Apple Laptops Could Revolutionaize High School

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Students Investigate Laptops For High
School

Students Investigate Laptops For High
School 02/12/2004 11:29 AM
A group of Mt. Abram students is dedicated to improving their school through taking advantage of the benefits provided by laptop computers. By Barry Matulaitis (Irregular via MyAppleMenu)

Midway Through School Year, Laptops Get
High Marks In Survey

Midway Through School Year, Laptops Get
High Marks In Survey 03/14/2003 12:58 PM
By an overwhelming margin, seventh-graders who received laptop computers last fall say the laptops have made schoolwork more fun. Teachers also give the laptops high marks, saying the computers enhanced learning by providing students with access to more extensive, up-to-date information. (Associated Press via MyAppleMenu)

State Reaches Accord With Apple To Put
Laptops In High Schools

State Reaches Accord With Apple To Put
Laptops In High Schools 08/06/2004 10:21 PM
Apple agreed Friday to a revised deal that will place laptop comptuers in roughly one-third of Maine's public high schools this fall, Education Commissioner Susan Gendron said. By Associated Press (via MyAppleMenu)

Maine strikes deal with Apple for high
school iBooks

Maine strikes deal with Apple for high
school iBooks 08/06/2004 08:04 PM
Apple has agreed to a revised deal that will put iBooks in approximately one-third of Maine's public high schools this fall...

School Board OKs Laptops Extension

School Board OKs Laptops Extension 06/17/2005 03:36 PM

At Monday night's meeting school board members gave their approval to a four-year lease-purchase agreement with Apple through which the district will be acquiring the laptops for the freshmen and sophomores. By Steve Smith, El Dorado Times

School Laptops Win Hearts And Minds

School Laptops Win Hearts And Minds 02/01/2005 09:36 PM

A five-year, $1.75 million Apples-for-everyone deal met resistance but now is embraced. By Megan Boldt, Pioneer Press

"A high school student in Las Vegas was
transferred to a new school because of
an online journal in which he wrote,
"Kill Alaina." "

"A high school student in Las Vegas was
transferred to a new school because of
an online journal in which he wrote,
"Kill Alaina." " 11/12/2003 02:57 PM

Gov. Benson Delivers Paul School Laptops

Gov. Benson Delivers Paul School Laptops 01/09/2004 09:57 PM
Seventh grade students at Paul School had an interesting morning Tuesday, one that will make the rest of their school year interesting as well. By Ann McClure (Granite State News via MyAppleMenu)

HF-Lima Rethinks Use Of Middle-School
Laptops

HF-Lima Rethinks Use Of Middle-School
Laptops 08/05/2004 06:05 PM
The Honeoye Falls-Lima school board is trying to figure out what to do about the middle school laptop computer project that was launched in February with a focus on use at school and at home. By Dolores Orman, Democrat And Chronicle (via MyAppleMenu)

School Systems Unsure About Funding
Laptops

School Systems Unsure About Funding
Laptops 06/26/2004 11:05 AM
While officials in some central Maine districts have indicated they are making a commitment to bring laptops to their high schools, others are hesitant to spend perhaps $300 per computer for each incoming freshman. By Keith Edwards, Morning Sentinel (via MyAppleMenu)

Short on Books, Texas School Uses
Laptops (AP)

Short on Books, Texas School Uses
Laptops (AP) 04/27/2004 10:18 AM
AP - Every fifth- and sixth-grader at Johnson Elementary will receive a $1,350 IBM ThinkPad computer loaded with digital versions of state-approved textbooks and 2,000 works of literature. If the experiment works, the program will be expanded to other grades.

Short on Books, Texas School Uses
Laptops

Short on Books, Texas School Uses
Laptops 04/27/2004 01:15 PM
San Jose Mercury News Apr 27 2004 5:19PM GMT

Yahoo! News - Short on Books, Texas
School Uses Laptops

Yahoo! News - Short on Books, Texas
School Uses Laptops 04/28/2004 07:36 AM
DALLAS - Every fifth- and sixth-grader at Johnson Elementary will receive a $1,350 IBM ThinkPad computer loaded with digital versions of state-approved textbooks and 2,000 works of literature .. Yahoo

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Bladacci Urges Maine School Districts To
Rent Laptops

Bladacci Urges Maine School Districts To
Rent Laptops 07/01/2004 03:53 AM
By Victoria Wallack, Statehouse News Service (via MyAppleMenu)

