able to more data around from one location to another. While email is great, moving sound, video and images can be tedious and email has its limitations. This is a great deal because you are getting three for such a good price. Flash drives are bound to get lost, or you may decide to keep a backup at school and the originals at home. Either way, a three pack of 4 GB flash drives is a good place to start.
HP v100w 4 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive 3-Pack P-FD4GBX3-HPV100W-FS
Portable Scanner
Our next really cool back to school idea is a portable scanner. Imagine being able to swipe your hand over a text page at the library and be able to scan it. These scanners fit in the palm of your hand and they save to an SD card. You can then easily transfer the scanned images to your computer. Portable scanners like these once cost hundreds of dollars and it’s great to see them dip below $100 in time for school.
VuPoint Solutions Magic Wand Portable Scanner (PDS-ST410-VP)
If you have other back to school tech recommendation please let us know.
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