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Blog post on ZDNET on the One Laptop Per Child program in Peru, and how it is not achieving the results desired/expected. From the article: "Why such results? The IDB concluded that OLPC does not provide enough guidance for teachers to show students how to effectively use the computers in class - and so the next item on the agenda should be improving teacher training"

How to search by Google. In most cases, a simple search works really well. But for more specialized questions, a bit of instruction in how to search improves all searcher--from middle school students to trained professionals--and lets you discover and use more, higher quality sources than ever before.

Differences in instructional practices with an interactive whiteboard - highlights the need for training and equipping teachers with the right tools to use the technology in their classroom

Instructional resources and lessons from other educators using SMART technologies

Why even tease us with this stuff when we don't have the Smart Boards, we have never been trained on them, and the odds of us getting them seem slim?!! :=)