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when summer comes to an end the kids will be happy to go back to school right I mean who can really sustain more than a few months of leisure and travel and partying the kids today want to get there learn on right but for those rare students feeling a little less than inspired to jump back into school here are 5 tech gifts that will ease the transition starting off at number 5 the piper it's a bit of a wild card choice here but for students dealing with a skeevy roommate situation this all-in-one home security camera could provide some peace of mind as everything built-in has a motion sensor temperature two-way audio and 105 decibels siren 240 bucks but can you really put a price on finally figuring out who's eating your peanut butter at number 4 GoPro Hero 3 plus Black Edition and you're young you do all kinds of insane stuff snowboarding bungee jumping keg stands so why not capture it all in crystal-clear HD I figure you're gonna spend the second half of your life reminiscing about the first half of your life and you don't want to strain your elderly eyes at some grainy cell phone video the hero 3 plus is the top of the line and easily mounts on your skydiving helmet coming in at number 3 Sony Playstation 4 the thrill of skydiving lasts only minutes but the rush of blasting hordes of bloodthirsty zombies with a sawed-off shotgun that could be a whole weekend if you do it right $400 gets you the most celebrated next-generation game console out there perfect for turning any finely tuned academic brain into a puddle of mush if the Rays justify it ps4 is a sweet reward at number 2 a new TV not everyone's into games but no one can argue with a brand-new TV our favorite value right now is the Vizio e-series which comes in a range of sizes from 39 inches up through 60 the 55 inch can be snapped up for around 700 bucks it looks great and it comes with Vizio smol suite of smart TV software I know it seems like a bad idea to give a student a giant colorful 55 inch distraction but by turning your kid into a couch potato least you'll know where they are now before we get to number one how about a piece of tech that may actually help students get some work done our editors pick for back-to-school text that will transcend everything else on this list is the 13-inch Apple MacBook Air $1,000 gets you one of our favorite laptops it comes with great battery life a fast processor and an operating system that isn't suffering from an identity crisis best of all the super lightweight design will prevent you from getting stuck with a bill from the chiropractor all right and now the number one piece of back-to-school tech a new smartphone our pick is the motorola moto G it's a 4G phone with a beautiful 4.5 inch screen the latest version of Android and a price of $219 that's an off contract price that's the total cost of the whole phone considering that I have never seen a college student who doesn't have a giant crack in the middle of their screen an affordable phone is the way to go also kids a little advice from uncle Donald empty those pockets before the cake sale so there you go five choice bits of tech to help ease the transition back to higher learning check out our full guide over at back-to-school cnet.com and for more top buys for me top five dot cnet.com donald bell thanks for watching