The Digital Class Logs In
District 219 freshmen get netbook computers in ambitious high-tech initiative.
The excuse "my dog ate my homework" will no longer fly at Niles West and Niles North this year when each incoming freshman will be equipped with a new Dell Mini 1020 computer. The program is part of District 219's new Anywhere/Anytime Learning initiative, which will provide netbook computers to freshmen at its high schools. "Instead of walking around with a big binder and a bunch of papers and clutter, you will have all of your materials in the netbook," said Nick Arcus, 14, an incoming freshman at Niles North High School. A netbook's primary feature is portability -- it's about 40 percent smaller than a regular laptop. The initiative, which has been in the works for four years, begins this fall and is part of a four-year plan to digitize …
Skokie Academy
5:22 pm on Tuesday, May 17, 2011
To: hm If you’re sincerely interested in the “digital divide” in education please consider attending todays’ Skokie School District 68 School Board meeting at 7:30 PM at 9440 Kenton Avenue, Skokie, IL 60076-1397 or right next to the Old Orchard Junior High. I have 10 years in education and 20 in technology. I’m trying to make sure our tax dollars are used transparently with accountability for our… more ›