Students get Mac notebooks

All students enrolled in Shoreline's public secondary schools are eligible to receive a Mac laptop for use at school and at home during the school year. More than 4,000 Shoreline’s 7th-12th graders, located in Shoreline, Washington, will receive a laptop with bond funding approved by Shoreline School District voters in February 2006. The Seattle Times says students will be "using these computers to do research, write papers, develop presentations, submit homework and communicate with teachers, among other things. However, they're directed not to use them for social communication, games or other nonacademic activities. That includes no visiting MySpace.com or chatting online with friends, for example. Besides these directives, the students must accept responsibility for taking care of their computers, which means no food fingers near the keyboard and no leaving the laptop around to get stolen. Shoreline's program does provide parental control software so concerned parents can limit their kids' time on the Internet at home or monitor what sites their kids are visiting."

by MacNN Staff