In April 2009 our school (Adam Scott CVI in Peterborough Ontario) received 20 netbooks as part of a pilot project. The netbooks are being used with different classes from grades 7 to grade 12.

Read full Pilot Project Notes At
http://www.adamscott.ca-a.googlepages.com/netbookpilotproject

I used the class set of netbooks yesterday with a grade 7 class. It was very successful as the students were very engaged. The feedback from the staff has been very good. Security is an issue. Presently the netbooks are being booked out of the school library.

I have been using twitter for about 2 months. There are some good professional uses - especially for finding contacts that are working on similar projects.

I just read an article on using twitter to support the library. Interesting

http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/may09/Milstein.shtml

Our school was chosen to pilot a project using 20 Netbooks (cost less $400 each). A netbook cart and wireless (wireless works off the cart). The project will be run out of the school library.

Students will be using Google Apps (cloud computing), which we implemented in Feb. 2008 ( read more) . Google Apps will allow students to save all their documents in the "cloud".

So now instead of teachers booking a computer lab - the computer lab can be moved into their classroom. This is also a much cheaper solution than traditional computer labs.

Introduction

A pilot project to implement Google Apps - Education Edition was started in January 2008. It has been very successful and continues to grow.

see getgoogleapps.com for more information.

According the leading experts in education the two defining trends in education for the next coming years in technology is cloud computing and portability Read 2009 Horizon Report. Google Apps allows educators to implement cloud computing.

Below are some links to articles on Google Apps. The feedback at the my secondary school where I set up Google Apps Education Edition through the school library has been very positive. Also given the economic climate Google Apps is a good choice because it saves money.

It is free for educators and can replace expensive internal servers and management software. For more information on Google Apps Education Edition click here.

Recently we got wireless in my secondary school library. It has been an extraordinary success. Students can use their own portable devices such as the Apple Touch, mini laptops and even the Portable Play Station (PSP) to access the Internet and do school work. We also implemented Google Apps Education Edition at our school last year (Feb. 2009). It works on the paradigm of clouding computing. It has been a great success.