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09/23/2003, 3:40am, EDT

Tuesday, September 23rd

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iBooks delivered to Quebec school

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A MacNN reader notes that the Eastern Township School of Quebec, Canada is taking delivery of its first iBooks for elementary and secondary students, as part of a 3-year program that provides 5,000 iBooks to students. First announced in January 2003, the program will give all Eastern Townships students, from the 3rd grade of elementary school to the 5th level of high school, will receive their own portable computer to use during the school year.

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125913 09/23, 4:56am, EDT Pas mal du tout !
Je crains fort que vos voisins U.S. ne comprennent pas ceci !

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125923 09/23, 8:30am, EDT pas pire!
c surprenant avec le tres petit nombre de mac dans la province.. avec ca on doit etre rendu a 5400 mac!

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125928 09/23, 9:14am, EDT fifth level...
of high school? Those crazy canadians. What is that 9th, 10th, 10th, 11th, 12th? Just for good measure? Two extra years to learn french verb conjugations? Relax, just a little joke. This is awesome news, though. It will be interesting to see how these technology initiatitives play out, in terms of enhancing education and how teachers use them (and deal with the inevitable problems like porn, file sharing, messaging...)

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125929 09/23, 9:17am, EDT isn't this late?
i seem to recall the school year starting really early in toronto (like somewhere in august). am i mistaken? or does quebec go by its own rules again?

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125940 09/23, 10:38am, EDT all right
c'est bon, c'est bon...

et au gars qui dit que y'a pas beaucoup de macs ici, c'est faux. Y'a beaucoup de Macs à Montreal, Toronto et Vancouver. Et même à Montreal, il y a des écoles qui on déjà ce programme, comme l'école secondaire "The Study". Toutes les filles ont leur propre iBook.

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125953 09/23, 11:45am, EDT re: all right
les seuls mac que j'ai vu dans les ecoles au québec etait tous dans des cours de design graphique, je n'en ai jamais vu ailleur! c'est donc une tres bonne nouvelle!

vu que t'as l'air a t'y connaitre pas pire, je veux m'acheter un iBook usagé, tu connais un endroit?

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125960 09/23, 12:20pm, EDT Quebec high school grades
In Quebec, High School begins in Grade 7 and ends in Grade 11. Grade 7 is called "Secondary 1" and Grade 11 is "Secondary 5". Grade 12 and the first year of college/university have been replaced by two years of a half-way college system called CEGEP. The CEGEP system deals with intro-university material while keeping the class sizes small. Overall, it's a great system.

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125975 09/23, 1:21pm, EDT re: all right
Yes, this really is great news.
A celui qui se cherche un iBook usagé, essaie www.lespac.com, c'est pas mal du tout

;-)

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125977 09/23, 1:35pm, EDT re: re: all right
yen a quelques un, merci! :)

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125981 09/23, 2:59pm, EDT voila...
Je te conseille d'aller visiter le site du Club Mac de Montréal. Ils ont de l'info sur un bazaar Mac qui approche et des petites annonces

http://www.lcmm.qc.ca

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