Times article on the types of assistive technologies available to the blind.
Includes an interview with Chris Dede about River City and Alien Encounter
Obama's plan for physical improvements to K-12 classrooms across the country includes a push for universal internet access through the E-Rate program.
An article about private funding to make school buses wireless hot spot zones too/
A summary of Clay Christensen's book, but in a Forbes article.
"The findings presented here reveal that first year
teachers in even the least affordable of the
16 districts examined can easily afford to pay
back their debts. Indeed, with just some basic
economizing, a first-year teacher could not only
pay back average debt, but could handle debt levels
nearly three times the national average."
An article discussing the benefits of video taping class sessions and lectures