they have several iPads per classroom in addition to their 1 PC per classroom

Oh, just rub it in why don't ya?

Actually to be fair, our new CIO is trying to give us more opportunities to get these sorts of things. I'm really speaking to the past policies, so I should give the new guy a chance. Also, I do have two iPads, two Nooks, and four computers in my room, but that's because I begged, borrowed, and stole to get them.

You don't perchance live in the Seattle metropolitan area do you?

Nope. Georgia. I would bet that it won't be long in the future for most school districts. We're getting to the point where it is financially beneficial to get devices for each student.

I'm glad you are looking at solutions other than MS. I certainly recognize the difficulties that arise from having multiple platforms, but especially in large districts, it seems that the cost savings would probably offset the cost of supporting multiple platforms. Can I ask what tools you are using for device management? I'm in a large district with over 10,000 employees and even more students.

You have a point, but it is an important discussion, and the answers are different in different locales. We need some very clear parameters about the way surveillance is used in all jurisdictions.

I'm not one to immediately discount the use of surveillance, but I recognize it could quickly be abused.

Can you imagine the possible abuses of this little gem from a month or two back?

This always makes me angry as a teacher. We NEED these cheaper laptops for our budgets, but our IT people, understandably from my limited perspective, want to keep one system to manage, so we are required to buy from Dell. No cheap laptops in the cafeteria for our students to use. All the desktops are in use in the Media Center? Well, sorry, we can't buy four Nexus tablets, we have to wait to get one more desktop.

We're supposed to get tablets in the next few years for all the students, but those will be Microsoft as well at a much higher price point.

Sigh...

If only the people who wrote the test could have taken a test to prove their competence.

I think it has more to do with Google's Map showing up in the sidebar when searching for a location or restaurant.

I just did a search for "breakfast" and Google Maps shows up beside the search results.

I still don't see that as favoring search results, but maybe I'm missing something.

Spam is about as non-targeted as you can get.

It is!?!

Thank God, I thought all those Extenze and V!agra ads came from sites my wife had been surfing. I feel so much better now.