According to the December 7, 2005 article “Can Schools Afford Governor’s Laptop Program?” South Dakota governor Mike Rounds is pushing for a statewide laptop initiative for every 9th – 12th grader.
Apparently at this stage, districts could opt-out of the program, which I think would be a mistake. I agree with former Maine Governor Angus King: laptop initiative should be for everyone, everywhere, regardless of geography, socio-economic status, or the vision (or lack of vision) of local district administrators.
On this day..
- 99ยข Podcast: Tell a Story in 5 Photos - 2011
- Envisioning a Cloud-based, Platform Independent Computing Future [VIDEO] - 2011
- The Case for Balanced Internet Filtering in Schools - 2010
- KFC and McDonalds Reinvent Themselves - Why Not Our Schools? - 2009
- Using FeedForAll to update #k12online Podcast Channels - 2009
- Tracking computer use by application with Slife - 2008
- Consider 1:1 learning in Korea - 2007
- Add blog post to Google Reader shared items without subscribing? - 2007
- The greatest university of all - 2006
- 2nd rejected TechEdge article - 2005
