Lenovo is usually known for it’s rugged laptops, but today the manufacturer announced a laptop for education that’s even more rugged than usual. That laptop is the Lenovo ThinkPad X130e, a notebook designed for K-12 kids and schools. The ThinkPad X130e is an 11.6-inch ultraportable with reinforced cover, keyboard, and hinges so it can be more »

Lawmakers in Missouri have passed a bill that would make it illegal for teachers and students to be Facebook friends or otherwise connect through most forms of social networking. The sole exception is Facebook groups or fan pages. Teachers are still allowed to create these types of groups for their classes, but all forms of more »

Hulu has yet another offer for certain parties that are interested in giving Hulu Plus a try. In this case, a free month of Hulu Plus is being offered to those who are willing it give it the old college try.

According to Forbes, Google will indeed offer at Chrome-powered laptop for a low monthly fee. According to a Google executive, for $20 students will be able to get their hands on a Google Chrome OS laptop/netbook. We reported on the rumor earlier and it is expected to make headlines when announced today at Google I/O. more »

The days of students lugging around 10 pounds of textbooks may be limited. Pearson and McGraw-Hill have invested an untold amount of money into a company called Inkling. Inkling sells textbooks on the iPad from courses such as biological sciences and sociology. Inkling only has 14 textbooks available at the moment, but the company expects to have close to 100 textbooks by the fall.

Kno is attempting to change the way students interact with textbooks by offering 14.1-inch tablets to display electronic versions of the expensive tomes. The Kno comes in a single-screen and double-screen version, and today the pricing for both has finally been announced. The single-screen Know will sell for $599, with the double-screen going for $899. more »

Ever since the e-book market started heating up, eTextbooks have been a subject of much discussion. Textbook sales make up a considerable portion of the book publishing market, and nobody really enjoys carrying heavy textbooks around with them all day. The Kindle DX was a possible solution to this issue, as is the upcoming Kno more »

When Microsoft confirmed and promptly cancelled the Courier, many of us were heartbroken. The idea of a dual screen tablet was enticing, especially with what the product videos showed off. The Kno may not be the Courier exactly, but it does promise a dual-screen tablet that has the chance to make it to market. The more »

According to Facebook’s estimates, student numbers on the site are declining while parents and grandparents are showing up to the party. Overall, Facebook’s numbers have grown substantially over the past six months, from 42 million users in January of ’09 to almost 72 million in July, a 70% upswing. Student numbers are declining: high school more »

So far I have looked at two sections of Obama’s policies: an open Internet and his aim for a connected democracy and infrastructure so it comes the turn of the final section: teaching adults and children of the world of technology.

But what does teaching children and adults actually mean? Let’s first address the children. The first thing that Obama will put in place is to make teaching Math and Science a priority and although this may not seem like it will affect IT, not only will this have subsequent effects to this industry, but remember that we are talking about technology as a whole, not just IT. Keep reading for the conclusion of this series.