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

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Laptops beyond grade 8? Maybe...

Laptops beyond grade 8? Maybe... 05/05/2004 11:57 PM

Boston University J-School Faculty Takes
a Stand on Video News Releases. It's
Very Intelligent.

Boston University J-School Faculty Takes
a Stand on Video News Releases. It's
Very Intelligent. 03/24/2005 02:34 PM
"[We]condemn the deliberate use by television news outlets of material knowingly obtained from the Administration without clear identification of its origin [and] urge the Administration to identify and cease other practices with respect to VNRs that run a substantial risk of misleading the public."

Fully Wi-Fi Enabled Grade School

Fully Wi-Fi Enabled Grade School 11/18/2003 09:05 PM
While parents of some students in Illinois schools are concerned about potential health affects of Wi-Fi, one school in New York requires every kid to have a Wi-Fi-enabled laptop: Students use the laptops in every class and Columbia University is studying how the program works. I�ll be interested to see how laptops are eventually used throughout the school system. Teachers at this New York school rave about the additional skills they can teach kids because of the laptops but also note the added distractions in games and the Internet. It must be difficult to control how the computers are used during class....

Green Hills Software and I-Logix Offer
Best-in-Class Integration for
Model-Driven Embedded Designs

Green Hills Software and I-Logix Offer
Best-in-Class Integration for
Model-Driven Embedded Designs 09/15/2004 02:01 AM
Integration of INTEGRITY RTOS, MULTI IDE and Rhapsody UML 2.0 Model-Driven Development Environment Accelerates Embedded Software Design, Development and Testing [PRWEB Sep 15, 2004]

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

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

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

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.

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)

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)

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)

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)

Apple Laptops Could Revolutionaize High
School

Apple Laptops Could Revolutionaize High
School 07/01/2004 03:53 AM
By Scott Kleinberg, Pittsburg Tribune-Review (via MyAppleMenu)

The Sheboygan Museum of Art presents
Abstract Expressionist Works by Miss
Wensleydale's Second Grade Class

The Sheboygan Museum of Art presents
Abstract Expressionist Works by Miss
Wensleydale's Second Grade Class 09/18/2004 11:00 AM
2nd Grade Expressionism

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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)

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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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)

jelly bracelets" are making a comeback
with teens and some grade-school kids.
But this time, there's a twist: In some
parts of the U.S., they're calling them
"sex bracelets" -- with various colors
supposedly representing promises to
perform sex acts in a

jelly bracelets" are making a comeback
with teens and some grade-school kids.
But this time, there's a twist: In some
parts of the U.S., they're calling them
"sex bracelets" -- with various colors
supposedly representing promises to
perform sex acts in a 12/12/2003 05:38 AM

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Faculty bl0ggers increasing in number

Faculty bl0ggers increasing in number 04/14/2005 02:19 AM

The Village Voice is carrying a good article about the small, yet growing community of professors who blog . The story includes links to faculty blogs in the disciplines of physics , law and policy , media studies , sociology and communication , musicology , and cultural studies , as well as to a multi-professor, multi-disciplinary blog site .

950 iBooks come to Pleasanton, Texas
students, faculty

950 iBooks come to Pleasanton, Texas
students, faculty 11/19/2003 04:40 PM
According to a report on Mysanantonio.com, a Web site of the San Antonio Express-News and KENS5 TV, both students and teachers at Pleasanton High School in Pleasanton, Texas will be receiving Apple iBooks in December.

Students and faculty alike must do as
much librarying as they do Googling

Students and faculty alike must do as
much librarying as they do Googling 06/22/2004 04:37 AM
Old Search Engine, the Library, Tries to Fit Into a Google World .. NYT on the role of libraries in a Google-driven world .. New York Times

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Students Helping Faculty Get Tech Savvy

Students Helping Faculty Get Tech Savvy 12/31/2003 07:20 PM
AP via Newsday Dec 31 2003 6:11PM ET

SSCL and the Faculty of Advocates
Information Technology Law Group Joint
meeting: 'Data Protection & Freedom o

SSCL and the Faculty of Advocates
Information Technology Law Group Joint
meeting: 'Data Protection & Freedom o 04/05/2005 05:39 PM
SCL.org Apr 5 2005 8:26PM GMT

Run for the hills!