Sixth-Grade Class, Faculty At Vestavia
Hills School Getting Laptops

Sixth-Grade Class, Faculty At Vestavia
Hills School Getting Laptops 07/22/2004 11:14 PM
A class of sixth-graders and faculty at Cahaba Heights Community School apparently will be the first in Alabama with laptop computers assigned to each of them. By Associated Press (via MyAppleMenu)

High-tech play analyzing technology
giving high school football an edge

High-tech play analyzing technology
giving high school football an edge 12/05/2003 07:47 PM
AP via New Jersey Online Dec 5 2003 6:33PM ET

Maine Laptops Earn High Marks

Maine Laptops Earn High Marks 02/16/2004 03:54 PM
A Maine initiative to supply 36,000 7th and 8th graders and teachers with iBooks yielded good results, Associated Press reports: “Students who use laptops are more engaged in learning and produce better-quality work, according to a report released Wednesday that gives high grades to Maine’s 2-year-old program. Based on thousands of responses from students and teachers, the report says most of Maine’s middle schools have successfully implemented the program, which started with seventh graders in 2002 and later expanded to include eighth graders.” [Feb 16]

New Apple Laptops Announced

New Apple Laptops Announced 04/19/2004 09:38 AM
Apple finally announced the upgrades to its laptops this morning, most notably speed bumps across the line (up to 1.5Ghz) and included Airport Extreme for all the Powerbooks. With the upgrade to a 1Ghz G4 for the 12-inch iBooks, all of Apple's machines are finally past the 1Ghz mark, bringing...

Apple Contract For Laptops Still Not
Ready

Apple Contract For Laptops Still Not
Ready 04/03/2005 10:32 AM

The Cobb County School District has not completed its contract with Apple, the company selected by Superintendent Joe Redden to supply the school system with 63,100 laptop computers for all teachers and middle and high school students. By Marietta Daily Journal

iBook G4 Versus Other Apple Laptops

iBook G4 Versus Other Apple Laptops 11/11/2003 06:48 PM
If cost is no object and best performance is your goral, it's hard to beat the 15" or 17" Aluminum PowerBooks. (Bare Feats via MyAppleMenu)

Notes and Tips: Apple Support, Laptops

Notes and Tips: Apple Support, Laptops 04/21/2004 10:16 AM
Apple has redesigned its Support site, and there are several updates about laptops.

Apple offers Battery Update for some
laptops

Apple offers Battery Update for some
laptops 12/18/2003 03:23 AM
Apple on Wednesday released Battery Update v1.1, software which enhances PowerBook and iBook battery performance by making sure that full capacity is available.

Apple Makes Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Standard in
Laptops

Apple Makes Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Standard in
Laptops 04/19/2004 09:35 AM
Apple Computer's PoweBook G4 professional line now includes AirPort Extreme (802.11g) and Bluetooth 1.2 as standard features: Before this announcement, PowerBook buyers of most models had to decide whether to add a $100 AirPort Extreme adapter or a $50 Bluetooth option. The Bluetooth adapter had to be ordered at the time of purchase while the AirPort Extreme Card could be installed later. By including these wireless options even in the entry-level $1,600 12-inch PowerBook G4 model, Apple is competing more directly and simply against the Centrino concept. From now on, Apple hopes that buyers think PowerBook and wireless the way that Intel has branded Centrino and Wi-Fi....

Students Follow the Music to Apple
Laptops

Students Follow the Music to Apple
Laptops 08/23/2004 02:10 PM
Jefferson Graham writes for USA Today, “Apple’s trendy iPod digital music player, which has revitalized the company, is giving laptop sales a boost during back-to-school season. Many students, after falling in love with the iPod, are packing for college with new Apple Macintosh computers.” [Aug 23]

Manchester Students Raise Money To Buy
Apple Laptops

Manchester Students Raise Money To Buy
Apple Laptops 02/10/2004 10:36 AM
Students at Highland-Goffe's Falls School in Manchester jumped a lot of rope and sold a lot of cookie dough, but now they've got 34 new Apple iBook laptop computers to show for it. By Tom Fahey (Union Leader via MyAppleMenu)

Apple gives its laptops a speed bump,
introduces new software

Apple gives its laptops a speed bump,
introduces new software 04/19/2004 01:55 PM
Apple today updated their line of portables, bringing the PowerBooks up to 1.5GHz and the 12" iBook to 1GHz. They also introduced new video postproduction software and a storage area network application, Xsan.

