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LA times article about LA school district that spend $1 billion on getting students ipads. The school district is now trying to get the ipads back, it has gotten 2/3 of the devices back.

Great scholastic article on how cell phones can help, not hinder, education, with a good example of a school it has worked for and what programs on smart phones are the most successful. "But educators know that with students, cell phone use in inevitable, so why not use the devices for good?"

Great article on using various Tech in the classroom in conjunction to more traditional teaching methods.

An article on the growing presence & benefactors of computers in preschool settings.

This website describes the assistive technology known as C-print, a speech-to-text system developed for students who are deaf or hard of hearing. The website provides information about how it works, how much it costs, how to use it, where it can be used, and even how to be trained to be a captionist!