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• Poorest families may receive free laptops to close digital divide

  Jun 28 2008:

  Ministers are considering giving free computers to the million poorest families in England to end the digital divide. By Polly Curtis

• Locked out of learning

  Jun 17 2008:

  What do we mean by "digital divide" in the 21st century? Back when a classroom computer cost about the same as a small family saloon car it was pretty obviously about access to kit. Today laptop prices are down to the equivalent of three or four tankfulls of petrol, and half decent, used computers are within the reach of most, although clearly not everyone - there is still real poverty in the UK.

• Lessons that pass the sniff test

  May 27 2008:

  3-D tutorials and smell software could soon play a key role in apprenticeships and e-learning programmes. Joe Clancy reports

• A step too far

  Apr 1 2008:

  Computers are no substitute for the real thing, says Phil Beadle

• MPs get web filter 'dark ages' warning

  Feb 26 2008:

  A Microsoft executive has told MPs that forcing software companies to install high-security filters as standard on all computers would send the UK back to the 'dark ages'. By Mark Sweney

• Schools make children more obese, leading doctor says

  Feb 21 2008:

  Schools are making children more overweight, says leading GP, who blames lack of exercise and break times spent sitting by computers

• Dawn of the digital natives

  Feb 7 2008:

  If you believe a scary US report, reading is on the decline. But, says Steven Johnson, it completely fails to consider the amount that we do every day on our computers

• Compulsory home computers are an intrusion too far

  Jan 29 2008: Schools should encourage parents to buy books, not expensive IT equipment, says Michael Sterne Comments ()

• Plan to give every child internet access at home

  Jan 4 2008: · Ministers press IT firms to bring down costs
  · Parents of school students will have to contribute

• ICT training diary

  Dec 4 2007:

  Microsoft takes a hit | Digital archives open up | Desktop computers fall in schools

• Get connected, stay mobile

  Dec 4 2007:

  From free Wi-Fi to compact mobile devices, getting online on the move has never been easier, backed up by web 2.0 devices, mini-computers, wildlife webcams...

• Universities use computers to catch plagiarists

  Sep 30 2007: A letter has been sent to every UK school warning sixth-form students that if they cheat on their university applications by copying material from the internet, they will be caught.

• Handheld computers

  Sep 18 2007:

• Electric picture machines

  Sep 18 2007:

  We call them computers, because that's what they started off as, but now they are really electric picture machines," enthuses Geoff Clarkson, an art teacher at Southall special school in Telford, Shropshire.

• Recycling can bridge the divide

  Jun 19 2007:

  Ten years after the Stevenson Report, many teachers, children and parents are still faced with inequalities in access to and use of computers and the internet, says Keri Facer.

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