Reports in today's national press predict over 400,000 teachers will be provided with notebook PCs, as the government attempts to increase efficiency in the classroom and improve the IT literacy of staff.
Microsoft has already signed partnerships with several suppliers including Acer, Dell, HP, Research Machines and Toshiba for notebook PCs, which will be paid for by local parental loan or purchase schemes.
Students will also benefit as they'll be able to do their homework in the living room, then take it into class on a tablet-sized PC that is "as easy to use as a paper notebook". In a Sunday Times article (probably) penned by the great man himself...
Tablet PCs are still a fairly small segment of the overall notebook market. Sales of tablet PCs are doing better than expected in the UK and US, according to manufacturers, and are expanding the appeal of laptop computers.
Linux has secured another role in the education sector through a government initiative in Chile. This will help the organisation achieve its goal of providing one computer for every 30 students in Chilean schools, Enlaces national director Hugo...
To that end the government is providing a low-cost national laptop and PC leasing scheme. We can't make people take the PCs and we can't make them connect to the internet. It will certainly take serious investment of both time and money but it's...