Maine school gives students own laptops
The end of the school year is near and children are playing baseball outside. But the students in Shawn Favreau's classroom are focused on their laptop computers.
For their final social studies project, they're using the computers to create multimedia presentations on ancient Greece. Some of the Freeport Middle School students find it hard to imagine going back to using just pencils and paper.
We still do the same things. We just do it differently. The teachers are winging it. They're looking for ways to make it more interesting," said student Kaitlyn Beaule. "I think it's a lot more fun."...more [CNN]
The key here is that these are Apple iBooks. This program shows how technology can be such a great aid in bringing back interest into school. Some will say that this could have been done cheaper with Windows machines...WRONG! The cost of software and the cost of maintenance would have backrupted the program. Only Macs could be given out in these numbers and have so few problems. Score a big one for Apple...mj
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