I’m often asked why we’ve chosen to stick with windows computers as opposed to switching to macs, and the answer is quite simple- money!
Over the past 10 years, we’ve rarely spent more than $600 for a computer; in many cases, that number has been less than $500. Contrast that with the cost of a mac, [...]
We continue to gather lots of input and information as we look at this initiative that would equip all students with netbook-tablets beginning next August. Our first pilot group of 5 students has been using netbooks since early September and they’ve blogged their impressions on the front page of the website. One of the real [...]
Elora Karim, a junior, has been carrying around an MA Tablet-netbook during the past month, and has been providing us with feedback as to how, where and when it is best used. She’s part of a group of six students- Chris Michels, Kelsey Larson, Ben Kiesewetter, Traci Olson and Kylie McKeown- who have really been [...]
Teacher Laura Erickson has been getting real positive student interaction in her Spanish 1 and 2 classes using a software tool called “Stu” (well, we call it Stu- it actually has a more formal name but I can’t recall what it is at the moment). Laura opens Stu’s window on her teacher’s computer, and then her [...]
With the new school year starting, here are the key items related to technology that you need to know:
ISU assigns all students a master username called a ULID. All students need to activate their ulid, and create a new password here . You should be able to do this beginning the week of August 10. [...]
We continue to investigate the possibility of buying and equipping all students with netbooks/tablets for the 2010-11 school year. A surge of new machines from a wide variety of vendors makes this option potentially affordable. This market is expected to change dramatically over the next years as a flurry of low-cost portables with touch screen [...]
Students bringing their own laptops? Classes that meet less than 5 times per week? These are just a couple of the ideas being talked about as U-High develops its 2009-2012 technology plan. The current plan, developed 3 years ago, focused heavily on making more technology available in the classroom, which has resulted in the creation [...]
