Internet Access for Schools
New York City has issued $31.4 million in federally subsidized bonds to provide Internet access in 190 public schools. Read the entire article.
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Virtual charters: public schooling, at home
One daughter loves going to third grade at public school every day; the other one started rebelling in kindergarten.
Hybrid Learning at the University of St. Thomas: E-Halls of Ivy
As an adult learner, online courses may best fit your schedule. Yet a part of you values the face-to-face interaction between instructor and learner-experience that adult learners are often forced to forego. What do you do if you want something different? What other options are available for the adult learner who needs flexibility but wants […]
Popular Web Designer Institute at the University of Minnesota Moves onto the Web
The College of Continuing Education (CCE) at the University of Minnesota has a long tradition of harnessing technology to deliver curriculum to nontraditional students. Today one of the tools at the College’s disposal is the Internet. For years the college has offered dozens of credit courses online. Recently, it has begun to convert its most […]
UNext, Hoping to Bolster Sales, Signs 2 Big Marketing Deals
UNext, a major provider of online management education, has signed agreements with two electronic-information companies to market and sell its courses. The move is intended to bolster sagging sales, which forced UNext to lay off 135 of its 325 workers in September. (See an article from The Chronicle, September 13, 2001.)
Blackboard Buys Maker Of Learning Software
Blackboard Inc. chalked up its fourth acquisition in the online learning sector today, buying software created at George Washington University that helps teachers put course material on the Web and is used by more than 65 schools across the nation.
Apple to supply 36,000 laptops for Maine students, teachers
The Maine Department of Education has signed a four-year, $37.2 million contract with Apple to supply the technology, training, and support for Maine’s groundbreaking initiative that will equip every seventh and eighth grade public school student and teacher in the state with one-to-one access to wireless notebook computers and the internet.
Gates ‘Hitting Apple Where It Hurts’
Microsoft’s Bill Gates noted that new products designed to enhance the consumer PC user’s experience could also provide an impetus for economic stimulation.
IPhoto Completes Apple’s Picture
In the middle of Steve Jobs’ Macworld keynote speech on Monday, Apple’s CEO presented a photo slide show featuring photographs of an Apple employee’s daughter. The slide show was created with Apple’s new photo editing software, iPhoto. The software is the last piece in the puzzle in Apple’s “digital hub” strategy: to sell more computers […]
Study: Home users warm up to wireless LAN
Sales of wireless LANs to home users will soar this year, with products using the IEEE 802.11x technology leading the way, according to a report by research company Cahners In-Stat/MDR, an In-Stat analyst said Monday.