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Hardware & Software :: Laptop Programs
No Digital Divide
1/1/2008
"After implementing our program, we observed that students were forming ad hoc study workgroups in common areas with their tablet PCs and wireless access," he notes. "Significant learning takes place outside the classroom, and it is important to view the laptop/tablet PC as more than just a replacement for a PC in a lab. Portability, distance learning technology, and wireless access enable modes of learning that were not possible just a few years ago."::WEBEXTRAS ::
White Paper: Mobility Initatives on Campus Learn more about how notebook and tablet computers
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-Rama Ramaswami is a business and financial journalist based in New York City.
Rama Ramaswami is senior editor at The Economist Group, publisher of The Economist, Financial Times, and other international publications. She is based in New York City.
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