Top news for March 14, 2005 ...
MIT team creating $100 laptops
Three
researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have embarked
on an ambitious plan to close the global digital divide: They're
recruiting corporate partners to join MIT in designing and mass-producing
basic, durable laptops costing $100 or less that hundreds of millions
of children worldwide--perhaps even U.S. students--could use at school
and home....
Mar 14 | FULL STORY
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Around the
Web ...
Other educational technology stories in the news today:
Change of heart: Orleans Parish board to save eRate bid
--The (New Orleans) Times-Picayune
Virtual mentor making difference in Florida boys' lives
--Orlando Sentinel
Tech resume helps superintendent win major Wisconsin job
--Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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•Today's kids are 'media multitaskers'
•Students convicted of internet piracy
•High-stakes cheating spawns new market
•Hacker 'helps' school applicants
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