Welcome to Engadget’s Back to School guide! We know that this time of year can be pretty annoying and stressful for everyone, so we’re here to help out with the heartbreaking process of gadget buying for the school-aged crowd. Today, we have speaker docks in our sights — and you can head to the Back to School hub to see the rest of the product guides as they’re added throughout the month. Be sure to keep checking back — at the end of the month we’ll be giving away a ton of the gear featured in our guides — and hit up the hub page right here . Yeah, studying’s the hip thing to do, but waking up for class is arguably where success begins. Rather than relying on some ear-piercing tone emitted from one’s cellphone, we prefer something more… substantial. Here, we’ll be covering the best and brightest in speaker docks, also known as the alarm clock that your grandkids will eventually point at and laugh, mockingly. Jump past the break for our recommendations, and another opportunity to enter our back to school giveaway. Simply leave a comment below to be entered to win , and head over to our giveaway page for more details. Continue reading Engadget’s back to school guide 2011: speaker docks Engadget’s back to school guide 2011: speaker docks originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 08 Aug 2011 12:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink