Monthly Archives: April 2004

Palm introduced two new Palm handhelds today. The Palm Zire 31 is an entry-level color handheld for $149, and the Zire 72 has a built-in 1.2 megapixel camera and Bluetooth wireless networking. Continue reading →

Will the Sony Libri? finally start to change the acceptance of electronic books? Only available in Japan for now, this device is the first consumer product to use the E Ink process. E Ink uses microscopic capsules of ink to create black-and-white displays of 170 dots per inch (or dpi), which is about the clarity of a newspaper. Continue reading →

With book budgets going up and laptop prices coming down, it was only a matter of time until the funds get shifted. At Johnson Elementary in Dallas, Texas, that time is now. Continue reading →

File this under, “see this is why I warn people about the evils of copyright infringement”: As reported in the Arizona Republic, late last week Federal Agents, armed with sealed search warrants, raided Deer Valley School District in Arizona to … Continue reading →

Ed tech people often joke about directly implanting the computers into students’ or teachers’ brains to just bypass that messy learning stuff. As is often the case, science fiction is catching up with science fact. Continue reading →

A new set of rules (or protocols) that drive the underlying mechanism for the Internet are being tested by researchers. One version, called BIC/TCP, dramatically increases the data speed of the network in the lab. If translated into use, a current high-speed home connections coud run up to 6,000 times faster. Continue reading →

“Oh, nuts, the computer just went down. Honey, would you print me another?” Researchers at Xerox have developed printer technologies that should soon result in the ability to print circuits in a process very close to inkjet printing. Continue reading →

Instead of laptops, all of the 7th-grade students at Ensign Intermediate School have their own PDAs. While other schools are purchasing laptops, the staff at this middle school chose handhelds instead. Continue reading →

A panel of educators from across Florida has recommended that the state pursue a one-to-one laptop program for students. Convened by a state legislator, the 15 educators studied laptop initiatives across the country, and also examined the level of infrastructure currently in place in Florida before deciding that the model can be effective, and that the state can handle the task. Continue reading →

What is it like to be a student at on online high school? Student Cody Wall has written an article about the Utah Electric High School, published appropriately enough in their online school newspaper The Electric Buzz. Continue reading →