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Acer Aspire One E100 Education netbook dual-boots Windows & Android

, Jan 25th 2011 Discuss [1]

Acer has unveiled its latest netbook, the Aspire One E100 Education, and as the name suggests it's targeted at classrooms. The 10.1-inch 1024 x 600 ultraportable dual-boots Windows 7 and Android - the latter being positioned as an instant-on option for quick browsing - and can be specified with a rubberized coating for bump protection; there's also a pocket into which a student can slot their name card, so that multiple E100 units don't get confused. Read The Full Story

New Study Shows Kids Are Losing Touch with Reality, Focusing on a Virtual Existence

, Jan 20th 2011 Discuss [1]

Yesterday, we reported that 7,000 students in Florida were currently enrolled in an e-learning classroom, where a teacher wasn't required, if not needed at all, and learned core lessons from a computer. We've seen how education departments trying to save money have turned to robots to help in any way they can. And, further back, we've seen how the iPad was being made part of lesson plans in some schools. The "negatives" of these changes are obvious, but new research may show us, bluntly, why this future may not be the best for our kids. Read The Full Story

7,000 Students in Florida Public School District Enrolled in Virtual Classrooms

, Jan 19th 2011 Discuss [2]

Trying to save costs is part of a business. No matter the business, saving money, so that money can be spent in other key areas, is the way the world turns. For teachers, unfortunately, it usually means that something gets cut. We've already seen other countries try to use telepresence robots to cut back costs, and now here in the United States it seems that children are being enrolled in virtual classrooms at a pretty staggering rate. Read The Full Story

Engkey Egg-Shaped Robot Teaches South Korean Students English

, Dec 28th 2010 Discuss [1]

It looks like South Korea's aspirations of having robots in classrooms, teaching their youth, which were aiming for 2012, may be seeing adoption at a quicker rate. But, that's not stopping a school in Daegu, South Korea, from planting a few 3-foot tall robots, oddly shaped like huge eggs, right in front of students, and teaching them English. The students reportedly love the Engkey, though, and that's kept the little bots around. Read The Full Story

Pearson and Commonwealth of Virginia Launch iPad Social Studies Curriculum

, Sep 29th 2010 Discuss [0]

While some schools across the country may still be struggling to get their students updated text books, that's not stopping others from moving right along and grasping the next stage of education. The Commonwealth of Virginia and Pearson have announced today their brand new social studies curriculum, which has a main focus on Apple's tablet device, the iPad. With applications specifically created for the program, like games and self-testing applications, the new curriculum is meant to target Pearson's US History and World History programs for 7th and 9th graders. Read The Full Story

Kno Planning on Releasing a Single-Screen Tablet

, Sep 27th 2010 Discuss [0]

Kno's existence has been an interesting one. Since their rebranding from Kakai to Kno, the Kno dual-screen tablet has been something of interest to a lot of people. Featuring two 14-inch displays, Kno specifically targeted the dual-screen tablet device to the educational market, hoping that students would pick it up instead of a laptop or netbook, as well as other tablet competitors. After being shown off at D8, and then getting confirmation of funding earlier this month with pre-orders set to kick off by the end of the year, news that the company is planning a single-screen tablet, to launch along side the dual-screen version, are interesting. Read The Full Story

OLPC founder offers advice & tech access to Indian $35 tablet project

, Aug 2nd 2010 Discuss [1]

OLPC are beavering away at their Marvell-based tablet design, but that doesn't mean founder Nicholas Negroponte hasn't time to pen a few suggestions for the Indian government and their $35 tablet.  In an open letter, Negroponte offers "full access to all of our technology, cost free" to the Indian team responsible for the low-cost tablet, along with the warning that they should prioritize content creation not, as on the iPad, content consumption. Read The Full Story

Oklahoma State University to Use iPad in fall 2010 for Media and Strategic Communications schools

, Jun 29th 2010 Discuss [0]

You might recall that when some schools started trying to pilot digital readers like the Kindle instead of text books some advocates for the blind fought the pilot programs. This was based on accessibility of the digital readers to the visually impaired. Read The Full Story

Intel CTL 2go Convertible Classmate NL2 tablet gets official

, Apr 26th 2010 Discuss [0]

Intel have launched their latest Classmate PC design, the CTL 2go Convertible Classmate PC NL2, and to be honest we're wondering why kids get to play with this and we don't.  Based on Intel's Atom N450 1.66GHz processor, paired with 1GB of RAM and a choice of up to 32GB of flash or a 2.5-inch HDD, the NL2 gets a 10.1-inch 1024 x 600 resistive touchscreen, water-resistant keyboard and touchpad, and optional WiMAX, 3G or GPS. Read The Full Story

Samsung 650TS Electronic Blackboard Makes us Wish we were Back in School

, Apr 15th 2010 Discuss [0]

When we were in school, there were the traditional, painfully loud and annoying blackboards and chalk. Sure, they made awesome chalk clouds, but other than that, the boards were more of a nuisance than anything else. And then came the whiteboard, which was quickly adopted in schools all over the world. Dry-erase markers were the thing of the future! Well, it looks like the future is changing, because Samsung wants students to look at giant LCD screens now, and we can't blame them. Read The Full Story

Robots to teach in Korean classrooms by 2012

, Feb 22nd 2010 Discuss [0]

We’ve recently seen a massive project involving a robot-based theme park soon to be undertaken in Korea, but the Koreans apparently have decided to take it one step further.  The country has planned a “R-Learning” program that in fact will place robot teaching assistants in 500 preschools in 2012, and expand to 8000 education centers (preschools and kindergartens) by 2013. Read The Full Story

ASUS EeeBot Android-based educational robot in development

, Dec 17th 2009 Discuss [1]

ASUS' Eee range continues to proliferate, and the next addition to the line-up could be robotics.  The company is involved in a scheme partly funded by the Taiwanese government that aims to promote Android, and will produce a so-called EeeBot affordable robot intended for children and families.  ASUS will develop "content and services" surrounding the robot, which will apparently subsidize the initial hardware costs; that presumably means advertizing or a monthly subscription fee. Read The Full Story
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