mobility
With cost concerns squeezing districts out of 1-to-1 computing programs, a once unthinkable solution is now in play: allowing students to bring their own laptops, PDAs, and—heaven help us—cell phones.
- By Jeff Weinstock
- 01/08/10
Mobile Computing
The Zarghona Ana Middle School of Kandahar, Afghanistan has joined the ed tech revolution, courtesy of OLPC. The nonprofit has delivered 774 XO laptop computers to the school, enough to give every teacher and student at the school his/her own conduit to the wider world of knowledge and technology.
- By Scott Aronowitz
- 03/19/10
Electronic Learning
Unna School District in Unna, Germany, has announced it has deployed 802.11n wireless local area networks (WLAN) in five of its 21 schools in the first phase of the district-wide Unit21 project. With a 1:1 laptop program, the district said it expects all of its more than 10,000 students to have 802.11n WiFi access to the Unit21 virtual campus when the project is complete.
- By Scott Aronowitz
- 02/02/10
K-12 Technology News
Nonprofit consulting group Educational Collaborators (EC) and IT solutions provider CDW-G have announced the release of their "One-to-One Readiness Assessment Tool," an online resource aimed at providing the information necessary to implement a one-to-one school laptop program.
- By Scott Aronowitz
- 02/01/10
1:1 Initiatives
Pinellas County Schools of Largo, FL has announced it has deployed more than 7,000 netbooks. Of these, 446 have been specifically allocated to the Melrose Elementary Center for Journalism and Multimedia, a K-5 magnet school.
- By Scott Aronowitz
- 02/01/10
Analysis
Expectations run high for Apple's new mobile device, the iPad, which made its formal debut Wednesday. And much of the anticipation is centered around education, both in terms of its usefulness as a computing platform and its potential to usurp the traditional textbook model.
- By Bridget McCrea
- 01/27/10
Mobile Computing
As anticipated, Apple formally unveiled its new mobile device, the $499 iPad, Wednesday, heralding the company's entry into the space currently dominated by netbooks and its first serious move into the category of electronic book readers.
AV & Presentation Technologies
Research in Motion, marketer of the Blackberry brand of mobile devices, introduced the Blackberry Presenter this month, an accessory that allows wireless projection of presentations from Blackberry smartphones. The device is designed to allow presenters to deliver a PowerPoint lecture without having to lug along a laptop.
- By Denise Harrison
- 01/20/10
FETC 2010 Coverage
Which technology tools can help improve teaching and learning? Which can boost productivity? Which are just plain useful for keeping organized? At the FETC 2010 conference last week, education technology veterans shared their lists of apps intended to make life in and out of the classroom faster, easier, and, well, better.
FETC 2010 News
Bretford Manufacturing is bringing energy management capabilities to its line of "intelligent" laptop computer carts.
- By Scott Aronowitz
- 01/13/10