Run for the hills! 05/11/2004 10:10 PM
Will humanity come together to overcome our space enemies? Or is this a publicity stunt for Signs 2:Electric Boogaloo? Or is it nothing at all? Still, what the heck is Mexico doing telling everyone about this? I mean seriously now:

“Hundreds of videos (of UFOs) exist, but none had the backing of the armed forces of any country.... The armed forces don't perpetuate frauds.” Mr. Maussan said Secretary of Defence Gen. Ricardo Vega Garcia gave him the video April 22.

FSS: Cypress Hills

FSS: Cypress Hills 03/14/2005 05:56 PM
Friday Slide Scan #6 is from April 1992, in the Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park on the Alberta-Saskatchewan border. One of my favorites, pure Prairie winter...

There's Gold In Them There 3G Hills,
Maybe

There's Gold In Them There 3G Hills,
Maybe 04/01/2005 01:38 AM
The Feature Apr 1 2005 4:16AM GMT

There's Search in Them There Hills

There's Search in Them There Hills 09/21/2004 03:08 PM
Source: iMedia Connection - Mining for search at the Summit finds brands are more search-savvy than some give them credit for....

U.S. Open Under Way at Shinnecock Hills
(AP)

U.S. Open Under Way at Shinnecock Hills
(AP) 06/17/2004 08:30 AM
AP - The 104th U.S. Open began Thursday morning under gray skies, as the fog off Great Peconic Bay slowly burned away. Jeff Maggert, Mark Calcavecchia and David Roesch were the early leaders at 2 under at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club.

Forest Hills Greenhouses

Forest Hills Greenhouses 04/25/2004 09:41 AM
tour of the cemetery greenhouses .. a photo album of our tour

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U.S. Open under way at Shinnecock Hills

U.S. Open under way at Shinnecock Hills 06/17/2004 11:50 AM

Is this your sister's sixth zither, sir?

Is this your sister's sixth zither, sir? 12/30/2004 02:29 PM
Twisti ng Tongues in Other Tongues
This page was originally created to give a good group of tongue twisters to people in speech therapy, to people who want to work on getting rid of an accent, or to people who just plain like tongue twisters. I hope you enjoy them.

Mets Win Sixth Straight

Mets Win Sixth Straight 04/16/2005 05:44 PM
Ramon Castro singled home the winning run with two outs in the ninth inning, and Pedro Martinez struck out nine in a stellar home debut for New York.

The hills are alive with the sounds of
screaming

The hills are alive with the sounds of
screaming 05/24/2004 12:16 AM

The Happiness of the Katakuris is one of the wackiest movies I've seen. It's musical-horror-comedy, with karaoke, zombies, and claymation. There's nothing else like it.

I just caught it on the Sundance channel, which is replaying it on May 30th, but I hear Netflix has it too.

The Hills Are Alive With The Semantics
of Music

The Hills Are Alive With The Semantics
of Music 06/22/2004 04:11 AM
Tunes create context like language : "musical notes are strung together in the same patterns as words in a piece of literature". Full paper. On a related note, hone your musical comprehension by playing with Impromptu. Better yet, co-ordinate it with this MIT OpenCourse - Developing Musical Structures.

Sixth bird flu death in Vietnam

Sixth bird flu death in Vietnam 01/24/2004 01:14 AM
A 13-year-old boy dies of avian flu in Vietnam, as more Asian nations join a growing boycott of chicken.

Mets Nip Marlins 4-3 in Sixth Straight
Win (AP)

Mets Nip Marlins 4-3 in Sixth Straight
Win (AP) 04/17/2005 04:53 AM
AP - Ramon Castro singled home the winning run with two outs in the ninth inning, and the New York Mets beat the Florida Marlins 4-3 Saturday for their sixth straight victory.

UK Becomes Sixth Country to Implement
EUCD

UK Becomes Sixth Country to Implement
EUCD 11/17/2003 03:14 AM
orbital3 writes "The UK, as of October 31, 2003, became the sixth nation to implement the laws required to comply with the European Union Copyright Directive ...

Happy Sixth Birthday Google!

Happy Sixth Birthday Google! 09/07/2004 02:28 PM
Google celebrates its sixth birthday. Unfortunately that logo doesn't link to query. "WOO HOO!" perhaps?...

Sixth XP Starter Edition Launches

Sixth XP Starter Edition Launches 04/14/2005 01:43 PM
Microsoft rolled out on Wednesday its sixth stripped-down, cut-rate release of Windows XP, this time for Brazilian market.
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