Tech Gifts for Graduates

Each year at the end of May, middle schools, high schools, and colleges all send a new batch of graduates into the world.

Graduating from any of these educational institutions marks the graduate’s passage into the next phase of their life. As such, a graduation is the perfect occasion to get someone a gift that’s both thoughtful and practical. 

After enjoying their summer vacation, graduates of will take their first steps into the wide world presented by high school.

High school classes raise the educational bar when compared to middle school classes. The demands on the student are far heavier, and without a good system of organization, it can be easy for a freshman to feel overwhelmed.

It might not be as exciting as that Xbox they’ve been asking for, but the middle school graduate in your life will appreciate the Livescribe Echo Pen in the long run. This smartpen records audio as you take notes, and allows you to share those notes with other users through Livescribe Connect.  

By using the pen with Livescribe dot paper, you’ll be able to keep track of your notes easily. The pen tracks where and when the notes were taken, making it easy to match your written notes to the recorded audio.

Graduates of Absegami High School will be on their way to college in just a couple of months, and they’re going to need more than text books and pizza money to get by.

A good laptop is an essential tool for any college student, but picking the right laptop to give them can be tricky.

When picking a laptop for the high school graduate in your life, it’s important to know how they plan to use it. If they’re going to college for graphic design, graphic art, animation, or pretty much anything else related to the arts, chances are they’ll want a MacBook Pro. Mac users have a wide variety of design-centric software available to them, and the operating system is much more user friendly than Windows.

For students pursuing business, IT, or programming course loads, a Windows based laptop is the way to go. The Acer Aspire AS5552G-7641 packs a lot of great features into a small package. It might be a laptop, but with an AMD Phenom II processor, and 4GB of DDR3 memory, this computer outperforms many desktops on the market.

College graduates are the hardest graduates of all to shop for. No matter which industry they plan to work in, there’s a good chance they’ll be walking into a competitive job market.

They will need every resource they can get to help them in their search for gainful employment. Smartphones like the iPhone, and the HTC Thunderbolt provide access to a wide variety of tools any job hunter can appreciate.

Every graduate has to prepare to take the next step on their journey through life. By giving them the right tools, you can help make that next step as easy as possible.