An interesting read. Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 On Wednesday, 29 January 2014, 1:15, TechRepublic News & Special Offers <newsletters@techrepublic.online.com> wrote: Tech in the classroom: Chromebooks, Google Apps, Makerbots Manage my newsletters | Unsubscribe Be a fan on Facebook | Follow us on Twitter TechRepublic Editor's Choice TechRepublic Member | January 29, 2014 Home | Blogs | Downloads | Q&A | Discussions | Photos | Videos | Webcasts | White Papers | Research Private school's Chromebook program explains why Google's laptops have captured nearly 20% of the educational market Kentucky Country Day, an independent private school, recently began requiring Chromebooks for their middle schoolers. What started as an R&D experiment has yielded some striking results. Also check out: KCD's tech in the classroom: Chromebooks, Google Apps, Makerbots (photos) Put Chromebooks in proper context: This is not a joke Editor's Picks Windows XP deadline looms, but many firms still aren't ready to leap Researchers describe tool that manipulates RAM, misleads cybercrime investigators Microsoft's monumental task in Windows 9: Win back the base Hired.com upends tech recruiting by having companies bid for workers Goodbye net neutrality... Now what? The real revolution of IoT will come in the form of apps Oregon CIO never unplugs, loves Glass, has unique perspective on IT emergencies TechRepublic welcomes Alex Howard to write about how tech is driving sweeping changes in society 10 ways enterprise IT Is changing
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More interesting stuff here... http://www.sanctuarymedia.com/paperlessmojo/chromebooks-for-paperless-classr... Regards Murigi / Stanley Muraya *"Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city." Prov 16:32* On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 11:39 AM, robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk>wrote:
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