By Leslie Postal, Orlando Sentinel Central Florida school administrators are fearing technology snarls and scheduling nightmares when thousands of high-school students start taking standardized math exams on computers next school year. Florida’s first big move away from pencil-and-bubble-sheet tests is what’s producing all the anxiety. Many local high schools do not have enough compute...
Publ.Date : Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:40:42 +0000
By Michelle Maisto, eWeek Netbooks, once expected to fade away in favor of desktops and notebooks, are still enjoying strong sales. Shipments are forecast to hit 60 million in 2010, and that figure is now expected to double by 2013, according to a report by ABI Research. Netbook sales are showing no signs of waning, ABI [...]
Publ.Date : Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:30:24 +0000
By Jeff Bertolucci, PC World The Droid X appears to be an opening day hit. Motorola’s new smartphone–Verizon Wireless’ answer to the Apple iPhone 4 via AT&T and HTC EVO 4G via Sprint–has already sold out online and at various retail shops across the nation. The ongoing iPhone 4 antenna soap opera has no doubt helped [...]
Publ.Date : Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:35:23 +0000
By Sophia Li, Chronicle of Higher Ed Faculty members and information-technology staff members alike say technology is useful for teaching and learning, but professors take a narrower view of what technology belongs in today’s classroom, according to a report released by the technology company CDW Government Inc. Eighty-eight percent of the 303 faculty members surveyed said [...]
Publ.Date : Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:40:56 +0000
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