Edustar image will be including tutorials on how to use applications.
It will also include Premiere.
Parents and students are not allowed to pay for the cost of using the net book.
However principals can charge for misuse of broken / misused net books.
What may constitute misuse?
- Not taking a netback home in case
- Leaving a net book unattended / locked away
Things To Research
http://www.jacaranda.com.au/
Jacaranda Ebooks - digital copies
http://www.khanacademy.org/
From the website, "A free world-class education for anyone anywhere.
The Khan Academy is an organization on a mission. We're a not-for-profit with the goal of changing education for the better by providing a free world-class education to anyone anywhere.
All of the site's resources are available to anyone. It doesn't matter if you are a student, teacher, home-schooler, principal, adult returning to the classroom after 20 years, or a friendly alien just trying to get a leg up in earthly biology. The Khan Academy's materials and resources are available to you completely free of charge."
It might be a good idea to run a boot camp with the groups of students when the net books are being deployed.
Once school created a tech squad to help out with some of the technical demands.
Parents and students are not allowed to pay for the cost of using the net book.
However principals can charge for misuse of broken / misused net books.
What may constitute misuse?
- Not taking a netback home in case
- Leaving a net book unattended / locked away
Things To Research
http://www.jacaranda.com.au/
Jacaranda Ebooks - digital copies
http://www.khanacademy.org/
From the website, "A free world-class education for anyone anywhere.
The Khan Academy is an organization on a mission. We're a not-for-profit with the goal of changing education for the better by providing a free world-class education to anyone anywhere.
All of the site's resources are available to anyone. It doesn't matter if you are a student, teacher, home-schooler, principal, adult returning to the classroom after 20 years, or a friendly alien just trying to get a leg up in earthly biology. The Khan Academy's materials and resources are available to you completely free of charge."
