Riverdale School District in Portland has already installed the software and is part of the 'Linux in Schools' project. The updated computers will provide students with Internet access, email, word processor and spreadsheet programs.
While just over half the country's secondary school teachers were confident working on a computer in 1998, 80 per cent now feel at home in front of a monitor. Three quarters of primary school teachers are confident using computers now, compared to...
The trials have proved a hit with both pupils and teachers alike and an Edexcel spokesman told silicon.com that, although the project is "very much at the pilot stage", over the "next few years" he expects to see a "steady increase" in use of the...
He made $18,000 in his first year - more than some of his high school teachers earned. Now, the company Dell founded in May 1984 takes in billions of dollars a year, a meteoric rise for the 39-year-old entrepreneur.
And nine out of 10 teachers said IT has changed the way they teach, according to the survey of 277 schools in the UK. And nine out of 10 teachers said IT is very important to their school - compared to 68 per cent last year, reflecting an increased...
Edwin Martins, a Peace Corps volunteer now working for CFSK, said the charity will work with schools to ensure teachers are trained, classroom space is set aside and an electricity supply is in place so computers are not wasted.