Maine Laptop Program
The New York Times has printed an article about the Maine laptop program, which has purchased one iBook laptop for every 7th and 8th grader in the state. Very controversial at the time, it appears to be very successful. One quote states:
“Attendance is up. Detentions are down. Just six months after Maine began a controversial program to provide laptop computers to every seventh grader in the state, educators are impressed by how quickly students and teachers have adapted to laptop technology.”
The entire article (”Laptops Win Over the Skeptics, Even in Maine”) can be read online at http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/05/nyregion/05LAPT.html . If you haven’t visited the New York Times website before, you’ll need to do a one-time free registration. It’s worth it to have access to the many interesting articles!