Students Crazy About iPod Follow The
Music To Apple Laptops

Students Crazy About iPod Follow The
Music To Apple Laptops 08/23/2004 12:47 AM
Many students, after falling in love with the iPod, are packing for college with new Apple Macintosh computers. By Jefferson Graham, USA Today (via MyAppleMenu)

OWC and NewerTech give power to the
people...with recent Apple laptops

OWC and NewerTech give power to the
people...with recent Apple laptops 12/19/2004 03:00 PM
OWC and NewerTech are proud to introduce the NewerTech AC Power Adapter."Available online for $49.95, the 65-Watt, 100~240-volt, 50/60-Hertz auto-switching NewerTech adapter is compatible with all [Dual USB] iBook G3, iBook G4 and PowerBook G4 laptop computers. Unlike some other third-party adapters currently on the market, the NewerTech adapter provides constant wattage output to specifications that meet or exceed Apple's own adapters."

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News: iSweet FireWire webcam designed
for Apple laptops

News: iSweet FireWire webcam designed
for Apple laptops 04/19/2005 08:54 AM
If Apple's iSight doesn't fit the bill for your PowerBook or iBook, maybe Harmonic Inversion's iSweet will. It's a FireWire-based webcam that the company said is designed specifically for Apple PowerBook and iBook laptop computers.

Robots in High School

Robots in High School 12/19/2004 03:41 PM
A San Francisco Chronicle article describes an unusual class at San Ramon Valley High School where there are no desks and no lectures. It's a class that students actually want to attend, even though it means staying at school as late as 8pm and coming in on Saturdays. It's a robotics class where the students work on a robot for the annual FIRST competition. Last year the student's entry placed second out of the 46 teams competing in their region.

High School Reunion

High School Reunion 04/07/2005 12:00 AM
After reading Heather’s post about high school photos, I turned to a photo that I keep on my desk at work. In this picture, Ben and I are 17 and a couple weeks shy of our first date. At this...

iBook Goes To High School

iBook Goes To High School 06/02/2004 08:56 AM
Arthur Philip High School in Parramatta has taken posession of 100 Apple iBook laptops to gain the sort of Internet access its better resourced peers take for granted. By Julian Bajkowski, Computerworld Australia (via MyAppleMenu)

Apple 'sudo' On Laptops May Let Local
Users Execute Commands Without
Authenticating

Apple 'sudo' On Laptops May Let Local
Users Execute Commands Without
Authenticating 11/19/2003 10:31 PM
It is reported that the sudo application uses the graphical interface clock instead of the system clock. When sudo is executed via Apple's Terminal.app and then the laptop is placed in sleep mode and subsequently woken up, the laptop may take 10 - 20 seconds to update the graphical clock. As a result, a physically local user can wake up the laptop and execute sudo commands with root privileges without having to authenticate within the 10 - 20 second period. (SecurityTracker via MyAppleMenu)

Students crazy about iPod follow the
music to Apple laptops (USATODAY.com)

Students crazy about iPod follow the
music to Apple laptops (USATODAY.com) 08/23/2004 08:52 AM
USATODAY.com - Apple's trendy iPod digital music player, which has revitalized the company, is giving laptop sales a boost during back-to-school season.

Prosser High School wee bit touchy

Prosser High School wee bit touchy 04/26/2004 06:57 PM
Prosser High School teacher sees 15 year old student's war artwork depicting President Bush as a devil and another decapitated. Captions include calling an end to the war, and support for Ralph Nadar. Teacher hands artwork over to school administrators, who in turn bring in the Secret Service. Because that's what you do when you've handed out an assignment to kids "to keep a notebook of drawings depicting the war in Iraq".

Ga. High School to Pay Student
Informants (AP)

Ga. High School to Pay Student
Informants (AP) 04/11/2005 10:31 AM
AP - A high school is looking for a few good snitches. Using revenue from its candy and soda sales, Model High School plans to pay up to $100 for information about thefts and drug or gun possession on campus.

High School Procession at the Draft

High School Procession at the Draft 06/25/2004 02:16 AM
Orlando, faced with the choice between defense and immediacy or versatility and potential, chose the latter with the top pick in Thursday's N.B.A. draft.

Purse Ban Rescinded at Wis. High School
(AP)

Purse Ban Rescinded at Wis. High School
(AP) 08/18/2004 10:40 AM
AP - After a flurry of objections from female students, Franklin High School's new principal says a policy that would have required them to store purses in their lockers during the school day will not be enforced.

HP high-tech IT for Egyptian school

HP high-tech IT for Egyptian school 06/23/2004 01:13 AM
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