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Notebook Computers Motivate Texas Middle Schoolers

Overview When Barbers Hill Independent School District outside of Houston, Texas launched its One-to-One Student Notebook Initiative for the 2004/05 academic year, it provided Gateway M320 notebook computers for all its middle school students and teachers. Download this case study to learn why Barbers Hill chose Gateway for its technology partner and find out why the successful pilot program is already being replicated in the district's high schools.

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Publisher	Gateway	File Format	PDF
Date Published	May 2005	Downloads	10
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Computer Courses, Courseware

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