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Laptop Universities

Laptop Universities. Business Higher Education K-12. IBM – ThinkPad University. http://www-1.ibm.com/industries/education/doc/content/solution/362597110.html http://www.acs.nmu.edu/media.php#thinkpadu.

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Laptop Universities

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  1. Laptop Universities BusinessHigher EducationK-12

  2. IBM – ThinkPad University http://www-1.ibm.com/industries/education/doc/content/solution/362597110.html http://www.acs.nmu.edu/media.php#thinkpadu\ Riad S. Twal

  3. “In September of 1993 UMC became the very first university to provide each and every full-time student and faculty member with a portable notebook computer.” • Student Computer Rental • 12 or more credits $ 500 (Notebook issued for the semester) • 8 to 11 credits $ 290 (Notebook checked out daily) • 3 to 7 credits $ 85 (Notebook checked out daily) • Personal liability - $500 • Dell Latitude • PIII – 1.2GHz • 256 Mb RAM – 40GB Hard Drive • http://www.crk.umn.edu/technology/thinkpadu/thinkpadu.htm Riad S. Twal

  4. NMU's Teaching, Learning, and Communication (TLC) notebook initiative • Fall 2000 start • Over 7,000 • Students • Faculty / Staff • PC or Mac – 2 year lease cycle • Damage - $50 deductible • Theft - $500 deductible • Mac – only for art & graphic design students • http://www.nmu.edu/initiatives/tlc/laptop.htm Riad S. Twal

  5. Enrollment in Mobile Computing Program is mandatory • $700 / semester • Up to $1000 – lost, stolen, damaged  • This fee is already computed into the total cost of education at SHU, and financial aid packages are developed using that total cost.  • 2 year replacement cycle • IBM Thinkpad R-Series Model 2682-HU2 • Mobile Intel Pentium 4 processor - M 2.2GHz • 512MB RAM • 40GB Hard Drive • http://technology.shu.edu/page/Mobile+Support!OpenDocument/ Riad S. Twal

  6. Laptop Universities • What do you think? • Are laptop high-schools too far behind? • What are the issues? • Student point of view • Faculty point of view Riad S. Twal

  7. K – 12 … • http://www.liverpool.k12.ny.us/laptops.html • http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/local/7019905.htm • http://homepages.moeller.org/laptop/ • http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/198/northwest/Laptops_proposed_for_all_5th_gradersP.shtml Riad S. Twal

  8. Comments, Questions, Concerns… Riad S. Twal

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