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...Friday vs. Tennessee or LSU 17. Michigan 21-8 Friday vs. Iowa 18. Illinois 21-8 Friday vs. Penn St. or Wisconsin 19. UCLA 21-7 Thursday vs. Arizona State 20. New Mexico 21-6 Thursday vs. Tulsa or BYU 21. Maryland 18-9 Friday vs. Georgia Tech 22. Syracuse 22-7 Thursday vs. Villanova or Pitt 23. West Virginia 22-7 Thursday vs. Miami or G-town 24. Temple 20-7 Thursday vs. LaSalle or St. Joe's 25. Oklahoma St. 21-5 Friday vs. Texas Tech or Texas...
American schools are already spending more than $5 billion this year on high-tech gadgets and training, and many educators think laptops rank among the most promising classroom gadgets. For one, they can be used by students in any class, at any time of day--a significant improvement, experts say, over the prevalent computer-lab model, where students spend an hour a week "learning computers" in a room full of desktops. Unlike clunky desktop machines, laptops are compact and portable, facilitating group work and field research. Knowing that all kids will have computers with them at home, teachers say, gives...
...says that since receiving their laptops last year, her sixth-graders "have become much more mature and articulate. They use those things the way adults use them." They even volunteer, she says, to do extra homework. Students at the Cincinnati Country Day School have set up round-the-clock tech-help desks in the hallways, assisting schoolmates in fixing crashed hard drives and finding lost files. And no one is more enthusiastic about laptop learning than parents; in communities like Washington Heights they have organized safety brigades to escort kids carrying computers from the school buses to their homes...
Then there's the cost. Good portable computers can range from $500 to $2,000--and don't expect high-tech companies to simply hand them out. The Microsoft-Toshiba laptop program has stoked the brand loyalty of more than 10,000 students. Apple peddles the eMate, a laptop created in 1996 specifically for kiddie consumers, which goes for $650. NetSchools, a company based in Mountain View, Calif., started up last year to sell one product: a $1,600 portable computer custom-built for students that comes with an infrared connection to the school's computer network, a water-resistant...
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