I observed some schools a week ago that were using Asus EEE PCs in the classroom. At least from initial observations and interviews, it appears that these low-cost bring substantially the same benefits as higher-cost laptops, though at a greatly reduced price. See my first-hand report over at OLPC News.
Archive for May, 2009
Asus EEE PCs in the classroom
Posted in general on May 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Campbell’s Law
Posted in general on May 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“The more any quantitative social indicator is used for social decisionmaking, the more subject it will be to corruption pressures and the more apt it will be to distort and corrupt the social processes it is intended to monitor.” Campbell’s Law, put forth in 1976 by Donald Campbell, prominent American social scientist and president of [...]
Fascinating New “EduBook”
Posted in general on May 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As reported on Liliputing, NorhTec is launching a Gecko EduBook (PDF link) netbook with some fascinating features. First, it uses a low power 1GHz Xcore86 CPU that uses just 1.2 watts of power. On the one hand, this is a pretty low-power machine (in comparision, the Asus 901 Eee PC used n some school districts [...]
Joe’s Non-Netbook
Posted in general on May 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A high school student at the Science Learning Academy posts his video perspective on technology in schools.
