tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737644000288050492.post2997971727470688079..comments2008-07-23T18:42:14.470-07:00Bob Kilnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12603119525664828006noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737644000288050492.post-18327750583633685262008-07-23T18:42:00.000-07:002008-07-23T18:42:00.000-07:00Great job Bob. We had several areas of cross over in our ideas. You have a wealth of good information and ideas here. I too like your idea about the flash drive. They have become quite affordable and make it easy for students to keep and transport their work. Nice Job!!Shaun Basshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05827145517607985379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737644000288050492.post-43777914564805360202008-07-23T09:13:00.000-07:002008-07-23T09:13:00.000-07:00Wow you really pu some work and thought into this assignment. There is a wealth of useful information. I like the way you laid it out. It seems like it flows in a way schools can easily implement your recommendations. Address the household issues from the access to technology and the trainning of family members is a very important idea. I have to agree with Patrick on the memory stick. Having a memory stick 6 years ago would have saved me a lot of headaches and made me more receptable to some technologies.John Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159628908806719352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737644000288050492.post-16254044536454872382008-07-21T09:59:00.000-07:002008-07-21T09:59:00.000-07:00Well done Bob ... I love the "memory stick" suggestion, wish I used that one. It would be a drop in the bucket financially to provide every student with one, I just bought a 1 GB jump drive for 12 dollars on ebay, and it would have alot of applications.<BR/><BR/>One thing along those lines that already do in Euclid and might be cheaper and easier ... is they provide each student with a "server folder" for them to save anything they want. They can log into it from home so they have access virtually anywhere.Patrick Colemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049410047571069111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737644000288050492.post-52886587244833003432008-07-19T18:04:00.000-07:002008-07-19T18:04:00.000-07:00Bob, I liked your thoughts on helping low income families with getting a computer. Even if they couldn't afford the internet at least their children would have access to a word processor. Joel is right in that the money seems to be there we just have to get our districts to tap into it. I'm looking forward to reading the website from the Quest elementary in Florida. I appreciate all the resources you included.Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10992401363894988603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737644000288050492.post-76479125763925546902008-07-17T06:29:00.000-07:002008-07-17T06:29:00.000-07:00Good work Bob! Your extensive list of resources has me thinking that there are plenty of solutions to the problems of the digital divide. So why would a district not work to close the gap? From the lists of resources we have compiled we know that money and information are not the problem. It takes the time and effort of many people in a district to tackle a problem such as this and pull together the money and information. It seems to me that if there is no excitement or vision by a few people in a school district the divide will not have a chance of closing in that particular district or it will take much longer than it should to do so.Joel Scangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03942551759938658971noreply@blogger.com