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MICROSOFT CY PRES

0 Comments Published by Mary Mehsikomer January 31st, 2006 in Uncategorized

Minnesota school districts are receiving $55 million in vouchers that can be used for technology equipment and software resulting from Minnesota’s settlement with Microsoft. The vouchers were mailed to school districts and charter schools on January 27, 2006. Details can be found at the Minnesota Department of Education at http://www.education.state.mn.us….

COMPUTER USE IN SCHOOLS

0 Comments Published by Mary Mehsikomer August 31st, 2005 in News and Events, Higher-Ed Blogger, School Technology Leadership Blog

Education Daily for Tuesday, August 30, 2005, has an article about a computer use study conducted by CDW-G, Inc., a technology services provider to government and educators. The study provides interesting statistics relating to the use of computers by teachers. Not surprisingly, according to Education Daily, 86 percent of teachers…

ON-LINE PHY ED

0 Comments Published by Mary Mehsikomer August 5th, 2005 in Online Learning, Higher-Ed Blogger, School Technology Leadership Blog

From the Public Education Network (PEN): PUBLIC SCHOOLS BEGIN TO OFFER GYM CLASSES ON-LINE The nation’s public schools are rushing to reconfigure scores of traditional courses from basic composition to calculaus so students can take them via the Internet. One of the unlikely new offerings in this vast experiment is…

Pod People

0 Comments Published by Mary Mehsikomer June 9th, 2005 in Miscellaneous

From the George Lucas Education Foundation Edutopia News: Teachers find cool uses for Apple’s ubiquitous music player… by Cheri Lucas "It’s a sleek, sexy must-have for the MP3 set, but Apple’s iPod–a digital music player in fancy dress–is more than just a gadget for tuning out nagging adults. With the…