NSW to censor student laptops - Security And Utilities Software
The NSW Department of Education and Training (DET) this week revealed plans to limit internet access on the laptops given to the state's senior students under the "digital education revolution" to a pre-approved list of websites.
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Rwanda launches OLPC computer distribution - Network World
Rwanda launched the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) program on Sunday with the distribution of 5,000 laptops in a bid to transition the country’s education system from blackboard and chalk to digital.
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Olpc-update - OLPC
instructions for updating the software on an XO laptop (OLPC)
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One To One Institute - Home
Commercially sponsored website by HP and Intel focused on 1:1 learning (laptop learning initiatives)
more fromwww.one-to-oneinstitute.org
Technology Review: Una Laptop por Niño
Article about Peru's OLPC rollout
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Pajamas Media » Laptop U: Where No One Looks at the Professor
Great post about the challenges of trying to maintain a lecture-based approach to univeristy learning in a 1:1 environment (Thanks Christian Long)
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Activities - OLPC
This is a listing of ALL the applications which come pre-installed on the XO laptop. Applications are called "activities" on the XO.
more fromwiki.laptop.org
What Do Kids Want? - WSJ.com
31 Mar 2008 article by Kevin Delaney expressing frustration at the OLPC because his own kids want to play online games and surf the web and the XO is not made especially for use as a multimedia funnel.
more fromonline.wsj.com
Welcome to Echo Horizon School
Elaine Wrenn's school in California. I love the slogan "We have 2 things to give children: Roots and Wings" They have been doing a laptop initiative for several years now. Very successful.
more fromwww.echohorizon.org
The XO Experience (team blog)
This website is given freely to any student who has an XO laptop or who has taken the time to investigate the power of this little green machine
more fromwww.xoexperience.org
Welcome to SeaXO
User group from Seattle XO User's Group
more fromseaxo.blogspot.com
wesfryer - TxTIP
Grant documents I authored for West Texas schools participating in the 2004-2008 Texas Immersion Pilot Project (TxTIP)
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Top News - eSN honors 2008 tech-savvy supes
recognition by eSchool News of top leaders of educational technology in the US, including Jerry Vaughn from Floydada, Texas
more fromwww.eschoolnews.com
Opening Doors to the Future Movie - Floydada High School (8 minutes)
Apple Learning Interchange - Movie about Floydada High School's highly successful 1:1 laptop immersion project. Floydada HS is an Apple Distinguished Campus.
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Laptop Woes: Bungling the World's Easiest Sale BY GARY STAGER
Gary Stager's Oct 2005 editorial on the Cobb County laptop fiasco
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SolidOffice » MacStack - Open Source Apps
great list, many titles should be considered at schools implementing 1:1 laptop learning initiatives
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Lowrey Public Schools (Oklahoma) getting laptops for grades 5-8 Local - KJRH.com (video)
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ScanSafe launches Anywhere+ the world’s first SaaS Web security for roaming employees (23 Jan 2008)
looks interesting, is a client-side hidden application which directs all Internet traffic through a content filter and documents all web traffic from that computer even when it is off network (maybe ideal for roaming laptops including 1:1 education projec
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