Survey says US schools rapidly transitioning to notebooks

Iria · Jul 5, 2006, 06:09 AM

Source: PRNewsWire
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National Survey of Top 2,500 U.S. School Districts Predicts Rapid Transition From Desktop to Mobile Computing, Growth of eLearning, and a Looming Bandwidth Crisis

SAN DIEGO, July 3 /PRNewswire/ -- A new national survey of the top 2,500 U.S. school districts predicts that more than half of all student-computing devices will be mobile by the year 2011 and online learning will grow at a compound annual rate of 26% over the next five years. The districts also report rapid growth in 1:1 computing, whereby each student and teacher has one Internet-connected wireless computing device for use both in the classroom and at home.

Jul 5, 2006, 06:09 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Survey says US schools rapidly transitioning to notebooks Source: PRNewsWire __________ National Survey of Top 2,500 U.S. School Districts Predicts Rapid Transition From Desktop to Mobile Computing, Growth of eLearning, and a Looming Bandwidth Crisis SAN DIEGO, July 3 /PRNewswire/ -- A new national survey of the top 2,500 U.S. school districts predicts that more than half of all student-computing devices will be mobile by the year 2011 and online learning will grow at a compound annual rate of 26% over the next five years. The districts also report rapid growth in 1:1 computing, whereby each student and teacher has one Internet-connected wireless computing device for use both in the classroom and at home.