How Smarter Technology Transforms Education

Smarter technology is rebuilding the systems that prepare us to engage with the world, revamping education to prepare everyone, throughout their lives, to participate in our digital economy. It is enabling learners of all ages, abilities and financial means to fulfill their potential, regardless of their starting point. 

Smarter technology levels hierarchies,empowering students to partner with educators and potentialemployers in creating pathways that will deliver themto the jobs we can't yet imagine.

One of CDW's partners in education technology, Lenovo, is driving this revolution, transforming static educational systems into flexible, dynamic environments for lifelong learning. Powered by AI, VR, IoT, software-defined infrastructure and Big Data analytics platforms, Lenovo systems enable distance learning, immersive learning, personalized learning and scientific research, preparing students for 21st-century jobs with smarter technology.

Digital transformation can be daunting. But Lenovo's end-to-endservice solutions are as robust as their products. They can help schoolsplan, configure, deploy, protect andrefresh their IT systems, augmenting in-house teams with Managed Services thatincrease efficiency while minimizing downtime.

How Lenovosupports digital learning

In high schools as well as colleges, Lenovo equipmentand know-how provide the seamless digital interactions thatsupport 1:1 learning programs.

Such interactions depend, in turn,on intelligent infrastructure: the servers, networks, platforms andcloud computing solutions that facilitate everythingfrom accessing Wi-Fi to downloading coursematerials to analyzing vast datasets. High-density Lenovosystems are already delivering the memory and processing speedsthat allow tens of thousands of students and staff to get theirwork done, with capacity to spare.

Using Lenovo workstations, institutions across Canada are teaching technology by using the tools of the digital economy. These Lenovo supercomputers are empowering world-class research institutions to find solutions to society's biggest challenges in medicine, energy, urban planning and climate prediction.

Another area in which Lenovo is supporting and innovating digitallearning is through smart infrastructure. Smart infrastructure equalizesaccess to education by untethering it from the constraints oftime, space and place.

Lenovo's distance learning toolkit, coupled with virtualized desktopinfrastructure, makes education a safe, secure and engaging experience forboth students and teachers wherever they may be.

How Lenovolevels the educational playing field

LanSchool Air, a cloud-based classroom management tool for in-class as well as remote learning, not only keeps K-12 students on course but also fosters online communication, creative thinking and collaboration skills that equip them to compete well beyond school. All over the world, Lenovo devices are levelling the educational playing field by annihilating the barriers that keep underserved kids out of the game.

Lenovo Virtual Reality Classroom solutions are transporting inner-city kids to thedepths of the Pacific, the expanses of the Sahara and the furthest cornersof the galaxy, widening their eyes to career possibilities in STEM through virtual reality.

Esports arenas builton Lenovo infrastructure are providing at-risk teens asense of belonging and the strategic thinking andteamwork experience prized by future employers. In markets with anacute shortage of teachers, Lenovo is building platforms that connectsubject matter experts with students hungry to learn.

By collapsing distance, overcoming differences and levelling hierarchies, technology is fulfilling education's promise of transformation. And by preparing everyone for the challenges of tomorrow's global job market, smarter education is creating a brighter future for all of humanity, today.

To learn more about Lenovo's educationsolutions, please visit CDW.ca/education