Oct

9

Will she be sued?

October 9, 2007 |

A teacher in New York is using songs and iPods to teach students English. Fair use/educational use, or a potential lawsuit? Did she buy those songs? Did she buy them 60 times? 300 times? Once? Bittorrent?
[…] in 2006, Ms. Poli received 60 more iPods. Last May, the district decided to buy 300 iPods to expand […]

May

4

High Schools Are Dumping Laptop Programs

May 4, 2007 |

The New York Times features an interesting article today on schools that have abandoned their one-laptop-per-student programs.
“After seven years, there was literally no evidence it had any impact on student achievement — none,” said Mark Lawson, the school board president here in Liverpool, one of the first districts in New York State to experiment with […]