Tag: hardware

OLPC on USB

One Laptop Per Child or OLPC initiative aims to provide low-cost laptops to the educational market.  These computers feature a special, education-focused operating system designed to work with a School Server that can provide content distribution, homework collection, backup services, Moodle integration, and filtered access to the Internet.  The main advantage of this operating system […]

BC Principal Blocks Cell Phone Reception

A principal in BC became fed up with cell phones in his high school and decided to take matters into his own hands by buying a cell phone jamming device for $115 (with school funds) and installing in the school. According to The Province his actions were rooted in reducing classroom management issues surrounding cell […]

Dell School-Oritented Touchscreen Notebooks

It appears Dell will be releasing some school-oriented possibly touchscreen notebooks.  With names like School Bus Orange, Blue Ribbon, Red Apple and Chalkboard Black and a small desk-friendly footprint (roughly 10″x8″) and size (under 3 lbs) I think it is pretty obvious these will be marketed towards the education sector.  Hopefully this means they will […]

Geek.Menu for your USB

For those out there that haven’t heard of Portableapps.com you should probably check it out.  These small portable versions of popular applications for productivity (Openoffice.org, Gimp), internet (Firefox, Thunderbird) and many other uses are great to have on the go along with your files. Now there is even a built in menu to keep the […]