Archive for November, 2007

One Laptop Per Child initiative–Buy ONE, GET ONE promotion

Sunday, November 11th, 2007

olpc-logo.jpg Starting on November 12, you can buy one of the XO laptops for your child at home and provide one as a donation to another child.  The new program allows you to write off $200 of the $399 you will spend.  You also get a year connection to T-Mobile for Internet Access.  A previous blog entry explained the use of these laptops in developing worlds.  Website is http://www.laptopgiving.org/

Integrating Technology FAQs from Duke CIT (Center for Instructional Technology)

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

Cool site for those of us in Instructional Technology!
I liked this link to  FAQs about integrating online technologies.

http://cit.duke.edu/ideas/how/index.html

Alan November Website

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

Recently I saw Alan November again at a conference and was again impressed with his vision for the use of technology in our schools. His talk emphasized Information Literacy and how we must learn the language of the Internet to truly become consumers of information.

His excellent website is http://www.novemberlearning.com