$1.8 billion worth of computers could replace books for 4 million students
There’s a hot debate in Texas over whether to replace all school textbooks with laptop computers by the end of ... Read more
Teaching & Learning
Case Study: A Rural District Gets Connected
If you sometimes get the feeling yours is the last school system still pretty much unplugged in the whole wired ... Read more
LibrarySpot gives you loads of links
http://www.libraryspot.com If you’re looking for a research starting point, you might try here. LibrarySpot offers a wealth of research links ... Read more
Your ticket to big savings with the eRate discount
Say your schools are spending $300,000 a year on telecommunications services. Thanks to the new eRate discount that went into ... Read more
The American Library Association’s great sites
The full title for this site is “700+ Great Sites: Amazing, Spectacular, Mysterious, Colorful Websites for Kids and the Adults ... Read more
Issaquah’s technology trailblazers map the new frontier
Mike Bookey, a concerned parent, and Don Robertson, an enterprising math teacher, just might be the Lewis and Clark of ... Read more
Use old-fashioned vigilance to fight high-tech indecency
You don’t allow pornography and sexually explicit material in your classrooms—but how can you keep it off your computers? This ... Read more
The end of obsolescence? New leasing options promise to keep your schools on technology’s cutting edge
The major computer makers have come up with a way to protect you from the ravages of equipment obsolescence. It ... Read more
Mentors ‘adopt’ these kids
In a writing workshop, students rewrite papers and essays using the constructive criticisms of others — ideally, of as many ... Read more