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Free and Open Source Educational Software - 0 views

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shared by Michelle Krill on 26 Nov 08 - Cached
  • Michelle Krill on 26 Nov 08
     
    A collection of Free and Open Source software for educational use that run on Windows. The educational software varies from mathematics to music, from science to graphics, from programming to educational gamesi and includes office tools, business software, network tools and security software
Michelle Krill

Seeing No Progress, Some Schools Drop Laptops - New York Times - 0 views

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shared by Michelle Krill on 14 Jan 09 - Cached
  • ore than a decade ago, schools began investing heavily in laptops at the urging of school boards and parent groups who saw them as the key to the 21st century classroom. Following Maine’s lead in 2002, states including Michigan, Pennsylvania and South Dakota helped buy laptops for thousands of students through statewide initiatives like “Classrooms for the Future
  • Classrooms for the Future
  • Many school administrators and teachers say laptops in the classroom have motivated even reluctant students to learn, resulting in higher attendance and lower detention and dropout rates.
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  • But Mr. Warschauer, who supports laptop programs, said schools like Liverpool might be giving up too soon because it takes time to train teachers to use the new technology and integrate it into their classes.
  • “Where laptops and Internet use make a difference are in innovation, creativity, autonomy and independent research,”
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