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News Articles
The AALF believes that all students are entitled to a
relevant education, and that to receive this, each student must have
his or her own personal, portable computer. This page focuses on news
about events, issues and policies that may affect the realization of
this goal. The news selected covers subjects such as 21st century
learning and curriculum, access to laptop and tablet technologies,
district technology programs, state and federal funding, and policy.
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| Gracias a la tecnología, Lennon promueve OLPC |
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1/5/2009 |
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John Lennon murió hace 28 años. Sin embargo, gracias a la tecnología para manipular recursos audiovisuales, la voz y la imagen del beatle son utilizadas hoy en un corto donde se lo escucha promover la donación de computadoras portátiles a los niños pobres del mundo.
| ABC Color (Paraguay)
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| Progress also means allowing and accepting change |
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1/5/2009 |
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I don’t know about all of you, but I always look forward to the “Progress Edition” of the Imperial Republican.
I think it’s amazing to see how far our community has come each year. When other small, rural communities are struggling to keep their main street business occupied, Imperial seems to be flourishing with new businesses, new families and various improvements. We are indeed a progressive community.
But in order to progress, we must allow and accept change.
| Imperial Republican (NE-USA)
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| One laptop per child scheme |
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1/5/2009 |
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Imphal, January 03 2008: To do away with daily cumbersome activities of carrying books to school in a bag by children, plans are afoot for introduction of the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) Scheme in the State through which every school going child would be able to carry just one solar power generated laptop to the school.
| E-pao.net (India)
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| Gov't gives free laptops to Norfolk children |
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12/31/2008 |
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The Department for Children, Schools and Families has given Norfolk County Council £310,000 to purchase laptops for more than 400 children.
The money from the government's Home Access ICT scheme will be used to target groups of young people who live in deprived areas; are persistent absentees; are traveller children; are in alternative education; or have English as a second language.
| ZDNet News (UK)
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| John Lennon Imagines From Beyond The Grave |
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12/29/2008 |
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“Imagine every child, no matter where in the world they were, could access a universe of knowledge,” says John Lennon in a new TV advertisment. “They would have a chance to learn, to dream, to achieve anything they want. I tried to do it through my music. But now, you can do it in a very different way. You can give a child a laptop and more than imagine. You can change the world.”
| Look to the Stars (Chester-UK)
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| Charlestown laptops project moves ahead |
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12/29/2008 |
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Greater Clark school district and Charlestown officials are working on plans to provide laptop computers to each of the nearly 1,200 middle and high school students in the city and their teachers.
On Jan. 26, a public meeting is to be conducted at the school to discuss the proposal with parents, Charlestown High principal Dick Johnson said today.
Amy Schellenberg, director of curricular services for the Greater Clark schools, said the administration expects in February to present a plan to
| Louisville Journal (KY-USA)
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| Southwell students aid laptop research |
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12/29/2008 |
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Hamilton's Southwell School has been awarded a $250,000 research contract by computer giant Toshiba.
Headmaster Royce Helm said the school applied for the contract through Toshiba computers and was awarded it about two weeks ago.
It wanted to use a school in New Zealand to put tablet computers into classrooms and research what kind of effect they had on the children's learning over a two-year period.
| Waikato Times (NZ)
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| Imagine there's a laptop: New TV ad features Lennon in computers for kids campaign |
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12/29/2008 |
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John Lennon is featured in a new TV commercial (see above) that began airing Christmas Day for One Laptop per Child (OLPC), a nonprofit organization working to provide children in the developing world access to a solar-power laptop computer.
The 30-second spot, which can be seen on the campaign's official website or YouTube, is called "A Message from John Lennon." Lennon's voice, simulated by an imitator, gives viewers about the potential impact the laptops would have for a child.
| Examiner.com (USA)
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| Making things click for students at Montopolis school |
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12/29/2008 |
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The curtain opened at the Allison Elementary School gymnasium to reveal 54 laptops destined for new homes. There was just a moment of stunned silence until the students and parents gathered at the school to mark the end of a special summer program realized that the portable computers were now theirs.
| Austin American Statesman (USA
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| Economic Stimulus in the Digital Era |
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12/23/2008 |
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With the scope of the recession looming larger with the release of each new gloomy statistic, talk of the New Deal-style package (and it’s potential scope) grows with it. But today in the digital age there’s a significant new component to stimulating the economy (including state investment in infrastructure that recalls the historic images of WPA). Today in the information economy it also means investment in digital infrastructure.
Although the U.S. invented the Internet and much of the soft
| Americas Quarterly (NY-USA)
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